I′ve been around a while

I know wrong from right

And since a long time agoThings been always black and white

Just like you can't judge a book by the cover

We all gotta be careful

How we treat one another

I say

Skin deep, skin deep

Underneath we all look same

Skin deep, skin deep

Underneath, don′t we all look the same?

A man in Louisiana

He never called me by my name

He said "boy do this and boy do that"

But I never once complained

I knew he had a good heart

But he just didn't understand

That I needed to be treated

Just like any other man

Skin deep, skin deep

Underneath, don't we all look the same?

Skin deep, skin deep

Underneath we all look the same

I sat my little child down

When he was old enough to know

I said "I fear in this big wide world

You′re gonna meet all kinda folks"

I said "Son it all comes down to just one simple rule

That you treat everybody just the way

You want them to treat you"

Skin deep, skin deep

Underneath, don′t we all look the same?

Skin deep, skin deep

Underneath we all look the same

Skin deep, skin deep

Underneath, don't we all look the same? Yeah

Skin deep, skin deep

Underneath we just all look the same (the same, yeah)

Skin deep (treat everybody), skin deep

Skin deep, skin deep

All look, all look the same

Skin deep, skin deep

Don′t we all look the same?