Black Jesus (song)

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“Black Jesus”
Single by Everlast from the album Eat at Whitey's
B-side	"Children's Story" "Graves To Dig"
Released	2000
Format	CD
Genre	Blues Alternative Rock
Label	Tommy Boy Records
Writer(s)	E.Schrody
Everlast singles chronology
"Painkillers" (1999) "Black Jesus" (2000) "Deadly Assassins" (2001)

"Black Jesus" is a song by American rap turned folk-rock artist Everlast from his 2000 album Eat at Whitey's. The song was released as a single in October 2000.

The song itself is not about religion, as Everlast sings about how his career has had it ups and downs. The video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund, and featured Everlast walking around the streets of London and the London underground, passing very strange people, makes it to the top, and walks past clowns and midgets. The video later ends when Everlast has made it to the top of a building. Two parts of the video were cut for TV, mainly the part where he is walking along the road and gets hit by car, and at the end of video where Everlast jumps off the top of the building. The video received heavy rotation on UK music channels Kerrang TV and Q Television.

[edit] Tracklisting:

1. Black Jesus (Radio Edit) 4:20
2. Children's Story - featuring Rahzel 3:20
3. Graves To Dig 3:23
4. Black Jesus (Album Version)

[edit] Lyrical references

Come back on the one and kiss my love gun

Love Gun is a song originally by US rockers KISS, taken from their album Love Gun which was released in 1977.

Shook ones keep Shakin'

Shook Ones are two songs (Part I and Part II) originally by Mobb Deep. Everlast actually recorded a cover of Part II on the Loud Records rap-rock collaboration album, "Loud Rocks".

Manhattan keeps makin, Brooklyn keeps takin'

The line is borrowed from the song South Bronx by Boogie Down Productions from the album Criminal Minded.

Haven't you heard the bird, bird, bird yes the bird is the word

This is a lyric from the song Surfin' Bird, originally by The Trashmen.