Lenny Kravitz - Mr. Cab Driver

 

Release date: 1989

Kravitz wrote the song after an altercation with a cab driver. Although the song deals with racism and discrimination, he wrote it with a sense of humor.

The black and white music video for Mr. Cab Driver, directed by Geoff Barish, features Kravitz in a similar situation of the song's topic. The music video was shot in the streets of New York City.

Album: Let Love Rule

LYRICS

Mr. cab driver won't you stop to let me in
Mr. cab driver don't you like my kind of skin
Mr. cab driver you're never gonna win

Mr. cab driver won't stop to pick me up
Mr. cab driver I might need some help
Mr. cab driver only thinks about himself

Mr. cab driver
Mr. cab driver

Mr. cab driver
Mr. cab driver

Mr. cab driver don't like to way I look
He don't like dreads he thinks we're all crooks
Mr. cab driver reads too many story books

Mr. cab driver pass me up with eyes of fire
Mr. cab driver thinks we're all 165'ers
Mr. cab driver fuck you I'm a survivor

Let me in

Mr. cab driver
Mr. cab driver

Mr. cab driver
Mr. cab driver