The day begins with a grinAnd a prayer to excuse my sinsI can walk anywhere I choose'Cause everybody listens to the B.D.P. crewWe're not here for glamor or fashionBut here's the question I'm askin'Why is it young black kids taught black?They're only taught how to read, write and actIt's like teachin' a dog to be a catYou don't teach white kids to be blackWhy is that? Is it because we're the minority?Well, black kids follow meGenesis chapter eleven verse tenExplains the genealogy of ShemChem was a black man in AfricaIf you repeat this fact they can't laugh at yaGenesis fourteen verse thirteenAbraham steps on the sceneBeing a descendant of Shem which is a factMeans, Abraham too was blackAbraham born in the city of a black manCalled Nimrod, grandson of KamKam had four sons, one was named CanaanHere, let me do some explainingAbraham was the father of IsaacIsaac was the father of JacobJacob had twelve sons for realAnd these were the children of IsraelAccording to Genesis chapter tenEgyptians descended from HamSix hundred years later my brother read upMoses was born in EgyptIn this era black Egyptians weren't rightThey enslaved black IsraelitesMoses had to be of the black raceBecause he spent forty years in Pharaoh's placeHe passed as the Pharaoh's grandsonSo he had to look just like himYes, my brothers and sisters take this here songYo, correct the wrongThe information we get today is just wackBut ask yourself, why is that?The age of the ignorant rapper is doneKnowledge reigns supreme over nearly everyoneThe stereotype must be lostThat love and peace and knowledge is softDo away with that and understand one factFor love, peace must attackAnd attack real strong, stronger than warTo conquer it and its lawMental pictures, stereotypes and fake historyReinforces mysteryAnd when mystery is reinforcedThat only means that knowledge has been lostWhen you know who you really arePeace and knowledge shines like a starI've only shown you a simple factIt takes a nation of millions to hold us people backWhich is wack but we can correct thatTeach and learn what it is to be black'Cause they're teachin' birds to be a catBut ask yourself homeboy, why is that?
Lyrics by Boogie Down Productions
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