Why Is That?
one
The day begins with a grin
And a prayer to excuse my sins
I can walk anywhere i choose
Cause everybody listens to the b.d.p. crew
We're not here for glamour or fashion
But here's the question i'm askin
Why is it young black kids taught {flashin?}
They're only taught how to read write and act
It's like teachin a dog to be a cat
You don't teach white kids to be black
Why is that? is it because we're the minority?
Well black kids follow me
Genesis chapter eleven verse ten
Explains the geneology of chem
Chem was a black man, in africa
If you repeat this fact they can't laugh at ya
Genesis fourteen verse thirteen
Abraham steps on the scene
Being a descendent of chem which is a fact
Means, abraham too was black
Abraham born in the city of a black man
Called nimrod grandson of kam
Kam had four sons, one was named canaan
Here, let me do some explaining
Abraham was the father of isaac
Isaac was the father of jacob
Jacob had twelve sons, for real
And these, were the children of isreal
According to genesis chapter ten
Egyptains descended from {hahm, kam}
Six hundred years later, my brother, read up
Moses was born in egypt
In this era black egyptians weren't right
They enslaved black isrealites
Moses had to be of the black race
Because he spent fourty years in pharoah's place
He passed as the pharoah's grandson
So he had to look just like him
Yes my brothers and sisters take this here song
Yo, correct the wrong
The information we get today is just wack
But ask yourself, why is that?
two
The age of the ignorant rapper is done
Knowledge reigns supreme over nearly everyone
The stereotype must be lost
That love and peace and knowledge is soft
Do away with that and understand one fact
For love, peace must attack
And attack real strong, stronger than war
To conquer it and its law
Mental pictures, stereotypes and fake history
Reinforces mystery
And when mystery is reinforced
That only means that knowledge has been lost
When you know who you really are
Peace and knowledge shines like a star
I'm only showin you a simple fact
It takes a nation of millions to hold us people back
Which is wack, but we can correct that
Teach and learn what it is to be black
Cause they're teachin birds to be a cat
But ask yourself homeboy, why is that?
The day begins with a grin
And a prayer to excuse my sins
I can walk anywhere i choose
Cause everybody listens to the b.d.p. crew
We're not here for glamour or fashion
But here's the question i'm askin
Why is it young black kids taught {flashin?}
They're only taught how to read write and act
It's like teachin a dog to be a cat
You don't teach white kids to be black
Why is that? is it because we're the minority?
Well black kids follow me
Genesis chapter eleven verse ten
Explains the geneology of chem
Chem was a black man, in africa
If you repeat this fact they can't laugh at ya
Genesis fourteen verse thirteen
Abraham steps on the scene
Being a descendent of chem which is a fact
Means, abraham too was black
Abraham born in the city of a black man
Called nimrod grandson of kam
Kam had four sons, one was named canaan
Here, let me do some explaining
Abraham was the father of isaac
Isaac was the father of jacob
Jacob had twelve sons, for real
And these, were the children of isreal
According to genesis chapter ten
Egyptains descended from {hahm, kam}
Six hundred years later, my brother, read up
Moses was born in egypt
In this era black egyptians weren't right
They enslaved black isrealites
Moses had to be of the black race
Because he spent fourty years in pharoah's place
He passed as the pharoah's grandson
So he had to look just like him
Yes my brothers and sisters take this here song
Yo, correct the wrong
The information we get today is just wack
But ask yourself, why is that?
two
The age of the ignorant rapper is done
Knowledge reigns supreme over nearly everyone
The stereotype must be lost
That love and peace and knowledge is soft
Do away with that and understand one fact
For love, peace must attack
And attack real strong, stronger than war
To conquer it and its law
Mental pictures, stereotypes and fake history
Reinforces mystery
And when mystery is reinforced
That only means that knowledge has been lost
When you know who you really are
Peace and knowledge shines like a star
I'm only showin you a simple fact
It takes a nation of millions to hold us people back
Which is wack, but we can correct that
Teach and learn what it is to be black
Cause they're teachin birds to be a cat
But ask yourself homeboy, why is that?
Credits
Writer(s): Lawrence Krsone Parker
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