Boogie Down Productions

Boogie Down Productions - Why Is That lyrics

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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?
 Verse 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
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Author: Lawrence Krisna Parker, KRS-One

Composer: ?

Publisher: Zomba Recording Corporation

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Released in: 1991

Language: English

Appearing on: Live Hardcore Worldwide (1991)

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