Teach The Children - Eric B. & Rakim
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Teach The Children Lyrics
No more time to pass time 'cause these are the last rhymes
'Cause we're living in the last times...
They want to go to war more wars to come
But most of us fight more wars than oneDiscrimination in the racial nation
While they destroy our strong foundation
Nature's balance is way off balance
They tip the scale now it's no more silenceThe hole in the ozone layer is outta control
But they want to fight for more oil and gold
Unemployment, I got laid off
The streets is the last resorts to get paid offFor more, more mint, no doe for rent
I gotta shed blood to make a red cent
Maybe I should ask the president
Somebody give me the presidentBut he don't want to hear it, it's out of the question
'Cause in my section it's worse than recession
So I go to a rich neighborhood and play Robin Hood
Take from the bad and give to the goodFirst I go to Bensonhurst, steal a Benz, snatch a purse
Pick up my friends, that's when it gets worse
'Cause I need government and they need government
a lot of mint spent, now I gotta pay rentWho makes the most dead presidents in the projects
You're gonna get robbed and wrecked
I parked up the block to plot on a kid that made a knot
Let's get him for all he gotI approached him slow like I was a basehead
Put the fo-fifth to his face and said
You see those kids over there wit the hoods
Walk to them real slow and give them the goodsFirst the gun and the doe and crush the jumbos
One false move and no one knows
'Cause I got a silencer to hush the bust
And I'm in a rush, so hush the fussPlus the poison you fed will no longer spread
You good as dead, I'm a fill your head wit lead
That's when I pushed him into his building
To murder him but I remember the childrenchorus:We gotta teach the children everyday, keep a songShow them the light, teach them right from wrongMake some sense so they can carry onTeach the childrenWe gotta teach the children so that they can sing alongUnderstand the words in this songCan't be done when we're gone, so..."Teach the children ,save the nationI see the destruction, the situationThey're corrupt, and their time's up soonBut they'll blow it up and prepare life on the moonSounds like Total RecallBut who gotta spaceship, you get it, we fallSo hope for the best and expect the worstThe end is near and it's you-N-I verse...The one's that interfere wit natureLabeled you limited and underrate ya,His plans over rule when he separates yaNow it's you-N-I verse, the one that hates yaSo we gotta let them know, we're hip to the scriptChange the skit, or we're about to flip'Cause we want access to happinessLivin' the good life and much successEqual opportunitySelf awareness and unityEducation, the kids need a sculptureTeach them the abacus and their culture...And that'll help stop the robbing, raping and killingPoison neighborhoods are illingBut they import more keys from across seasA drug disease hits the streets wit easeSo keep on building.... 'cause we gotta keep buildingTill the answers are filled inAnd make sure you don't stop till then...And if you do, remember the children!
Songwriters
Griffin, William / Barrier, EricPublished by
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