Teach The Children

Eric B. & Rakim

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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