Just like I told you you must learn
It's calm yet wild the style that I speak
Just filled with facts and you will never get weak in the heart
In fact you'll start to illuminate knowledge to others in a songLet me demonstrate the force of knowledge
knowledge reigned supreme
The ignorant is ripped to smithereens
What do you mean when you say I'm rebellious'Cause I don't accept everything that you're telling us
What are you selling us the creator dwellin' us
I sit in your unknown class while you're failing' us
I failed your class 'cause I ain't with your reasoningYou're tryin' make me you by seasoning
Up my mind with see Jane run, see John walk in a hardcore New York
It doesn't exist no way, no how
It seems to me that in a school that's ebonyAfrican history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not
and this has got to stop, See Spot run, run get Spot
Insulting to a Black mentality, a Black way of life
Or a jet Black family, so I include with one concern, thatYou must learnChorus: Just like I told you, you must learn (twice)I believe that if you're teaching historyFilled with straight up facts no mysteryTeach the student what needs to be taught'Cause Black and White kids both take shortsWhen one doesn't know about the other ones' cultureIgnorance swoops down like a vulture'Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitorNo one told you about Benjamin BannekerA brilliant Black man that invented the almanacCan't you see where KRS is coming atWith Elie Whitney, Holly Selosy, Grand Bill Woodsmade the walky-talkyLewis Latterman improved on EdisonCharles Drew did a lot for medicineGarrett Morgan made the traffic lightsHarriet Tubman freed the slaves at nightMadame CJ Walker made a straightin' combBut you won't know this is you weren't shownThe point I'm gettin' at it it might be harsh'Cause we're just walkin' around brainwashedSo what I'm sayin' is not to diss a manwe need the 89 school systemOne that caters to a Black return becauseYou must learnChorus
Songwriters
ARMSTRONG, CALEB TYRONE / SMITH, RAY ANTHONY / PARKER, LAWRENCE NPublished by
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