Song Description
A real solution to prejudice by dealing with everything on an individual level.
Song Length |
3:28 |
Genre |
Rap - Progressive, Rap - General |
Subject |
Race/Ethnicity, Philosophy |
Language |
English |
Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
I GET UP, POUR ME SOME COFFEE, SHIMMY AND SHAKE FOR THE TEN INCH GLOSSY.
GRAB THE MIC AND CHECK THE V.U. METERS, BASS REFLEX AND THE SIX INCH TWEETERS.
THEN I HIT THE STAGE (NOT FOR FAME OR GLORY) I JUST CAME HERE TO ROCK THIS STORY,
AND PRESTO, A MANIFESTO, SPEWING FROM MY MOUTH IS A FRESH FLOW. IT'S ABOUT PRIDE.
PRIDE, IT TAKES YOU FOR A RIDE, IT BLINDS YOUR EYES: DON'T BELIEVE THOSE LIES OF HATE!
I KNOW WHERE THEY COME FROM ... MONEY AND GREED AND ENVY AND THEN SOME.
IT PLAYS ON YOUR PAIN ... GIVES YOU SOMEONE TO KILL; PROMISE YOU A FLOWER AND LEAVE YOU WITH A DUNG HILL; OPEN YOUR EYES, THAT'S DEGRADATION; PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A CONSTERNATION.
IT'S HOMOLOGY, CAN YOU BEGIN TO SEE THAT WE ALL STEM FROM THE SAME FIRST TREE...
THAT'S LIFE!
HOW CAN YOU BASE PRIDE UPON COLOUR? COLOUR IS A PRODUCT OF A FATHER AND A MOTHER.
ON THE SUBJECT OF RACE YOU HAVE NO CONTROL, RAVE PRIDE IN A MIND NOT FLESH AND BONE.
HOW CAN YOU RATE FROM A LOOK AT THE SKIN?
DENOUNCE KNOWLEDGE AND STUPIDITY BELIEVE IN.
A GENIUS IS A GENIUS AND A BUM IS A BUM/INDI-
VIDUAL AND NOT THE FAMILY YOU COME FROM!
SO SEE ME AS CREATIVE OR SEE ME AS A FOOL,
KNOWLEDGE IS THE KEY BUT TRUTH IS THE TOOL
TRUTH IS LIKE A HAMMER OR LIGHT AS A FEATHER.
TRUTH IN KNOWLEDGE WILL BRING IT ALL
TOGETHER. LIES IN KNOWLEDGE WILL BLOW-UP LIKE
A BOMB (CHECK THE HISTORY THEN TELL ME THAT
I'M WRONG)
I'M FROM EARTH, THAT'S MY STARTING PLACE.
LET'S SHOW SOME RESPECT FOR THE HUMAN
"RACE"AND LIFE.