Why Is That Lyrics by Boogie Down Productions

Why Is That Lyrics

    Verse one

    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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