Lyrics
Yeah, I came up in that time when rap was first generated
Came up in a strong household, two parent household
All the black men didn't run away
Learned who I was from some good brothers, original man
It's always gone be nice, I was destined
Student enrollment shaped my frame
The God's molded man that I became
I was self taught, but from others I caught
Admired the style and ground breakers
Broke rules and took chances
Started light got a few glances, further engrossed me
Watched all followed none closely
Looked into myself became a man
Got with the brother's brand
Seen the land, build what my father had stilled
In his gene, supreme being
The all eye seeing, that's why I survived
I'm not saying that I'm the best alive
But I believe that I'm one of the top
I'm not gone sell myself short
See that's the line you've bought
I knowledged wisdom, I'm understanding, that the world is the man
Why do we try to believe crackers rulin' public schoolin'
Doesn't impede the seeds
Wasn't it these that gave us three fifth MC's
The recipes that manufactured dumb down rappers
This is why I keep my hip hop tip top shape
I shake a speaker, wake a sleeper, hate to see ya lackin'
Like my fish blackened, girls lack 'em
Poor black and hated, but I'm proud to be that
Marcus Garvey, Bobby Marley, make me proud to be black
Some prospectors have suggested my commercially defective
Black aesthetic needs an edit just so white folk can get it
Like the poet Felton Eady, twice as hood as Lil Weezy
I just rather drop a jewel, a wise or wound to plant my seed in
Soon the craft that I be teaching will engulf your lower thoughts
Each and all poor righteous teachers had to learn before they taught
Just like the seeds, if you'd agree
They had to crawl before they walked
Dot X and J. Rawls and however that falls
Let freedom, justice, equality be taught in the halls