Just like i told you you must learn
Itand's calm yet wild the style that i speak
Just filled with facts and you will never get weak in the heart
In fact youand'll start to illuminate knowledge to others in a song
Let me demonstrate the force of knowledge
Knowledge reigned supreme
The ignorant is ripped to smithereens
What do you mean when you say iand'm rebellious
and'cause i donand't accept everything that youand're telling us
What are you selling us the creator dwellinand' us
I sit in your unknown class while youand're failingand' us
I failed your class and'cause i ainand't with your reasoning
Youand're tryinand' make me you by seasoning
Up my mind with see jane run, see john walk in a hardcore new york
It doesnand't exist no way, no how
It seems to me that in a school thatand's ebony
African history should be pumped up steadily, but itand'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, that
You must learn
Chorus: just like i told you, you must learn (twice)
I believe that if youand're teaching history
Filled with straight up facts no mystery
Teach the student what needs to be taught
and'cause black and white kids both take shorts
When one doesnand't know about the other onesand' culture
Ignorance swoops down like a vulture
and'cause you donand't know that you ainand't just a janitor
No one told you about benjamin banneker
A brilliant black man that invented the almanac
Canand't you see where krs is coming at
With elie whitney, holly selosy, grand bill woods
Made the walky-talky
Lewis latterman improved on edison
Charles drew did a lot for medicine
Garrett morgan made the traffic lights
Harriet tubman freed the slaves at night
Madame cj walker made a straightinand' comb
But you wonand't know this is you werenand't shown
The point iand'm gettinand' at it it might be harsh
and'cause weand're just walkinand' around brainwashed
So what iand'm sayinand' is not to diss a man
We need the 89 school system
One that caters to a black return because
You must learn
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