Boogie Down Productions - You Must Learn Lyrics
Just like i told you, you must learnIt's calm yet wild the style that i speakJust filled with facts and you will never get weak in the heartIn fact you'll start to illuminate, knowledge to others in a songLet me demonstrate the force of knowledge,Knowledge reigned supremeThe ignorant is ripped to smithereensWhat do you mean when you say i'm rebellious'cause i don't accept everything that you're telling usWhat are you selling us the creator dwellin' usI sit in your unknown class while you're failing' usI failed your class 'cause i ain't with your reasoningYou're tryin' make me you by seasoningUp my mind with see jane run, see john walk in a hardcore new yorkIt doesn't exist no way, no howIt seems to me that in a school that's ebonyAfrican history should be pumped up steadily, but it's notAnd this has got to stop, see spot run, run get spotInsulting to a black mentality, a black way of lifeOr 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 eli whitney, haile selassieGranville woods made the walkie-talkieLewis latimer improved on edisonCharles drew did a lot for medicineGarrett morgan made the traffic lightsHarriet tubman freed the slaves at nightMadame cj walker made a straightenin 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
