Boogie Down Productions - Why Is That? Lyrics
Verse oneThe day begins, with a grinAnd a prayer to excuse my sinsI can walk anywhere I chooseCause everybody listens to the b.d.p. crewWere not here for glamour or fashionBut heres the question Im askinWhy is it young black kids taught {flashin? }Theyre only taught how to read, write, and actIts like teachin a dog to be a catYou dont teach white kids to be blackWhy is that? is it because were the minority?Well black kids follow meGenesis chapter eleven verse tenExplains the geneology of chemChem was a black man, in africaIf you repeat this fact they cant laugh at yaGenesis fourteen verse thirteenAbraham steps on the sceneBeing a descendent of chem which is a factMeans, abraham too was blackAbraham born in the city of a black manCalled nimrod grandson of kamKam had four sons, one was named canaanHere, let me do some explainingAbraham was the father of isaacIsaac was the father of jacobJacob had twelve sons, for realAnd these, were the children of isrealAccording to genesis chapter tenEgyptains descended from {hahm,kam}Six hundred years later, my brother, read upMoses was born in egyptIn this era black egyptians werent rightThey enslaved black isrealitesMoses had to be of the black raceBecause he spent fourty years in pharoahs placeHe passed as the pharoahs grandsonSo he had to look just like himYes my brothers and sisters take this here songYo, correct the wrongThe information we get today is just wackBut ask yourself, why is that?Verse twoThe age of the ignorant rapper is doneKnowledge reigns supreme over nearly everyoneThe stereotype must be lostThat love and peace and knowledge is softDo away with that and understand one factFor love, peace must attackAnd attack real strong, stronger than warTo conquer it and its lawMental pictures, stereotypes and fake historyReinforces mysteryAnd when mystery is reinforcedThat only means that knowledge has been lostWhen you know who you really arePeace and knowledge shines like a starIm only showin you a simple factIt takes a nation of millions to hold us people backWhich is wack, but we can correct thatTeach and learn what it is to be blackCause theyre teachin birds to be a catBut ask yourself homeboy, why is that?
