Epik High - Lesson One (Tablo's Word) Lyrics
Yeah, people, attentionEducation, knowledgeHuh, yeah, I got something to say to my teachersGenius is not the answer to all questionsIt's the question to all answersDo we learn math to add the dead sums?Subtract the weak ones, count cash for great ones?Yo, we multiply but divide the nation.Break down like fractions, send our sons away to dieDo we learn science in defiance of faith?To make alliance with fakes for an appliance's sake?We ask for the real to make artificial intelligence to make smarter kills of others' presidentsWhy do we learn history? To fix stories for the guiltyMake angels look filthy and the devils look milkyIf the victor writes the books then what have we won?Are we battleships of authorship a rich man's guns?Do we learn to read to receive the lies,to deceive the eyes from seeing between the lines?Yo, we use words to bring forth sticks and stones,to sing songs of hate that fill the streets with bones.Unseen or heard,a king with wordsTablo, lyrical assassiny-y-yeah yeahMake me vision for better livin'Unseen or heard,a king with wordsTablo, lyrical assassiny-y-yeah yeahMake me vision(I'm the truth)Is a day job more than self-slavery?When we're locked watching the clock impatientlywe sweat for the dollar bills, the checks, and the credit cardsbut the dollar kills, breaks the necks of our inner heartsIf the police are role models for the righteous,why does justice depend on guns and nightsticks?Mr. officer, don't punish me, with brutalityThe streets got me singing Marvin Gaye off-keyWhy do we need church to get to heaven's gates?Can holy water quench the thirst of those whose fatesStarted in the wrong place with the wrong face?Can the poor and the hungry survive solely on grace?Can this rap game ever bring changes?When MCs would rather floss a cross than be saviors?Will I last in this game, be blasted with shameWill I stand for my name and never blaspheme for fame?Unseen or heard,a king with wordsTablo, lyrical assassiny-y-yeah yeahMake me vision for better livin'Unseen or heard,a king with wordsTablo, lyrical assassiny-y-yeah yeahMake me vision(I'm the truth)
