Eric B. & Rakim - Teach The Children Lyrics
No more time to pass time cause these are the last rhymes,cause were living in the last times...They wanna go to war, more wars to comeBut most of us fight more wars than oneDiscrimination in the racial nationWhile they destroy our strong foundationNatures balance is way off balanceThey tip the scale, now its no more silenceThe hole in the ozone layer is outta controlBut they wanna fight for more oil and goldUnemployment, I got laid offThe streets is the last resorts to get paid offFor more, more mint, no doe for rentI gotta shed blood to make a red centMaybe I should ask the presidentSomebody give me the presidentBut he dont want to hear it, its out of the questioncause in my section its worse than recessionSo I go to a rich neighborhood and play robin hoodTake from the bad and give to the goodFirst I go to bensonhurst, steal a benz, snatch a pursePick up my friends, thats when it gets worsecause I need government and they need governmentAlot of mint spent, now I gotta pay rentWho makes the most dead presidents in the projectsYoure gonna get robbed and wreckedI parked up the block to plot on a kid that made a knotLets get him for all he gotI approached him slow like I was a baseheadPut the fo-fifth to his face and saidYou see those kids over there wit the hoodsWalk to them real slow and give them the goodsFirst the gun and the doe and crush the jumbosOne false move and no one knowscause I got a silencer to hush the bustAnd Im in a rush, so hush the fussPlus the poison you fed will no longer spreadYou good as dead, Im a fill your head wit leadThats when I pushed him into his buildingTo murder him ...but I remember the children...Chorus:We gotta teach the children everyday, keep a songShow them the light, teach them right from wrongMake some sense so they can carry onTeach the childrenWe gotta teach the children so that they can sing alongUnderstand the words in this songCant be done when were gone, so...Teach the children ,save the nationI see the destruction, the situationTheyre corrupt, and their times up soonBut theyll blow it up and prepare life on the moonSounds like total recallBut who gotta spaceship, you get it, we fallSo hope for the best and expect the worstThe end is near and its u-n-i verse...The ones that interfere wit natureLabeled you limited and underrate ya,His plans over rule when he separates yaNow its u-n-i verse, the one that hates yaSo we gotta let them know, were hip to the scriptChange the skit, or were about to flipcause we want access to happinessLivin the good life and much successEqual opportunitySelf awareness and unityEducation, the kids need a sculptureTeach them the abacus and their culture...And thatll help stop the robbing, raping and killingPoison neighborhoods are illingBut they import more keys from across seasA drug disease hits the streets wit easeSo keep on building.... cause we gotta keep buildingTill the answers are filled inAnd make sure you dont stop till then...And if you do, remember the children!
