Lupe Fiasco - All Black Everything Lyrics
[Hook]You would never knowIf you could ever beIf you never tryYou would never seeStayed in AfricaWe ain't never leaveSo there were no slaves in our historyWere no slave ships, were no misery, call me crazy, or isn't heSee I fell asleep and I had a dream, it was all black everything[Verse 1]Uh, and we ain't get exploitedWhite man ain't feared so he did not destroy itWe ain't work for free, see they had to employ itBuilt it up together so we equally appointedFirst 400 years, see we actually enjoyed itConstitution written by the W.E.B. Du BoisWere no reconstructions, Civil War got avoidedLittle black Sambo grows up to be a lawyerExtra extra on the news standsBlack woman voted head of Ku Klux KlanMalcolm Little dies as a old manMartin Luther King read the eulogy for himFollowed by Bill O'Reilly who read from the QuranPresident Bush sends condolences from IranWhere FOX News reports liveThat Ahmadinejad wins Mandela peace prize[Hook]You would never knowIf you could ever beIf you never tryYou would never seeStayed in AfricaWe ain't never leaveSo there were no slaves in our historyWere no slave ships, were no misery, call me crazy, or isn't heSee I fell asleep and I had a dream, it was all black everything[Verse 2]Uh, and it ain't no projectsKeepin it real is not an understood conceptYea, complexion's not a contestCause racism has no contextHip hop ain't got a section called consciousEverybody rappin' like crack never happenedCrips never occurred no Bloods to attack themMatter of fact no hood to attack inSomalia is a great place to relax inFred Astaire was the first to do a backspinThe Rat Pack was cool group of black menThat inspired five white guys called The JacksonsEminem fitted in but then again he inspired a black rapper tryin to mimic himAnd that's what really rose up out of Michigan, the sign of white rapper by the name of 50 Cent, ha![Hook]You would never knowIf you could ever beIf you never tryYou would never seeStayed in AfricaWe ain't never leaveSo there were no slaves in our historyWere no slave ships, were no misery, call me crazy, or isn't heSee I fell asleep and I had a dream, it was all black everything[Verse 3]Uh, and I know it's just a fantasyI cordially invite you to ask why can't it be?Now we can do nothing bout the pastBut we can do something about the future that we haveWe can make fast or we can make it lastEvery woman Queenin' and every man a Kingin'When those color lines come we can't see betweenWe just close our eyes 'til it's all black every-THING![Hook]You would never knowIf you could ever beIf you never tryYou would never seeStayed in AfricaWe ain't never leaveSo there were no slaves in our historyWere no slave ships, were no misery, call me crazy, or isn't heSee I fell asleep and I had a dream, it was all black everything
