Greatest Story Never Told-Lord Jamar

[ti:Greatest Story Never Told] [ar:Lord Jamar] [al:The 5% Album] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.51]"In 1963 a young minister [00:02.63]At Malcolm X's mosque in New York City [00:05.32]A man named Clarence X [00:07.31]Broke with the Nation of Islam [00:09.33]He changed his name to Allah [00:10.92]And took his less astere vision [00:13.21]Of Islam directly to young people in Harlem [00:15.88] [00:16.82]He called his new movement: [00:18.11]The Five Percent Nation" [00:19.55] [00:20.64]Greatest story never told Clarence Smith [00:23.92] [00:24.91]Clarence 13X to the Father Allah let's go [00:29.97] [00:32.42]Aiyo February 22nd 1928 [00:35.47]Danville Virginia it was still the winter [00:37.93]Clarence Smith he was born a friday [00:39.88]The fifth son of Louis and Mary [00:42.05] [00:42.75]After him came Dennis and Harry [00:44.74] [00:45.26]Now that's seven six boys one girl [00:47.32] [00:47.95]Who ever thought he would change the world [00:50.09]His mother nicknamed him Put and simply put [00:52.73]This was the time during Jim Crow [00:54.99]Where laws dictated where a ni**a could go [00:57.01] [00:57.52]But the fam didn't care I don't wanna be rude whitey [01:00.16]I don't wanna go where I know they don't like me [01:03.00]In '46 Allah came to Harlem [01:05.10]To join his mother and his older brothers [01:06.83] [01:07.47]Once in New York Put became pudding [01:09.65] [01:10.82]Yeah the God was smooth [01:12.01] [01:12.61]He performed odd jobs [01:13.52]He was an honest dude [01:14.55]Amongst them fruit stand that he ran [01:17.10]In a little hole in the wall this was Harlem ya'll [01:19.83] [01:20.67]Developed a love for gambling [01:22.16]Played a lotta pool took fools for they jewels [01:24.47] [01:25.84]Then he met Eline wanted to marry [01:27.57] [01:28.27]But she was only seventeen [01:29.32] [01:30.59]Needed her mother's permission [01:32.21]They still had 2 sons [01:33.47]Even though she was bitching [01:34.55]Allah said "I got something for you" [01:36.41] [01:37.02]You don't have don't have the only daughter [01:38.59]Then he married Dora [01:40.36]He had two seeds with her [01:41.97] [01:42.62]Clarence and Christine they were hers [01:44.49] [01:45.16]And that's just the way it was back in the day [01:47.38] [01:48.25]When Allah came up [01:49.45] [01:50.60]Just the greatest story never told [01:51.92] [01:54.76]Greatest story never told [01:55.63] [01:57.65]"Hey hey now what I say" [01:59.56] [02:01.35]In 1950 Clarence joined the army [02:03.97] [02:04.64]And went to fight in the Korean war [02:06.44] [02:07.26]Seeing war it had to effect him [02:09.54]Supporting two families [02:10.60]You had to respect him [02:12.01]While he away Dora became Muslim [02:14.66]N O I Honorable Elijah Muhammed [02:16.74] [02:17.34]When Clarence returned he too accepted [02:19.52]By the teacher of Islam he was truly effected [02:21.56] [02:22.16]Temple Number 7 Mr Malcolm X [02:23.95] [02:24.50]This was the time that Allah met Justice [02:26.12] [02:26.72]Clarence became Student Minister over time [02:28.57] [02:29.54]He said some things that put him over the line [02:31.95]He said the Black Man's God not just Farrad [02:34.33]Please let's go yell it in the yard [02:36.53]But the Nation said no you gots to go [02:38.78]He took Justice and some brothers and he left the temple [02:41.11] [02:41.65]Back to the streets of Harlem [02:43.51]This time to teach black youth not reached by Muslims [02:45.89] [02:46.58]Birth of a Nation with far reach and implications [02:48.69] [02:49.56]1963 is the sh*t to me [02:51.89]Cuz that's the year that the God made history [02:54.20]Looked himself and said it ain't no mystery [02:56.08] [02:57.14]This the greatest story never told [03:00.12] [03:02.09]"Hey hey now what I say" [03:03.75] [03:05.64]Allah made Supreme Mathematics Supreme Alphabets [03:08.56]A profound way to break it down [03:11.30]He took it to the poor and the hardcore [03:13.00] [03:14.15]Young thugs and niggaz on drugs [03:15.83] [03:16.34]First born student by the name of Kareem [03:18.39]Had the power to attract black knowledge seeed [03:21.12]Kareem became Black Messiah [03:22.55] [03:23.62]And then he run the first borns by it [03:25.48]It was Kareem Naheem Uhu Kaheem [03:28.33]Al Jabar or Prince Allah [03:30.33] [03:30.91]Al Jamel Bilal or Jihad Akbar and Al Salam [03:35.16] [03:36.01]They called Allah the father [03:37.28]They were from broken home [03:38.68]And this man was the only father they had known [03:40.99]Allah's Nation of the Five Percenters [03:42.77] [03:43.70]Will soon influence the epicenter [03:45.21] [03:45.84]Allah got shot and soon after arrested [03:47.87] [03:48.66]Before the judge Allah contested [03:50.33] [03:51.00]You got it wrong I'm Allah I tell you [03:53.45]The judge said you crazy [03:54.55]And shipped him to Bellevue [03:56.13] [03:58.17]This is the greatest story never told [03:59.67] [04:02.82]The greatest story never told [04:03.85] [04:06.43]"Hey hey now what I say" [04:08.27] [04:10.19]Allah got sent to Matter One [04:11.79]First borns carried on [04:12.82] [04:13.33]We could live to wait it and got situated [04:15.98]In '67 Allah came home [04:17.94]We had our first problem and see how we had grown [04:20.22]They were thousands of Five Percenters [04:22.15]Allah had to borrow some muslims [04:23.97]They said "I surrender" 21-22 Seventh Avenue [04:27.77]It was a gift from the mayor and we still right there [04:30.53]Sham God designed the flag [04:32.65]We put it on the window of the street acad' [04:34.71] [04:35.67]In '68 Dr King was assassinated [04:38.13]Many cities got decimated [04:39.68] [04:40.41]That night in Harlem the Gods were out [04:42.63]Helping to keep the peace 85's wanna wild out [04:45.01] [04:45.56]The same year Allah prepared [04:47.50]His Five Percent for the day he wouldn't be here [04:50.00] [04:50.66]If I die I don't want you cry [04:52.58]If I could I'll reach up and slap you in the eye [04:55.23]Besides if you keep on teaching I'll live forever [04:57.74]But physically no man lives forever [05:00.54]June 12th 1969 indelible in the God's minds [05:04.83]Allah Just took us through the science [05:06.99]Of male and female [05:07.81] [05:08.33]But we didn't notice the details [05:09.69] [05:10.37]Cuz when he left he got in the cab [05:12.50]But it wasn't in Allah's cab didn't observe that [05:14.71] [05:15.26]Shortly after the word came back [05:17.35]That Allah got gunned down [05:18.79]Five Percenters rushed down [05:20.25]To Amlocate Towers hundred 12th street [05:22.75]In the elevators where the God fell G [05:25.04]Many Gods were crying [05:26.42]At least one remembered [05:27.71]What Allah said didn't let a tear shed [05:30.06]We said fareful at community chapel [05:31.93]As to who killed Allah to this day we're baffeled [05:34.86]These funeral posess the firm clear for his cremation [05:37.23]This is the Nation of his creation [05:39.17] [05:41.95]This is the greatest story never told [05:43.72] [05:46.79]Greatest story never told [05:47.89] [05:49.06]"Allah was assassinated in 1969 [05:50.83] [05:51.82]That case was never solved [05:53.59]His movement survived him [05:54.90] [05:55.71]Today it's known as the Nation of Gods & Earths [05:57.95] [05:58.53]Or the Five Percenters [05:59.55] [06:00.56]Tens of thousands of young black men & women [06:02.95]Follow his teachings among them [06:05.02]Several top performers [06:05.77] [06:06.73]Including Busta Rhymes [06:07.96]And members of Wu-Tang Clan"