You Must Learn-Boogie Down Productions

[ti:You Must Learn] [ar:Boogie Down Productions] [al:Ghetto Music The Blueprint Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]You Must Learn - Boogie Down Productions [00:03.38]Just like i told you you must learn [00:28.66]It＇s calm yet wild the style that i speak [00:38.76]Just filled with facts and you will never get weak in the heart [00:41.82]In fact you＇ll start to illuminate knowledge to others in a song [00:45.31]Let me demonstrate the force of knowledge [00:47.13]Knowledge reigned supreme [00:47.74]The ignorant is ripped to smithereens [00:48.99]What do you mean when you say i＇m rebellious [00:50.68]＇cause i don＇t accept everything that you＇re telling us [00:52.61]What are you selling us the creator dwellin＇ us [00:54.29]I sit in your unknown class while you＇re failing＇ us [00:56.73]I failed your class ＇cause i ain＇t with your reasoning [00:59.11]You＇re tryin＇ make me you by seasoning [01:00.68]Up my mind with see jane run see john walk in a hardcore new york [01:04.99]It doesn＇t exist no way no how [01:07.23]It seems to me that in a school that＇s ebony [01:09.73]African history should be pumped up steadily but it＇s not [01:13.79]And this has got to stop see spot run run get spot [01:17.78]Insulting to a black mentality a black way of life [01:20.84]Or a jet black family so i include with one concern that [01:23.20]You must learn [01:23.95]Chorus: just like i told you you must learn (twice) [01:38.75]I believe that if you＇re teaching history [01:46.74]Filled with straight up facts no mystery [01:48.17]Teach the student what needs to be taught [01:50.67]＇cause black and white kids both take shorts [01:53.10]When one doesn＇t know about the other ones＇ culture [01:55.78]Ignorance swoops down like a vulture [01:57.09]＇cause you don＇t know that you ain＇t just a janitor [02:00.71]No one told you about benjamin banneker [02:02.09]A brilliant black man that invented the almanac [02:04.08]Can＇t you see where krs is coming at [02:06.39]With eli whitney haile selassie [02:07.38]Granville woods made the walkie-talkie [02:09.70]Lewis latimer improved on edison [02:12.44]Charles drew did a lot for medicine [02:14.82]Garrett morgan made the traffic lights [02:16.44]Harriet tubman freed the slaves at night [02:19.06]Madame cj walker made a straightenin comb [02:21.24]But you won＇t know this is you weren＇t shown [02:24.30]The point i＇m gettin＇ at it it might be harsh [02:26.80]＇cause we＇re just walkin＇ around brainwashed [02:28.92]So what i＇m sayin＇ is not to diss a man [02:31.73]We need the 89 school system [02:32.66]One that caters to a black return because [02:34.66]You must learn [02:35.53]Chorus