Why Is That? (Single Edit)-Boogie Down Productions

[ti:Why Is That? (Single Edit)] [ar:Boogie Down Productions] [al:The Essential] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Why Is That? (Single Edit) - Boogie Down Productions [00:20.73]The day begins with a grin [00:23.50]And a prayer to excuse my sins [00:25.98]I can walk anywhere I choose [00:27.99]Cause everybody listens to the B D P crew [00:30.92]We're not here for glamour or fashion [00:33.68]But here's the question I'm askin [00:35.71]Why is it young black kids taught （flashin ） [00:37.15] [00:38.05]They're only taught how to read write and act [00:40.90]It's like teachin a dog to be a cat [00:43.39]You don't teach white kids to be black [00:45.69]Why is that Is it because we're the minority [00:48.26]Well black kids follow me [00:50.80]Genesis chapter eleven verse ten [00:52.26] [00:54.13]Explains the geneology of Chem [00:55.56]Chem was a black man in Africa [00:58.31]If you repeat this fact they can't laugh at ya [01:01.27]Genesis fourteen verse thirteen [01:03.05]Abraham steps on the scene [01:05.41]Being a descendent of Chem which is a fact [01:08.26]Means Abraham too was black [01:09.90]Abraham born in the city of a black man [01:13.27]Called Nimrod grandson of Kam [01:15.37]Kam had four sons one was named Canaan [01:18.37]Here let me do some explaining [01:20.78]Abraham was the father of Isaac [01:22.91]Isaac was the father of Jacob [01:25.42]Jacob had twelve sons for real [01:27.80]And these were the children of Isreal [01:30.98]According to Genesis chapter ten [01:32.94]Egyptains descended from （Hahm Kam） [01:36.23]Six hundred years later my brother read up [01:38.74]Moses was born in Egypt [01:40.35]In this era black Egyptians weren't right [01:42.17]They enslaved black Isrealites [01:44.74]Moses had to be of the black race [01:47.98]Because he spent fourty years in Pharoah's place [01:50.92]He passed as the Pharoah's grandson [01:53.17]So he had to look just like him [01:55.60]Yes my brothers and sisters take this here song [01:57.90]Yo correct the wrong [02:00.35]The information we get today is just wack [02:03.13]But ask yourself why is that [02:06.11]Verse Two [02:07.60] [02:20.78]The age of the ignorant rapper is done [02:22.51]Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone [02:24.59]The stereotype must be lost [02:27.86]That love and peace and knowledge is soft [02:30.36]Do away with that and understand one fact [02:32.98]For love peace must attack [02:35.48]And attack real strong stronger than war [02:38.44]To conquer it and it's law [02:40.49]Mental pictures stereotypes and fake history [02:43.04] [02:44.04]Reinforces mystery [02:45.79]And when mystery is reinforced [02:47.84]That only means that knowledge has been lost [02:50.47]When you know who you really are [02:52.60]Peace and knowledge shines like a star [02:54.70] [02:55.82]I'm only showin you a simple fact [02:57.63]It Takes A Nation of MILLIONS to Hold Us people Back [03:00.53]Which is wack but we can correct that [03:03.06]Teach and learn what it is to be black [03:05.42]Cause they're teachin birds to be a cat [03:07.84]But ask yourself homeboy why is that