Get Educated

[Verse 1: Akala] Gordon Bennett! I'm flabbergasted Smart Bastard Why don’t he play his role and just act retarded 'cause when you’re born single parent poor thats your place Don’t read too many books, sag your jeans screw your face Chat shit Act thick Practice Your backflips Put your motherfucking arse out for the cameras Providing entertainment for your cultural betters Men of letters think we can only be good if they let us, 'cause Knowledge ain't for punks, they market it like it is Cos who the fuck wants to be Carlton from fresh prince But geeks designed the system devisions of politicians Marthis, and the smiths were livin' in their vison So, knowledge is power For devouring cowards that shower'd you With propaganda each and every hour that’s why Malcolm never died as, just another tug on the road A symbol over the globe 'cause did you know? [Hook: Akala] The most rebellious thing you can do is get educated Forget what they told you in school, get educated I ain't sayin' play by the rules, get educated Get educated Get educated Get educated Break the chains of their enslavement, get educated Even if you're on the pavement, get educated What a weapon that your brain is, get educated Get educated Get educated [Verse 2: Akala] We speak of power When we speak of education Free your body, free your mind What you think Toussaint did? Planned rebellion, that’s the way to use your brain kid That’s the only way we're gonna make it outta this matrix but Gotta know the basics We can look around say that we hate it but But how do we change it Or rearrange it, all to replace it Gotta step into the mind that designed ya What do you reckon when you step into the fire What are you reppin' is it definitely bias Severing your effort in the ways they require? Act like you're lesser than better Severing endeavors is clever I know a bag of youths that act like they ain't clever Cause it's become fashionable to say we all clap a tool Never symbols of the state, only those that look like you So whose job are we doin', pursuin' our ruin The riddle ain't very hard, brother you fill the clue in So when we clappin' our tools and play the fool We ain't breakin' the rules, it ain't very cool, you know what to do [Hook] Forget what they told you in school, get educated I ain't sayin' play by the rules, get educated Get educated Get educated Get educated Break the chains of their enslavement, get educated Even if you're on the pavement, get educated What a weapon that your brain is, get educated Get educated Get educated [Verse 3: Akala] So you want to hide something from Blacks Then you should put it in a book Still some brothers won't even look, it's like they shook Its not just us, dumber you act the more they promote it 'cause dumb people will not rebel, sure you know this Yo, look at the dreams that they feed to our babies, your seeds Look at the means that they tell us you make all the P's Dumb celebrities say girls act like you're me If you suck dick and film it, get a show on TV Because we don't want too many women thinkin' like bell hooks We want a bag of hookers that bend over and just cook Our silicone addressers do anything to impress us Of course a woman's life is lived just for the fellas Much as the next man, I love a woman that's shaped up But there's nothing more unattractive than a woman that play dumb But the ego with a reason to see you Lesser than equal to be you But wanna keep you At all the bullshit that we do deceitful And we're evil I wouldn't want to be you Putting up with our bullshit, and I mean me too The anger burns inside of me, violently, it's dividing me One moment I'm cool, the next I think that you're tryin' me 'cause of course I believe in peace, theoretically, generally But if you love something then you got to defend it, see Not tellin' you be a coward, no coward could be a friend to me You should know your enemy, cut the head of a centipede But know the one whose head needs to get severed For the one who just lives it cos they just don't really know no better The yout across the block ain't your enemy brother And if you really knew the truth you'd be defending each other [Hook] Forget what they told you in school, get educated I ain't sayin' play by the rules, get educated Get educated Get educated Get educated Break the chains of their enslavement, get educated Even if you're on the pavement, get educated What a weapon that your brain is, get educated Get educated Get educated