Acknowledge Your Own History

[Intro] You don't know Who you are Look back into your past, brother Look back into your past, sister You don't know (Adventures in negro history) Who you are Look back into your past, sister Look back into your past, brother [Verse 1: Afrika] My forefather was a king He wore fat gold chains and fat ruby rings Nobody believes this to be true Maybe it's because my eyes ain't blue You ain't gonna find it in your history book Come here, young blood, and take a look And dig down deep inside this hard cover Don't you know that you was bought, brother? All you read about is slavery Never 'bout the Black man's bravery You look at the pictures and all they show is African people with bones in they noses That ain't true, that's a lie You didn't get that from my lemon pie [Verse 2: Mike G] Yeah, I cut class, I got a D 'Cause History meant nothing to me Except a definite nap That's why I often sat in the back I'd talk to girls or write a rhyme 'Cause I didn't know all times are Black man's times When I was young, my mama told me stories Of Black peoples' fight to bring us glory I used to think these were stories to put me to sleep But now I know mama's talk wasn't cheap I know Africa's for Africans And history's the blood of every woman and man [Interlude] Now I begin another search The incredibly involved The incredibly difficult and incredibly frustrating search— The incredibly involved The incredibly difficult and incredibly frustrating search Trying to pull together the history of a people [Verse 3: Afrika & Mike G] Page one, page two, page three And still no signs of me Yeah, so I looked into the table of the contents (Uh) They wrote a little thing about us in the projects (What?) The only history we make is if we kill somebody Rape somebody, but other than that, we're nobody Speaking like a brother living in the jungle I know I was here first, but I remain humble Now it's time to rekindle the fire A tribe of young brothers with the eye of the tiger Acknowledge your own, we have a home Put on this earth to live and roam Christopher chose to explore Discovered America! Yeah, sure He thought the planet was square Traveled many places, but we already had been there We left tracks, backtracked back First civilization, you know where that was found at Looking for the true Black days of glory But you're reading history, that's his story [Chorus: Vinia Mojica] The red's for the blood and the black's for the man The green is the color that stands for the land The red's for the blood and the black's for the man The green is the color that stands for the land The red's for the blood and the black's for the man (The suffering, the original people) The green is the color that stands for the land (All the riches of the earth) The red's for the blood and the black's for the man (The suffering, the original people) The green is the color that stands for the land (All the riches of the earth) [Outro] Africa Talkin' 'bout mother Africa Talkin' 'bout father Africa Africa is the mother of civilization on the planet Earth Africa, where science, cosmetic, knowledge, wisdom and understanding all comes from In Africa (Africa) Africa (Africa) My mother say Africa (He say Africa) Africa (Africa) Jungle Brothers say Africa (We say Africa) Africa (Africa) All the people say Africa (Africa) Africa, hahahaha (Africa)