Why Is That? Lyrics - Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip Hop (bdp) - Krs One

The day begins with a grin 

And a prayer to excuse my sins 

I can walk anywhere I choose 

'Cause everybody listens to the B.D.P. crew 

We're not here for glamor or fashion 

But here's the question I'm askin' 

Why is it young black kids taught black? 

They're only taught how to read, write and act 

It's like teachin' a dog to be a cat 

You don't teach white kids to be black 

Why is that? Is it because we're the minority? 

Well, black kids follow me 

Genesis chapter eleven verse ten 

Explains the genealogy of Shem 

Chem was a black man in Africa 

If you repeat this fact they can't laugh at ya 

Genesis fourteen verse thirteen 

Abraham steps on the scene 

Being a descendant of Shem which is a fact 

Means, Abraham too was black 

Abraham born in the city of a black man 

Called Nimrod, grandson of Kam 

Kam had four sons, one was named Canaan 

Here, let me do some explaining 

Abraham was the father of Isaac 

Isaac was the father of Jacob 

Jacob had twelve sons for real 

And these were the children of Israel 

According to Genesis chapter ten 

Egyptians descended from Ham 

Six hundred years later my brother read up 

Moses was born in Egypt 

In this era black Egyptians weren't right 

They enslaved black Israelites 

Moses had to be of the black race 

Because he spent forty years in Pharaoh's place 

He passed as the Pharaoh's grandson 

So he had to look just like him 

Yes, my brothers and sisters take this here song 

Yo, correct the wrong 

The information we get today is just wack 

But ask yourself, why is that? 

The age of the ignorant rapper is done 

Knowledge reigns supreme over nearly everyone 

The stereotype must be lost 

That love and peace and knowledge is soft 

Do away with that and understand one fact 

For love, peace must attack 

And attack real strong, stronger than war 

To conquer it and its law 

Mental pictures, stereotypes and fake history 

Reinforces mystery 

And when mystery is reinforced 

That only means that knowledge has been lost 

When you know who you really are 

Peace and knowledge shines like a star 

I've only shown you a simple fact 

It takes a nation of millions to hold us people back 

Which is wack but we can correct that 

Teach and learn what it is to be black 

'Cause they're teachin' birds to be a cat 

But ask yourself homeboy, why is that?