Teach The Children
Eric B. & Rakim"Teach The Children" is a song by Eric B. & Rakim, released in 1992 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:55 long and contains 75 lines and 596 words.
Lyrics
0:08No more time to pass time 'cause these are the last rhymes
0:12'Cause we're living in the last times
0:13They wanna go to war more wars to come
0:15But most of us fight more wars than one
0:17Discrimination in the racial nation
0:20While they destroy our strong foundation
0:22Nature's balance is way off balance
0:24They tip the scale now it's no more silence
0:26The hole in the ozone layer is outta control
0:28But they wanna fight for more oil and gold
0:31Unemployment I got laid off
0:33The streets is the last resorts to get paid off
0:35For more more mint no doe for rent
0:37I gotta shed blood to make a red cent
0:40Maybe I should ask the president
0:42Somebody give me the president
0:44But he don't want to hear it it's out of the question
0:46'Cause in my section it's worse than recession
0:48So I go to a rich neighborhood and play robin hood
0:51Take from the bad and give to the good
0:53First I go to bensonhurst steal a benz snatch a purse
0:55Pick up my friends that's when it gets worse
0:57'Cause I need government and they need government
1:00Alot of mint spent now I gotta pay rent
1:02Who makes the most dead presidents in the projects
1:05You're gonna get robbed and wrecked
1:06I parked up the block to plot on a kid that made a knot
1:09Let's get him for all he got
1:11I approached him slow like I was a basehead
1:13Put the fo-fifth to his face and said
1:15You see those kids over there wit the hoods
1:17Walk to them real slow and give them the goods
1:19First the gun and the doe and crush the jumbos
1:22One false move and no one knows
1:24'Cause I got a silencer to hush the bust
1:26And I'm in a rush so hush the fuss
1:28Plus the poison you fed will no longer spread
1:31You good as dead I'm a fill your head wit lead
1:33That's when I pushed him into his building
1:35To murder him but I remember the children
1:38We gotta teach the children everyday keep a song
1:41Show them the light teach them right from wrong
1:44Make some sense so they can carry on
1:45Teach the children
1:46We gotta teach the children so that they can sing along
1:50Understand the words in this song
1:53Can't be done when we're gone so
1:55Teach the children save the nation
1:57I see the destruction the situation
2:00They're corrupt and their time's up soon
2:02But they'll blow it up and prepare life on the moon
2:04Sounds like total recall
2:06But who gotta spaceship you get it we fall
2:09So hope for the best and expect the worst
2:11The end is near and it's u-n-i verse
2:13The one's that interfere wit nature
2:15Labeled you limited and underrate ya
2:17His plans over rule when he separates ya
2:19Now it's u-n-i verse the one that hates ya
2:22So we gotta let them know we're hip to the script
2:24Change the skit or we're about to flip
2:26'Cause we want access to happiness
2:29Livin' the good life and much success
2:31Equal opportunity
2:33Self awareness and unity
2:35Education the kids need a sculpture
2:38Teach them the abacus and their culture
2:40And that'll help stop the robbing raping and killing
2:43Poison neighborhoods are illing
2:44But they import more keys from across seas
2:46A d**g disease hits the streets wit ease
2:49So keep on building 'cause we gotta keep building
2:52Till the answers are filled in
2:53And make sure you don't stop till then
2:55And if you do remember the children
No more time to pass time 'cause these are the last rhymes 'Cause we're living in the last times They wanna go to war more wars to come But most of us fight more wars than one Discrimination in the racial nation While they destroy our strong foundation Nature's balance is way off balance They tip the scale now it's no more silence The hole in the ozone layer is outta control But they wanna fight for more oil and gold Unemployment I got laid off The streets is the last resorts to get paid off For more more mint no doe for rent I gotta shed blood to make a red cent Maybe I should ask the president Somebody give me the president But he don't want to hear it it's out of the question 'Cause in my section it's worse than recession So I go to a rich neighborhood and play robin hood Take from the bad and give to the good First I go to bensonhurst steal a benz snatch a purse Pick up my friends that's when it gets worse 'Cause I need government and they need government Alot of mint spent now I gotta pay rent Who makes the most dead presidents in the projects You're gonna get robbed and wrecked I parked up the block to plot on a kid that made a knot Let's get him for all he got I approached him slow like I was a basehead Put the fo-fifth to his face and said You see those kids over there wit the hoods Walk to them real slow and give them the goods First the gun and the doe and crush the jumbos One false move and no one knows 'Cause I got a silencer to hush the bust And I'm in a rush so hush the fuss Plus the poison you fed will no longer spread You good as dead I'm a fill your head wit lead That's when I pushed him into his building To murder him but I remember the children We gotta teach the children everyday keep a song Show them the light teach them right from wrong Make some sense so they can carry on Teach the children We gotta teach the children so that they can sing along Understand the words in this song Can't be done when we're gone so Teach the children save the nation I see the destruction the situation They're corrupt and their time's up soon But they'll blow it up and prepare life on the moon Sounds like total recall But who gotta spaceship you get it we fall So hope for the best and expect the worst The end is near and it's u-n-i verse The one's that interfere wit nature Labeled you limited and underrate ya His plans over rule when he separates ya Now it's u-n-i verse the one that hates ya So we gotta let them know we're hip to the script Change the skit or we're about to flip 'Cause we want access to happiness Livin' the good life and much success Equal opportunity Self awareness and unity Education the kids need a sculpture Teach them the abacus and their culture And that'll help stop the robbing raping and killing Poison neighborhoods are illing But they import more keys from across seas A d**g disease hits the streets wit ease So keep on building 'cause we gotta keep building Till the answers are filled in And make sure you don't stop till then And if you do remember the children
Translation
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