teach the children
Singer:eric b. & rakim
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
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
the hole in the ozone layer is outta control
but they wanna fight for more oil and gold
the streets is the last resorts to get paid off
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
'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
that's when it gets worse
'cause i need government and they need government
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
plus the poison you fed will no longer spread
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
teach them right from wrong
make some sense so they can carry on
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