Why Is That? lyrics

Artist  : Krs One 
Song : Why Is That?



 Send "Why Is That?" Ringtone to your Cell 

 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?