DJ Premier - A Lesson to be Taught lyrics

Here we go, so pay attention to the teacher Here to preach a lesson to reach ya Brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews Think that I'm joking? Well then F you Cause I'm here to put you up on a crime scoop It'll only take a minute of your time, troop So don't be a dummy or a lame brain Lord Finesse is teaching so just maintain I'm not trying to diss you or even teach you But here to teach you we are all equal And show y'all in fact there's a better way Than depending on Welfare or Medicaid So finish up school and pa** the scholar quiz And show your children what the value of a dollar is Cause many children are hard to please today Cause they're searching for some type of easy way But there's not, so who's at fault here? So think about the lesson being taught here How many brothers in the world you see today Can say that they're living the legal way? Out of 20, I could say a few of them Out of seven I could say about two of them Live correct and, show respect and Don't sweat was is owned by the next man Or front the role, being harder or tougher Or live the life of a hustler Selling that white stuff just to make a fast buck But they don't stand tough when in handcuffs So understand and comprehend and see, kid You don't wanna take a fall like he did Or she did or they did, or how others did So don't sweat the lifestyle of another kid Get yours by achieving and planning So when they fall you'll still be standing Set your goal, and know what your quest is Open your ears to this positive message "Listen up, listen up" "We're all in this together" - Cut 4x Now I'll scramble, because life's a gamble And like others, you go out like a candle Like my man Tone who had crazy potential Before he went to the house for the mentally Disturbed, before he had crazy truck j**elery If he wasn't scrambling, you could have fooled me He was paid, to all the girls handsome He could have pa**ed for Donald Trump's grandson He had what it took, the fame, the glory Yeah, let's get deep in the story Drug dealer Tone had everything sewn Lots to own, he had a car with a phone A cool brother, maxing, chilling He always hung out in front of the building But in the drug game there's no time for maxing You always have others who want some action And so many was jealous of Tone Cause of the things he owned and how he got known He had a few friends, or rather he thought he did Some hired help, some really dirty naughty kids Blood they shed, will k** people dead And fill them with lead at the nod of Tone's head For Tone, everything was going great Because him and his friends would sit and conversate He would chill, relax and just sit back His friends got unruly, but Tone wasn't with that Til one day he saw them sharing it He thought to himself "It wouldn't hurt to experiment" So they pa**ed it (inhales) he hit it There you have it, Tone got addicted Like most drug stories, the end sound the same Cause everything he had went down the drain He lost everything, the money, the work The car, to Tone, d** came first The wrong thing was for Tone to start that He was getting beamed up like a member of Star Trek The young brother went insane Forgot his name, yo that's a damn shame But someone in the street took responsibility And checked Tone into a drug facility Now Tone has a chance to get better And clever, and get himself together You may not like the way that I say this But d** ain't nothing to play with So don't be pressured by what the grown say Be yourself and walk your own way "Listen up, listen up" "We're all in this together" - Cut 4x