Fatt Kidd - January 31 lyrics

[Intro] Martin Luther King was a man and he had a dream The end [Verse 1] My nephew just started school, I asked him 'bout Dr King He said he was a man and said that he had a dream Equality for all, I said “That's what it seemed" I asked him 'bout racism, he said “There's no such thing" What? Why they focus on the dream so much? He had other important speeches, they should mean as much So they teach equality, but never teach the opposite Unless they talking Neo-Nazis, but they skip the politics And the system built on it, generations follow it Teaching that since integration, bad things do not exist But they quick to demonize holding black power fist Equality for humans, we were not on the list So how you teaching all these kids and they believing it? Martin King had a dream, but died never achieving it You probably racist if you only quote his speech They only talk about the dream, 'cause when you dream you gotta sleep Wake up [Hook] Black new year Black new year New years eve, black new year Black new year [Verse 2] Slavery was bad, but we not talkin' 'bout that no mo' 'Cause y'all so quick to say that “That was so long ago" Nah we ain't happy 'cause we can ride the bus front row Nah we ain't happy 'cause yo' grand daddy finally let us vote 'Cause we ain't voting on a thing that's helping us Bernie Sanders ain't 'bout to cut a check for us That's not a handout, that's the reason generations of us broke 400 acres and mule is really not a joke 1865, Andrew Johnson, go read about it Andrew Jackson went to war, with the Gullah Gullah Island That's the real reason slavery ended, but they pretend that After 400 years, slavery became offensive And they teach that to our children, 'cause the truth has been restricted Now ma**a playing victim They want us to believe we are a problem, if we fix it, it's a problem Think I'm lying? Then explain the Tulsa, Oklahoma bombings A'ight [Hook] Black new year Black new year New years eve, black new year Black new year Black new year Black new year New years eve, black new year Black new year [Fatt Kidd] Gon' let my nephew read something that his teacher gave him at school He liked to read He liked school He liked sports He became a minister He had a dream He had a dream for peace The end That's all we learned about Dr King Welcome to new America [Outro] And I'm so happy tonight I'm not worried 'bout anything I'm not fearing any man My eyes have seen the glory The coming of the lord The coming of the lord Black new year