Gerald "Soul G." Stevens - The Pride lyrics

[Intro] Yeah, reminiscent of another time And another state of mind [Verse 1] I used to flow, they used to call me a rhyme animal Some of them don't call me no mo' So, I try a new style refuse to get wild On the B-side because I still got my pride The pride comes from another time My father and mother plus God blessed the rhyme Born in 1960, '70 s**ers quizzing me "What was it like before everybody tried to be like Mike?" Back in the day when our peeps had to fight for our rights To make the day feel aight But there is no is without a was No about to be, buts, or because I got the pride [Hook] [Interlude] Reminiscent of another time Dashikis, bells, to straight legs Platforms and picks See it wasn't just about the fro It was what was underneath that fro Black power for the powerless Deuce and quarters, caddies 442's Yeah, pride [Verse 2] Say it loud James singing, "Black and I'm Proud" I was in third grade when Dr. King got slain And if I had to read a book about the facts The fact is that the black would be overlooked, look 1967, I was seven, living proof Of what I had learned in my youth What a difference a score and a decade makes Mistakes and Superbad breaks, wait I ate the food in the lunch programs And now I see the young strung out on grams So I work on a go on and so on and soon communicate To teach the young straight 'cause I got the pride [Hook] [Interlude] Flamboyant names Free Huey, Eldridge, Bobby, Angela Woodstock to Kent State The music of the time for the mind 45's, Aretha, Four Tops Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes Assa**inations Presidents Nothing but 60's soul [Interlude] Now in order for us to know who we are We got to know who we was And once we know who we was Then we know who we're gonna be Pride [Verse 3] The Panther Party before "La Di Da Di" Put pride inside plus taught karate Fed heads in many ways, many days We're served locked down protecting the Black and the Brown Now today the old must spread it, I said it If they don't communicate, then you can't get it Problems have to be solved they won't go away so man what You say and don't sway Gotta get that pride [Hook] [Outro] Dr. King, Malcolm, Medgar, Hampton Riots and rebellions Newark, Watts, Uptown Harlem that is, black gold Ghetto stell I reserve the right to be nothing but a man We reserve the right to be nothing but men and women