Krs-one - What I Know lyrics

Mental Candy [Chorus] (Let me tell you what I know) What I know is that stuff's gotta go (Let me tell you what I know) Watch me freak this flow yo, c'mon, yeah (Let me tell you what I know) What I know is that stuff's gotta go (Let me tell you what I know) Watch me freak this flow yo, and check it out now [Verse 1] When you become serious about your hip hop Let me know when I freak a flow that shows you the way to go Unlike others what they sayin' is irrelevant While KRS-One appeals more to the intelligent On January 30th, 1906 3000 Africans were k**ed by some bricks, they don't quit British troops to be excact, is called the Bambatha Ma**acre This took place in South Africa May 4th, 1978, they still k** 7000 African men, women and children Tell the world I told ya This particular k**ing took place in Ca**inga, Angola But wait there's others White democrats murdered 60 more African brothers This took place in Louisiana And it's called the Coushatta ma**acre - know your history [Chorus w/ slight changes] [Verse 2] I resemble the herbal when I'm in your mental I go ungentle, never beginning or ending like a circle Purple raised emmenagogue from my meditation state You nift your consciousness when you lift my tape I'm givin' you these dates tough you'd hate But to evaluate your own mental state You're gettin' older not younger The system keeps you under Concentrate on living this summer Check it: 1963, the 15th of September Four girls are bombed by the KKK Remember, August 26, 1874 16 Africans are lynched in Tennessee, want some more? May 14th, 1970 Police k**ed two African students at Jackson State University And injured fourteen others For years America been k**ing us - sisters, brothers [Chorus w/ slight changes & Diamond D solo] [Verse 3] Give me lyrical sk**s that build or give me d**h When these rappers are out of breath I have two hours worth of rhymes left You can k** a man by taking him out his land And putting him in the land he doesn't understand They teach him to respect Greek mythology Like Pythagoras, Ptolomies, Socrates These people are thieves They stole astronomy, mathematics, all tactics of biology Even the concept of democracy, stolen from the king Akhenaten Now logically look, put down the book, use your brain If you don't know who you are, you are clinically insane The board of education can't see that To they deserve to get beaten and robbed by black Give me my frame of mind back, give me my culture But they don't understand that because they s**ers [Chorus w/ slight changes]