Large Professor - More lyrics

[Chorus] Chantelle Nandi: Keep moving forward, don't let nobody bring you down It's up to you what happens here on out (here on out) You are keen intellect creative being Tell me that you know, that you know, that you know that you're more than this Keep moving [Verse 1] We more than image is often depicted Jealous of business trying to employ our children And destroy our mental everyday we more conditioned To conform to ignorance and ignore wisdom A darker pigment gets you 50 shots and cops acquitted While Mumia dreams of freedom from a cot in prison Knowledge of self helped me understand my origin From Africans to broken families and cotton pickers We all witness pictures of starving children In the mother land, stripped of all its riches It's a dirty game for brothers, the odds against us Beneath the sheets of the clan or politicians Don't care about us or our condition During Katrina Bush was giving us the middle finger While we prayed for Haiti others preyed on Haiti Like beasts, stealing bodies, organ donations and babies [Chorus] [Verse 2] We more than pant saggin ignorance In fact, spell saggin backwards it's n***as Pick your pants up enhance your appearance it traps us And stereotypes embedded in slaves by masters Didn't want slaves to read, education enhances If the mind is free there's a chain reaction Let's compare slaves to rappers They censor freedom of speech and very few leave with masters He who has nothing is intrigued with status, is a lie I can't believe these rappers A label makes 10 million when your CD's platinum What did you bring home? Did you recoup? Are you mad I understand I'm speaking the truth Stop hurting our women and deceiving the youth You're bringing us down worse than the media do But we expect that from them, we down need it from you [Chorus] [Verse 3] I'm un-apologetically the color god intended Indeed, I'm unique melanin underneath ebony Is a blessing ya my disparity is feared by people who lack clarity To understand and weep Brilliant resilience spiritual beautiful people The original buildings and teachers of Kemet in Egypt Hieroglyphics depicted us who lighten the features Why do images of Jesus rival biblical teachings And gentrify like the city limits, unclearly different from the Uptown of Big L or Bed-Stuy Biggie lived in Barley existences it's modern segregation displacement of color faces whose rent has risen They say that eyes don't lie, I bear witness It's time to respect our elders and care for our children- Deserve better than we had and a clearer understanding of knowledge of self I'm here to help prepare you [Chorus]