Krs-one - American Flag lyrics

[Chorus] Symbols of injustice and hatred Confederate flag (bring it down) Symbols of human enslavement Confederate flag (bring it down) But what about the red, white and the blue American flag (bring it down) Racists flew that flag when they captured you American flag [Verse 1] I ain't here for selling sh** Me I came for telling it I tell it like it is So my people stay intelligent We ending it Racism, slavery, we ending it This is why we bringing down the flag of the confederate I share the same sentiment: Slavery is bad But slavery was established by the american flag Follow me The american flag it flew in every colony To break down the confederate only ia a hypocrisy You bringing down one flag to raise up another When both flags ensalved my sisters and my brothers Yea man there were others African, french, the portuguese The english, the spanish, enslavers for all of these So why raise any flag that k**ed my mom and my dad Invaded my lands with plans to take up all that they had I'm glad, the confederate flag is banned today But the American flag is still flown by the KKK [Chorus] Symbols of injustice and hatred Confederate flag (you gots to bring it down) Symbols of human enslavement Confederate flag (you gots to bring it down) But what about the red, white and the blue American flag (you gots to bring it down) Racists flew that flag when they captured you American flag [Verse 2] KRS, the right teacha In the street I might see ya Under the American flag blacks had no rights either Women had no rights either, natives had no rights either White abolitionist had to fight against white preacher Red, white and blue should mean red, white and black Blue was our indigo color, coming from way back But the system is racist, when the murderers are acquitted So we ride in the streets, then you say we shouldn't have did it "they destroying their cty", man you don't get it If this was my city I wouldn't be getting shot in it Stopped in it, harressed, unemployed and always locked in it While the guns, the polution and d** are always trapped in it Turn the tv off man, don't listen to all that You a global citizen, you got to know all the facts You a global citizen, you got to know how to act Ask yourself, what does the American flag mean to Iraq?