Never Let Us Forget

Shipped from overseas Shackled and chained In slavery we had work ethics Worked from sunup to sundown Now every race claiming that we are lazy In the move Birth of a Nation they portrayed us as savages Our ancestors died for you and I I remember when we used to have black pride Now we committing fratricide the cousin to the genocide I remember when we used to hold I fist high Average age of black man to live was 25 Now we trying to be fly like birdies But ya’ll forgetting our people were getting hung from trees in the 1930’s Everybody got money and swag but how many of us have class Ancestor fought for our education, separate but we were not equal We rather not be educated but be on the streets cause we can make a quick g We forgetting about king philosophy non violence Now our black brothers dying so violent Black women and fathers is crying Cause I our young keep dying In our raps we bragging about toting the steel We used to be the black token Most black men trapped in prison Cause of their living Inferior cause of our skin color We used to be called nigger Now everybody calling each other nigga’s Struggling to get healthcare because of our welfare We mis-educated like Carter G. Woodson said