Snoop Dogg, Slick Rick - So Misinformed lyrics

I would like to say to
This gentleman and all other
People who are not blessed with
Melanin at this point in time to
Understand that what has happened in our
History is that you have
Been misinformed as much as
We have been misinformed
Much of the information that
Is brought forth, not only
From Doctor Mohammed, but other
Areas, other scholars
Are not available to you as
A sister said in your curriculum that
You've had for 400 years
When you did not allow us to read and write
It was being hidden
Whether you, sir, personally did that or not
It was a legacy that was passed onto you
And I end by saying the Holocaust is
Simply the greatest atrocity on film


Ours was not filmed

(Get up, stand up) No apology, equality
(Stand up for your rights) Youth is future
Let's move forward (Get up
Stand up) Healthy mentality helps sanity
(Stand up for your rights) Melting
Pot, help us up, vote or not
(Get up
Stand up) Facts half backwards and inaccurate
(Stand up for your rights) Tell
Folks no backin' up, track it up
(Get up, stand up) Good over evil, deceitful
(Don't give up the fight)
Morals, principles, it's simple, son

What will it take for my
Peoples to connect together?
You know it's black excellence
If we compete together
Picture a photograph of black
Folks lit together
In high definition, in high, I would never
Turn my back on the block
I got the block on my back
Like James Brown, boy, I'm proud to be black
To all my sisters
Mother Earth has birthed us
Lurchers, it hurts us first, less heard this
To all my sisters, ain't no knockin' you back
Politicans politickin' with a gown and a cap
The house got flavor and I like it like that
Black girl power, yeah, I'm rockin' with that
Doors is gettin' kicked down
Statues is gettin' ripped down
Presidents meetin' overseas just to
Have a sitdown

They tryna keep us from runnin' up
I never tell you to get down
It's all about comin' up

(Get up, stand up) No apology, equality
(Stand up for your rights) Youth is future
Lets move forward (Get up
Stand up) Healthy mentality helps sanity
(Stand up for your rights) Melting
Pot, help us up, vote or not
(Get up
Stand up) Facts half backwards and inaccurate
(Stand up for your rights) Tell
Folks no backin' up, track it up
(Get up, stand up) Good over evil, deceitful
(Don't give up the fight)
Morals, principles, it's simple, son (Son)
So what are you saying?

The foundation was laid
Y'all nation was made
Off our ancestors' back, back
Back in the day
Four hundred years ago, y'all made us slaves
And you can hear it in the
Spirit comin' deep from the graves
Life is a maze
Smoke so much dope you in a daze
But you ain't trippin', you gettin' paid
Who do you praise? But anyways
I read a history book, but
I ain't learned nothin', dawg
So I read the Bible, then the holy Quran
Went to Jamaica to acquire my knowledge
Sat with some Rastas 'til
My game got polished
The gangbang extreme with malice
Trees and degrees like I'm
Trained for college

They tryna keep us from runnin' up
I never tell you to get down
It's all about comin' up

(Get up, stand up) No apology, equality
(Stand up for your rights) Youth is future
Lets move forward (Get up
Stand up) Healthy mentality helps sanity
(Stand up for your rights) Melting
Pot, help us up, vote or not
(Get up
Stand up) Facts half backwards and inaccurate
(Stand up for your rights) Tell
Folks no backin' up, track it up
(Get up, stand up) Good over evil, deceitful
(Don't give up the fight)
Morals, principles, it's simple, son
(Get up, stand up) No apology, equality
(Stand up for your rights) Youth is future
Lets move forward (Get up
Stand up) Healthy mentality helps sanity
(Stand up for your rights) Melting
Pot, help us up, vote or not
(Get up
Stand up) Facts half backwards and inaccurate
(Stand up for your rights) Tell
Folks no backin' up, track it up
(Get up, stand up) Good over evil, deceitful
(Don't give up the fight)
Morals, principles, it's simple, son