FROM ADAM AND EVE TO THE PHARAOHS OF EGYPT

TO MOSES AND JESUS, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD LEADERS

BUT MODERN-DAY CAESARS HAVE TRIED TO DECEIVE US

WITH EUROPEAN FEATURES ON AFRICAN TEACHERS

'CAUSE THEY WANT THE CREDIT, BUT THEY CAN FORGET IT

'CAUSE WE WON'T BELIEVE IT, WON'T WRITE IT OR READ IT

WON'T SPEAK IT OR TEACH IT, BUT REVEAL EVERY SECRET

AND PICK UP THE PIECES OF A CULTURE SO DEEP IT'S

THE ORIGIN OF MAN

BURIED DEEP IN THE SAND

SOME HATE TO BELIEVE IT

BUT WE COME FROM ACHIEVERS

FROM KINGS AND QUEENS

INTELLIGENT HUMAN BEINGS

WHO LIVED BY THE NILE

GAVE BIRTH TO STYLE

WEARIN' SATIN AND SILK

TAKIN' BATHS IN MILK

PYRAMIDS WERE BUILT

BY CRAFTSMEN SO SKILLED

THAT EVEN TODAY'S TECHNICIANS

CAN'T MATCH THEIR PRECISION

NOW LET YOUR MIND PAINT PICTURES

OF GOLD AND RICHES

OF GARDENS AND RIVERS

OF KIDS READIN' SCRIPTURES

OF DAZZLING SCENERY

OF FRUIT AND GREENERY

NOTHING'S MORE SPECTACULAR

THAN IMAGES OF AFRICA

AND LET IT NEVER BE FORGOTTEN

THAT IMHOTEP AND AKHNATEN

WERE 2 OF OUR GREATEST LEADERS

LOOK IT UP AND GO READ IT!

WE DOMESTICATED ANIMALS

LEARNED STRATEGY FROM HANNIBAL

BOTH PLATO AND ARISTOTLE

SUCKED FROM AFRICAN BOTTLES

SO THEY CAN'T BAFFLE US

BY TALKIN' 'BOUT PYTHAGORUS

'CAUSE ROMANS AND GREEKS

LEARNED AT AFRICAN FEET!

WE CREATED HIEROGLYPHICS

MATH AND PHYSICS

ART AND ASTRONOMY

THE WORLD'S FIRST ECONOMY

AGRICULTURE AND TRADE

THE FIRST CALENDAR WAS MADE

ASTROLOGY AND RELIGION

THE FIRST POLITICAL SYSTEM

SCIENCE AND ARCHITECTURE

THEORY AND CONJECTURE

MUSIC AND DANCE

CAME FROM AFRICAN LANDS

AND HERE'S ANOTHER BLACK HISTORY FACT

EGYPT WAS "KEMET," MEANING "LAND OF THE BLACKS"

SO WE'RE MORE THAN JUST THE DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES

CIVILIZATIONS WERE MADE FROM THE PATHS WE PAVED

AFRICA IS THE PLACE WHERE THE WORLD GOT ITS START

SO IF THE WORLD IS A PEOPLE, AFRICA IS THE HEART!

SO GO TELL IT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE GREAT WALL

THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE ORIGIN OF IT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!