Chuck D - The Pride lyrics

Yeah, reminiscent of another time And another state of mind [Verse 1:] I used to flow They used to call me a rhyme animal Some of them don't call me rio mo so I try a new style refuse to get wild On the B side because I still got my pride The pride comes from another time My father and mother plus God Blessed the rhyme Born in 1960 seventy s**ers quizzing Me what was it like before everybody Tried to be like Mike Back in the day when our peeps had to fight for our rights To make the day fell aaight But there is no is without a was No about to be buts or because..I got the Pride Reminiscent of another time Dashikis, bells, to straight legs Platforms & picks See it wasn't just about the fro It was what was underneath that fro Black power for the powerless Deuce and quarters, caddies 442's Yeah pride [Verse 2:] Say, say it loud James singin black and I'm proud I was in third grad when Dr. King got slain And if I had to read a book about The facts, the fact is that the black Would be overlooked look 1967 I was seven livin proof of what I had learned in my youth what a difference a score and a decade makes mistakes and super bad breaks wait I ate the food in the lunch programs And now I see the young strung out on Grams so I work on a go on And so on and soon communicate to Get the young straight Cause I got the pride [Break:] Flamboyant names Free Huey, Eldridge, Bobby, Angela Woodstock to Kent State Music of the time for the mind 45?s, Aretha, Four Tops Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes Assa**inations Presidents Sixties Soul Now in order for us to know Who we are we got to know Who we was and once we know Who we was then we know who Were gonna be Pride [Verse 3:] The panther party before lad-i-da-di Put pride inside plus taught karate Fed heads in many ways many days Were served locked down protectin the Black and the brown Now today the old must spread it I said it If they don't communicate then the You can't get it Problems have to be solved they Won't go away so man what You say and don't sway Gotta get that pride [Outro:] King, Malcolm, Medgar, Hampton Ritos and rebellions Newark, Watts, Uptown Harlem that is black gold Ghetto stell I reserve the right to be nothing But a man We reserve the right to be nothing But men and women