(chorus:harmony) Heal you got to heal yourself
(kid talks)
(big kane) Mama said do crack and smoke you know 'cause it will make your nose like pinnochio Since I was only 15 I had to To what was said for my parent was a I to school and saw all my friends do it But I said no 'cause I want my nose to grow They started tripping on me, and flipping on me So I had to front and say yo, true, it on me I started to prove I'm an adult Now it's a but is it all my fault I wished my mother would have me the truth 'cause now I'm all based out, ma
(kid capri) Oh man I like the way that's down Now why won't you do is kick a little foxx
(freddie foxxx) Everybody as I present to a jet black crowd What it's like to be black and In a world where is right but not tonight This is a black man's I heard a sister say she like darker shades of black On a man that's wack But to my light sister can't you tell You're just the surface of a dark well And how can you to be wit those That you wit gun and hoses And never put roses on the Of the slaves that they treated like After all that hard
(kid capri) Clap your to the beat, c'mon, just clap your hands to the beat it now
(ll j) One of the biggest lies you from no one else Is when a girl tries to say she do it to herself Always fantasizing but denying Last night she had to stop 'cause her baby was She do it on the phone all wit a smile Run the water, grab the shower cap and get suds on the floor, oh al b sure Give it to me, give it to me, give me a more I'm fiending, creaming, screaming, (what else) The girl's possess by the demon
(mc lyte) In elementary, had the jordache look Like me and any kid who cared about books But I got wise and I begin to listen To the wack teachers and the wick-wack My put me in ? Which means black in swahili And there is I learned black history And how to be the best I can be I went and now the school is closed There is nowhere for black to go To be taught by brothers and who knows what it means To be a child or a white teen In the end the youth is being Which means the is being cheated
(queen latifah) Dane was never taught her was worth something But when people don't try to improve it makes me want to something You to be somebody and be a standout But got handout, oh you're broke, I guess it's off to your man's house Why is sister's up the ball Today it seems not to you too hard They call us and you prove it to the worst You have to earn the to say it's ladies first
(kid capri) Oh man this is human education lies You better the flavor kid
(krs-one) Human education against tries To open the eyes of humanity it dies Black and ain't the real fight That's the only thing the media The real fight are these corporations Holding back on education Before you're a color, you're human Teaching humanity is what we're
(kid capri) And when you thought you knew everything there was to know You didn't know about this, tell 'em melodie
(ms melodie) Daddy's home since he lost his job His new line of work is now up mom Mom is scared, she doesn't know to do Her skin is now black and blue She used to cry, now she's in the pen A human war between and men
(kid capri) Melodie, kid
(jam jay and dmc) Jam jay on the way, yo Human education against To all the and to all the guys Get paid, get it Get a good grade, live to a old age out jet, no disrespect To each and every member of the sexes Is yes, listen to the messages and I send We never where the poison came from Yo, we're rapping on h.e.a.l. so we we like to mention Acquired immune defiency Aids, we're here to you get wise Human education lies
(kid talks)