[{"id":29042194,"name":"You Must Learn","trackName":"You Must Learn","artistName":"Boogie Down Productions","albumName":"The Essential Boogie Down Productions / KRS-One","duration":328.0,"instrumental":false,"hasWordSync":false,"plainLyrics":"Yo, Chris, what you doin' out of school?\nYo, man, they just suspended me, boo\nWeren't they suspending the teacher?\nYeah man, I'm gettin' so sick at this, man, they teachin' us about nothing, man\nYou know what the bottom line is for black people out here, it's quite simple\nYou must learn\n\nJust like I told you, you, you must learn\nYou, you must learn\n\nIt's calm yet wild the style that I speak\nJust deal with facts and you will never get weak in the heart\nIn fact you'll start to illuminate, knowledge to others in a song\nLet me demonstrate the force of knowledge\nKnowledge reigned supreme\n\nThe ignorant is ripped to smithereens\nWhat do you mean when you say I'm rebellious\n'Cause I don't accept everything that you're telling us?\nWhat are you selling us? The creator dwellin' us\nI sit in your unknown class while you're failing us\n\nI failed your class 'cause I ain't with your reasoning\nYou're tryin' make me you by seasoning\nUp my mind with see Jane run, see John walk in a hardcore New York\nCome on now, that's like a chocolate cow\nIt doesn't exist no way, no how\n\nIt seems to me that in a school that's ebony\nAfrican history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not\nAnd this has got to stop, see Spot run, run, get Spot\nInsulting to a Black mentality, a Black way of life\nOr a jet Black family, so I include with one concern, that\nYou must learn\n\nJust like I told you, you, you must learn\nJust like I told you, you, you must learn\nJust like I told you, you, you must learn\nJust like I told you, you, you must learn\n\nI believe that if you're teaching history\nFilled with straight up facts, no mystery\nTeach the student what needs to be taught\n'Cause Black and White kids both take shorts\n\nWhen one doesn't know about the other one's culture\nIgnorance swoops down like a vulture\n'Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor\nNo one told you about Benjamin Banneker\n\nA brilliant Black man that invented the almanac\nCan't you see where KRS is coming at?\nWith Eli Whitney, Haile Selassie\nGranville Woods made the walkie-talkie\n\nLewis Latimer improved on Edison\nCharles Drew did a lot for medicine\nGarrett Morgan made the traffic lights\nHarriet Tubman freed the slaves at night\n\nMadam C.J. Walker made the straightening comb\nBut you won't know this if you weren't shown\nThe point I'm gettin' at, it might be harsh\nIs we're just walkin' around brainwashed\n\nSee, what I'm sayin' is not to diss a man\nWe need the '89 school system\nOne that caters to a Black return because\nYou must learn\n\nJust like I told you, you, you must learn\nJust like I told you, you, you must learn\nJust like I told you, you, you must learn\nJust like I told you, you, you must learn","syncedLyrics":"[00:00.26] Yo, Chris, what you doin' out of school?\n[00:02.50] Yo, man, they just suspended me, boo\n[00:04.57] Weren't they suspending the teacher?\n[00:06.50] Yeah man, I'm gettin' so sick at this, man, they teachin' us about nothing, man\n[00:10.65] You know what the bottom line is for black people out here, it's quite simple\n[00:14.71] You must learn\n[00:16.72] \n[00:25.92] Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n[00:32.10] You, you must learn\n[00:34.22] It's calm yet wild the style that I speak\n[00:36.53] Just deal with facts and you will never get weak in the heart\n[00:38.90] In fact you'll start to illuminate, knowledge to others in a song\n[00:42.24] Let me demonstrate the force of knowledge\n[00:44.15] Knowledge reigned supreme\n[00:45.21] The ignorant is ripped to smithereens\n[00:47.52] What do you mean when you say I'm rebellious\n[00:49.72] 'Cause I don't accept everything that you're telling us?\n[00:51.86] What are you selling us? The creator dwellin' us\n[00:54.02] I sit in your unknown class while you're failing us\n[00:56.27] I failed your class 'cause I ain't with your reasoning\n[00:58.41] You're tryin' make me you by seasoning\n[01:00.70] Up my mind with see Jane run, see John walk in a hardcore New York\n[01:04.96] Come on now, that's like a chocolate cow\n[01:07.19] It doesn't exist no way, no how\n[01:09.40] It seems to me that in a school that's ebony\n[01:11.75] African history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not\n[01:14.45] And this has got to stop, see Spot run, run, get Spot\n[01:17.94] Insulting to a Black mentality, a Black way of life\n[01:21.15] Or a jet Black family, so I include with one concern, that\n[01:24.75] You must learn\n[01:26.88] Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n[01:31.15] Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n[01:35.52] Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n[01:39.87] Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n[01:44.42] I believe that if you're teaching history\n[01:46.53] Filled with straight up facts, no mystery\n[01:48.74] Teach the student what needs to be taught\n[01:50.66] 'Cause Black and White kids both take shorts\n[01:52.97] When one doesn't know about the other one's culture\n[01:55.39] Ignorance swoops down like a vulture\n[01:57.29] 'Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor\n[01:59.63] No one told you about Benjamin Banneker\n[02:01.53] A brilliant Black man that invented the almanac\n[02:04.08] Can't you see where KRS is coming at?\n[02:05.99] With Eli Whitney, Haile Selassie\n[02:08.30] Granville Woods made the walkie-talkie\n[02:10.41] Lewis Latimer improved on Edison\n[02:12.67] Charles Drew did a lot for medicine\n[02:14.73] Garrett Morgan made the traffic lights\n[02:17.26] Harriet Tubman freed the slaves at night\n[02:18.82] Madam C.J. Walker made the straightening comb\n[02:21.26] But you won't know this if you weren't shown\n[02:23.45] The point I'm gettin' at, it might be harsh\n[02:25.59] Is we're just walkin' around brainwashed\n[02:27.78] See, what I'm sayin' is not to diss a man\n[02:30.17] We need the '89 school system\n[02:32.07] One that caters to a Black return because\n[02:34.57] You must learn\n[02:36.41] \n[02:45.52] Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n[02:49.81] Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n[02:54.15] Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n[02:58.54] Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n[03:02.58] ","lyricsfile":"version: '1.0'\nmetadata:\n  title: You Must Learn\n  artist: Boogie Down Productions\n  album: The Essential Boogie Down Productions / KRS-One\n  duration_ms: 328000\n  instrumental: false\nlines:\n- text: Yo, Chris, what you doin' out of school?\n  start_ms: 260\n  end_ms: 2500\n- text: Yo, man, they just suspended me, boo\n  start_ms: 2500\n  end_ms: 4570\n- text: Weren't they suspending the teacher?\n  start_ms: 4570\n  end_ms: 6500\n- text: Yeah man, I'm gettin' so sick at this, man, they teachin' us about nothing, man\n  start_ms: 6500\n  end_ms: 10650\n- text: You know what the bottom line is for black people out here, it's quite simple\n  start_ms: 10650\n  end_ms: 14710\n- text: You must learn\n  start_ms: 14710\n  end_ms: 16720\n- text: ''\n  start_ms: 16720\n  end_ms: 25920\n- text: Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n  start_ms: 25920\n  end_ms: 32100\n- text: You, you must learn\n  start_ms: 32100\n  end_ms: 34220\n- text: It's calm yet wild the style that I speak\n  start_ms: 34220\n  end_ms: 36530\n- text: Just deal with facts and you will never get weak in the heart\n  start_ms: 36530\n  end_ms: 38900\n- text: In fact you'll start to illuminate, knowledge to others in a song\n  start_ms: 38900\n  end_ms: 42240\n- text: Let me demonstrate the force of knowledge\n  start_ms: 42240\n  end_ms: 44150\n- text: Knowledge reigned supreme\n  start_ms: 44150\n  end_ms: 45210\n- text: The ignorant is ripped to smithereens\n  start_ms: 45210\n  end_ms: 47520\n- text: What do you mean when you say I'm rebellious\n  start_ms: 47520\n  end_ms: 49720\n- text: '''Cause I don''t accept everything that you''re telling us?'\n  start_ms: 49720\n  end_ms: 51860\n- text: What are you selling us? 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The creator dwellin' us\n  I sit in your unknown class while you're failing us\n\n  I failed your class 'cause I ain't with your reasoning\n  You're tryin' make me you by seasoning\n  Up my mind with see Jane run, see John walk in a hardcore New York\n  Come on now, that's like a chocolate cow\n  It doesn't exist no way, no how\n\n  It seems to me that in a school that's ebony\n  African history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not\n  And this has got to stop, see Spot run, run, get Spot\n  Insulting to a Black mentality, a Black way of life\n  Or a jet Black family, so I include with one concern, that\n  You must learn\n\n  Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n  Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n  Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n  Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n\n  I believe that if you're teaching history\n  Filled with straight up facts, no mystery\n  Teach the student what needs to be taught\n  'Cause Black and White kids both take shorts\n\n  When one doesn't know about the other one's culture\n  Ignorance swoops down like a vulture\n  'Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor\n  No one told you about Benjamin Banneker\n\n  A brilliant Black man that invented the almanac\n  Can't you see where KRS is coming at?\n  With Eli Whitney, Haile Selassie\n  Granville Woods made the walkie-talkie\n\n  Lewis Latimer improved on Edison\n  Charles Drew did a lot for medicine\n  Garrett Morgan made the traffic lights\n  Harriet Tubman freed the slaves at night\n\n  Madam C.J. Walker made the straightening comb\n  But you won't know this if you weren't shown\n  The point I'm gettin' at, it might be harsh\n  Is we're just walkin' around brainwashed\n\n  See, what I'm sayin' is not to diss a man\n  We need the '89 school system\n  One that caters to a Black return because\n  You must learn\n\n  Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n  Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n  Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n  Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n"},{"id":19298327,"name":"You Must Learn - Live from Caucus Mountain Remix","trackName":"You Must Learn - Live from Caucus Mountain Remix","artistName":"Boogie Down Productions","albumName":"The Essential Boogie Down Productions / KRS-One","duration":328.0,"instrumental":false,"hasWordSync":false,"plainLyrics":"My man D-Nice, D-Nice is in the booth\nWorkin harder than ever\nD-Nice is rockin the sound set tonight\nWe're not through, I wanna drop a new style\n\nVerse One:\n\nIt's calm yet wild the style that I speak\nJust deal with facts and you will never get weak in the heart\nIn fact you'll start to illuminate\nKnowledge to others in a song let me demonstrate\nThe force of knowledge, knowledge reigned supreme\nThe ignorant is ripped to smithereens\nWhat do you mean when you say I'm rebellious\nCause I don't accept everything that you're telling us\nWhat are you selling us the creator dwell in us\nI sit in your unknown class while you're failing us\nI failed your class cause I ain't with your reasoning\nYou're tryin make me you by seasoning\nUp my mind with see Jane run\nSee John walk in a hardcore New York\nCome on now, that's like a chocolate cow\nIt doesn't exist no way, no how\nIt seems to me that in a school that's ebony\nAfrican history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not\nAnd this has got to stop\nSee Spot run, run get Spot\nInsulting to a Black mentality\nA Black way of life or a jet Black family\nSo I include with one concern, that\nYou must learn\n\n(Yo Kris) What?\nHold up D, hold up D\nWe gonna see if they really ready for this\nAre y'all having fun tonight?\nI said are y'all having fun tonight?\n\nVerse Two:\n\nI believe that if you're teaching history\nDeal with straight up facts no mystery\nTeach the student what needs to be taught\nCause Black and White kids both take shorts\nWhen one doesn't know about the other ones' culture\nIgnorance swoops down like a vulture\nCause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor\nNo one told you about Benjamin Banneker\nA brilliant Black man that invented the almanac\nCan't you see where KRS is coming at\nWith Elie Whitney, Haile Selassie\nGranville Woods made the walkie talkie\nLewis Lattimer improved on Edison\nCharles Drew did a lot for medicine\nGarrett Morgan made the traffic lights\nHarriett Tubman freed the slaves at night\nMadame CJ Walker made a straightin comb\nBut you won't know this is you weren't shown\nThe point I'm gettin at it it might be harsh\nIs we're just walkin' around brainwashed\nSo what I'm sayin is not to diss em man\nWe need the 89 school system\nOne that caters to a Black fratern because\nYou must learn\n\nWhattup cameraman?\nLet me here you say hoooo!\nWe're not through with the ragga stuff\nWe're not through with the raggamuffin stuff yet man\n\nVerse Three:\n\nAkebulan is the original name\nOf Africa now stripped of it's fame\nIt's good to note, that in ancient times\nEgyptians developed all sciences of the mind\nTo the point where they ruled the planet\nBut Rome, Greece and Persia wasn't havin it\nThey attacked, and won the war\nBut it wasn't enough, they had to get to the core\nCause in that time it was Akebulan\nThat ruled religion, politics and man\nIn order to destroy the Egyptian race\nThey had to wipe the sciences, from off the face of the planet\nSo they proceeded to ban it\nThen replace it with Christianity\nAnd it's, been that way, all the way to today\nLearn what we teach, hear what we say\nBut here comes the K-the-R-the-S-the-O-the-N-the-E\nThe BDP and we rhyme intelligently\nLet me continue with Theodosyius\nA Greek ruler not known to most of us\nHe in the fourth century A.D.\nCalls the Egyptians fools you see\nTwo years later, Justinian rules\nSix A.D., was it for schools\nAs a result, ignorance had swirled\nOver Christian Europe and grateful Roman worlds\nThis went on for a thousand years\nOf ignorance stupidity and tears\nNow comes the seventeenth century hardness\nEurope, began to come out of it's darkness\nSo J.F. Blumenbach, a German\nCame out of nowhere and started confirming\nWhite supremacy and men of colors\nBefore this time, all men were brothers\nIt was Johann, who went on to say\nThere are five different colors in the world today\nThat's caucasian, malayan, and mongolian\nAmerican-indian, and ethiopian\nYes, the ignorance gets scarier\nHe believed whites were superior\nAccording to his idiotic fountain\nThe purest whites were from the Caucas mountains\nJ A Blofener, and H S Chamberlain\nBoth supported this outrageous racism\nThis went on to what the master race should be\nAnd why they killed the Jews in Germany\nHere is the reason why I'm so concerned\nBecause you, must, learn\n\nWe're not done, we're not done, we're not done\nCheck this out\n\nYeah yeah, the name of the new album of course\nRun out and get a copy at your nearest record store\nBecause Boogie Down Productions RULES!","syncedLyrics":null,"lyricsfile":"version: '1.0'\nmetadata:\n  title: You Must Learn - Live from Caucus Mountain Remix\n  artist: Boogie Down Productions\n  album: The Essential Boogie Down Productions / KRS-One\n  duration_ms: 328000\n  instrumental: false\nlines: []\nplain: |-\n  My man D-Nice, D-Nice is in the booth\n  Workin harder than ever\n  D-Nice is rockin the sound set tonight\n  We're not through, I wanna drop a new style\n\n  Verse One:\n\n  It's calm yet wild the style that I speak\n  Just deal with facts and you will never get weak in the heart\n  In fact you'll start to illuminate\n  Knowledge to others in a song let me demonstrate\n  The force of knowledge, knowledge reigned supreme\n  The ignorant is ripped to smithereens\n  What do you mean when you say I'm rebellious\n  Cause I don't accept everything that you're telling us\n  What are you selling us the creator dwell in us\n  I sit in your unknown class while you're failing us\n  I failed your class cause I ain't with your reasoning\n  You're tryin make me you by seasoning\n  Up my mind with see Jane run\n  See John walk in a hardcore New York\n  Come on now, that's like a chocolate cow\n  It doesn't exist no way, no how\n  It seems to me that in a school that's ebony\n  African history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not\n  And this has got to stop\n  See Spot run, run get Spot\n  Insulting to a Black mentality\n  A Black way of life or a jet Black family\n  So I include with one concern, that\n  You must learn\n\n  (Yo Kris) What?\n  Hold up D, hold up D\n  We gonna see if they really ready for this\n  Are y'all having fun tonight?\n  I said are y'all having fun tonight?\n\n  Verse Two:\n\n  I believe that if you're teaching history\n  Deal with straight up facts no mystery\n  Teach the student what needs to be taught\n  Cause Black and White kids both take shorts\n  When one doesn't know about the other ones' culture\n  Ignorance swoops down like a vulture\n  Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor\n  No one told you about Benjamin Banneker\n  A brilliant Black man that invented the almanac\n  Can't you see where KRS is coming at\n  With Elie Whitney, Haile Selassie\n  Granville Woods made the walkie talkie\n  Lewis Lattimer improved on Edison\n  Charles Drew did a lot for medicine\n  Garrett Morgan made the traffic lights\n  Harriett Tubman freed the slaves at night\n  Madame CJ Walker made a straightin comb\n  But you won't know this is you weren't shown\n  The point I'm gettin at it it might be harsh\n  Is we're just walkin' around brainwashed\n  So what I'm sayin is not to diss em man\n  We need the 89 school system\n  One that caters to a Black fratern because\n  You must learn\n\n  Whattup cameraman?\n  Let me here you say hoooo!\n  We're not through with the ragga stuff\n  We're not through with the raggamuffin stuff yet man\n\n  Verse Three:\n\n  Akebulan is the original name\n  Of Africa now stripped of it's fame\n  It's good to note, that in ancient times\n  Egyptians developed all sciences of the mind\n  To the point where they ruled the 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The creator dwellin' us\n[00:54.02] I sit in your unknown class while you're failing us\n[00:56.27] I failed your class 'cause I ain't with your reasoning\n[00:58.41] You're tryin' make me you by seasoning\n[01:00.70] Up my mind with see Jane run, see John walk in a hardcore New York\n[01:04.96] Come on now, that's like a chocolate cow\n[01:07.19] It doesn't exist no way, no how\n[01:09.40] It seems to me that in a school that's ebony\n[01:11.75] African history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not\n[01:14.45] And this has got to stop, see Spot run, run, get Spot\n[01:17.94] Insulting to a Black mentality, a Black way of life\n[01:21.15] Or a jet Black family, so I include with one concern, that\n[01:24.75] You must learn\n[01:26.88] Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n[01:31.15] Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n[01:35.52] Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n[01:39.87] Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n[01:44.42] I believe that if you're teaching history\n[01:46.53] Filled with straight up facts, no mystery\n[01:48.74] Teach the student what needs to be taught\n[01:50.66] 'Cause Black and White kids both take shorts\n[01:52.97] When one doesn't know about the other one's culture\n[01:55.39] Ignorance swoops down like a vulture\n[01:57.29] 'Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor\n[01:59.63] No one told you about Benjamin Banneker\n[02:01.53] A brilliant Black man that invented the almanac\n[02:04.08] Can't you see where KRS is coming at?\n[02:05.99] With Eli Whitney, Haile Selassie\n[02:08.30] Granville Woods made the walkie-talkie\n[02:10.41] Lewis Latimer improved on Edison\n[02:12.67] Charles Drew did a lot for medicine\n[02:14.73] Garrett Morgan made the traffic lights\n[02:17.26] Harriet Tubman freed the slaves at night\n[02:18.82] Madam C.J. 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The creator dwellin' us\n  I sit in your unknown class while you're failing us\n\n  I failed your class 'cause I ain't with your reasoning\n  You're tryin' make me you by seasoning\n  Up my mind with see Jane run, see John walk in a hardcore New York\n  Come on now, that's like a chocolate cow\n  It doesn't exist no way, no how\n\n  It seems to me that in a school that's ebony\n  African history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not\n  And this has got to stop, see Spot run, run, get Spot\n  Insulting to a Black mentality, a Black way of life\n  Or a jet Black family, so I include with one concern, that\n  You must learn\n\n  Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n  Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n  Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n  Just like I told you, you, you must learn\n\n  I believe that if you're teaching history\n  Filled with straight up facts, no mystery\n  Teach the student what needs to be taught\n  'Cause Black and White kids both take shorts\n\n  When one doesn't know about the other one's culture\n  Ignorance swoops down like a vulture\n  'Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor\n  No one told you about Benjamin Banneker\n\n  A brilliant Black man that invented the almanac\n  Can't you see where KRS is coming at?\n  With Eli Whitney, Haile Selassie\n  Granville Woods made the walkie-talkie\n\n  Lewis Latimer improved on Edison\n  Charles Drew did a lot for medicine\n  Garrett Morgan made the traffic lights\n  Harriet Tubman freed the slaves at night\n\n  Madam C.J. 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Blumenbach, a German\nCame out of nowhere and started confirming\nWhite supremacy and men of colors\nBefore this time, all men were brothers\nIt was Johann, who went on to say\nThere are five different colors in the world today\nThat's caucasian, malayan, and mongolian\nAmerican-indian, and ethiopian\nYes, the ignorance gets scarier\nHe believed whites were superior\nAccording to his idiotic fountain\nThe purest whites were from the Caucas mountains\nJ A Blofener, and H S Chamberlain\nBoth supported this outrageous racism\nThis went on to what the master race should be\nAnd why they killed the Jews in Germany\nHere is the reason why I'm so concerned\nBecause you, must, learn\n\nWe're not done, we're not done, we're not done\nCheck this out\n\nYeah yeah, the name of the new album of course\nRun out and get a copy at your nearest record store\nBecause Boogie Down Productions RULES!","syncedLyrics":null,"lyricsfile":"version: '1.0'\nmetadata:\n  title: You Must Learn - Live from Caucus 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 See John walk in a hardcore New York\n  Come on now, that's like a chocolate cow\n  It doesn't exist no way, no how\n  It seems to me that in a school that's ebony\n  African history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not\n  And this has got to stop\n  See Spot run, run get Spot\n  Insulting to a Black mentality\n  A Black way of life or a jet Black family\n  So I include with one concern, that\n  You must learn\n\n  (Yo Kris) What?\n  Hold up D, hold up D\n  We gonna see if they really ready for this\n  Are y'all having fun tonight?\n  I said are y'all having fun tonight?\n\n  Verse Two:\n\n  I believe that if you're teaching history\n  Deal with straight up facts no mystery\n  Teach the student what needs to be taught\n  Cause Black and White kids both take shorts\n  When one doesn't know about the other ones' culture\n  Ignorance swoops down like a vulture\n  Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor\n  No one told you about Benjamin Banneker\n  A brilliant Black man that invented the almanac\n  Can't you see where KRS is coming at\n  With Elie Whitney, Haile Selassie\n  Granville Woods made the walkie talkie\n  Lewis Lattimer improved on Edison\n  Charles Drew did a lot for medicine\n  Garrett Morgan made the traffic lights\n  Harriett Tubman freed the slaves at night\n  Madame CJ Walker made a straightin comb\n  But you won't know this is you weren't shown\n  The point I'm gettin at it it might be harsh\n  Is we're just walkin' around brainwashed\n  So what I'm sayin is not to diss em man\n  We need the 89 school system\n  One that caters to a Black fratern because\n  You must learn\n\n  Whattup cameraman?\n  Let me here you say hoooo!\n  We're not through with the ragga stuff\n  We're not through with the raggamuffin stuff yet man\n\n  Verse Three:\n\n  Akebulan is the original name\n  Of Africa now stripped of it's fame\n  It's good to note, that in ancient times\n  Egyptians developed all sciences of the mind\n  To the point where they ruled the planet\n  But Rome, Greece and Persia wasn't havin it\n  They attacked, and won the war\n  But it wasn't enough, they had to get to the core\n  Cause in that time it was Akebulan\n  That ruled religion, politics and man\n  In order to destroy the Egyptian race\n  They had to wipe the sciences, from off the face of the planet\n  So they proceeded to ban it\n  Then replace it with Christianity\n  And it's, been that way, all the way to today\n  Learn what we teach, hear what we say\n  But here comes the K-the-R-the-S-the-O-the-N-the-E\n  The BDP and we rhyme intelligently\n  Let me continue with Theodosyius\n  A Greek ruler not known to most of us\n  He in the fourth century A.D.\n  Calls the Egyptians fools you see\n  Two years later, Justinian rules\n  Six A.D., was it for schools\n  As a result, ignorance had swirled\n  Over Christian Europe and grateful Roman worlds\n  This went on for a thousand years\n  Of ignorance stupidity and tears\n  Now comes the seventeenth century hardness\n  Europe, began to come out of it's darkness\n  So J.F. Blumenbach, a German\n  Came out of nowhere and started confirming\n  White supremacy and men of colors\n  Before this time, all men were brothers\n  It was Johann, who went on to say\n  There are five different colors in the world today\n  That's caucasian, malayan, and mongolian\n  American-indian, and ethiopian\n  Yes, the ignorance gets scarier\n  He believed whites were superior\n  According to his idiotic fountain\n  The purest whites were from the Caucas mountains\n  J A Blofener, and H S Chamberlain\n  Both supported this outrageous racism\n  This went on to what the master race should be\n  And why they killed the Jews in Germany\n  Here is the reason why I'm so concerned\n  Because you, must, learn\n\n  We're not done, we're not done, we're not done\n  Check this out\n\n  Yeah yeah, the name of the new album of course\n  Run out and get a copy at your nearest record store\n  Because Boogie Down Productions RULES!\n"},{"id":55954,"name":"You Must Learn (Live from Caucas 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to me that in a school that's ebony\nAfrican history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not\nAnd this has got to stop, See Spot run, run get Spot\nInsulting to a Black mentality, a Black way of life\nOr a jet Black family, so I include with one concern, that\nYou must learn\n\nJust like I told you, you must learn (twice)\n\nI believe that if you're teaching history\nFilled with straight up facts no mystery\nTeach the student what needs to be taught\n'Cause Black and White kids both take shorts\nWhen one doesn't know about the other ones' culture\nIgnorance swoops down like a vulture\n'Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor\nNo one told you about Benjamin Banneker\nA brilliant Black man that invented the almanac\nCan't you see where KRS is coming at\nWith Elie Whitney, Holly Selosy, Grand Bill Woods\nMade the walky-talky\nLewis Latterman improved on Edison\nCharles Drew did a lot for medicine\nGarrett Morgan made the traffic lights\nHarriet Tubman freed the slaves at night\nMadame CJ Walker made a straightin' comb\nBut you won't know this is you weren't shown\nThe point I'm gettin' at it it might be harsh\n'Cause we're just walkin' around brainwashed\nSo what I'm sayin' is not to diss a man\nWe need the 89 school system\nOne that caters to a Black return because\nYou must learn","syncedLyrics":null,"lyricsfile":"version: '1.0'\nmetadata:\n  title: You Must Learn (Live from Caucas Mountain Remix)\n  artist: Boogie Down Productions\n  album: 'Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop (Deluxe Edition)'\n  duration_ms: 335000\n  instrumental: false\nlines: []\nplain: |-\n  Just like I told you, you must learn\n\n  It's calm yet wild the style that I speak\n  Just filled with facts and you will never get weak in the heart\n  In fact you'll start to illuminate, knowledge to others in a song\n  Let me demonstrate the force of knowledge,\n  Knowledge reigned supreme\n  The ignorant is ripped to smithereens\n  What do you mean when you say I'm rebellious\n  'Cause I don't accept everything that you're telling us\n  What are you selling us the creator dwellin' us\n  I sit in your unknown class while you're failing' us\n  I failed your class 'cause I ain't with your reasoning\n  You're tryin' make me you by seasoning\n  Up my mind with see Jane run, see John walk in a hardcore New York\n  It doesn't exist no way, no how\n  It seems to me that in a school that's ebony\n  African history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not\n  And this has got to stop, See Spot run, run get Spot\n  Insulting to a Black mentality, a Black way of life\n  Or a jet Black family, so I include with one concern, that\n  You must learn\n\n  Just like I told you, you must learn (twice)\n\n  I believe that if you're teaching history\n  Filled with straight up facts no mystery\n  Teach the student what needs to be taught\n  'Cause Black and White kids both take shorts\n  When one doesn't know about the other ones' culture\n  Ignorance swoops down like a vulture\n  'Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor\n  No one told you about Benjamin Banneker\n  A brilliant Black man that invented the almanac\n  Can't you see where KRS is coming at\n  With Elie Whitney, Holly Selosy, Grand Bill Woods\n  Made the walky-talky\n  Lewis Latterman improved on Edison\n  Charles Drew did a lot for medicine\n  Garrett Morgan made the traffic lights\n  Harriet Tubman freed the slaves at night\n  Madame CJ Walker made a straightin' comb\n  But you won't know this is you weren't shown\n  The point I'm gettin' at it it might be harsh\n  'Cause we're just walkin' around brainwashed\n  So what I'm sayin' is not to diss a man\n  We need the 89 school system\n  One that caters to a Black return because\n  You must learn\n"},{"id":29642854,"name":"You Must Learn (Live from Caucus Mountain Remix)","trackName":"You Must Learn (Live from Caucus Mountain Remix)","artistName":"Boogie Down Productions","albumName":"Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) EP","duration":331.0,"instrumental":false,"hasWordSync":false,"plainLyrics":"My man D-Nice, D-Nice is in the booth\nWorkin harder than ever\nD-Nice is rockin the sound set tonight\nWe're not through, I wanna drop a new style\n\nVerse One:\n\nIt's calm yet wild the style that I speak\nJust deal with facts and you will never get weak in the heart\nIn fact you'll start to illuminate\nKnowledge to others in a song let me demonstrate\nThe force of knowledge, knowledge reigned supreme\nThe ignorant is ripped to smithereens\nWhat do you mean when you say I'm rebellious\nCause I don't accept everything that you're telling us\nWhat are you selling us the creator dwell in us\nI sit in your unknown class while you're failing us\nI failed your class cause I ain't with your reasoning\nYou're tryin make me you by seasoning\nUp my mind with see Jane run\nSee John walk in a hardcore New York\nCome on now, that's like a chocolate cow\nIt doesn't exist no way, no how\nIt seems to me that in a school that's ebony\nAfrican history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not\nAnd this has got to stop\nSee Spot run, run get Spot\nInsulting to a Black mentality\nA Black way of life or a jet Black family\nSo I include with one concern, that\nYou must learn\n\n(Yo Kris) What?\nHold up D, hold up D\nWe gonna see if they really ready for this\nAre y'all having fun tonight?\nI said are y'all having fun tonight?\n\nVerse Two:\n\nI believe that if you're teaching history\nDeal with straight up facts no mystery\nTeach the student what needs to be taught\nCause Black and White kids both take shorts\nWhen one doesn't know about the other ones' culture\nIgnorance swoops down like a vulture\nCause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor\nNo one told you about Benjamin Banneker\nA brilliant Black man that invented the almanac\nCan't you see where KRS is coming at\nWith Elie Whitney, Haile Selassie\nGranville Woods made the walkie talkie\nLewis Lattimer improved on Edison\nCharles Drew did a lot for medicine\nGarrett Morgan made the traffic lights\nHarriett Tubman freed the slaves at night\nMadame CJ Walker made a straightin comb\nBut you won't know this is you weren't shown\nThe point I'm gettin at it it might be harsh\nIs we're just walkin' around brainwashed\nSo what I'm sayin is not to diss em man\nWe need the 89 school system\nOne that caters to a Black fratern because\nYou must learn\n\nWhattup cameraman?\nLet me here you say hoooo!\nWe're not through with the ragga stuff\nWe're not through with the raggamuffin stuff yet man\n\nVerse Three:\n\nAkebulan is the original name\nOf Africa now stripped of it's fame\nIt's good to note, that in ancient times\nEgyptians developed all sciences of the mind\nTo the point where they ruled the planet\nBut Rome, Greece and Persia wasn't havin it\nThey attacked, and won the war\nBut it wasn't enough, they had to get to the core\nCause in that time it was Akebulan\nThat ruled religion, politics and man\nIn order to destroy the Egyptian race\nThey had to wipe the sciences, from off the face of the planet\nSo they proceeded to ban it\nThen replace it with Christianity\nAnd it's, been that way, all the way to today\nLearn what we teach, hear what we say\nBut here comes the K-the-R-the-S-the-O-the-N-the-E\nThe BDP and we rhyme intelligently\nLet me continue with Theodosyius\nA Greek ruler not known to most of us\nHe in the fourth century A.D.\nCalls the Egyptians fools you see\nTwo years later, Justinian rules\nSix A.D., was it for schools\nAs a result, ignorance had swirled\nOver Christian Europe and grateful Roman worlds\nThis went on for a thousand years\nOf ignorance stupidity and tears\nNow comes the seventeenth century hardness\nEurope, began to come out of it's darkness\nSo J.F. Blumenbach, a German\nCame out of nowhere and started confirming\nWhite supremacy and men of colors\nBefore this time, all men were brothers\nIt was Johann, who went on to say\nThere are five different colors in the world today\nThat's caucasian, malayan, and mongolian\nAmerican-indian, and ethiopian\nYes, the ignorance gets scarier\nHe believed whites were superior\nAccording to his idiotic fountain\nThe purest whites were from the Caucas mountains\nJ A Blofener, and H S Chamberlain\nBoth supported this outrageous racism\nThis went on to what the master race should be\nAnd why they killed the Jews in Germany\nHere is the reason why I'm so concerned\nBecause you, must, learn\n\nWe're not done, we're not done, we're not done\nCheck this out\n\nYeah yeah, the name of the new album of course\nRun out and get a copy at your nearest record store\nBecause Boogie Down Productions RULES!","syncedLyrics":null,"lyricsfile":"version: '1.0'\nmetadata:\n  title: You Must Learn (Live from Caucus Mountain Remix)\n  artist: Boogie Down Productions\n  album: Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) EP\n  duration_ms: 331000\n  instrumental: false\nlines: []\nplain: |-\n  My man D-Nice, D-Nice is in the booth\n  Workin harder than ever\n  D-Nice is rockin the sound set tonight\n  We're not through, I wanna drop a new style\n\n  Verse One:\n\n  It's calm yet wild the style that I speak\n  Just deal with facts and you will never get weak in the heart\n  In fact you'll start to illuminate\n  Knowledge to others in a song let me demonstrate\n  The force of knowledge, knowledge reigned supreme\n  The ignorant is ripped to smithereens\n  What do you mean when you say I'm rebellious\n  Cause I don't accept everything that you're telling us\n  What are you selling us the creator dwell in us\n  I sit in your unknown class while you're failing us\n  I failed your class cause I ain't with your reasoning\n  You're tryin make me you by seasoning\n  Up my mind with see Jane run\n  See John walk in a hardcore New York\n  Come on now, that's like a chocolate cow\n  It doesn't exist no way, no how\n  It seems to me that in a school that's ebony\n  African history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not\n  And this has got to stop\n  See Spot run, run get Spot\n  Insulting to a Black mentality\n  A Black way of life or a jet Black family\n  So I include with one concern, that\n  You must learn\n\n  (Yo Kris) What?\n  Hold up D, hold up D\n  We gonna see if they really ready for this\n  Are y'all having fun tonight?\n  I said are y'all having fun tonight?\n\n  Verse Two:\n\n  I believe that if you're teaching history\n  Deal with straight up facts no mystery\n  Teach the student what needs to be taught\n  Cause Black and White kids both take shorts\n  When one doesn't know about the other ones' culture\n  Ignorance swoops down like a vulture\n  Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor\n  No one told you about Benjamin Banneker\n  A brilliant Black man that invented the almanac\n  Can't you see where KRS is coming at\n  With Elie Whitney, Haile Selassie\n  Granville Woods made the walkie talkie\n  Lewis Lattimer improved on Edison\n  Charles Drew did a lot for medicine\n  Garrett Morgan made the traffic lights\n  Harriett Tubman freed the slaves at night\n  Madame CJ Walker made a straightin comb\n  But you won't know this is you weren't shown\n  The point I'm gettin at it it might be harsh\n  Is we're just walkin' around brainwashed\n  So what I'm sayin is not to diss em man\n  We need the 89 school system\n  One that caters to a Black fratern because\n  You must learn\n\n  Whattup cameraman?\n  Let me here you say hoooo!\n  We're not through with the ragga stuff\n  We're not through with the raggamuffin stuff yet man\n\n  Verse Three:\n\n  Akebulan is the original name\n  Of Africa now stripped of it's fame\n  It's good to note, that in ancient times\n  Egyptians developed all sciences of the mind\n  To the point where they ruled the planet\n  But 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Blumenbach, a German\nCame out of nowhere and started confirming\nWhite supremacy and men of colors\nBefore this time, all men were brothers\nIt was Johann, who went on to say\nThere are five different colors in the world today\nThat's caucasian, malayan, and mongolian\nAmerican-indian, and ethiopian\nYes, the ignorance gets scarier\nHe believed whites were superior\nAccording to his idiotic fountain\nThe purest whites were from the Caucas mountains\nJ A Blofener, and H S Chamberlain\nBoth supported this outrageous racism\nThis went on to what the master race should be\nAnd why they killed the Jews in Germany\nHere is the reason why I'm so concerned\nBecause you, must, learn\n\nWe're not done, we're not done, we're not done\nCheck this out\n\nYeah yeah, the name of the new album of course\nRun out and get a copy at your nearest record store\nBecause Boogie Down Productions RULES!","syncedLyrics":null,"lyricsfile":"version: '1.0'\nmetadata:\n  title: You Must Learn (Live from Caucus Mountain Remix)\n  artist: Boogie Down Productions\n  album: On The Floor At The Botique\n  duration_ms: 297000\n  instrumental: false\nlines: []\nplain: |-\n  My man D-Nice, D-Nice is in the booth\n  Workin harder than ever\n  D-Nice is rockin the sound set tonight\n  We're not through, I wanna drop a new style\n\n  Verse One:\n\n  It's calm yet wild the style that I speak\n  Just deal with facts and you will never get weak in the heart\n  In fact you'll start to illuminate\n  Knowledge to others in a song let me demonstrate\n  The force of knowledge, knowledge reigned supreme\n  The ignorant is ripped to smithereens\n  What do you mean when you say I'm rebellious\n  Cause I don't accept everything that you're telling us\n  What are you selling us the creator dwell in us\n  I sit in your unknown class while you're failing us\n  I failed your class cause I ain't with your reasoning\n  You're tryin make me you by seasoning\n  Up my mind with see Jane run\n  See John walk in a hardcore New York\n  Come on now, that's like a chocolate cow\n  It doesn't exist no way, no how\n  It seems to me that in a school that's ebony\n  African history should be pumped up steadily, but it's not\n  And this has got to stop\n  See Spot run, run get Spot\n  Insulting to a Black mentality\n  A Black way of life or a jet Black family\n  So I include with one concern, that\n  You must learn\n\n  (Yo Kris) What?\n  Hold up D, hold up D\n  We gonna see if they really ready for this\n  Are y'all having fun tonight?\n  I said are y'all having fun tonight?\n\n  Verse Two:\n\n  I believe that if you're teaching history\n  Deal with straight up facts no mystery\n  Teach the student what needs to be taught\n  Cause Black and White kids both take shorts\n  When one doesn't know about the other ones' culture\n  Ignorance swoops down like a vulture\n  Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor\n  No one told you about Benjamin Banneker\n  A brilliant Black man that invented the almanac\n  Can't you see where KRS is coming at\n  With Elie Whitney, Haile Selassie\n  Granville Woods made the walkie talkie\n  Lewis Lattimer improved on Edison\n  Charles Drew did a lot for medicine\n  Garrett Morgan made the traffic lights\n  Harriett Tubman freed the slaves at night\n  Madame CJ Walker made a straightin comb\n  But you won't know this is you weren't shown\n  The point I'm gettin at it it might be harsh\n  Is we're just walkin' around brainwashed\n  So what I'm sayin is not to diss em man\n  We need the 89 school system\n  One that caters to a Black fratern because\n  You must learn\n\n  Whattup cameraman?\n  Let me here you say hoooo!\n  We're not through with the ragga stuff\n  We're not through with the raggamuffin stuff yet man\n\n  Verse Three:\n\n  Akebulan is the original name\n  Of Africa now stripped of it's fame\n  It's good to note, that in ancient times\n  Egyptians developed all sciences of the mind\n  To the point where they ruled the planet\n  But Rome, Greece and Persia wasn't havin it\n  They attacked, and won the war\n  But it wasn't enough, they had to get to the core\n  Cause in that time it was Akebulan\n  That ruled religion, politics and man\n  In order to destroy the Egyptian race\n  They had to wipe the sciences, from off the face of the planet\n  So they proceeded to ban it\n  Then replace it with Christianity\n  And it's, been that way, all the way to today\n  Learn what we teach, hear what we say\n  But here comes the K-the-R-the-S-the-O-the-N-the-E\n  The BDP and we rhyme intelligently\n  Let me continue with Theodosyius\n  A Greek ruler not known to most of us\n  He in the fourth century A.D.\n  Calls the Egyptians fools you see\n  Two years later, Justinian rules\n  Six A.D., was it for schools\n  As a result, ignorance had swirled\n  Over Christian Europe and grateful Roman worlds\n  This went on for a thousand years\n  Of ignorance stupidity and tears\n  Now comes the seventeenth century hardness\n  Europe, began to come out of it's darkness\n  So J.F. Blumenbach, a German\n  Came out of nowhere and started confirming\n  White supremacy and men of colors\n  Before this time, all men were brothers\n  It was Johann, who went on to say\n  There are five different colors in the world today\n  That's caucasian, malayan, and mongolian\n  American-indian, and ethiopian\n  Yes, the ignorance gets scarier\n  He believed whites were superior\n  According to his idiotic fountain\n  The purest whites were from the Caucas mountains\n  J A Blofener, and H S Chamberlain\n  Both supported this outrageous racism\n  This went on to what the master race should be\n  And why they killed the Jews in Germany\n  Here is the reason why I'm so concerned\n  Because you, must, learn\n\n  We're not done, we're not done, we're not done\n  Check this out\n\n  Yeah yeah, the name of the new album of course\n  Run out and get a copy at your nearest record store\n  Because Boogie Down Productions RULES!\n"}]