pursuit of the hidden manner star spangled banner Slave traders and kidnappers. We ain't just rappers We changing some blacks situation teaching this
so many teachers, yet a lack of manifestin' Teachers oughtta teach if they be teachers Educate the weaker Poor Righteous Teachers teachin' cuzz we feel So many teachers
ring, I trip, grip this plastic I gots to stay refined, body and mind Poor Righteous Teachers, word is life Stay refined, body and mind Poor Righteous Teachers
in central New Jerusalem All the brothers who picked up that ring after I put it down And took Miss Ghetto to be their unlawfully wedded wives Poor Righteous Teachers
.M.C. used to ask Mary was she buggin? I loved P.E., they kept me concious of what I was saying Afrika Bambaata, Poor Righteous Teacher Got within myself
forever yes erase your fantasy, yeah The lips of the righteous, teach many But fools die for want to wisdom The rich man's wealth is in his city The righteous
: The lips of the righteous teach many, But fools die for want of wisdom. The rich man wealth is in his city; Do you hear, do you hear, can you understa
erase your fantasy, yea-eah! The lips of the righteous teach many, But fools die for want of wisdom. The rich man's wealth is in his city; The righteous
on your trail, you worship the lord, you'll always prevail Never could teach, I tried to preach, you know what they do to me, want to be righteous Just
cotton from the killing fields with no toe I don't we in Kansas no mo' though Midwest or Dirty South Clean dressed or dirty mouth Whether robbin preachers or killin Poor Righteous Teachers
ll have you seein' "illusions" like Cypress You bite this, wanna write this, so I might just Teach you like them "teachers", that's "poor" and "righteous
ers Who ratified extinction of the poor, Black niggas Know why? Cause I'm that nigga that they can't stand That teach an African how to say, "Black man
blunt or two screw who you wanna screw do what you wanna do A lesson wait for you Kill all that teacher shit there's too much cheese to get and if
, yes erase your fantasy, yeah The lips of the righteous teach many But fools die for want of wisdom The rich man's wealth is in his city The righteous
The lips of the righteous teach many, But fools die for want of wisdom. The rich man wealth is in his city; Do you hear, do you hear, can you understa
other side But I pray the Lord forgives me, gives me one more try Gang poppin' things, doin' drive-by's and angers Kids goin' to school puttin' fears in their teacher The teacher
props) Yeah, Spike Lee, Alex Haley, Brand Nubian, sister Whoopi Goldberg Dick Gregory, X-Clan, sister Isis, BDP, Muhammad Ali, Stevie Wonder Poor Righteous Teachers