The Racist

Boogie Down Productions

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I've been taught to respect my elders and behave



Even if when they were young they sold slaves



Truth and understandin' is what I crave



In the land of the thief home of the slave



Turn your page to a brief demonstration



Cos now in '90 it's strictly information I'm givin'



Teachin' on a regular basis



Today's lecture is about The Racist



We're not out to exaggerate or diss him



But show the symptoms and facts of racism



Understand The Racist ain't equal



There's about five different types of racist people



First of the five different types of cases



Is the individual brought up racist



Here you have young men and women



Brought up in the Great White Way opinion



This opinion introduced by the parent



To the civilised becomes transparent



The civilised man could look through the faces



Make the analysis and see The Racist



Number two case which y'all must hear



Is the individual racist out of fear



Here you have people that fear the African



And conjure up new ways of trappin' him



Number three is the unconscious racist



Not knowin' they're racist they invade your spaces



They say, "I'm not a racist, I'm not a bigot"



Yet they allow it to go on and won't admit it



Number four is the money racist



The one that used the topics of sheer economics



They say, "Owning a business isn't for the black man



He don't want that", yet they went and took his land



Damn, that's like a rock in a hard place



You don't have your land yet this ain't your space



America was built by every other race



Except the European that runs this place



What a waste, America's doomed



To be overthrown by t