TUSKEGEE

And you made it!
 A little bit on the late side but still you've arrived
 Now everyone, everyone, line up the same way we've rehearsed
 Today is a special day
 You'll be receiving your special certificates
 For completing your color course
 Congratulations, you've made it this far, Million Man March
 Taper fades with the parts, man I'm so John Henry Clark
 Where do I start? We can go to the richest man in history being black
 Or Auntie's house where it's milk frozen in freezer bags
 Could hit the block where they holding sticks like Barry Bonds
 Or hit the Mosque where the brothers say
 "We of Farrakhan," pick your soldier
 Or let Claude Anderson teach you how you can hit your quota
 Used to half way open the Sprite can to sip the soda
 Give Mr. Devin $200, bet he can fix ya motor
 Or I can show you a few single mothers that's lifting boulders
 Because her man got locked for
 Something the government now profits from
 But, we survive anything so save
 Your pity 'cause we proved them wrong
 We made Diddy's, we made Delaney's
 We made cities, they burned them down
 We made Jiffy
 For cornbread we stay busy, set the trends we stay jiggy
 Barbeques we made memories
 If you ask me these the raps that could have saved Whitney
 I got a few exes wishing they would've stayed with me
 Probably should've prayed with me, 'cause we all got curses to break
 We just colored kids puttin' our purpose in place
 From a place, experiencing everything from churches to hate
 Big Popeyes chicken and Church's debates with no personal space
 We slap snoop through the day but on Sunday we let Kirk Franklin play
 And we call that shit a ghetto symphony, I know y'all feel the energy
 Stop, black man know your worth before you sign that dot
 Watch, black Queen when they wanna speak on while your hair in knots
 Stay true, better love your color, can't be ashamed
 Shootin' craps, rhymin' packs, watchin' Stella Got Her Groove Back
 Built this land, you better know facts
 Put the Pyramids on our backs
 One with the Sun, Stars and the Moon
 Naturally glow, the brightest in the room
 Man I love bein' colored
 And here they are, this year's school of hard knocks colored course graduates
 Stand to your feet if you will, aren't you so proud?
 So proud to know the true essence of color
 Rivers and waters
 They just keep flowin'
 Rivers and waters
 Keep flowin' in my soul
 Rivers and waters
 They just keep flowin', flowin'
 Rivers and waters, waters
 Keep flowin' in my soul
 Flowin' in my soul
 Keep flowin' in my soul
 Flowin' in my soul
 Keep flowin' in my soul (soul)
 Keep flowin' in my soul
 (Keep flowin' through my soul)
 Keep flowin' in my soul