Eric B. & Rakim

No more time to pass time cause these are the last rhymes,
Cause were living in the last times...
They wanna go to war, more wars to come
But most of us fight more wars than one
Discrimination in the racial nation
While they destroy our strong foundation
Natures balance is way off balance
They tip the scale, now its no more silence
The hole in the ozone layer is outta control
But they wanna fight for more oil and gold
Unemployment, I got laid off
The streets is the last resorts to get paid off
For more, more mint, no doe for rent
I gotta shed blood to make a red cent
Maybe I should ask the president
Somebody give me the president
But he dont want to hear it, its out of the question
Cause in my section its worse than recession
So I go to a rich neighborhood and play Robin Hood
Take from the bad and give to the good
First I go to Bensonhurst, steal a Benz, snatch a purse
Pick up my friends, thats when it gets worse
Cause I need government and they need government
Alot of mint spent, now I gotta pay rent
Who makes the most dead presidents in the projects
Youre gonna get robbed and wrecked
I parked up the block to plot on a kid that made a knot
Lets get him for all he got
I approached him slow like I was a basehead
Put the fo-fifth to his face and said
You see those kids over there wit the hoods
Walk to them real slow and give them the goods
First the gun and the doe and crush the jumbos
One false move and no one knows
Cause I got a silencer to hush the bust
And Im in a rush, so hush the fuss
Plus the poison you fed will no longer spread
You good as dead, Im a fill your head wit lead
Thats when I pushed him into his building
To murder him ...but I remember the children...
[chorus:]
We gotta teach the children everyday, keep a song
Show them the light, teach them right from wrong
Make some sense so they can carry on
Teach the children
We gotta teach the children so that they can sing along
Understand the words in this song
Cant be done when were gone, so..."
Teach the children ,save the nation
I see the destruction, the situation
Theyre corrupt, and their times up soon
But theyll blow it up and prepare life on the moon
Sounds like Total Recall
But who gotta spaceship, you get it, we fall
So hope for the best and expect the worst
The end is near and its U-N-I verse...
The ones that interfere wit nature
Labeled you limited and underrate ya,
His plans over rule when he separates ya
Now its U-N-I verse, the one that hates ya
So we gotta let them know, were hip to the script
Change the skit, or were about to flip
Cause we want access to happiness
Livin the good life and much success
Equal opportunity
Self awareness and unity
Education, the kids need a sculpture
Teach them the abacus and their culture...
And thatll help stop the robbing, raping and killing
Poison neighborhoods are illing
But they import more keys from across seas
A drug disease hits the streets wit ease
So keep on building.... cause we gotta keep building
Till the answers are filled in
And make sure you dont stop till then...
And if you do, remember the children!
[ Teach The Children Lyrics ]