Brand Nubian

Verse one: Lord Jamar<br><br>Brand Nubian function<br>A junction of three<br>Collaboration in a style that`s like funk<br>To slap palms, swing arms<br>Tap a soul<br>Cause no rock rolls down our hill<br>Yo black it`s kinda ill<br>We don`t roll no rocks we just fill<br>Heads with knowledge, pure foundation<br>Showing and proving through the manifestation<br>Of our name which is "Brand Nu"<br>Brand Nubian and we`ve come to<br>Make the people aware that black means first<br>4000 years and we`re made to feel cursed<br>But now it`s our time to rule<br>Student of the old, teacher of the new school<br>My inspiration is the five percent nation<br>As I cram, education was born<br>Like a thorn in your side I have sworn<br>Never to divide with Brand Nubian<br><br>Verse Two: Derrick X (Sadat X)<br><br>You have to stand as a black man<br>Brand Nubian<br>From the Sudan plus I never ran<br>I`m from Africa, the central region<br>There I grew and formed a legion of my force<br>See me riding on a jet black horse at any cost<br>Brand Nubians will rise up and be the boss and show it<br>All fairness if you`re black and show awareness<br>You can rally `round the flag<br>Stand tall, or don`t stand at all<br>You`re with the three and the three won`t sag to the floor<br>Besides picture that I`m painting I can draw<br>See me work nine to five on my easel<br>My physical is strong and my mind is cock diesel<br>Brand Nubian function in conjunction with the three<br><br>Verse 3: Grand Puba<br><br>Brand Nubian<br>Not on a bandwagon following a fad<br>Making use of the knowledge that we already had<br>Grand Pu, here to send the mind into a frenzy<br>I bet I`ll swing something this summer for the benzi<br>Seep into the mind the brain and activate the pelvis<br>Keeping the blind deaf dumb and blind is Elvis<br>Meaning old, so behold<br>(The black, the beautiful, the bold)<br>Now if this falls short I`ll try harder<br>A wisdom to me is someone like Assata<br>I`d like to say peace to Bambaata<br>Tasa Kuma(?), Achmed, and Kenyatta<br>Brothers that`ll fight for the cause<br>And they live in the boundaries of the righteous laws<br>To put it exact dominant means black<br>But some have a hard time trying to swallow that<br>Now we have some that are fake<br>Wearing blue eyes and green eyes, come on gimme a break<br>Brand Nubian here to wake up<br>Take off the makeup cause all it`ll do is cake up<br>Just be real that`s how I feel<br>Brand Nubian<br><br>Verse four<br><br>Nubian<br>(DX) A native or inhabitant of Nubia<br>Nubian<br>(LJ) A member of one of a group of African tribes that formed a poweful<br> Empire between Egypt and Ethiopia<br> from the 6th to 14th century Nubian<br>(GP) Any of several languages spoken in the central and northern Sudan<br> And that`s why we call ourselves Brand Nubian<br><br>(DX) As the midnight oil burns, our minds turn<br> Make a mistake and be fake and you`ll burn<br> We`re here to teach so you`d might as well learn<br> That the tree has the knowledge for what you yearn <br><br>Brand Nubian