Errol Eats Everything - Mind (Radio Edit) Lyrics

Let us begin at the beginning, because African people stood alone at the beginning of the
World and started humanity

I turned the pages of a book, it taught me about Kemet
The face of Africa, perfect without a blemish
They called it manna, or manny, or man, or menace
Asia was the Earth before the dynasty ended
Pages of a book, it taught me about the kingdom of Ghana
Advanced civilization, inherited drama
Indigenous trading, predating enslaving
Don't you know our history is amazing
Turned the page of a book, it taught me about General Tariq ibn Ziyad
Brought a campaign to conquer Spain to the altar
They gave its name to the rock of Gibraltar
Gave Portugal their culture
Pages of a book, it taught me about the kingdoms of Congo
Teo, Dembo, and Ndango
Okay, shout out to King, Manikongo
Fighting against the slave trade, he's so brave

Let us not call it civilization
White people have told me, use the word civilization
Until the word has lost its meaning
Let us call it a culture

I turned the pages of a book, it taught me about the 25th dynasty
Alluding to the independence of Nubia
Breaking from Lucifer, other kings of Kush have been true to ya
The details all up in the minutia
Pages of a book, taught me about Hannibal
That's way before becoming a rhyme animal
Banging on southern Spain, running Tunisia
Sicily didn't love him like they loved Caesar
Pages of a book, Rome repping Venetia
Rome clapping back, devil is on our back
Bet you didn't know that either
First King Carthage, and now Africans got Amnesia
Pages of a book, it taught me
Maroons, retreating to the Blue Mountains, known for coffee
Living life as a slave was too costly
Liberty or the grave is how a boss be

A way of life, religions, and history
That is going to be so rich, that mankind will steal from them
From then on, would change the world for all time to come
Now when a people, are lost from their culture's mooring
Living in another people's country
Or living in a country, ruled over by another people
Worshipping a god, chosen for them by another people
Worshipping a god that don't look like them
Wearing clothes not of their design
Living in a culture, don't belong to them