A-PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
WHEREVER YOU BE
WELCOME TO COSMIC
YOUNIVERSITY
WHERE LIFE IS THE JOURNEY
AND LOVE IS THE TRIP
AND THE STUDY OF THEM
WILL MAKE YOU HIP
I'M PROFESSOR OF THE RAP
AND WHEN I SPEAK
I GUARANTEE THAT
MY LINES WILL NOT BE WEAK
THEY SAY A MIND
IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE
AND ON THE CASE
RAPPING UP EVERY MIND
WITH A SPECIAL DEGREE
IN SOCIO-PSYCHOLO G.B.E.
THE GARY BYRD EXPERIENCE
IS MY COURSE
WHEN YOU TAKE MY CLASS
YOU WILL FEEL THE FORCE
'CAUSE I KNOW THE ROOTS
THAT THE RAP IS FROM
WHEN I SPEAK TO YOU
I AM NOT DUMB
HEAR MY RAP
AND BEGIN TO DANCE
AND I PROMISE YOU THIS
YOU WILL ADVANCE
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN
THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
BUT YOU STILL LEFT
THE THEATRE IN THE DARK
SO, CLAP YOUR HANDS
TO THE BEAT
AS THE WONDER SOUND
AND THE G.B.E.
SHINE ON THE CROWN
YOU WEAR THE CROWN
I WEAR THE CROWN
SO PROUD TO SAY
THAT WE ALL WEAR THE CROWN
GET DOWN
I DO RECALL SO VERY WELL
WHEN I WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY
I USED TO HURRY
HOME FROM SCHOOL
I USED TO ALWAYS FEEL SO BLUE
BECAUSE THERE
WAS NO MENTION
IN THE BOOKS WE READ
ABOUT MY HERITAGE
SO, THEREFORE
ANY INFORMATION
THAT I GOT WAS EDUCATION
BUMS, HOBOS AT DEPOT
STATIONS, I WOULD LISTEN
WITH MUCH PATIENCE
OR TO RELATIVES
WHO TOLD THE TALES
THAT THEY WERE TOLD
TO PASS AHEAD
AH... BUT THEN ONE DAY
FROM SOMEONE OLD
I HEARD A STORY NEVER TOLD
OF ALL THE KINGDOMS
OF MY PEOPLE
AND OF HOW
WE FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM
ALL ABOUT THE MANY THINGS
WE HAVE UNTO THE WORLD
CONTRIBUTED...
YOU WEAR THE CROWN
WE WEAR THE CROWN...
IT'S NOT STAR WARS
IT'S NOT SUPERMAN
IT'S NOT THE STORY
OF THE KU KLUX KLAN
THE CROWN WILL APPEAR
IN THE G.B.E.
BUT IT'S NEVER SEEN
ON YOUR T.V.
IT'S IN-A BLACK AND-A WHITE
IN YOUR GOLD MINE
A PICTURE SO OLD IT DEFIES TIME
ALEX HALEY DREW IT IN HIS BOOK
IT'S WHAT KUNTA KEPT
IN HIS OTHER FOOT
GHANA, SONGHAI AND OLD MALI
THEY ARE THE ROOTS
OF YOUR OWN FAMILY TREE
KINGDOMS SO VAST
AND KNOWLEDGE WISE
THEY REMOVED CATARACTS
FROM HUMAN EYES
AND YET TODAY
SOME REFUSE TO SEE
AND LIVE IN FEAR
OF THEIR DISCOVERY
NOW IN FOURTEEN-HUNDRED
AND NINETY-TWO
COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN
TRUE
BUT YEARS BEFORE IN ALKEBU
A SHIP SET SAIL
WITH A CHOCOLATE CREW
TWO THOUSAND YEARS
BEFORE COLUMBO CAME
THE OLMECS BUILT TRIBUTES
TO THEIR FAME
STONE HEADS WITH FACES
EIGHT FEET HIGH
THAT THE HULK COULD NOT LIFT
TO HIS THIGH
THOUGH THE FACTS
HISTORIANS AVOID
FIRST TO ARRIVE
WAS THE AFRICOID
IT MAY SHOCK THE HOUSE
AND SHOCKLEY TOO
AND IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED
IT MAY SHOCK YOU
WHILE SOME HAD DOUBTS
THAT THE WORLD WAS ROUND
IN AMERICA
GUESS WHO WORE THE CROWN
I WEAR THE CROWN
YOU WEAR THE CROWN
SO PROUD TO SAY
THAT WE ALL WEAR THE CROWN
GET DOWN
YOU WEAR THE CROWN
I WEAR THE CROWN
SO PROUD TO SAY
THAT WE ALL WEAR THE CROWN
GET DOWN