Too $hort — Information

[Chorus] Information - can you buy it? Can you sell it? And if you really knew the truth, would you tell it? Just like History class when you're in school You grow up and learn the truth, you're just a fool [Verse 1] Ask the Native Americans, Mexicans, and Africans The things you lost, would you rather get 'em back again? I tried so hard to believe you But we all know the things that Europeans do Now what if the Asians, Africans, and Indians Never taught you nothin', you would still be primitive What we all need is self-education That's the only way to educate this nation The good old USA Built on lies from back in the days Great Britain, France, and Spain got bold Destroyed the New World lookin' for gold [Chorus] Now, information - can you buy it? Can you sell it? And if you really knew the truth, would you tell it? Just like History class when you're in school You grow up and learn the truth, you're just a fool [Verse 2] I need some more info I don't really know what happened to my kinfolk I know we built the nation with our bare hands Helped you fight your wars just like the Indians But when he tells you his story, we ain't in it Why you stealin' people's lands? You can't admit it, can you? Tell me why do you lie to little kids With your one-sided stories? Tell 'em what you did Better yet, tell 'em what you didn't do It wasn't brains, your gun was your pimpin', too That's how you mastered the slave trade Shipped from overseas so you could stay paid Divide and conquer, everywhere you go But by the time we finish school, we barely know the real truth Need to stop and take a serious look Who wrote these government-issued history books? [Chorus] Man, information - can you buy it? Can you sell it? And if you really knew the truth, would you tell it? Just like History class when you're in school You grow up and learn the truth, you're just a fool [Verse 3] The European couldn't do it by himself, y'all If the Indians wasn't here, he woulda left, y'all But instead, he gave 'em all his diseases Tried to kill 'em, take the land and seize it Move into the camps that the Natives built Named cities and states but do they say who helped? Hell nah, they say Lincoln freed the slaves But we ain't free yet, I still see them days Racism ain't goin' nowhere Watch movies about the future, niggas ain't there Maybe one or two - what happened to the rest? They tryin' to keep your self esteem low, it's just a test Every man had his own land before the European I can't believe what I'm seein' That's why your pride is on vacation Brainwashed a whole nation with the wrong information [Chorus] Can you buy it? Can you sell it? And if you really knew the truth, would you tell it? Just like History class when you're in school You grow up and learn the truth, you're just a fool [Outro] Information, bitch Gotta get the right info, baby (Gotta get it while the gettin' is good) Fuck around, goin' around talkin' 'bout some stupid shit, bitch (Dummy)