[Nas] Be, be, 'fore we came to this country We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys There was empires in Africa called Kush Timbuktu, where every race came to get books To learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans Asian Arabs and gave them gold when Gold was converted to money it all changed Money then became empowerment for Europeans The Persian military invaded They heard about the gold, the teachings, and everything sacred Africa was almost robbed naked Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces Shot up they nose to impose what basically Still goes on today, you see?
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WOZ0C4gPAI]YouTube - Black Africans Built and Ruled Ancient Kemet (Egypt)[/ame] Kemet and Moors. There's a lot more to African history than tribing it up in Africa and slavery. Shit they don't teach kids in school.
Duh it's true, think about it. Africa is the origin of humanity, you think the only people to have royalty are middle easterns and europeans? Africa was truly rich in resources up until around 1800, right around colonialism, which is pretty much the downfall of the continent. Sorry, the white man once again raped the land and murdered the people, sound familiar?
i can - Nas i got mad respect for nas just for putting some shit out like that. but yea im sure it has a basis of truth to it