Western Education is Forbidden - Billy Woods, Fielded

My advice, don’t stop rhymin', UPS not hirin'

And this ain’t the glory days, you can’t get consignment

It’s Top Ramen, it’s Boko Haram

It’s non-violence in Afrikaans

That’s three round burst firin'

It’s Miriam Mekeba openin' for Paul Simon

Rufaro stadium, pull up in the blue Renault

All the ministers have Mercedes, or the new Peugeot

That’s when you kinda know, it’s that kinda show

They the type, hit your blunt, just let the run go

I’d rather come through your front door (like so)

Shorty can’t eat no book, what I told Ta-Nehesi Coates

The room was thick with smoke

CD changer had a remote, remote battery low

I laugh, 'cause sadly you think it’s a joke

Told my children Western education is forbidden

Might as well sell what’s left of your Ritalin

No loose ends, took an acetylene torch to the filaments

Told my children Western education is forbidden

Might as well sell what’s left of your Ritalin

No loose ends, took an acetylene torch to the filaments

Lines like Aikman in '95, whole team high

Plot twist, told Leon, «Lett me drive»

Took my sweet time, the scenic route

The leaf, kaffir lime

Hit police with crisp hand signals, then the peace sign

Wood burnin', we don’t slice up this type of pie

Gears turnin', certain e’rything I learned in community college was a lie

Called him, the call’s comin' from inside

Farenheit was set in '99, but it wasn’t fire this time

The touch screen cold, glow, shine

Couldn’t read a book if I tried

A failure of imagination, they say the treatment outpatient

E’rything outdated the day it come out

Hurtlin' down, the ground racin'

Release and stand

Or I’ll let you flex

All these games are fruitless

You can take me, you can take me

But you’ll never take my name

You can take me, you can take me

But you’re just mining for my pain

Started light but they scarred and wifed

Oh freedom, oh freedom

The forceps or the grave

Oh freedom, oh freedom

Who’s watchin' anyway