I remeber my history, I remember it well

I remember the love and the betrayal

We started off in Africa the land of kings and queens

There we were great and taught our beliefs

We lived without turmoil and chaos and pain

But thus there were some who lived in vain

Our own people sold us where no one could be saved

Our own people sold us and we became slaves

Across the water the oceans and seas

We were shipped to those dreadful countries

There we were sold once more to the highest bid

We were treated like cattle, or chickens or pigs

Years pass by and some of us escape

With Harriet Tubman leading the way

In 1863 we let freedom ring

Because according to law we were finally free

But the struggle wasn't over not even close

They came up with cruel laws called black codes

We tried to live with it cause at least we were free

But a boy thought it was wrong his name was Dr. Martin Luther King

He helped end segregation god bless his heart

But alas someone killed him he was doomed from the start

Here it is 2014 and we've come a long way

But we still succumb to the ways of a slave

We are a weapon of self-destruction and we slowy will die

If we don't work as one we need each other to survive

I know my history it is honest and true 

I know my history do you