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African-Americans have long been acknowledged for their creativity and genius In theater, dance, music, art and literature But there's another kind of creative contribution African-Americans have made And that's the art of invention (Helluva made the beat, baby) My don't get their props, it's not a mystery Bet y'all didn't know there was a Black man named Nearest Green That taught Jack Daniels how to make whiskey They wanna leave us up outta history and keep us hidden Let me break down a few things that we invented There was a Black nurse named Marie Brittan Brown, listen She invented the first home security system There's a long list of winners, not no losers Otis Boykin developed the IBM computer George Washington Carver invented peanut butter, that's what they say Have you ever had a sandwich called PB&J? There more to us than thuggin', jewelry, twerkin', sports and entertainment Sellin' dope and murder, funeral arrangements Peep game, listen (Listen), I make all decisions Never play both sides, get money then I'm dippin' (Dippin') Just stay the same, I don't be switchin' (Switchin' - what is it?) All facts, not fiction (All facts) Peep game, listen (Listen), I make all decisions Letras de cancionesNever play both sides, get money then I'm dippin' (Dippin') I just stay the same, I don't be switchin' (Switchin' - what is it?) All facts, not fiction I listen to rappers that record to feed my soul and give me fuel (Fuel) E-40 lyrics is like home-school (Home-school) And here's another thing they didn't teach you in history class Did you know that Garrett Augustus Morgan invented the first gas mask? (No) Back then they didn't treat Black people equal He was also granted a patent for the first traffic signal (Oh) God gave me the gift of spit and grabbed the mic The slavemaster didn't want us to learn how to read and write (Fa sho) While we talkin' about knockin' a head off We losin' our people to cancer and diabetes, foot's cut off (Foot's cut off) Stress in my genetics and my family (Family) Got my ancestors' blood, hereditary (Hereditary) Grandma was a Capricorn, born in January ('uary) Grandpa was a Pisces, he was born in February ('uary) Married for 60 years, they was cute (Cute) Bernice, Louisiana, the boot (The boot) Peep game, listen (Listen), I make all decisions Never play both sides, get money then I'm dippin' (Dippin') Just stay the same, I don't be switchin' (Switchin' - what is it?) All facts, not fiction (All facts) Peep game, listen (Listen), I make all decisions Never play both sides, get money then I'm dippin' (Dippin') I just stay the same, I don't be switchin' (Switchin' - what is it?) All facts, not fiction All facts, all facts, all facts, all facts All facts (All facts, not fiction) All facts, all facts, all facts, all facts All facts (All facts, not fiction) All facts, all facts, all facts, all facts All facts (All facts, not fiction) All facts, all facts, all facts, all facts All facts (All facts, not fiction) Not fiction (Not fiction?) Not fiction (All facts, not fiction) Not fiction (Not fiction?) Not fiction (All facts, not fiction) Not fiction (Not fiction?) Not fiction (All facts, not fiction) Not fiction (Not fiction?) Not fiction (All facts, not fiction) Not fiction (All facts, not fiction) From Letras Mania