Your history book's got it all wrong
So I come to you with this song
In 1810, on el gran grito de pasion
Se llevantaron con razon
Black and brown fighting together, on a day I'll always remember
En el zin de Mayo con el grito de gallo
Black, white and brown bleeding together, on a day I'll always remember
'Cause really, it hasn't been that long
So just in case Kat Williams has you guessin'
Let me kick y'all down with a little history lesson
In the 19th Century, while the U.S promoted degradation, annihilation with it's military and U.S navy
Mexico was getting rid of the caste system, voted for its first indigenous President
Even getting rid of legalized slavery
The underground rail road also ran south
Which led Black folks to freedom
With Mexico right there, to recieve them
In 1910 it was Mexican men, with Pancho Villa and Zapata
Fighting for Tierra, Libertad techo
With Adelitas on the Front Lines with Bullets across their pecho
In the year 1946, it was the Mendez family that fought against segregation in schools
'Cause before that, they treated us like fools
Pushing us out into gangs, wars and drugs
And then get they get pissed off at us?
When we become crips and bloods
Traviesos, zoot suiters, pachuchos, folkloristas, punks, bomberas
Jaraneras in the heat, jaraneros with a bomb ass-beat
Talkin' about what's really going on in the streets
In the '60s, the streets of Oakland California, Black Panthers organized for answers
Young lords in New York fought against wars
The stonewall rebellion remained true for the rights of the LGBTQ
Aim who was down with native rights with no shame in their game
Brown Berets in L.A learning how to fight, and doing what's right
In the campos of California, Fillipinos were the 1st ones to lay down the Boycott
Screaming in Solidarity, "Isang bag sak!"
"One rise, one fall, you come for one, you come for all!"
And today, Arizona and Alabama, they don't play
Carving out racist laws like it's make out of clay
I stand with Emmitt, Trayvon, Oscar, and Bell
With my mentor, Mumia up in the cell
Telling you, "I'd rather be blind than to stay quiet on a day"
"Where my people are hunt down like prey"
(My people)
"Cause my ability to breathe is directly connected to my ability to see
It's not about me, never was, never will be
It's about "We"
It's time to move, y'all
(My people) it's movement time!