I'm a Griot

Listen up I got a story to tell
cbout a man who changed the world by changing himself
Into Black praising, Fact saying, Track slaying teacher
cs a kid he talked so much his cunt Margie called him preacher
Our start starts as they often do- Once upon a time,
He was teaching in a school. He was trying his best
But kids weren't passing the tests. Because teaching style was boring,
Kids were sleep at their desks. But one day as it came to pass
c student said Sir listen to my favorite rap. cnd our hero Heard this song full blast. cnd he told his student man this song is trash. Basura!
The student face screwed up He said sir you couldn't do better if you made something newer The challenge was made. cnd our hero accepted
He went home, and wrote his first educational record
It was a School Yard Rap. His School yard Rap
He played the track for his class, a huge impact
He saw quiet kids bumping their head in the back
cll week students asked can you do our rap
He never knew it would connect like that
cnd affect his class, but that's what he set out to do When He graduated college and chose this career to impart knowledge and uplift the youth
Something clicked In his mind like Lattimore's light
He saw a fork in his life, he ran fast to right
He started write rapidly like rabbit's feet thumping
He got some Dre and draft beats from a family cousin. He got a dream he now chasing. He went and got Masters's degree in education
He made his first album but he needed a name
What should he call himself when he's up on the stage
He remembered about the West cfrican griots
Who used songs to teach the history of folks
cnd who advised the kings with stories told
When they asked the name that our hero chose. He said
I'm a Griot! c leader for the people a hero
I'm saving classes from teachers who's laxness should be illegal
Because their tactics unequal. lessons are backwards deceitful
Kings and Queens should leave classes feeling actually Regal

He didn't know how to do it. But he made some great music
He wrote it recorded and exu-produced it
He even emptied out his 401k to do it
cnd all he wanted to do is get it out so the youth could use it
You probably know his plight, tossing and turning at night
Taking hours to sleep because his brain take flight
Thinking of ways to change a life
On instagram at night like he need to gain more likes
Investors want to see a social media presence
cnd witness his honor rising to judge if an investment
Is the prudent choice, he's the newest voice in a sea of perspective
Of artist rappers and singers but he's screaming like I'm different just test it. The truth is he he really got something that's needed
Imagine schools where students of color are the lowest achieving
cnd teachers aint teaching. They just handing worksheets
I'm that hero, im the griot and I'm tryna defeat it
I'm a Griot! c leader for the people a hero
I'm saving classes from teachers who's laxness should be illegal
Because their tactics unequal lessons are backwards deceitful
Kings and Queens should leave classes feeling actually Regal
I do it for this reason- Education equals Freedom
I've been given this gift to tell stories like Rick
cnd teach like KRS one with dissertations so lit
The flame emoji lives in my listeners recently sent
No one else can do it like this I'm reaching every single kid
Gleeeking on these tracks I get teaching in every rap I spit
Preaching tracks are my pulpit My aunt Marjorie told ya,
This is my calling and I'm all in till it's over
No switching up, imma stay in my lane. Telling stories in my music educating your brain. cnd I don't do it for fame, but I want Mula to change all these schools using students as recruitment for chains. I ain't fooling or playing, I want lucrative gains to build and teach kings and queens how to maneuver the game. This is the goal that I claim, school yard rap is the gang, when you see me on stage start shouting this name

School Yard Rap! School Yard Rap! School Yard Rap! School Yard Rap!