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Raise the Flag

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Raise the Flag was released on April 24, 1990 by Island Records as a part of the album To the East, Blackwards

Song Details

AlbumTo the East, Blackwards

Release DateApril 24, 1990

LabelIsland Records

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

X-Clan

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Jason Scott "Rebel-INS." Hunter

Jason Scott "Rebel-INS." Hunter

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Lumumba Carson

Producer

Jason Scott "Rebel-INS." Hunter

Jason Scott "Rebel-INS." Hunter

Producer

Anthony Hardin

Producer

Claude Gray

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Descending from the tribes of Africa

Inspired by the great black leaders

[Verse 2]

Vanglorious

This is protected

By the red, the black, and the green

With a key

Zoom

[Verse 3]

Dynamic

Articulate

Perceptive

Courageous

Outspoken

[Verse 4]

One man is not a nation, brother builds a Clan

Strength within the circle creates the better man

The colors, the brothers, the key, the motherland

This causes to assemble this black man

Red, black, and green are the colors of the flag on the rise

'Cause the nation shouldn't guise

Another flowing, as I comfort sons and daughters

Knowledge leads the way, so I flow like Nile's waters

African-American rebel of authority, majority

While I'm so-called minority

Sometimes they ask me, "Why are you the rebel?

Is that the way you choose, attain the bass and treble?" Yep

"Brother, don't get deep," that's what they tellin' me

Just like a sell-out

While society gets stronger and stronger

My race gets weaker and weaker

Maybe I can make a difference through a mic and a speaker

So my lyrics flow different than a hip-hop be-bop

Mic controller, who turns out to be the flop

My wisdom God-given, exercised 'pon a rhythm

Power positive and strictly Bible, that's how I'm livin'

Fortress, we establish high, so none attack it

Back to the ways of our mathematic blackness

They can't solve it, it's something they can't catch

Took respect off our lives, so now I'm snatching it back

Power flows in the nation, there is life in the key

Let us all bind together in the red, the black, the green

[Verse 5]

Red, black, and green

Think about it, you know what I mean

[Verse 6]

One vanglorious way through the heart, unified

And that should be the guide for the younger nation

So they can build the tribes

After and beyond, keep the colors alive

A message through lyrics and beats composed

Bring composure outstanding direct to those

Who understand what was taken, xeroxed, and stripped naked

Today's pig shall be tomorrow's bacon

Education brings false words, what do they teach?

Everything that I learned, I had to self-reach

What do you know of a race that's dying hourly?

The smartest men in the world lay in the Bowery

Or either trapped or brainwashed on a come-up

Kicked to the butt, wake up, are you some kind of nut?

Are you blind, can't you see what's never seen?

We need some unity within the colors of the

[Verse 7]

Red, black, and green

Think about it, you know what I mean

[Verse 8]

Garvey-like brotherhood flows with the vibe

And with the key, the flag is kept alive

The sense of power, native to a different land

Originality, fact that I understand

A black fist, black power, and a black man

X-Clan take a stand with the other hand

Using this as a gimmick, yo, man, I'll catch you

Fetch you, kick my foot and then direct you in the right path

Succotash, don't ask me 'bout the aftermath

You'll do what? Don't make me laugh, dummy

I am protected by forces beyond you

Think before you step before the rebel, silly mortal, you

Wearing mother's tags and you don't know what they mean

All you are concerned with is greedy man's green

Sporting your medallions, cause they matching with your outfit

Your posse's wearing it, man, that's so illegit

Without definition, you represent the fraudulent

Blessed with blackness, but now you're just dogging it

Truth for truth, and a man for man

Ignorance take a pause so we'll all understand

Independence is one thing when unity is stronger

No one to realize oppression last longer

I'm just one man who fears for the worst

'Cause if we don't take a stand someone will step first, and then

[Verse 9]

No justice, no peace

Father Moses, Osiris, oh, Isis

Patrice Lumumba

Malcolm X

Marcus Garvey

Sonny Carson

The Blackwatch

Sissy

Sissy

Written by: Jason Scott "Rebel-INS." Hunter

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