Brand Nubian Lyrics - One For All - Brand Nubian

Brand Nubian function 

A junction of three 

Collaborating in a style that's like funk 

To slap palms, swing arms 

Tap a soul 

'Cause no rock rolls down our hill 

Yo Black it's kinda ill 

We don't roll no rocks we just fill 

Heads with knowledge, pure foundation 

Showing and proving through the manifestation 

Of our name which is "Brand Nu" 

Brand Nubian and we've come to 

Make the people aware that black means first 

400 years and we're made to feel cursed 

But now it's our time to rule 

Student of the old, teacher of the new school 

My inspiration is the Five Percent Nation 

As I cram, education was born 

Like a thorn in your side I have sworn 

Never to divide with Brand Nubian 

You have to stand as a black man 

Brand Nubian 

From the Sudan plus I never ran 

I'm from Africa, the central region 

There I grew and formed a legion of my force 

See me riding on a jet black horse at any cost 

Brand Nubians will rise up and be the boss and show it 

All fairness if you're black and show awareness 

You can rally 'round the flag 

Stand tall, or don't stand at all 

You're with the three and the three won't sag to the floor 

Besides picture that I'm painting I can draw 

See me work nine to five on my easel 

My physical is strong and my mind is cock diesel 

Brand Nubian function in conjunction with the three 

Brand Nubian 

Not on a bandwagon following a fad 

Making use of the knowledge that we already had 

Grand Pu, here to send the mind into a frenzy 

I bet I'll swing something this summer for the Benzi 

Seep into the mind the brain and activate the pelvis 

Keeping the blind deaf dumb and blind is Elvis 

Meaning old, so behold 

(The black, the beautiful, the bold) 

Now if this falls short I'll try harder 

A wisdom to me is someone like Assata 

I'd like to say peace to Bambaata 

Tasa Kuma, Ahmed, and Kenyatta 

Brothers that'll fight for the cause 

And they live in the boundaries of the righteous laws 

To put it exact dominant means black 

But some have a hard time trying to swallow that 

Now we have some that are fake 

Wearing blue eyes and green eyes, come on gimme a break 

Brand Nubian here to wake up 

Take off the makeup 'cause all it'll do is cake up 

Just be real that's how I feel 

Brand Nubian 

Nubian 

A native or inhabitant of Nubia 

Nubian 

A member of one of a group of African tribes that formed a poweful 

Empire between Egypt and Ethiopia 

From the 6th to 14th century 

Nubian 

Any of several languages spoken in the central and northern Sudan 

And that's why we call ourselves Brand Nubian 

As the midnight oil burns, our minds turn 

Make a mistake and be fake and you'll burn 

We're here to teach so you'd might as well learn 

That the tree has the knowledge for what you yearn 

Brand Nubian