Lesson To Be Taught Lyrics - Lord Finesse

Here we go, so pay attention to the teacher 

Here to preach a lesson to reach ya 

Brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews 

Think that I'm joking? well then f you 

Cause I'm here to put you up on a crime scoop 

It'll only take a minute of your time, troop 

So don't be a dummy or a lame brain 

Lord finesse is teaching so just maintain 

I'm not trying to diss you or even teach you 

But here to teach you we are all equal 

And show y'all in fact there's a better way 

Than depending on welfare or medicaid 

So finish up school and pass the scholar quiz 

And show your children what the value of a dollar is 

Cause many children are hard to please today 

Cause they're searching for some type of easy way 

But there's not, so who's at fault here? 

So think about the lesson being taught here 

How many brothers in the world you see today 

Can say that they're living the legal way? 

Out of 20, I could say a few of them 

Out of seven I could say about two of them 

Live correct and, show respect and 

Don't sweat was is owned by the next man 

Or front the role, being harder or tougher 

Or live the life of a hustler 

Selling that white stuff just to make a fast buck 

But they don't stand tough when in handcuffs 

So understand and comprehend and see, kid 

You don't wanna take a fall like he did 

Or she did or they did, or how others did 

So don't sweat the lifestyle of another kid 

Get yours by achieving and planning 

So when they fall you'll still be standing 

Set your goal, and know what your quest is 

Open your ears to this positive message 

"listen up, listen up" "we're all in this together" - cut 4x 

Now I'll scramble, because life's a gamble 

And like others, you go out like a candle 

Like my man tone who had crazy potential 

Before he went to the house for the mentally 

Disturbed, before he had crazy truck jewelery 

If he wasn't scrambling, you could have fooled me 

He was paid, to all the girls handsome 

He could have passed for donald trump's grandson 

He had what it took, the fame, the glory 

Yeah, let's get deep in the story 

Drug dealer tone had everything sewn 

Lots to own, he had a car with a phone 

A cool brother, maxing, chilling 

He always hung out in front of the building 

But in the drug game there's no time for maxing 

You always have others who want some action 

And so many was jealous of tone 

Cause of the things he owned and how he got known 

He had a few friends, or rather he thought he did 

Some hired help, some really dirty naughty kids 

Blood they shed, will kill people dead 

And fill them with lead at the nod of tone's head 

For tone, everything was going great 

Because him and his friends would sit and conversate 

He would chill, relax and just sit back 

His friends got unruly, but tone wasn't with that 

Til one day he saw them sharing it 

He thought to himself "it wouldn't hurt to experiment" 

So they passed it (inhales) he hit it 

There you have it, tone got addicted 

Like most drug stories, the end sound the same 

Cause everything he had went down the drain 

He lost everything, the money, the work 

The car, to tone, drugs came first 

The wrong thing was for tone to start that 

He was getting beamed up like a member of star trek 

The young brother went insane 

Forgot his name, yo that's a damn shame 

But someone in the street took responsibility 

And checked tone into a drug facility 

Now tone has a chance to get better 

And clever, and get himself together 

You may not like the way that I say this 

But drugs ain't nothing to play with 

So don't be pressured by what the grown say 

Be yourself and walk your own way 

"listen up, listen up" "we're all in this together" - cut 4x