Heal Yourself KRS-One (Ft. Big Daddy Kane, Freddie Foxxx, Harmony (Producer), Kid Capri, LL COOL J, MC Lyte, Ms. Melodie, Queen Latifah & Run–DMC)
[Hook x2: Harmony]
Heal yourself! You got to heal yourself!
Heal yourself! Ooohhh!
[Kid Capri talking]
[Verse 1: Big Daddy Kane]
Mama said, "Don't do crack and smoke, you know
'Cause it will make your nose grow like Pinocchio"
Since I was only 15, I had to listen
To what was said, for my parent was a christian
I went to school and saw all my friends do it
But I said "No!", 'cause I don't want my nose to grow
They started trippin' on me, bustin' and flippin' on me
So I had to front and say "Yo, true! Stick it on me!"
I started smokin' to prove I'm an adult
Now it's a habit, but is it all my fault?
I wished my mother had've told me the truth
'Cause now I'm all based out, Ma dukes
[Bridge: Kid Capri]
Oh, man! I like the way that's goin' down!
Now, what I want you to do is kick a little flavor, Freddie Foxx!
[Verse 2: Freddie Foxxx]
Everybody rise, as I present to a jet-black crowd
What it's like to be black and proud
In a world where white is right, but not tonight
This is a black man's might!
I heard a sister say she don't like darker shades of black
On a man 'cause that's wack!
But to my light-skin sisters, can't you tell?
You're just the surface of a dark deep well
And how can you prefer to be with those
That sprayed you with gun and hoses
And never put roses on the graves
Of the slaves that they treated like dirt
After all that hard work
Heal yourself! You got to heal yourself!
Heal yourself! Ooohhh!
[Kid Capri talking]
[Verse 1: Big Daddy Kane]
Mama said, "Don't do crack and smoke, you know
'Cause it will make your nose grow like Pinocchio"
Since I was only 15, I had to listen
To what was said, for my parent was a christian
I went to school and saw all my friends do it
But I said "No!", 'cause I don't want my nose to grow
They started trippin' on me, bustin' and flippin' on me
So I had to front and say "Yo, true! Stick it on me!"
I started smokin' to prove I'm an adult
Now it's a habit, but is it all my fault?
I wished my mother had've told me the truth
'Cause now I'm all based out, Ma dukes
[Bridge: Kid Capri]
Oh, man! I like the way that's goin' down!
Now, what I want you to do is kick a little flavor, Freddie Foxx!
[Verse 2: Freddie Foxxx]
Everybody rise, as I present to a jet-black crowd
What it's like to be black and proud
In a world where white is right, but not tonight
This is a black man's might!
I heard a sister say she don't like darker shades of black
On a man 'cause that's wack!
But to my light-skin sisters, can't you tell?
You're just the surface of a dark deep well
And how can you prefer to be with those
That sprayed you with gun and hoses
And never put roses on the graves
Of the slaves that they treated like dirt
After all that hard work
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