Greatest Story Never Told

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(sample) "In 1963, a young minister at Malcolm X's mosque in New York City A man named Clarence X, broke with the Nation of Islam He changed his name to Allah, and took his less astere vision Of Islam, directly to young people in Harlem He called his new movement: The Five Percent Nation" (Lord Jamar) Greatest story never told, Clarence Smith Clarence 13X, to the Father Allah, let's go Aiyo, February 22nd, 1928 Danville, Virginia, it was still the winter Clarence Smith, he was born a friday The fifth son, of Louis and Mary After him, came Dennis and Harry Now that's seven, six boys, one girl Who ever thought he would change the world His mother nicknamed him Put, and simply put This was the time during Jim Crow Where laws dictated where a nigga could go But the fam didn't care, I don't wanna be rude whitey I don't wanna go where I know they don't like me In '46, Allah came to Harlem To join his mother, and his older brothers Once in New York, Put became pudding Yeah, the God was smooth He performed odd jobs, he was an honest dude Amongst them, fruit stand that he ran In a little hole in the wall, this was Harlem, ya'll Developed a love for gambling Played a lotta pool, took fools for they jewels Then he met Eline, wanted to marry, but she was only seventeen Needed her mother's permission, they still had 2 sons, even though she was bitching Allah said "I got something for you" You don't have don't have the only daughter, then he married Dora He had two seeds with her Clarence and Christine, they were hers And that's just the way it was, back in the day When Allah came up, just the greatest story never told Greatest story never told (Chorus 2X: sample) "Hey, hey, now what I say" (Lord Jamar) In 1950, Clarence joined the army And went to fight in the Korean war Seeing war, it had to effect him Supporting two families, you had to respect him While he away, Dora became Muslim N.O.I., Honorable Elijah Muhammed When Clarence returned, he too accepted By the teacher of Islam, he was truly effected Temple Number 7, Mr. Malcolm X This was the time that Allah met Justice Clarence became Student Minister over time He said some things that put him over the line He said the Black Man's God, not just Farrad Please, let's go yell it in the yard But the Nation said no, you gots to go He took Justice, and some brothers and he left the temple Back to the streets of Harlem This time to teach black youth not reached by Muslims Birth of a Nation, with far reach and implications 1963 is the shit to me, cuz that's the year that the God made history Looked himself and said it ain't no mystery This the greatest story never told (Chorus 2X) (Lord Jamar) Allah made, Supreme Mathematics, Supreme Alphabets A profound way to break it down He took it to the poor and the hardcore Young thugs and niggaz on drugs First born student by the name of Kareem Had the power to attract black knowledge seeed Kareem became Black Messiah And then he run the first borns by it It was Kareem, Naheem, Uhu, Kaheem Al Jabar, or Prince Allah, Al Jamel, Bilal or Jihad, Akbar, and Al Salam They called Allah the father, they were from broken home And this man was the only father they had known Allah's Nation of the Five Percenters Will soon influence the epicenter Allah got shot, and soon after arrested Before the judge, Allah contested You got it wrong, I'm Allah, I tell you The judge said you crazy, and shipped him to Bellevue This is the greatest story never told The greatest story never told (Chorus 2X) (Lord Jamar) Allah got, sent to Matter One, first borns carried on We could live to wait it, and got situated In '67, Allah came home, we had our first problem and see how we had grown They were thousands of Five Percenters, Allah had to borrow some muslims They said "I surrender", 21-22, Seventh Avenue It was a gift from the mayor, and we still right there Sham God designed the flag, we put it on the window of the street acad' In '68, Dr. King was assassinated, many cities got decimated That night in Harlem, the Gods were out Helping to keep the peace, 85's wanna wild out The same year, Allah prepared, his Five Percent for the day he wouldn't be here If I die, I don't want you cry, if I could, I'll reach up and slap you in the eye Besides, if you keep on teaching, I'll live forever But physically, no man lives forever June 12th, 1969, indelible in the God's minds Allah Just took us through the science, of male and female But we didn't notice the details Cuz when he left, he got in the cab But it wasn't in Allah's cab, didn't observe that Shortly after, the word came back That Allah got gunned down, Five Percenters rushed down To Amlocate Towers, hundred 12th street In the elevators where the God fell, G Many Gods were crying, at least one remembered What Allah said, didn't let a tear shed We said fareful at community chapel As to who killed Allah to this day, we're baffeled These funeral posess the firm, clear for his cremation This is the Nation of his creation This is the greatest story never told Greatest story never told (Chorus) (sample) "Allah was assassinated in 1969, that case was never solved His movement survived him, today it's known as the Nation of Gods & Earths Or the Five Percenters, tens of thousands of young black men & women Follow his teachings, among them, several top performers Including Busta Rhymes and members of Wu-Tang Clan"