Ice Cube

The Birth

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[Operator:] Dr. Brains, telephone. Pagin' Dr. Brains, telephone, please!
[Mother:] Ah!
[Nurse:] C'mon! C'mon, lady . . . push it once more!
[Doctor:] I see the head
[Mother:] Ah!
[Doctor:] Push! Push!
[Nurse:] C'mon!
[Doctor:] C'mon, push!
[Nurse:] C'mon, honey!
[Doctor:] Push!
[Newborn:] Waa!
[Doctor:] It's a boy

[Dr. Khalid Muhammad:]
The black man and black woman have no further!
No beginning and no ending before alpha
And after omega
History and historians'll record
The black father and mother of morality, medicine, music, and mathematics
The father and mother of all the nation of religion, philosophy, art, science, and civilization!
No further!
All they can say about the black man
Is he was, he's here, and he shall be!
Before him there were none
And after him, there will be no more!
Before we can make a way for the peace maker
We must kill and get rid of the peace breaker

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mellow_harsher On Sep 13, 2014

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2014-09-13 21:14:20

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