Black Panther Party by Griot B Lyrics
Griot B Can you read us a bedtime story PLEASEEEE!
Are you sure kids, are you tucked in
Yeah Yeah Yeah!!
Ok, Heeeerrre we go
Once upon a time not long ago
There was the Black Panther party and Cointelpro
We start in West Oakland, some call it hood
Where Cops treated black folks like they weren’t good
There was a black Merritt college kid named Newton
First name Huey he starts recruiting
With Bobby Seal, 1966
For a Blacks only group for self-defense
They said, “All power to the people now
Our 10 point program we want now.”
May of ’67 they marched to Sacramento
Armed with rifles, knives, and pistols
You can best believe it was a sight
Black men with guns gave whites a fright
But they couldn’t be stopped, it was their right and all
2nd amendment gave all rights to bear arms
You can bet the news filmed every moment
Of Huey talking (he’s so well spoken)
So the knowledge of injustice spread
Looking straight into the camera this is what he said
Ay we about to throw a party
You’re invited, you’re invited
Ay we about to throw a party
You’re invited, you’re invited
Dressed in all black, and you know we stay strapped
We got the right to bear arms
Ain't nothing wrong with that
It’s a Black Panther Party riiiiiiight
It’s a Black Panther Party riiiiiiight
It’s a Black Panther Party riiiiiiight
The News played it all, publicity with ease
Membership blew like afro sheen
The got another and another
Said we’re sisters and brothers
So the FBI and Hoover planted a bunch of undercovers
Hoover was afraid of a Black Messiah
So he made plans to prevent a black messiah
He said Panthers were the nation’s biggest threat
The cops should kill this group of terrorist
But the black panthers gave out free breakfast
And monitored cops when blacks were arrested
They made sure black folk were protected
And gave free books and black history lessons
But Huey was arrested he allegedly shot a cop
Eldridge Cleaver took over as leader ran the shop
He demanded for Huey to be set free
Marching on the court all Panthers would sing
“Black is beautiful (free Huey)..
Let our warden Free (Free Huey)”
But things went downhill after the death of King
Eldridge took measures that were too extreme
He said –
Ay we about to throw a party
You’re invited, you’re invited
Ay we about to throw a party
You’re invited, you’re invited
Dressed in all black, everybody get your straps
They shot King down and it’s time for payback
It’s a Black Panther Party riiiiiiight
It’s a Black Panther Party riiiiiiight
It’s a Black Panther Party riiiiiiight
Cleaver said “Kill Cops and Kill them now”
But guess who was shot while leaving the house
Bobby Hutton a teenage pup
Shot down with no shirt and his hands raised up
FBI spies dressed as panthers in black skin
These Uncle Tom coon “massa we sick”
Cops in every state raided Panther Pad places
Killed or arrested all who lived or stayed in there
Panthers dying everywhere
Hoover’s cops dragging queens by their natural hair
Plus Cleaver and Huey beefing
So Cointelpro increases policing
Bobby seal arrested, Cointelpro works
He wants to be his own lawyer, the judge said no
Seal he insisted, amendment 6 he claimed
So a judge gaged his mouth
And wrapped him all in chains
Cleaver in Algeria, Newton Locked up
Seal in chains. Who’s gonna step up?
Fred Hampton is the man
He worked with other races and poor people in the land
He gave lots of speeches, people started to believe
The Black messiah Fred Hampton could be
December 4th ‘69, he laid down to sleep
He’s sleeping in his bed, he’s dreaming in his bed
Then the cops shot him twice point blank in the head
We tried to throw a party (you was invited, was invited)
It’s a funeral party (You’re invited, you’re invited)
Dressed in all black, but we can’t be strapped
California legislation said “that’s a wrap!”
This the death of the Party riiiiiiight
This the death of the Party riiiiiiight
This the death of the Party riiiiiiight
Are you sure kids, are you tucked in
Yeah Yeah Yeah!!
Ok, Heeeerrre we go
Once upon a time not long ago
There was the Black Panther party and Cointelpro
We start in West Oakland, some call it hood
Where Cops treated black folks like they weren’t good
There was a black Merritt college kid named Newton
First name Huey he starts recruiting
With Bobby Seal, 1966
For a Blacks only group for self-defense
They said, “All power to the people now
Our 10 point program we want now.”
May of ’67 they marched to Sacramento
Armed with rifles, knives, and pistols
You can best believe it was a sight
Black men with guns gave whites a fright
But they couldn’t be stopped, it was their right and all
2nd amendment gave all rights to bear arms
You can bet the news filmed every moment
Of Huey talking (he’s so well spoken)
So the knowledge of injustice spread
Looking straight into the camera this is what he said
Ay we about to throw a party
You’re invited, you’re invited
Ay we about to throw a party
You’re invited, you’re invited
Dressed in all black, and you know we stay strapped
We got the right to bear arms
Ain't nothing wrong with that
It’s a Black Panther Party riiiiiiight
It’s a Black Panther Party riiiiiiight
It’s a Black Panther Party riiiiiiight
The News played it all, publicity with ease
Membership blew like afro sheen
The got another and another
Said we’re sisters and brothers
So the FBI and Hoover planted a bunch of undercovers
Hoover was afraid of a Black Messiah
So he made plans to prevent a black messiah
He said Panthers were the nation’s biggest threat
The cops should kill this group of terrorist
But the black panthers gave out free breakfast
And monitored cops when blacks were arrested
They made sure black folk were protected
And gave free books and black history lessons
But Huey was arrested he allegedly shot a cop
Eldridge Cleaver took over as leader ran the shop
He demanded for Huey to be set free
Marching on the court all Panthers would sing
“Black is beautiful (free Huey)..
Let our warden Free (Free Huey)”
But things went downhill after the death of King
Eldridge took measures that were too extreme
He said –
Ay we about to throw a party
You’re invited, you’re invited
Ay we about to throw a party
You’re invited, you’re invited
Dressed in all black, everybody get your straps
They shot King down and it’s time for payback
It’s a Black Panther Party riiiiiiight
It’s a Black Panther Party riiiiiiight
It’s a Black Panther Party riiiiiiight
Cleaver said “Kill Cops and Kill them now”
But guess who was shot while leaving the house
Bobby Hutton a teenage pup
Shot down with no shirt and his hands raised up
FBI spies dressed as panthers in black skin
These Uncle Tom coon “massa we sick”
Cops in every state raided Panther Pad places
Killed or arrested all who lived or stayed in there
Panthers dying everywhere
Hoover’s cops dragging queens by their natural hair
Plus Cleaver and Huey beefing
So Cointelpro increases policing
Bobby seal arrested, Cointelpro works
He wants to be his own lawyer, the judge said no
Seal he insisted, amendment 6 he claimed
So a judge gaged his mouth
And wrapped him all in chains
Cleaver in Algeria, Newton Locked up
Seal in chains. Who’s gonna step up?
Fred Hampton is the man
He worked with other races and poor people in the land
He gave lots of speeches, people started to believe
The Black messiah Fred Hampton could be
December 4th ‘69, he laid down to sleep
He’s sleeping in his bed, he’s dreaming in his bed
Then the cops shot him twice point blank in the head
We tried to throw a party (you was invited, was invited)
It’s a funeral party (You’re invited, you’re invited)
Dressed in all black, but we can’t be strapped
California legislation said “that’s a wrap!”
This the death of the Party riiiiiiight
This the death of the Party riiiiiiight
This the death of the Party riiiiiiight