Prince

The Moors In Spain

Prince


If this great African culture were alive 2day 
We'd b 400 years more advanced 
From Arabia they came 2 blossom in Spain 
And 2 the beat of the drum they danced 

Masters of the Arts and all industry 
While France, England and all Germany 
Wallowed in the mire of their own bigotry 
The Moors were the ones who were truly free 

Civilization came 2 Europe thru the Greek 
Who were simply Africans who came from the Nile 
The Greeks gave it 2 Rome who lost their way home 
And it stayed that way 4 quite a while 

Under their own misconception of Christianity 
The barbaric (?) Europeans suffered greatly 
While the Catholic Church was staking it's claim 
The Moors were making great gains 
Introducing strawberries, lemons and sugarcane 
Algebra, chemistry from the Moors this all came 
Their contributions 2 knowledge, 2 numerous 2 name 
While in Europe there were no public libraries, the Moors in Spain 
Had 70, 600 thousand manuscripts and 17 universities 

Not hardly a prisoner in the mind of society 
In the Spain the Moors were once truly free 

The one who is most gifted cannot lead the way in a world that never respected authority… 
The sword of the Moor would have never left its sheath if the longhaired barbarian who 
opposed them would have only seen 
That 2 win a war against the so-called "black infidels" 
Brings about a peace that cannot last 
But I guess all's well that ends well… well it ain't over