Why is this being debated? This is my first time hearing this song, and I knew most of this by the time I was in high school. One thing I have a question about.
On November 25th, 1491
Santiago defeats the last Muslim stronghold, Grenada
King Ferdinand gave thanks to God for victory
And the Pope of Rome and declared this date to forever be
A day of "Thanksgiving" for all European Christians
.. Now listen, when you celebrate "Thanksgiving"
What you are actually celebratin
is the proclamation of the Pope of Rome
Who later, in league with Queen Isabella
sent Cardinal Ximenos to Spain
to murder any blacks that resisted Christianity
These Moors, these black men and women
were from Baghdad, Turkey
And today, you eat the turkey, for your "Thanksgiving" day
as the European Powers destroyed the Turkeys
Who were the forefathers of your mothers and fathers
Now fight the power, you bitch-ass niggaz!
Now, I was been tellin niggas to not celebrate Thanksgiving cuz of the Native American genocide that followed. But I never heard this. In fact, the dates don't add up. The first Thanksgiving in America was in 1621, and wasn't made an official holiday til 1863. America wasn't even "discovered" yet in Ras's date. And the whole eat "turkey" thing seems like a reach. The turkey eaten here in America is native to America, when the Europeans discovered it here, they mistook it for another bird native in turkey, hence the name. I could be wrong though. I'm gonna do my own research on this, but can anyone clarify this?