Don't agree that it's the best song ever but major props on it inspiring u to further ur education on a subject great art should inspire curiosity.
I remember back in highschool just introducing this song to people and the look on their face and the conversations afterwards was amazing. I also played for my history teacher to basically fact check and to see if it was true. Again another great convo
Holy shyt I did this exact same thing
I printed out the lyrics and burned a CD for my AP history teacher....he was this middle aged white dude and he literally pulled out his reading glasses and went through the lyrics and song like
He obviously had some disagreements about the history but he never got defensive or anything. He spent more time talking about the parts of the song/lyrics that were accurate and giving more background than focusing on what he didn't find convincing. I think he was just happy to be discussing history with a student outside of school time.
He ended up recommending I read Make Me Wanna Holler by Nathan McCall.