Black people all over the world incorporate drums into their music. So we dumb for being moved by them huh
'the dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum' is one of the most mjpls bars
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he probably meant people paying more attention to the beat than the lyrics 
he probably meant people paying more attention to the beat than the lyrics
Black people are rhymatic people. We have always put the beat over words.
Per fans annotations on genius:Black people all over the world incorporate drums into their music. So we dumb for being moved by them huh
The “dumb” here is a Five-Percenter reference, to the 85% of people that are blind to their own divine natures.
As Jay-Z would say:
Do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it?
Given the religious imagery being used and particularly “blind/dumb” (also the usage of “death” in the next line almost sounding like “deaf”), he’s likely using “dumb” in the biblical sense of “deaf, dumb and blind”, from Exodus 4:11 (the GZA’s favourite kind of rolling papers), meaning those without the ability to speak. Deaf, dumb and blind is also a concept which features in the Five-Percent Nation and as a result, in Wu-Tang’s music.
In this context, he’s saying those who fall under the 85% won’t listen to the lyrics and instead will simply be entertained by the beat
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I'm getting older. I had to Google that line cuz I couldn't remember who said it. Memory ain't what it was.