Green’s Dictionary of Slang

10% n.

[for ety. see 5% Nation n.]

(US black) that percentage of (black) people who are rich, are only interested in personal gain and material wealth and who exploit the poor.

Wu-Tang Clan ‘Wu Revolution’ 🎵 Wu-Tang Forever [album] Eighty five percent of our people / They’re our future / Was uncivilized / Poison animal eaters / They’re slaves of the mental powers [...] and they’re easily lead in the wrong direction / And hard to be lead in the right / And now you got the ten percent / Who are rich slave makers of the poor [...] They’re also known as blood suckers of the poor / Save the children / And then you got the five percent / Who are the poor rightous teachers.