Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US black) the great uneducated mass of (black) people, who are destined to be taught and led by the knowledgeable 5%.

1997		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 righteous teachers.
a.2003		Korg ‘Cas’ Diary’ Session 2a on Darkqueen.org 🌐 Some of this 5% nation crap that he went on about. Screw the 5%, the 15% and the 85%. Screw them all.