KRS-One

Released: November 23, 2015

Songwriter: KRS-One

[Hook]
This for them real go-getters, real mic spitters
Real head spinners, you know what this is
This for the people now to get up, the mainstream’s a setup
I know that you fed up, you know what this is

[Verse]
Parked by the seashore, I’ma see more
Believe now, when we tour, I’ma be raw
This another project, I’ma drop three more
Got the crowd going up and down like a seesaw
Entrepreneur, I can never be poor
When you enter the cypher, dude, you better be sure
Or take a detour, I’m down by the law
Consistently working like one, two, three, four
So give me some room, I’m above your average
When I see you and your man, I’m thinking same sex marriage
You talk coke, but KRS is dope
You’re like a bitch and a biter so I call you Ms. Quote
You’re about to get smoked, you’re fake and you’re broke
Your mixtape’s a joke
You wanna hang? Here’s the rope
I spit the lethal, that’s the issue
‘cause I will split you where I broke the piece, our love’s gonna get you
People still asking, “Is KRS still dope?”
If your body’s full of holes, don’t the frame still float?
Watch how I eat you, you ain’t a legend
You’re just ordinary people
I’m the original story, you’re the sequel
I’m the dirty version, you clean, man, they bleep you
I stay the classic section, nobody needs you
I write the books of knowledge, nobody reads you
You got it twisted, homie, we not equal
I’m the whole motion picture, you’re the preview
I’m that boom bap, you’re the dee-do dee-do dee-do
Soft as Saran Wrap, man, I see through
I’m only trying to free you, but you’re too busy tryna be illegal
You don’t even know what real Gs do
Why don’t you just be you and build that?
With no drugs or money in your rap, now where your skills at?
North, south, east and west of it, I’m the best of it
You wanna know my name? KRS is it, One is the rest of it
You can see with emceeing I’m blessed with it

[Hook]
This for them real go-getters, real mic spitters
Real head spinners, you know what this is
This for the people now to get up, the mainstream’s a setup
I know that you fed up, you know what this is

This for them real go-getters, real mic spitters
Real head spinners, you know what this is
This for the people now to get up, the mainstream’s a setup
I know that you fed up, you know what this is

The legendary MC from the South Bronx, New York, Lawrence “KRS-One” Parker has been steadily rapping since 1985. His name stands for “Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone”.

KRS came to rapping only by chance. In the Something from The Art of Rap documentary, he recalls watching an MC cypher when suddenly “a dude” randomly picked him out of the crowd and made fun of him. Feeling compelled to defend himself, KRS performed a little freestyle which impressed the crowd and eventually kicked off his rapping career.

His breakthrough onto the hip hop scene began with “The Bridge Is Over” – an answer record to the popular Queens rapper MC Shan’s song “Queensbridge”. From 1986 to 1992, KRS-One fronted the groundbreaking hip hop group Boogie Down Productions, scoring six top 20 hits on the US Rap Chart. In 1993, he began a solo career spanning three decades, racking up six more top 20 Rap Chart hits with “Sound of da Police”, “MCs Act Like They Don’t Know”, “Step Into A World” and “Men Of Steel” also achieving mainstream pop success on the Hot 100.

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