KRS-One

Released: September 28, 1993

Songwriter: KRS-One

Producer: DJ Premier

[Intro]
We will be here forever
Do you understand?
Forever
Forever and ever
And ever and ever
We will be here forever
Do you understand that?
Get what I'm saying?
Forever!

[Mix: DJ Premier]
How many real hip-hoppers in the place right about now?
How many real hip-hoppers in the place right about now?
How many real hip-hoppers in the place right about now?
(Scratching) I was listening to BDP
"Party people in the place to be, KRS-One attacks"
"Party people in the place to be, KRS-One attacks"
"Party people in the place to be, KRS-One attacks"
(Scratching) "KRS-One attacks"
Remember, criminal minded
Rockin', beats, beats, beats
Remember, one, one
Rockin', beats, beats, beats
Remember, jack, jack, jack
Rockin', beats, beats, beats
Remember, but for now just set
Rockin', beats, beats, beats
Dope dope, do-dope dope, dope
Dope dope, do-dope dope
(Scratching) KRS-One specialize
Rockin', beats, beats, beats
(Scratching) KRS-One specialize
Rockin', beats, beats, beats
How many real hip-hoppers in the place right about now?
(Scratching) B-D-P!
(Scratching) Worldwide, BDP
(Scratching) B-D-P!
(Scratching) "Party people in the place to be"
(Scratching) "Party people in the place to be"
(Scratching) "Party people in the place to be"
(Scratching) "Party people in the place to be, KRS-One attacks"
(Scratching) "KRS-One attacks"
(Scratching) "KRS-One attacks"
(Scratching) "KRS-One attacks"
(Scratching) "KRS-One attacks"

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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