KRS-One

Released: May 9, 2017

Featuring: Shai

Songwriter: Shai KRS-One

Producer: Paul Laffree

[Intro]
Yebo, sisonqoba who
Yebo, sisonqoba bo
Siyanqoba, sizonqoba
Yebo, sisonqoba who
{shout out}
Big up to Queen Mother, bongani
Shout out to Shai
The whole Steve Biko Foundation
Let's move this! Hey!
(?)
Yebo, sisonqoba who
Yebo, sisonqoba bo
Siyanqoba, sizonqoba
Yebo, sisonqoba who

[Verse 1: KRS-One]
From Osama to Obama
I'm rocking my people proper
Parties, I do a lotta
Rappers ain't sayin' nada
I spend it cause I got it
A Father taking you further
Shout ot to the Xhosa, ayoba!
Nqaba!

[Refrain]
Sizonqoba, sizonqoba
Sizonqoba, sizonqoba
(keep on clicking)

[Verse 2: KRS-One]
Try to keep walking, click! talk!
Pop the cord, checking the Xhosa when I talk
The "X" "xa", 'qa", the original way
I 'qi'-eeks, it 'qo'ing, 'qi'-e Xhosa 'qa'-y
We are the people qa, qe qey
Original riddim, from back in the day
I'm spittin' that Xhosa so the 'qi'-ck wont go away
A big respect to my chommie, label mate Kayle
K-R-S the (?)

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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