[Chorus: sample from a live performance of The Bridge is Over]
Here`s another example of the KRS-One (BO!)
Here`s another example of the KRS-One (BO!)
They wish to battle BDP but they cannot
They must be on the jock of WHO? (DJ Scott LaRock!)
[KRS-One]
Yeah, one-two, what? What?
Grab any tape that you think is hard
Put it in your tape deck and press record
Get this - what`s a real hip-hop emcee?
Is it MTV? Is it BET?
Is it five M-I-C`s so the people can see?
I mean, how you think you free when you act like property?
Tell me, how can you judge an MC when he`s rockin
I mean, rockin it live, not pickin his cotton
I mean, adjustin his clothes I mean, how do you know
before you come to the show, and you`re not gettin cheated
That you`re not gettin heated, that you ain`t come to the club
thinkin, Uh-uh - I must have been weeded!
You got to be a educated consumer
Spend your money on MC`s cause these rappers`ll do ya
All they want is your cash, ass, glass, gas and a flick
When you ask for that autograph, they ass dash quick
Beware of the rapper, he talks like it don`t matter
He pulls his gat while we BUST OFF the gatler
He`s more of an actor, someone, into theater
Not an upright MC with styles who speaks clearer!
[Chorus]
[KRS-One]
MC`s have no time for the bar
Unless we politickin a tape to some drunk A&R
We grab the mic and say who we are, KRS
And start takin it to the chest of the best
This is not a test or a demo
This is when you let go of the limo, like many can`t do
They may wanna amp you and chant new, record sellin
But movin the crowd is somethin that they can`t do!
[Chorus]
[KRS-One]
C`mon!
You got to be mistaken, I am not your boy
You fake what you creatin, playin wit`cha toys
G`wan with all that bullshit bout you bringin noise
Time for somethin more than PO-PO-POI-POI
All of hip-hop ain`t seventeen
Some of us still go back to Microphone Fiend
Back when it was just MC`s and DJ`s
No video that come on and just replay
[Chorus]
[KRS-One]
Uhhh... uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh
We can never stop, forever we rock, take a listen
The t`cha is back, cause rap`s whack when I`m missin
Me, I would never want the future to believe
that when they trust to look back on us there was no dope MC`s
There was, all these rappers grabbin more and more money
And now that I`m A&R they look more and more funny
They rap for platinum plaques without buildin
a cultural strategy worthy of our children!
