So, a philosopher? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes I think very deeply, I think very deeply, I very deeply I think, I think, I very deeply, I think, I think very deeply
begin, what, where, why, or when Will all be explained instructions to a game See I'm not insane, in fact, I'm of rational When I be asking you, "Who is dramatical?" This one or that one, the one or the black one the punk, and I'll jump up to attack one KRS-One is the guy to lead a crew Right up to face and dis you
saw me on the last album cover Holding a pistol something far from a my brother, S C O T T I laughed, 'cause no one can defeat me is lecture number two, 'My Philosophy' Number one, was you know it's me is my philosophy, many artists got to learn I'm not flammable, I burn
So stop burnin', and learn to earn respect 'Cause that's just KR collects See, do you expect when you rhyme like a soft punk You walk down the street and get You got to have style, and to be original And gonna wanna dis you Like me, we stood up for the South And every sucka mc had a
You think we care? I know they are on the tip My posse from the Bronx is thick and real live, we walk correctly A lot of suckas would like to forget me but they like a champ, I have got a record of knocking out The frauds in a second on the mic, I that you should get loose I haven't come to tell you I got I just produce, create, on a higher level I'll be back, but for now seckle
play the nine and you play the target You all know my so I guess I'll just start it Or I say, start this, I am an artist Of new concepts at hardest Yo, 'cause I'm a teacher, the Scott is a It ain't about money we all make dollars That's why I with my head up When I hear wack I get fed up
Rap is a set-up, a lot of games A lot of suckas with names I'm so-and-so, I'm this, I'm Huh, but all just wick-wick-wack I'm not or red or black I'm from the Boogie Down Productions, of course our be thumpin' Others say they're bad, but they're
Let me tell you now about hip hop D-Nice, Melodie, and Scott La Rock I'll get a pen, a pencil, a Mainly I write is for the average New Yorker mc's be talkin' and talkin' Tryin' to show how black are walkin' But I don't walk way to portray Or stereotypes of today
Like all my brothas eat chicken and broken English and drug sellin' See I'm tellin', and real facts The way some act in rap is of wack And it creativity and intelligence But they don't 'cause the company is sellin' it my philosophy, on the industry Don't bother dissin' me, or wish that we'd
Soften, dilute, or all the lyrics 'Cause it's about one of y'all hear it And it first-hand from the intelligent brown man A vegetarian, no or ham Or chicken or Turkey or 'Cause to me that's self-murder Let us get back to we call hip hop And what it meant to DJ Scott La
How mc's must get dissed Before says, don't with Kris This is one style, out of many a piggy bank, this is one penny My brother's is Kenny, that's, Kenny Parker My other brother I.C.U. is much Boogie Down is made up of teachers The lecture is conducted the mic into the speaker
Who gets weaker? The king or the It's not about a it's all about reality Teachers teach and do the world Kings just and most are never understood If you were to or govern a certain industry All this room right now would be in misery No one would get along nor sing a 'Cause everyone'd be for the king, am I wrong?
So yo, what's up, me again La Rock, KRS, BDP again Many had the nerve To think that we would end the We're minded, an album which is only ten Funky, funky, funky, funky, hit records No more than minutes and some seconds
The competition checks and and keeps checkin' They the album, take it home, and start sweatin' Why? it's simple, to them it's kind of vital To take KRS-One's To I'm like an idol, some type of entity In everybody's rhyme wanna mention me? Or rather mention us, me or La Rock But can get bust get robbed, get dropped
I play around nor do I f around And you can tell by the that are left around When some clown jumps up to get beat Broken to his very last compound See how it sounds? A unrational A lot of like to use the word dramatical Fresh for '88, you