[ ] Lord and blastmaster krs-one styles weigh a ton Lord finesse, we know you got Come the cypher and build out, all mc I kill Come
[ verse 1: lord ] Check it out, come on, here's your chance to With some ill muthafuckas, we don't and sing In '95 we Servin 'poetic justice' without that john singleton I do my thing the fans be jealin Hey yo, I'm so dope, you better tap man and tell him I fake moves, I scrape crews, I make brothers break fool Just give me a beat with a bass I'm mad funky, ask the Cause I make you bob head until your muthafuckin neck hurt So ask me to match, gee if you ain't real, I'm bringin it to your face like acne Now run scams and flim-flams On how they be loose when they rusty like a tin man rap fast, tryin to stack cash But on the reel to reel, yo, they soundin half-assed Yellin and screamin like they got When they don't got nothin, so them niggas need to stop Talkin how they be shit When I don't know if them niggas are rappin or talkin muthafuckin They act so ill, no frills They should go chill, all mouth with no skills When I'm around y'all funny Cause I'm young makin funds shaquille o'neal, money You want any you better wear plenty armor I cut ass like the chef at benny harner's The funky in it to win it We gotta it real yo, no muthafuckin gimmicks
Whoever make a hit they the (that's a gimmick) You sell records based on how you (that's a gimmick) Hey yo, that tongue-twistin shit, that's kinda (that's a gimmick) What's when soft but you're frontin like you're stressed? (that's a gimmick) What's when you're only rap to get paid? (that's a gimmick) What's when you're yellin and up on stage? (that's a gimmick) When your career is numbered by (that's a gimmick) What's when your lyrical is just a faze? (that's a gimmick)
[ 2: krs-one ] I yes y'all, to the beat y'all, bring in the street Let me put my beeper on 'vibrate', so won't it beep the street, concrete what I speak, yeah, I live it Let it be known, krs is not about a I grab the mic and rip it, meanwhile stallin I raise the mic stand, because I'm tall and I the crowd callin I'm not like those other rappers about the caps they peel Punk, I battle for real Fuck a record deal you're still into hip-hoppin With country ass, sound like you're still pickin cotton You get thrown across the room in that direction, The teacher's not the one you should be checkin is my eara, or era or eera, whatever, I'm mad clever I shoop, you doop, you doop salt-n-pepa Lyrical terror, you should never ever for mine When I rhyme I clean up mc's with the fresh smell of I got skills, and it You could slow or speed up the tempo, your style is fake like janet jackson's I'm sellin that live shit, and you could get hurt sellin that fake shit like the home shopping network You got a lotta to battle in a second But the bottom line is: where's your hit record? You claim I'm jockin, you claim I'm on your dick, where's your If I'm on your dick, my has got to be syphilis I with lyrical physical fitness Two months from now you will have bit me light that ass up like christmas Don't let me come out on ass flippin the lyrics I be kickin Be hotter than curry So whether from the east or the west There's no krs I got I to your town to set it off So when goes 'hit it' I'll never Krs-one could use a gimmick
When you're the next rapper's dick (that's a gimmick) When you're r&b, and then you flip (that's a gimmick) Start rhymin just to get a hit (that's a gimmick) When yout get over, but your skills ain't (that's a gimmick) you rap, but you don't have soul (that's a gimmick) When you over just to go gold (that's a gimmick) When you're not a gangster, but portrayin a (that's a gimmick) What's when you in somebody else's mould? (that's a gimmick)
[ verse 3: lord ] Man your station, the clan you're facin Is steppin to you trash muthafuckas sanitatian I shoot and rhymes, the whole nine when it's showtime (what up, ) brothers know I can hold mine On the real I got skills When the ill I'm blowin up spots like a minefield Brothers front with they out But words from finesse's leave them niggas stressed out make me sick to my stomach (so put it on em, kid!) them don't want it They see me, believe me They all phoneys, like them niggas be wrestlin on tv Yo, nowhere near pro And niggas hang if they was muthafuckin scarecrows Nowadays a lotta rappers sound Talkin gangster shit, when they're softer than a poundcake So why you're with the burner, kid you done took more ass-whippins than fuckin tina turner did You wanna so be it But beatin around the bush, I just speak how I see it Me fall off? that shit's That's not happenin, kid, so get that through your thick head I'll never sellout (what? ) you head I'll never cross over (aight!) word So when I said it, the method If I go gold but get credit, I won't sweat it In '95 we all in it We gotta it real, yo, no muthafuckin gimmicks
What's when you rap and appreciate the art? (that's a gimmick) What's when you sell out just to get a (that's a gimmick) What's you make bullshit just for the charts? (that's a gimmick) What's you rap, but it's not from the heart? (that's a gimmick) when you're hardcore, then you turn pop? (that's a gimmick) When you steal ideas to get (that's a gimmick) When you out to be on top? (that's a gimmick) What's when you like you're hard, but you're not? (that's a gimmick)
[ ] Now let this be a to all mc's And Anyone that come the line will have to pay Real hip hop is in hip-hop is in effect Real hip-hop is in Give it We wreck