[ ] Lord and blastmaster krs-one styles weigh a ton Lord finesse, we you got skills Come into the cypher and out, all mc I kill Come
[ 1: lord finesse ] Check it out, come on, your chance to swing With ill muthafuckas, we don't dance and sing In '95 we Servin 'poetic without that nigga john singleton I do my thing the fans be jealin Hey yo, I'm so dope, you tap your man and tell him I don't fake moves, I scrape crews, I brothers break fool Just me a beat with a bass groove I'm mad funky, ask the Cause I make you bob head until your muthafuckin neck hurt So ask me to match, gee Cause if you ain't real, I'm bringin it to face like acne Now run scams and flim-flams On how they be gettin loose when they rusty a tin man They rap fast, tryin to stack But on the reel to reel, yo, they still soundin Yellin and like they got somethin When they don't got nothin, so them niggas need to stop Talkin how be raggin shit When I don't know if them are rappin or talkin muthafuckin arabic They act so ill, they no They should go chill, they all mouth no skills When I'm around feel funny Cause I'm young makin funds like shaquille o'neal, You want any drama? you better plenty armor I cut ass like the chef at benny harner's The man's 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 on how you dress (that's a gimmick) Hey yo, that shit, that's kinda fresh (that's a gimmick) What's when you're soft but you're frontin like stressed? (that's a gimmick) What's when you're only rap to get paid? (that's a gimmick) What's when you're and screamin up on stage? (that's a gimmick) When your career is numbered by (that's a gimmick) when your lyrical style is just a faze? (that's a gimmick)
[ verse 2: ] I guess yes y'all, to the beat y'all, bring in the Let me put my on 'vibrate', so won't hear it beep Representin the street, concrete what I speak, yeah, I it Let it be known, krs is not about a I the mic and rip it, meanwhile they stallin I raise the mic stand, because I'm tall and I keep the callin I'm not like those other rappers talkin about the they peel Punk, I battle mc's for a record deal when you're still into hip-hoppin With your country ass, sound like still pickin cotton You get thrown across the room in that direction, The lyrical 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 smell of pine I got skills, and it You could slow or up the tempo, your style is fake like janet jackson's nose I'm sellin that real shit, and you could get hurt You're that fake shit like the home shopping network You got a lotta rhymes to battle in a But frankly the bottom line is: where's hit record? You claim I'm jockin, you claim I'm on dick, where's your witness? If I'm on your dick, my name has got to be I come with lyrical physical Two months from now you will bit this Watch me light ass up like christmas let me come out on that ass Start flippin the lyrics I be Be hotter than curry So whether the east or from the west There's no krs I got I came to town to set it off So when goes 'hit it' I'll mimick could never 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) rhymin hardcore just to get a hit (that's a gimmick) When yout get over, but your ain't shit (that's a gimmick) When you rap, but you have soul (that's a gimmick) When you cross over just to go (that's a gimmick) you're not a gangster, but portrayin a role (that's a gimmick) What's when you in somebody else's mould? (that's a gimmick)
[ 3: lord finesse ] Man your station, cause the clan you're Is steppin to you trash like sanitatian I shoot and throw rhymes, the nine when it's showtime (what up, kid? ) brothers know I can hold On the real I got skills When the time's ill I'm blowin up spots like a Brothers front with they out But from finesse's mouth'll leave them niggas stressed out They make me to my stomach (so put it on em, kid!) them don't want it They can't see me, me They all phoneys, like them niggas that be on tv Yo, nowhere near pro And niggas hang if they was muthafuckin scarecrows Nowadays a rappers sound fake Talkin gangster shit, when they're softer than a poundcake So why you're with the burner, kid When you done took more than fuckin tina turner did You front? so be it But fuck beatin the bush, I just speak how I see it Me fall off? shit's dead That's not happenin, kid, so get that shit your thick head I'll sellout (what? ) you head right never cross over (aight!) word life So when I said it, peep the 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 don't the art? (that's a gimmick) What's when you sell out just to get a (that's a gimmick) What's when you make 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 sell out to be on (that's a gimmick) What's when you front like you're hard, but not? (that's a gimmick)
[ ] Now let this be a lesson to all And Anyone that come across the will have to pay hip hop is in effect Real hip-hop is in Real hip-hop is in Give it We catch