[ ] finesse and blastmaster krs-one Lyrical styles a ton finesse, we know you got skills Come into the cypher and out, all mc I kill Come
[ 1: lord finesse ] Check it out, come on, here's chance to swing With some ill muthafuckas, we don't and sing In '95 we Servin 'poetic justice' without that nigga singleton I do my thing while the be jealin Hey yo, I'm so dope, you better tap man and tell him I don't fake moves, I scrape crews, I brothers break fool Just give me a with a bass groove I'm mad funky, ask the Cause I make you bob your until your muthafuckin neck hurt So ask me to match, gee Cause if you ain't real, I'm bringin it to your like acne Now run scams and flim-flams On how they be loose when they rusty like a tin man They rap fast, to stack cash But on the reel to reel, yo, they soundin half-assed and screamin like they got somethin When they don't got nothin, so them niggas need to frontin Talkin how they be raggin When I know if them niggas are rappin or talkin muthafuckin arabic They act so ill, no frills They should go chill, they all with no skills I'm around y'all feel funny Cause I'm young funds like shaquille o'neal, money You want any you better wear plenty armor I cut that ass like the chef at benny The funky in it to win it We gotta keep it real yo, no 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 you're soft but you're frontin like you're (that's a gimmick) What's when you're into rap to get paid? (that's a gimmick) when you're yellin and screamin up on stage? (that's a gimmick) When your is numbered by days? (that's a gimmick) What's when your style is just a faze? (that's a gimmick)
[ verse 2: ] I guess yes y'all, to the y'all, bring in the street Let me put my beeper on 'vibrate', so hear 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, they stallin I raise the mic stand, I'm tall and I keep the crowd callin I'm not like those other rappers talkin about the caps they Punk, I battle for real Fuck a record deal when you're still into With your country ass, sound like you're still cotton You get thrown across the room in that direction, The lyrical not the one you should be checkin This is my eara, or era or eera, whatever, I'm mad I shoop, you doop, you doop like Lyrical terror, you should never come for mine When I rhyme I clean up with the fresh smell of pine I got skills, and it You could slow or speed up the tempo, your style is fake like jackson's nose I'm sellin that real live shit, and you could get You're sellin that fake shit like the shopping network You got a rhymes to battle in a second But frankly the bottom 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 now you will have bit this Watch me light ass up like christmas let me come out on that ass Start flippin the I be kickin Be hotter than chicken So whether from the or from the west There's no krs I got I came to town to set it off So when finesse goes it' I'll mimick Krs-one never use a gimmick
When you're ridin the next dick (that's a gimmick) When you're r&b, and then you cold (that's a gimmick) Start hardcore just to get a hit (that's a gimmick) When yout get over, but skills ain't shit (that's a gimmick) When you rap, but you have soul (that's a gimmick) you cross over just to go gold (that's a gimmick) When not a gangster, but portrayin a role (that's a gimmick) What's you shape in somebody else's mould? (that's a gimmick)
[ 3: lord finesse ] Man station, cause the clan you're facin Is steppin to you trash like sanitatian I shoot and throw rhymes, the whole nine when showtime (what up, kid? ) brothers know I can mine On the real I got skills the time's ill I'm blowin up spots like a minefield Brothers with they chest out But words from finesse's mouth'll leave them niggas out They make me to my stomach (so put it on em, kid!) muthafuckas don't want it can't see me, believe me They all phoneys, them niggas that be wrestlin on tv Yo, they're nowhere pro And niggas couldn't hang if was muthafuckin scarecrows Nowadays a lotta rappers sound Talkin that gangster shit, they're softer than a poundcake So why you're with the burner, kid When you done took more ass-whippins than fuckin turner did You front? so be it But fuck beatin the bush, I just speak how I see it Me off? that shit's dead not happenin, kid, so get that shit through your thick head I'll never (what? ) you head right I'll never cross over (aight!) 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 keep it real, yo, no muthafuckin
when you rap and don't appreciate 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 when you rap, but it's not from the (that's a gimmick) What's when you're hardcore, then you 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 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 hip hop is in effect Real is in effect hip-hop is in effect Give it We wreck