KRS-One - Ah-Yeah lyrics
[KRS-One - Ah-Yeah lyrics]
You see a devil down
(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when
You take the devil's crown
(Ah, yeah) Stay alive
All things'll change around (Ah, yeah) What?
(Ah, yeah)
So here I go, kickin' science in ninety-five
I be illin'
Parental discretion is advised still
Don't call me nigga, this MC goes for his
Call me god 'cause that's what
The Black man is
Roamin' through the forest as
The hardest lyrical artist
Black women, you are not a bitch
You're a goddess
Let it be known, you can lean on KRS-One
Like a wall 'cause I'm hard, I represent God
Whack MCs have one style, gun buck
But when you say, "Let's
Buck for revolution", they shut the fuck up
Can't get with it
Down to start a riot in a minute
You'll hear so many baow baow baow
You'll think I'm Riddick
While other MC's are talkin'
About up with hope, down with dope
I'll have a devil in my infrared scope, woi
That's for calling my father a boy
And klak-klak-klak
That's for putting scars on my mother's back
Bo that's for calling my sister a ho
And for you, buck-buck-buck
'Cause I don't give a motherfuck
Remember the whip, remember the chant
Remember the rope and
You Black people still thinkin' about voting
Every president we ever had lied
You know, I'm kind of glad Nixon died
(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when
You see a devil down
(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when
You take the devil's crown
(Ah, yeah) Stay alive
All things'll change around (Ah, yeah) What?
(Ah, yeah)
This is not the first time
I came to the planet but every time I come
Only a few could understand it
I came as Isis, my words
They tried to ban it i came as Moses
They couldn't follow my commandments
I came as Solomon to a people that was lost
I came as Jesus
But they nailed me to a cross
I came as Harriet Tubman
I put the truth to Sojourner
Other times, I had to come as Nat Turner
They tried to burn me, lynch me
And starve me
So I had to come back as Marcus Garvey
Bob Marley
They tried to harm me, I used to be Malcolm X
Now I'm on the planet as the one called KRS
Kickin' the metaphysical, spiritual
Tryin' to, like, get with you
Showin' you, you are invincible
The Black Panther is the
Black answer for real
In my spiritual form, I turn into Bobby Seale
On the wheels of steel, my spirit flies away
And enters into Kwame Ture
(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when
You see a devil down
(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when
You take the devil's crown
(Ah, yeah) Stay alive
All things'll change around (Ah, yeah) What?
(Ah, yeah)
In the streets, there is no EQ
No dee do-ee do-ee do
So I grab the air and speak through the code
The devil cannot see through
As I unload into another cerebellum
Then I can tell 'em
Because my vibes go through denim
And leather, whatever, however
I'm still rockin' we used to pick cotton
Now we pick up cotton when we shoppin'
Have you forgotten why we
Buildin' in a cypher? Yo, hear me, kid
Government is building in a pyramid
The son of God is brighter
Than the son of man
The spirit is, check your dollar bill, G
Here it is
We got no time for fancy mathematics
Your mental frequency frequently
Pickin' up static
Makin' you a naked body, addict
And it's democratic
They press auto and you kill
It with an automatic
(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when
You see a devil down
(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when
You take the devil's crown
(Ah, yeah) Stay alive
All things'll change around (Ah, yeah) What?
(Ah, yeah)