KRS-One - Don't Fall For It lyrics

Don’t you fall for it don’t you fall for it

Keep your head up, never let up
Never let them get you fed up
You just step up, get your rep up
Get your cash up, get your check up
The whole system’s a setup
It’s time we really get up
We been about this revolution from
The time we met up
Take it back, I got my fist up
Malcolm X in ‘88
But revolution only work for
Those that will participate
You are great, they are fake
Yo, it’s time to demonstrate
Higher level mental states
Conscious people, congregate!
Show the love, not the hate
This is basic, no debate
But these people are debating


And they hating, they should wait
It was bickering amongst ourselves that
Got us in this state
Yeah, the truth is inconvenient
But the truth is never late

You can’t see what they be doing?
How they thinking? How they moving?
You can’t see what they pursuing?
Making claims, none are proven

Don’t fall for it, don’t fall for it
Don’t fall for it, don’t fall for it

We can see who is the enemy
Sovereignty’s the remedy
You don’t need telepathy
It’s white supremacy

Don’t fall for it, don’t fall for it
Don’t fall for it, don’t fall for it

Bringing it raw, doing a tour
Government officials breaking the law
You never see what you never saw
303, open the door
Knowledge reigns, that is the game
Ignorance, that is insane don’t fall for it
The Reps and the Dems are the same
This one's shooting us up
That one's locking us up
This one got us stuck, that one's outta luck
You could front if you need to
The cycle never ends no justice
But in four years they hyping us again

Don’t fall for it, don’t fall for it
Don’t fall for it, don’t fall for it

If you thinking that you earning
And you drinking and you burning
And you really not concerning
With the news and what they learning

Don’t fall for it, don’t fall for it
Don’t fall for it, don’t fall for it

If you love it, never hate it
You agree and don't debate it hBCU educated
Your degree is highly rated

Don’t fall for it, don’t fall for it
Don’t you fall for it, don’t fall for it

Yo, me, I'm not a fake dude
I'ma keep it real real
They see through it all
That "America needs to heal" deal
America ain't really sick
This is what it really is
Gunshots and cages for black
And brown little kids
Now they acting like they not the
Cause of how we live
Do not tell me what you gonna do
I can see what you did
Look at her, look at him, look at them
Look at me do you see our interests
Represented in society? No you don't
And you won't 'cause democracy's a joke
Every four years these same people
Asking us to vote
Nothing changed but the Range
Rover switching lanes over
I remain the flamethrower, knowledge reigns
Game over
Don't fall for it, don't you fall for it
Rodney King, George Floyd, man, we all saw it

So don't protest with defiance
But don't move with self-reliance
While the soul is being silenced
For the religion of science

Don’t fall for it, don’t you fall for it
Don’t fall for it, don’t you fall for it

If you thinking that you earning
And you drinking and you burning
And you really not concerning
With the news and what they learning

Don’t fall for it, don’t you fall for it
Don’t fall for it, don’t you fall for it

There's no justice in the courts
We are always taking shorts
They can shoot us like a sport
And it's our trust that they want?

Don’t fall for it, don’t you fall for it
Don’t fall for it, don’t you fall for it

Take it up! Take it low now

Don’t fall for it, don’t you fall for it
Don’t fall for it, don’t you fall for it