KRS-One - False Pride lyrics
[KRS-One - False Pride lyrics]
Okay now, listen to this
Sound effect: seagulls
A mystical teacher sat by the seaside
It was about five o'clock cause
We heard the free ride
Anyway the teacher was talking in stride
Sitting upon a rock that was wide
And warning against false pride
"Come to where I reside!" a woman cried
And the teacher replied
"Do you serve your fish fried?"
"Yes, " she replied
"with potato salad on the side"
And the teacher replied
"Well where do you reside?"
She said, "Up on the hillside
It's not a far ride
If you came to have dinner
I would be so gratified"
The teacher replied, "It's six
O'clock, seven o'clock, you decide"
She replied, "Seven o'clock
Do you like stir-fried?"
She was mystified and felt so dignified
The teacher was coming to the
House where she resides
So she purified with pesticides
Sound effect: chemicals sprayed
Called her friends up nationwide
Sound effect: phone being dialed
Some of her friends were tongue-tied
They felt so glorified
She made steamed fish, baked fish
Fish that was fried
Soup, steamed vegetables
Potato salad on the side
Sound effect: food cooking
You could smell the bread in
The oven far and wide
Natural juices and water purified
Organic fruit's brought from the countryside
With silver forks and knives
Placed side by side
Sound effect: silverware clinks
You could not be dissatisfied
Looking out the window staring
At the mountainside you would have died
6: 59 she's swollen with pride
As the moment intensified
There's a knock from outside
Sound effect: door knocking
She opens the door
For the teacher has arrived
Sound effect: door creaks open
But to her surprise, it was a bum who cried
"Please, I smelt the bread from outside!
One piece, " and then she replied
"The teacher is coming
He's soon to have arrived
You're making me look bad, come on now
Step aside!" the bum then replied
"When I say I'm hungry I haven't lied
Give me some of that chicken
That you just fried"
Sound effect: food cooking
She replied, "Chicken - fried?
No that's for the teacher
You're not purified"
Then she slammed the door
And went back inside
Sound effect: door closes
Sat on the couch with the TV Guide
She looked at the clock, it was 7: 09
Then 7: 30 he still hasn't arrived
Eight o'clock, she's on the downside
Nine o'clock, by now she's teary-eyed
She's pissed off and her anger multiplied
She cried, then fell asleep dissatisfied
Next day she woke up, and was preoccupied
With meeting the mystical teacher who lied
Where could he hide?
She ran down by the seaside
Sound effect: seagulls
He was there teaching about - false pride
"You lied!" she replied, "You lied!
You said you'd be there at seven o'clock
You lied!" he replied, "No I have not lied
I came at 6: 59
And you told me to move aside
I asked for bread and the
Chicken that was fried
Sound effect: food cooking
And you said, that I wasn't purified"
She replied, "I wasn't notified!
I had no idea that you
Was the bum that cried!"
And the teacher sighed, then replied
"This concludes our lesson on false pride"
Sound effect: seagulls
A mystical teacher sat by the seaside
It was about five o'clock cause
We heard the free ride
Anyway the teacher was talking in stride
Sitting upon a rock that was wide
And warning against false pride
"Come to where I reside!" a woman cried
And the teacher replied
"Do you serve your fish fried?"
"Yes, " she replied
"with potato salad on the side"
And the teacher replied
"Well where do you reside?"
She said, "Up on the hillside
It's not a far ride
If you came to have dinner
I would be so gratified"
The teacher replied, "It's six
O'clock, seven o'clock, you decide"
She replied, "Seven o'clock
Do you like stir-fried?"
She was mystified and felt so dignified
The teacher was coming to the
House where she resides
So she purified with pesticides
Sound effect: chemicals sprayed
Called her friends up nationwide
Sound effect: phone being dialed
Some of her friends were tongue-tied
They felt so glorified
She made steamed fish, baked fish
Fish that was fried
Soup, steamed vegetables
Potato salad on the side
Sound effect: food cooking
You could smell the bread in
The oven far and wide
Natural juices and water purified
Organic fruit's brought from the countryside
With silver forks and knives
Placed side by side
Sound effect: silverware clinks
You could not be dissatisfied
Looking out the window staring
At the mountainside you would have died
6: 59 she's swollen with pride
As the moment intensified
There's a knock from outside
Sound effect: door knocking
She opens the door
For the teacher has arrived
Sound effect: door creaks open
But to her surprise, it was a bum who cried
"Please, I smelt the bread from outside!
One piece, " and then she replied
"The teacher is coming
He's soon to have arrived
You're making me look bad, come on now
Step aside!" the bum then replied
"When I say I'm hungry I haven't lied
Give me some of that chicken
That you just fried"
Sound effect: food cooking
She replied, "Chicken - fried?
No that's for the teacher
You're not purified"
Then she slammed the door
And went back inside
Sound effect: door closes
Sat on the couch with the TV Guide
She looked at the clock, it was 7: 09
Then 7: 30 he still hasn't arrived
Eight o'clock, she's on the downside
Nine o'clock, by now she's teary-eyed
She's pissed off and her anger multiplied
She cried, then fell asleep dissatisfied
Next day she woke up, and was preoccupied
With meeting the mystical teacher who lied
Where could he hide?
She ran down by the seaside
Sound effect: seagulls
He was there teaching about - false pride
"You lied!" she replied, "You lied!
You said you'd be there at seven o'clock
You lied!" he replied, "No I have not lied
I came at 6: 59
And you told me to move aside
I asked for bread and the
Chicken that was fried
Sound effect: food cooking
And you said, that I wasn't purified"
She replied, "I wasn't notified!
I had no idea that you
Was the bum that cried!"
And the teacher sighed, then replied
"This concludes our lesson on false pride"