KRS-One - Hip Hop lyrics
[KRS-One - Hip Hop lyrics]
We need unity in the community
KRS, hip-hop is one
Conscious, gangsters, hustlers man
Hiiiip-Hop I'm livin for that
Hiiiip-Hop I'm livin for that
Hiiiip-Hop I'm doin it for hiiiip-Hop
Yo - we went from nuttin to somethin
Bein real and not frontin
No one was givin us nuttin
So we resorted to gunnin
Growin up and we comin
Up the ladder not bummin
Dodgin warrants and summons
From the cops we were runnin
Goin to school not for nuttin
They teachin lies and assumptions
And they tell us keep comin
Comin to school now for what? When
Comin back to a system that's
Whack and really not runnin
Oh I'm sorry it's runnin
It's not PROPERLY runnin
It's a conspiracy hear me man
It's got to be somethin
I can get guns faster than I
Can get an english muffin
And the black church ain't sayin nuttin
We on our own cousin, I'm stickin to this
I'm livin for this hip-hop
I'm spittin for this hip-hop
I'm givin to this hip-hop, my life is hip-hop
Culture, and y'all know that
Hip-Hop in the media, y'all know it's whack
But just like them dopefiends
Who keep comin back
Like the mayor of DC, buyin Joey's crack
No disrespect to either one of
Them but look at that
Study the metaphors in this rap
We bigger than crack, but we keep buyin it
We bigger than rap, but we keep denyin it
Justice, equality, keep cryin it
But the only way to get it
Is to start applyin it
Fat Joe that's my bro shows 'nuff respect
Talib, that's my bro, shows 'nuff respect
50 Cent that's my bro he shows 'nuff respect
Common! That's my bro he shows 'nuff respect
Snoop Dogg is my bro showed 'nuff respect
Dead Prez that's my peeps yo 'nuff respect
Cassidy's an MC who shows 'nuff respect
Hip-Hop is one, don't forget
I'm stickin with this
I'm livin for that hip-hop culture
Shape it like a sculpture
Touch it why don'tcha, touch it why don'tcha
Hip-Hop is yours and mine and that's fine
But hip-hop's culture ain't about just crime
You caught up in the image and
Don't know they rhymes
You caught up in they bodies
And don't know they minds
So I'm, here to bring the truth in the place
Like don't think Common won't punch
You in your face'!
And don't think Talib won't hold the heat
To stop the violence you
Gotta know your street
You gotta know who Tanga Reed is
Fat Joe's a leader, Busta Rhymes a preacher
KRS-One's a teacher
But through Cassidy my lessons are
Quicker to reach ya we one community
I'm talkin about unity
In other words you and me i'm with this
KRS, hip-hop is one
Conscious, gangsters, hustlers man
Hiiiip-Hop I'm livin for that
Hiiiip-Hop I'm livin for that
Hiiiip-Hop I'm doin it for hiiiip-Hop
Yo - we went from nuttin to somethin
Bein real and not frontin
No one was givin us nuttin
So we resorted to gunnin
Growin up and we comin
Up the ladder not bummin
Dodgin warrants and summons
From the cops we were runnin
Goin to school not for nuttin
They teachin lies and assumptions
And they tell us keep comin
Comin to school now for what? When
Comin back to a system that's
Whack and really not runnin
Oh I'm sorry it's runnin
It's not PROPERLY runnin
It's a conspiracy hear me man
It's got to be somethin
I can get guns faster than I
Can get an english muffin
And the black church ain't sayin nuttin
We on our own cousin, I'm stickin to this
I'm livin for this hip-hop
I'm spittin for this hip-hop
I'm givin to this hip-hop, my life is hip-hop
Culture, and y'all know that
Hip-Hop in the media, y'all know it's whack
But just like them dopefiends
Who keep comin back
Like the mayor of DC, buyin Joey's crack
No disrespect to either one of
Them but look at that
Study the metaphors in this rap
We bigger than crack, but we keep buyin it
We bigger than rap, but we keep denyin it
Justice, equality, keep cryin it
But the only way to get it
Is to start applyin it
Fat Joe that's my bro shows 'nuff respect
Talib, that's my bro, shows 'nuff respect
50 Cent that's my bro he shows 'nuff respect
Common! That's my bro he shows 'nuff respect
Snoop Dogg is my bro showed 'nuff respect
Dead Prez that's my peeps yo 'nuff respect
Cassidy's an MC who shows 'nuff respect
Hip-Hop is one, don't forget
I'm stickin with this
I'm livin for that hip-hop culture
Shape it like a sculpture
Touch it why don'tcha, touch it why don'tcha
Hip-Hop is yours and mine and that's fine
But hip-hop's culture ain't about just crime
You caught up in the image and
Don't know they rhymes
You caught up in they bodies
And don't know they minds
So I'm, here to bring the truth in the place
Like don't think Common won't punch
You in your face'!
And don't think Talib won't hold the heat
To stop the violence you
Gotta know your street
You gotta know who Tanga Reed is
Fat Joe's a leader, Busta Rhymes a preacher
KRS-One's a teacher
But through Cassidy my lessons are
Quicker to reach ya we one community
I'm talkin about unity
In other words you and me i'm with this