KRS-One, Marley Marl - This is What It Is lyrics

We keep showin you, and showin you
And showin you this is what it is!
We gon' flow with you, you know it's true
Hip-hop this is what it is!
We keep showin you, and showin you
And showin you this is what it is!
We gon' flow with you, you know it's true
Hip-hop this is what it is!

A man once said that the
Streets are watchin us
If this be the truth we
Must keep hip-hop in us
They'll never topple us
You done heard them thugs
Now it's time to hear from the philosophers
Buildings fallin, employment stallin us
Now it's time, the future is callin us
Television is boring us radio is whorin us
Lurin us with a chorus plus
You can't even trust
The church, the synagogue
They all deceivin us
It's time to believe in us
To believe in a hip-hop lifestyle
That agrees with us no squeeze or bust
(bo! bo) you find ease with us
The DJ's, the MC's is us
The ice we've seen enough
It's time for hip-hop and this is what it is!

You know we lead a movement
It's called "I Am Hip-Hop"
Cats debate about it, but I am hip-hop
Cats wanna talk about but I am hip-hop
My cats in New York like "I am hip-hop"
My cats in Atlanta like "I am hip-hop"
Cats in Miami like "I am hip-hop"
Chi Town like "I am hip-hop"
All over LA, "I am hip-hop"
Keep the rawness the gutter the real
The movement's growin like corn in the field
KRS-One was born with the steel
I'm on top of my game like Shaquille O'Neal
No surprises, hip-hop come in all sizes
Now watch as KRS rises up, up-up
Up and away'!
Now you critics mouth shut, got nothin to say
And that's good for the kids, cause hip-hop
This is what it is!

Stay focused focused stay focused oh, oh!
Yeah, uh huh, focused
Yo, look, look! This is what it is
Y'all need to stop confusin the kids
Makin 'em think you gotta do
A bid to be hip-hop man that ain't it
Rob a nigga, kill a nigga
Man that ain't shit
How you figure, how murder make you hip?
You need to hop to the
Bookstore and look for Kris
Anything by KRS-One
Will lead you to peace, to love
To unity & havin fun
Y'all know, but, some of y'all don't
And some of y'all won't that's why
Only some of y'all dope
The rest of y'all, food for the Gods
I eat everything but pop's cause
I don't eat lard