KRS-One - Attendance lyrics

Who was the first to flash
The heat on the cover?
Who was the first crew to go against another?
Who was the first to go
Acapella on a video replay?
Who was the first to lose a DJ?
Who was the first to teach at Yale?
Who was the first to hit that hip-hop reggae
On the nail?
Who was the first to say Stop the Violence
And teach that real bad boys move in silence?
You're soon to see the
Mindbendin rhyme weapon get more busy than
Two-two-three double-nine-seven
All these rappers, swear they the best
I know whatchu thinkin about, "Where's KRS?"
Eighty percent of these rappers
Fake they shit the other twenty percent they
Goin upstate and shit
There's no way out except
Knowledge and wisdom
I got it so I spit 'em you
Ain't got it you gotta get 'em
Who was the first to produce mix and write
At the same time up in
The club rockin the mic?
Who was the first to have a
DJ and a side man?
The first to say what is hip-hop? "I AM!"
Who was the first to produce gangster shit?
Put out
Gangster hit's with a gangster click?
Not no prankster shit, Steady B, Mad Lion
Just-Ice, Shabba Ranks and shit
My Channel is Live, my only battle is Jive
MC to MC, you won't survive
You'll be censored cause my Crew is 2 Live
I ascend like Christ and watch you die
Breakers (HERE) MC's (HERE)
Writers (HERE) Beat-boxers (HERE)
DJ's (HERE) Hip-Hop (HERE)
Hip-Hop (RIGHT HERE) Hip-Hop (RIGHT HERE)

I'm like Noah, I'm takin 'em, two by two
I took, them and them and I'll take
You and you
I took, them and them and I'll take
You and you be I'm right or be I'm wrong
You'll see I'm tight with this
Mic, you should be like, "B I'm gone"
But you still in my face Neo
I'm not your girl
All that ice and thug life
That's not my world
I'm the teacher, but you still can't see
Cause while you respect 2Pac
2Pac respected me
Another thing don't ever show me another ring
Remember you Rudy Ray Moore
I'm Martin Luther King
Everything you bring sounds horrendous
You need repentance, 'fore I take attendance

KRS-One hums a melody for a bit