KRS-One - Knock Em Out lyrics

Wooh, oh
Joe Riggs, what you saying

Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris
Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris
Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris
Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris

Yeah, I'm spitting truth
Ain't nothing fancy
Fake I can't be
With this microphone I'm handy
Radio and video bans me, they can't stand me
I'm the opposite of these
Hoes dancing in panties
Truth seeker, I write for people
Not a grammy
The true Teacha
Teaching about ancestors and family
The proof seeker, bringing evidence
Not the fallacy
The new leader
Bringing solutions to the insanity
This strategy avoid calamity and tragedy
Do not let technology run
Off with your humanity
I deal with reality, not Lemon or Hannity
This is why most of these
Rappers is not matching me
It's a catastrophe that got you
Looking at a screen
And the screen is showing you scenes
Of what your culture means
As for society and poverty
Drug dealers and fiends
These ain't the images that tell
You what your culture means
Rappers like KRS-One are nowhere on the scene
They promote rappers than contradict
Dr. King's Dream
These acts are deliberate
They're part of the same scheme
Cops shot the kid, I still hear him scream
This ain't funny, so don't you dare laugh
Just another case about the wrong path
Straight and narrow or you will not last
Slick Rick told y'all, goodnight

Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris
Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris
Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris
Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris

Knock Em Out the box Kris
Kris already got this
This is what Hip Hop is, spitting my synopsis
A sellout? I am not this
Pull out and cop this
Revolutionary topic right over the hot shit
Video is for your optics
That's why you watch this
But it can become hypnotic if
You do not stop it
Your mind you must unlock it
From their phony topics
Focus on the truth, with proof
Use your logic
Words are like purpose, character
You got it?
Or got 'em, invisible forces
Can you spot 'em?
The blind continues to lead the
Blind to the bottom
Destroying their cities like
Gomorrah and Sodom
I rock 'em with truth
'cause Knowledge Reigns Supreme
Cops shot the kid, I still hear him scream
This ain't funny, so don't you dare laugh
Just another case about the wrong path
Straight and narrow or you will not last
Slick Rick told y'all, goodnight

Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris
Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris
Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris
Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris

Out the box Kris, like a stone I rock this
The beginner just eating dinner
No I am not this
I take it back to Schoolly
D and Super Lover Cee
Steady B
I'm Three Times Dope or dope times three
You know me, I ain't stutter
Why do you think they never promote the
Original culture they putting us under
We all know the truth about Hip
Hop and what it really is
But we sit and settle for what
They peddle to little kids
I'm piping like a kettle
This mental man will flip your lid
Take it back to when we used
To rap and DJs zig-a-zig
When you reverse EVIL
Believe me people you really LIVE
Help, love or witnessing wealth
That's what I'm here to give
No I do not think of my self
I think of these future kids
Everything we doing today will
Determine how they live
Many DJs cutting and mixing but
They ain't playing nothing
Many rappers
Ripping and rapping but they
Ain't saying nothing
Corporate yelling
"Black Lives Matter!" but
They stay fronting
That's why this Black Lives Rapper
He keeps in way bumping
It ain't nothing, no assumptions, just facts
It seems Knowledge is Reigning
Supreme and that's that
Bring it back
Rappers rapping like we ain't under attack
They traders and our neighbors
Which makes it doubly wack
Look at that while these corny
Ass rappers serving their fiends
Cop shot the kid, I still hear him scream
This ain't funny, so don't you dare laugh
Just another case about the wrong path
Straight and narrow or you will not last
Slick Rick told y'all, goodnight

Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris
Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris
Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris
Knock Em Out the box Kris, out the box Kris