KRS-One - The Mind lyrics

First thing we must do is make up our - MIND
Then we must go and really clear our - MIND
Erase the doubt and the fear from our - MIND
Share our - MIND, speak our - MIND

Stand up brother, stand up sister
I told y'all before, love is gonna get'cha
Lovin that money, lovin that liquor
Lovin that sex without respect
You gets no bigger
I ain't got time to chill
Only got time to build
You find that in those with skills
This a real MC, of the highest degree
With no video, my show they dyin to see
Not whether I'm buyin 'em three
When you watch television just keep
Sayin they lyin to me
Cause they are - how long you
Gonna stay at the bar?
I'm not desperate for money, maybe you are
But listen

Don't you think it's time we
Thought about the future?
Whether our children they gonna
Be winners or losers?
Don't you think it's time to
Advance the rhyme we spit?
Whether you know it or not
You deep in politics
All inside of it, in fact YOU the issue
Don't let this government diss you!
They really do not want you to vote
They really do not want you to hope
They really want you sniffin' they coke
You look around yo we missin' the boat
I could've wrote about ANYTHING to get on
But this what I wrote and what I'm writin'
Is guaranteed to enlighten
Like Dr cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson
This is how we do it today
Enough of the crime talk
KRS got somethin' new to say
Rise up, and put aside childish things
This is the message we bring listen

Last verse, KRS, blast first
Ignorance is bad, but temptation that's worse
They hide they purse
Cause of the way we spit the verse
No one ever told 'em
That the style's rehearsed
And even if they did
It wouldn't be new to they mind
Cause all day rappers confess
To doin' these crimes
So when the cops see you
They're not thinkin' about me
They thinkin' about takin' you out of society
Keep it right, don't lie to me
You think it's too much preachin' teachin'?
Huh, well fine, we'll see
When you're locked up in JDC, or even prison
The truth shall set you free, just listen
You want health
And really that's about prevention
You want love, real love, and not depression
You want awareness
Which come from discipline and will
You want wealth, which come from skills
When you really ready to talk, let's build
You ain't gotta be a scholar to know
The next 4 years gonna be ill
I believe you already know the drill
Don't lie
Don't steal, seek peace and don't kill