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"if you like the sound of what you've heard so far.." |
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[krs-one] |
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Ghetto music |
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Ghetto music |
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Ghetto music |
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Ghetto music.. |
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.. you're tuned into that easy listening sound |
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With a cap and gown, not a crown |
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No glitter, no makeup |
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Just smashin lyrics, that make up |
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The b, d, and the p |
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You pay for the hits, the advice is free |
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In this industry, we gotta grow |
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Commercial some go, but, y'know |
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Just as important as they are |
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So is the underground superstar (like me) |
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You gotta ask yourself one question |
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Do i speak facts, or do i start guessin? |
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Learn the lesson, before you plan your career |
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Commercial or underground, where |
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Do you fit, cause both sides write hits |
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And all is rap, i'll admit |
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But what i've come to explain |
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Is that these people love to play a game |
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They wanna make it seem like you're wrong |
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For writin the reality song |
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(don't touch those issues, don't talk about dat |
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We don't take knowledge rap) |
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What? they want you on their bases |
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Cause if you bring out the brown, you're racist |
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But if you bring out the pink, well wait, it's ok |
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Yeah, they won't stop it |
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I guess it's alright to act demonic |
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I guess it's alright to act demonic |
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But that's another chapter, in another book |
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I've come to show a different look |
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And that look is the whole of rap |
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Not just the commercial pap |
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But the underground, that raw ghetto sound |
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From which rap music was found |
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So you can't deny it, you cannot refuse it |
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I'll be rockin that ghetto music |
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People keep tellin me, "kris! you need more radio |
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Yeah man, that's the way to go! |
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You gotta be like so-and-so to go platinum," |
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Then i attack em! |
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I rhyme for the ghetto, i teach the ghetto |
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I cannot let go, change up? heck no |
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In the ghetto, i stay mellow |
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We're in effect yo, ready, set, go |
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Fresh, for nineteen eighty-nine you suckers |
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Peace to p.e., and the jungle brothers |
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Others, have come, to master the art |
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They start, with heart, then fall apart |
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Like a dart i shoot for one target (bo bo) |
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Ghetto music, yeah they'll never chart it |
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Cause now in eighty-nine, the purpose of a rhyme |
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Is to strengthen and uplift the mind |
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Although i'll achieve and achieve and achieve |
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It's simple, i'll never leave |
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Cause every time you front for respect you lose it |
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I'll rock ghetto music |
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Ghetto music |
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Ghetto music |
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Ghetto music |
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Ghetto music.. |
