Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded Lyrics
Intro: (sung by krs-one to the tune of the beatles let it be)Boogie down productions will always get paidWell take the wackest song and make it betterRemember to let us into your skinCause then youll begin, to masterRhymin rhymin rhyminVerse one: krs-oneCriminal minded, youve been blindedLookin for a style like mine you cant find itThey are the audience, I am the lyricistSometimes the suckas on the side gotta hear thisPage, a rage, and Im not in a cageFree as a bird to fly up out on stageAint here for no frontin just to say a little somethinYa suckaz dont like me cause youre all about nothinHowever, Im really fascinating to the letterMy all-around performance gets better and betterMy english grammar comes down like a hammerYou need a style, I need to pull your fileI dont beg favors, youre kissing other peoples ---I write and produce myself just as fastKeep my hair like this, got no time for jheri curlsAttractin only women, got no time for little girls[krs sings again] cause girls look so goodBut their brain is not ready, I dont knowId rather talk to a womanCause her mind is so steady, so here we goIm not a musical maniac or b-boy fanaticI simply made use of what was upstairs in the atticIve listened to these mcs back when I was a kidBut I bust more shots than they ever didI mean this is not the best of krs, its just a sectionBut how many times must I point you in the right directionYou need protection, when Im on the micBecause my mouth is like a 9 millimeter windpipeYoure a king, Im a teacherYoure a b-boy, Im a scholarIf this was a class, well it would go right under dramaSee kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligentTalkin big words on the mic but still irrelevantEspecially when youre not, college materialWake up every morning to your lucky charms cerealDj scott larock has a college degreeBlastmaster krs writes poetryI wont go deeper in the subject cause that gets me boredIts a shame to know some mcs on the mic are fraudSayin styles like this to create a dissBut if you listen, who you dissin?See I am a musicianRappin on the mic like this to me is fineCause if I really want to battle I will put out a nineYou can see that scott larock and I are mentally bindedIn other words were both criminal mindedVerse two: krs-oneWere not promoting violence, were just havin some funHes scott larock, Im krs-oneNever off-beat cause it dont make senseGrab the microphone, relaxed and not tenseYou waited, debated, and now you activatedA musical genius that could not be duplicatedSee I have the formula for rockin the houseIf you cannot rock a party do not open your mouthIts that simple, no phony cosmetics to your pimpleTake another look because the gear is not wrinkledThe k, the r, the s, the o, the n, the eSayin rhyme for eighty-seven not from 1983Well versed, to rehearse, and my rhymes are my curseOriginality come first but the suckers get worseAllow me to include I have a very stable moodPoetic education of a high altitudeIm not an mc, so listen, call me poet or musicianA genius when it comes to making music with ambitionIm cool, collected with the rhyme I directedDont wanna be elected as the king of a recordJust respected by others as the man with the solutionAn artist of the 80s came and left his contributionOn wax, relax, theres 24 tracksAfter years of rocking parties now I picked up the knackBecause everything that flows from out my larynxTakes years of experience and bottles of becksI cannot seem to recollect the time I didnt have sexIs it real or is it memorex?Im livin in a city known as new york stateSucka mcs gotta wait while I translateI hang with real live dreads with knowledge in their headsPeople with ambition and straight up musiciansAlthough our lives have been so uprootedI have it included, you all get zootedSo take each letter of the krs-oneMeans knowledge reigns supreme over nearly everyoneYou look at me and laugh, but this is your classIts an all-out discussion of the suckas I be crushinSo now you are awakened to the music I be makinNever duplicated, and also highly cultivatedDont get frustrated cause nothin has been tradedOnly activated, it came out very complicatedNot separated, from my djYou see my voice is now fadedIll see you folks around the wayCriminal minded...
