Krs-one - 9 Elements Lyrics
Well my ladies and gentlemenThis is a rapsession and my name is "KRS-One!"And when I talk about "Hip-Hop Music!", I know[Kris]One: Breaking or breakdancingRally b-boying, freestyle or streetdancin'Two: MC'ing or rapDivine speech what I'm doing right now no actThree: Grafitti art or burning bombin'Taggin', writin', now you're learning! uh!Four : DJ'ing, we ain't playing!{*scratch* You know what I'm saying!Five : BeatboxingGive me a {*beatboxin* Yes and we rockin'!Six: Street fashion, lookin' flyCatchin' the eye while them cats walk on bySeven: Street language, our verbal communicationOur codes throughout the nationEight: Street knowledge, common senseThe wisdom of the elders from way back whenceNine : Street entrepreneur realismNo job, just get up call 'em and get 'emHere's how I'm tellin' it, all 9 ElementsWe stand in love, no we're never failing itIntelligent? No doubtHip-Hop? We're not selling it out, we're just lettin' it outIf you're checkin' us out this hour, we teatchin' hip-hopHoly integrated people have it, I'm the present power![Chorus]Rap is something you do!3x Hip-Hop is something you live! *scratched*Rap is something you do!Hip-Hop is something you live! *scratched*[Kris]Skaters, BMX-bike riders rockDon't you ever stop! You are hip-hopYou doing the same things we did on our block in the suburbsYou know you be packing that black blockSelling that crackrock and ecstacyGettin' pissydrunk, fallin' out next to meBut like I told those in the ghettoesHere's the facts! True hip-hop is so much more than thatSome much more than rap, so much more than beatsHip-hop is all about victory over the streetsWhat you see on TV is a lieThat's not something you wanna live or pattern your life byBut, huh that's too much preachin' ain't it?You don't want the ?education?, you wanna be dead on the pavementWell, so be it, some of ya'll ain't gonna see itOthers wanna enslave your mind! Kris wanna free it![Chorus]Rap is something you do!5x Hip-Hop is something you live! *scratched*"Oh yea" *scratched* --- From "P is dead""I have spent my whole life livin'", "talk to the fullest", "no doubt"[Kris]You know that's why these rappers can't hangCause the essence of hip-hop is not a material thangThey so careless, hip-hop is in a {? we giveRap we do, hip-hop we liveHow many times I gotta say it? How the radio ain't gonna play itAnd you hip-hoppers sit back and okay itThink about it! (think about it)The present course of action, we have got to reroute it![Chorus: repeat 3X]Hip-Hop is something you live!
