Krs-one - The Lessin Lyrics
f/ April S. WilliamsYeah.. uh-huh.. underground, never stop y'allUnderground, K.P. y'all c'mon![Chorus: April S. Williams]Ain't no stoppin what we doneDon't give up this fight is wonThere's no way they can hold us downCause with power and strength we gonna take it nowTake that stand realize the truthKnowledge intellect bringin minds anewThere's no way they can hold us downCause with power and strength we gonna save you now[KRS-One over Chorus]Uh-huhYeah, yeah, yeahUh-huhTell them again, tell them again!UhhGet 'em up now, wordJust get it up now, uh-huhALL OF THE MASSIVE![KRS-One]B, R, O, N, XSee these cars, see these checks, intellectSee these thugs, ain't no sweat, intellectA thousand miles, how do you do it?One stepNow check out this flow, they wanna be down, but they cain'tOriginal +Criminal Minded+ flow, they just ain'tready for the real, ready to peel off the paintYour style is fake, the teacher returns to debateYou the best?That's bull, you questionableHighly flexible, wasn't you sexual?Now you hardcore?You need to see God moreI sit on the faculty; you, you sophomore[Chorus][KRS-One over Chorus]Uhh, get 'em upYeah, get 'em up uhhYeah, uhh, that's rightThat's right uh-huh, tell 'em againIt go.. get 'em upYeah, that's right, uh-huhUh-huhAnother Kenny Parker exclusive![KRS-One]Time to get it, now you did it, tryin to spit itYou don't fit it, ask the critics, already did it, skipped the gimmicksI don't mimic, metaphysics, you'll admit it, better to live itbetter to give it, so I spit it every minute so you get itMy lyric is wicked an' full of culture y'allHuh?Battle, nah - get back in your carEither you never heard of me or you really wanna get with meBut as your teacher let me test you for a learning disabilityYou feeling me?Cause you can't, get it through your headThis is, sui-CIDE!!You're better off deadLet me not amp you up, cause this style you can't do whatMy stomach can take it and your stomach it'll cramp you upThis is, breath control, breath control styleeI get up all in that ass that (?) heinieTry me, back in the days you woulda had sorrowTry the teacher today, and you won't see tomorrow cause[Chorus][KRS-One over Chorus]Uhh, we get 'em upUhh, that's right, get 'em upYeah, uh-huh, get 'em upYeah, ONE MORE TIME NOW!Uhh, that's right, get 'em upUh-huh, uh-huh, get 'em up I HEAR YOUUh-huh, I HEAR YOU, WORD UP!LOOK AT THIS![KRS-One]Like a piss on the streets I existNot the meat but the fishComplete the feat when I'm speakin the heat into thisWitness Kris rippin thisDon't trip on this, skip ahead if you're readyMy show medley is deadlyI'm about a hundred million mic years awayThese players I don't hate, but I'm not here to playI hit it all day, all night, all afternoonRock all mics from the days of sassoonWhere the hell was you?On the corner with ratswhen we was at the LQ, lockin it down and that was thatDivine speaker, mind keeper, time teacher, time leaderI'll be sittin in the club by the speakerWaitin for you rappers to choke up then I eat yalike some prehistoric winged creature, AHHH!On your neck, like the American eagle facin East and WestI be the best, Blastmaster KRS cause[Chorus][KRS-One over Chorus]We get 'em upUhh, yo, we get 'em upLike, YEAH, I SEE IT OVER THEREI SEE IT OVER THERE, IT'S.. YEAH IT'S OVER HERE!Uhh!Uhh, one more time we get it upYeah, yeah, we get itUhh, uhh, IT'S OVER HERE NOW!IT'S OVER HERE NOW!UHH![April and KRS-One ad lib][Chorus][KRS-One]Attention all true hip-hoppersLet us come together, for the unity of hip-hop cultureEvery third week in May, is hip-hop appreciation weekCelebrate with usThen, join us in November, for hip-hop history monthBig up, to the Zulu Nation, PEACE!
