Lyrics:

[Chorus One 2X: KRS-One] 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 [KRS-One] 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 [Chorus Two 2X: KRS-One] First thing we gon' do is make up our - MIND Then we gon' go, and we gon' clear our - MIND Erase the doubt and the fear from our - MIND Share our - MIND, speak our - MIND [KRS-One] 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 coulda 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 Thi