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verse one] **lf**Let''s begin **lf**what where why or when **lf**will all be explained **lf**why destruction is a game **lf**see I''m not insane **lf**in fact I''m kind of rational **lf**when I be asking **lf**yo who is more dramatical **lf**this one that one **lf**the white one or the black one **lf**pick the punk **lf**and I''ll jump up to attack one **lf**KRS One is just the guy to lead a crew **lf**right up to your face and dis you **lf**everyone saw me on the last album cover **lf**holding a pistol **lf**something far from a lover **lf**beside my brother **lf**S-C-O-T **lf**I just laughed **lf**''cause no one can defeat me **lf**this selection number two **lf**is ''My Philosophy'' **lf**number one **lf**was ''Poetry'' **lf**you know it''s me **lf**it''s my philosophy **lf**many artists got to learn **lf**I''m not flammable **lf**I don''t burn **lf**so please stop burnin'' **lf**and learn to earn respect **lf**''cause that''s just what **lf**KR collects **lf**see, what do you expect **lf**when you rhyme like a soft punk **lf**you walk down the street and get jumped **lf**you got to have style **lf**and learn to be original **lf**and everybody''s gonna wanna dis you **lf**like me **lf**we stood up for the South Bronx **lf**and every sucka mc **lf**had a response **lf**you think we care? **lf**I know that they are on the tip **lf**my posse from the Bronx is thick **lf**and we''re real live **lf**we walk correctly **lf**a lot of suckas would like to forget me **lf**but they can''t **lf**''cause like a champ **lf**I have got a record **lf**of knocking out the frauds in a second **lf**on the mic **lf**I believe that you should get loose **lf**I haven''t come to tell you I have juice **lf**I just produce, create, innovate on a higher level **lf**I''ll be back **lf**but for now just seckle **lf**[verse two] **lf**I''ll play the nine **lf**and you play the target **lf**you all know my name so I guess I''ll just start it **lf**or should I say, ''Start this'' **lf**I am an artist **lf**of new concepts at their hardest **lf**yo, cause I''m a teacher **lf**and Scot is a scholar **lf**it ain''t about money **lf**cause we all make dollars **lf**that''s why **lf**I walk with my head up **lf**when I hear wack rhymes **lf**I get fed up **lf**rap is like a set-up **lf**a lot of games **lf**a lot of suckas with colorful names **lf**I''m so-and-so **lf**I''m this **lf**I''m that **lf**huh, but they all just wick-wick-wack **lf**I''m not white or red or black **lf**I''m brown **lf**from the Boogie Down **lf**Productions **lf**of course **lf**our music be thumpin'' **lf**others say their bad **lf**but they''re buggin **lf**let me tell you somethin'' now **lf**about hip hop **lf**about D-Nice, Melodie, **lf**and Scot La Rock **lf**I''ll get a pen, a pencil, a marker **lf**mainly what I write is for the average New Yorker **lf**some mc''s be talkin'' and talkin'' **lf**tryin'' to show how black people are walkin **lf**but I don''t walk this way to portray **lf**or reinforce **lf**stereotypes of today **lf**like all my brothas **lf**eatin'' chicken and watermelon **lf**talk broken english and drug sellin'' **lf**see I''m tellin'' **lf**and teaching real facts **lf**now when some act in rap **lf**is kind of wack **lf**and it lacks **lf**creativity and intelligence **lf**but they don''t care **lf**''cause the company is sellin'' it **lf**it''s my philosophy **lf**on the industry **lf**don''t bother dissin'' me **lf**or even wish that we''d **lf**soften, dilute, **lf**or commercialize all our lyrics **lf**''cause it''s about time **lf**one of y''all hear it **lf**first-hand **lf**from the intelligent **lf**brown man **lf**a vegetarian **lf**no goat or ham **lf**or chicken or turkey or hamburger **lf**''cause to me that''s suicide **lf**self-murder **lf**let us get back to what we call hip hop **lf**and what it meant to DJ Scot La Rock... **lf**[verse three] **lf**How many mc''s must get dissed **lf**before somebody says, ''Don''t f*** with Kris!'' **lf**this is just one style **lf**out of many **lf**like a piggy bank **lf**this is one penny **lf**my brother''s name is Kenny **lf**Kenny Parker **lf**my other brother I.C.U. **lf**is much darker **lf**Boogie Down Productions **lf**is made up of teachers **lf**the lecture is conducted **lf**from the mic into the speaker **lf**who gets weaker? **lf**the king or the teacher **lf**it''s not about a salary **lf**it''s all about reality **lf**teachers teach and do the world good **lf**kings just rule **lf**and most are never understood **lf**if you were to rule **lf**over a certain industry **lf****** right now **lf**would be in misery **lf**no one would get along **lf**nor sing a song **lf**''cause everyone''d be singing for the king **lf**am I wrong?! **lf**so yo, what''s up **lf**it''s me again **lf**Scot La Rock, **lf**KRS, BDP again **lf**many people had the nerve to think we would end the trend **lf**we''re criminal minded **lf**and only tend **lf**funky, funky, funky, funky, funky hit records **lf**no more than four minutes **lf**and some seconds **lf**the competition checks and checks **lf**and keeps checkin'' **lf**they get the album **lf**take it home **lf**and start sweatin'' **lf**why? well it''s simple **lf**to them it''s kind of vital **lf**to take KRS-One''s title **lf**to them I''m like an idol **lf**some type of entity **lf**in everybody''s rhyme **lf**they wanna mention me? **lf**or rather mention us **lf**me or Scot La Rock **lf**but they can get bust **lf**get robbed, get dropped **lf**I don''t play around **lf**nor do I f*** around **lf**and you can tell by the bodies that are left around **lf**when some clown jumps up to get beat down **lf**broken down to his very last compound **lf**see how it sound? **lf**a little unrational **lf**a lot of mc''s like to use the word **lf**DRAMATICAL! **lf**Fresh for ''88 **lf**you suckas