gunnen' em down
Singer: krs-one
uh-huh! y'all forgot about this shit right? haha
haha
turn the radio off!
word! yeah
whattup choco? haha
yo turn it around for me one time
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yo
i don't despise thugs
i thugs
i teach y'all thugs
cause that's what i was
yeah i say was cause today i'm above
all the guns
illegal funds
the crews and the drugs
any hood i walk in
they show me love
they say 'knowledge reigns supreme
whattup cuz?'
cops wanna get sit down and get all bud
they wanna think as they drink drink down to the suds
i respect it
but i don't get down with the fuzz
i don't drink with dt's i don't hang with the judge
but truth be truth and i got the proof
most ministers were straight thugged out in they youth
see if you're over 25 and you never got live
when it was time to ride
you ain't got no heart
but if you're over 26 and you're still in the mix
and your life you ain't fixed
you ain't doin your part
you see them cats on tv
playin the role?
gassin y'all
them cats be over thirty years old!
actin all dirty and cold
none of my classic albums they was worthy to hold
i'm concerned with the soul
overstand?
when we was slappin up rappers they was doin the running man
you don't know my style
we be straight gunnin man
if you don't know you better ask your older brother man
shit gets realer than
real tv
from eighty-six
ain't no rapper realer than me
or just-ice
i.c.u. or steady b
what y'all waitin to see? somethin faker than me?
don't let me have to pull out the jamaican in me
i'd rather pull out the asalaam alaikum in me
wa-alaikum salaam
yo you wan' tess de don?
blaow blaow blaow-bloaw-blaow
bwoy gone!
they don't really wanna learn - well start gunnin 'em down!
yo they really ain't concerned - well start gunnin 'em down!
they don't wanna get the book - well start gunnin 'em down!
they don't want a conscious hook - well start gunnin 'em down!
they don't wanna pay dues - well start gunnin 'em down!
they be actin brand new - well start gunnin 'em down!
they don't wanna get the light - well start gunnin 'em down!
yo
pass me the mic - we'll start gunnin 'em down!
watch dis! your crew is my crew and my crew is my crew
your crew you lied to
my crew will find you
the light i recite will blind and outshine you
street cats be wonderin why they even signed you
where they find you? who is the first cat to rap
wa-da-da-ding" and show you what the nine do?