philosophical

yo turn me up just a bit

so i can hear it and spit

reverse spit

and get tips

rehearse a hit and take tricks

research the art just a bit

don't let me start i won't quit

but if i start i'ma flip

just like i'm startin the whip

puttin the key into it

mentally seein it

g.o.d. believin in it

i get a fee when i spit

c-l-u-b's i just rip

i'm lyrically well equipped

over the beats and the mix

i keep the streets in a fit

when it comes to lyrical spit

i'm the t'cha of it

higher consciousness

truth

i'll be reachin for it

metaphysics

here's an example cause i'm speakin of it

put your hands in the air

but you must be aware

that even if your hands are down

ain't they still in the air?

i be takin you all the way down the road

takin you there

i'm livin and givin just a smidgen of what i share

the style that i'm kickin

lyric lickings from over there

we rockin forever

we get better with every year

with letters and intercessors i sever every fear

lookin here

like ups krs takes it there

let's make it clear

thought waves go through the air

you can act like you busy or you dizzy or you don't care

but listen here

everybody got a fear

an insecurity

some type of thing they gotta clear

so that's when i

reappear

from the rear

philsopher

follow the bright light to right here

i might wear

light gear

appear when you least expect it

tellin you now how to fight fear

with faith

you hear the bass

well clear the waste

you gotta get the negative cats out your face

get that irrelevant crap out your space

conceive it believe it decree it achieve it with haste!

nuttin in the world is impossible

listen to the shit that i drop on you

krs-one

philosophical

believe and achieve what you got to do

we rawwwwwwwwwk

we don't stop

hip-hooooooooop

we don't stop

tick-tooooooock

we don't stop

we at the top we never drop cause true hip-hop is so hot

some people thuggin

some be pimpin

i be teachin a lot

i be teachin about the meaning of a deeper hip-hop

that don't make me any better than a thief or a cop

all i know is when i flow

the people be shocked

you don't really want the teacher to come step on your block

with my whole glock takin everything that you've got

i'm a different type of deeper intellectual rock

for when you really wanna compete and get up off your block

you are not just doin hip-hop

you +are+ hip-hop

like if you have a badge and a gun

you are the cop

like if you practice medicine

you are the doc

you just forgot rappers rap about cars a lot

and the magazines worry about stars a lot

but i'm the sun and they avoid me because i'm hot

the orthodox hip-hop is sure to rock

with or without a video

i'm leavin 'em all in shock

ohh!