My Philosophy Lyrics - Boogie Down Productions

Voice: So, you're a philosopher? 

KRS: Yes, I think very deeply. 

Let's begin, what, where, why, or when 

will all be explained like instructions to a game 

See I'm not insane, in fact, I'm kind of rational 

when I be asking you, "Who is more dramatical?" 

This one or that one, the white one or the black one 

pick the punk, and I'll jump up to attack one 

KRS-One is just the guy to lead a crew 

right up to your face and dis you 

Everyone saw me on the last album cover 

Holding a pistol something far from a lover 

Beside my brother, S-C-O-T-T 

I just laughed, cause no one can defeat me 

This is lecture number two, "My Philosophy" 

Number one, was "Poetry" you know it's me 

This is my philosophy, many artists got to learn 

I'm not flammable, I don't burn 

so please stop burnin, and learn to earn respect 

'cause that's just what KR collects 

see, what do you expect when you rhyme like a soft punk 

you walk down the street and get jumped 

You got to have style, and learn to be original 

and everybody's gonna wanna diss you 

like me, we stood up for the South Bronx 

and every sucka mc had a response 

You think we care? I know that they are on the tip 

my posse from the Bronx is thick 

and we're real live, we walk correctly 

a lot of suckas would like to forget me 

but they can't, cause like a champ 

I have got a record of knocking out the frauds in a second 

on the mic, I believe that you should get loose 

I haven't come to tell you I have juice 

I just produce, create, innovate on a higher level 

I'll be back, but for now just seckle! 

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I'll play the nine and you play the target 

you all know my name so I guess I'll just start it 

or should I say, "Start this," I am an artist 

of new concepts at their hardest 

cause, yo, I'm a teacher and Scott is a scholar 

It ain't about money cause we all make dollars 

That's why I walk with my head up 

when I hear wack rhymes I get fed up 

Rap is like a set-up, a lot of games 

a lot of suckas with colorful names 

I'm so-and-so, I'm this, I'm that 

huh, but they all just wick-wick-wack 

I'm not white or red or black 

I'm brown. from the Boogie Down 

Productions, of course our music be thumpin' 

others say their bad, but they're buggin 

let me tell you somethin' now about hip hop 

about D-Nice, Melodie, and Scott La Rock 

I'll get a pen, a pencil, a marker 

mainly what I write is for the average New Yorker 

some mc's be talkin' and talkin' 

tryin' to show how black people are walkin 

but I don't walk this way to portray 

or reinforce stereotypes of today 

like all my brothas eat chicken and watermelon 

talk broken english and drug sellin' 

See I'm tellin, and teaching real facts 

The way some act in rap is kind of wack 

and it lacks creativity and intelligence 

but they don't care cause the company is sellin' it 

It's my philosophy, on the industry 

Don't bother dissin me, or even wish that we'd 

soften, dilute, or commercialize all our lyrics 

Cause it's about time one of y'all hear it 

And hear it first-hand from the intelligent brown man 

A vegetarian, no goat or ham 

or chicken or turkey or hamburger 

'cause to me that's suicide self-murder 

let us get back to what we call hip hop 

and what it meant to DJ Scott La Rock... 

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How many mc's must get dissed 

before somebody says, "Don't f*** with Kris!" 

this is just one style, out of many 

Like a piggy bank, this is one penny 

My brother's name is Kenny - that's, Kenny Parker 

My other brother I.C.U. is much darker 

Boogie Down Productions is made up of teachers 

the lecture is conducted from the mic into the speaker 

Who gets weaker? The king or the teacher 

It's not about a salary it's all about reality 

Teachers teach and do the world good 

kings just rule and most are never understood 

If you were to rule or govern a certain industry 

All inside this room right now would be in misery 

No one would get along nor sing a song 

'cause everyone'd be singing for the king, am I wrong?! 

So yo, what's up, it's me again 

Scott La Rock, KRS, BDP again 

many people had the nerve to think we would end the trend 

We're criminal minded, an album which is only ten 

Funky, funky, funky, funky, funky hit records 

no more than four minutes and some seconds 

the competition checks and checks and keeps checkin' 

they buy the album, take it home, and start sweatin' 

why? well it's simple, to them it's kind of vital 

to take KRS-One's title 

to them I'm like an idol, some type of entity 

in everybody's rhyme they wanna mention me? 

or rather mention us, me or Scott La Rock 

but they can get bust get robbed, get dropped 

I don't play around nor do I f*** around 

and you can tell by the bodies that are left around 

when some clown jumps up to get beat down 

broken down to his very last compound 

see how it sounds? a little unrational 

a lot of mc's like to use the word DRAMATICAL! 

Fresh for '88, you suckas...