Illegal Business Remix 2004 Lyrics - Krs One

What can we get for 63 cents? 

Cocaine business controls America 

Ganja business controls America 

KRS-One come to start some hysteria 

Illegal business controls America 

One afternoon around eleven o'clock 

It was freezin' cold, he was standing on the block 

Sellin' cheeba, nick's and dimes 

Sayin' a rhyme just to pass the time 

The cops passed by, but he stayed calm 

'Cause the leather trench coat was keepin' him warm 

But this time they walked by real slowly 

He thought to himself, "They look like they know me" 

They drove away, but he didn't stay 

He jumped in the cab and he paid his tab 

But guess who he saw when he hit the block 

It was the same cop car, the same two cops 

They jumped out quick, they pulled a gun 

They said, "Don't try to fight and don't try to run 

Cooperate and we will be your friend 

Non-cooperation will be your end" 

He jumped in the car and while they rode 

They ran down the list of things he owed 

They said, "You owe us some money 

You owe us some product 

'Cause you could be right in the river tied up" 

He thought for a second and he said, "What is this? 

You want me to pay you to stay in business?" 

They said, "That's right, or you go to prison 

'Cause nobody out there is really gonna listen to a hood" 

So he said, "Good, I'll pay you off for the whole neighborhood" 

Because 

Cocaine business controls America 

Ganja business controls America 

KRS-One come to start some hysteria 

Illegal business controls America 

What can we get for 63 cents? 

A guy named Jack is sellin' crack 

The community, doesn't want him back 

He sells at work, he sells in schools 

He's not stupid, the cops are the fools 

'Cause everyone else seems to go to jail 

But when it comes to Jack, the cops just fail 

They can't arrest him, they cannot stop him 

'Cause even in jail the bail unlocks him 

So here is the deal and here is the facts 

If you ever wonder why they can't stop crack 

The police department is like a crew 

It does whatever they want to do 

In society you have illegal and legal 

We need both to make things equal 

So legal is tobacco, illegal is speed 

Legal is aspirin, illegal is weed 

Crack is illegal 'cause they cannot stop ya 

But cocaine is legal if it's owned by a doctor 

Everything you do in private is illegal 

Everything's legal if the government can see you 

Don't get me wrong, America is great place to live 

But listen to the knowledge I give 

Cocaine business controls America 

Ganja business controls America 

KRS-One come to start some hysteria 

Illegal business controls America 

(What can we get for 63 cents?) 

Illegal business controls America 

(What can we get for 63 cents?) 

Illegal business controls America 

(What can we get for 63 cents?) 

Illegal business controls America 

(What can we get for 63 cents?) 

KRS-One come to start some hysteria 

(What, what, what, what, what, what, what, what) 

(What can we get for 63 cents?) 

Cocaine business controls America 

Ganja business controls America 

KRS-One come to start some hysteria 

Illegal business controls America 

(What can we get for 63 cents?) 

Yeah, illegal business controls America 

(What can we get for 63 cents?) 

Yeah, KRS-One come to start some hysteria 

(What can we get for 63 cents?) 

Yeah, BDP takin' over America 

(What can we get for 63 cents?) 

Ganja business controls America 

(What can we get for 63 cents?) 

Cocaine, sensai 

Aspirin, coffee 

Morphine, sugar 

Tobacco, got to go 

(What, what, what, what, what can we get) 

Illegal business controls America 

(What, what, what can we get) 

Yeah, ganja business controls America 

(What, what, what, what, what, what) 

(What can we get for 63 cents?) 

Yeah, cocaine business controls America 

(What, what, what, what) 

Illegal business controls America