Problemz Lyrics - The Mix Tape - Krs One

Yeah man, yo Marla what's up 

Yeah, Inebriated Beats, big up Boston, the whole Boston 

Edo.G what's up man? I got you 

We gon' bounce this now, can I start? Can I start? 

Here we go 

I'm the newest and the truest MC on the mic 

I wrote over 500 songs, pick what you like 

It ain't easy bein me, by day or night 

But it's easy bein free to recite what you like 

Hip-Hop is my inalienable right 

When it comes to emceeing KRS is a whole different type 

Now go get it right, did I flow spit it tight 

In a fight I was the type to go get a pipe 

Bink! bink! bink! bink! Movin 'em back 

Bink! That's the sound of an aluminum bat 

But it seems they new to these facts 

Which means they new to the tracks 

Which means they do hold us back 

Too new to know all that but still runnin they trap 

Do the math, radio gets a 20 record a week stream 

But only three are ever seen 

What happens to the other 17? 

It's a problem, problem 

Problem in hip-hop today 

We gotta solve it 

Too many players and not enough crime 

When they finally wake up they woulda ran out of time 

They can't see today how they effect tomorrow 

Too afraid to follow, cause they trust is hollow 

Because according to the laws they'll harp some sorrow 

Yo, "Victory Over the Streets" that's our motto 

But if people ain't got no vision, that's a problem 

Problem in hip-hop today 

We gotta solve it 

People say, "Kris why you teach so much? 

Why you preach so much? Why you speak and such? 

Why you so bent on reachin each of us?" 

I reply because you eatin with us 

In the future our children will be meetin with us 

Have a seat then with us and start speakin with us 

They'll be critiquin us to be sure they believe in us 

We don't need a problem 

Problem in hip-hop today 

We gotta fix it 

We live non-toxic, we teach that hip-hop is 

The transformation of all subjects and objects 

Retrain your optics, to reinterpret the topics 

We gotta stop treatin hip-hop like a product 

And more of a strategyI got graphs, charts 

Sacred textbooks, these cats can't battle me 

But they try, and why? Cause that's a problem 

Problem in hip-hop today 

We gotta fix that 

These cats need history to get with me 

But hip-hop's history's a mystery 

So how they gonna find out, trial and error 

We can make one the example for all to get better 

Inform, KRS is not the norm 

I go from hot to warm to cold to hot 

But hip-hop's history many forgot 

And that's a Problem 

Problem in hip-hop today 

We gotta solve that 

Problem problem in hip-hop today 

We gotta fix that