Throw Down Lyrics - Krs One

Intro/Chorus: 

[Krs] 

Let's Do It! 

[Cold Crush] 

When I say how then you say ho 

and if somebody say thug then you say so 

'cause theres hell below and you aint tryin to go 

so get ready for the throw down 

Headz catch wreck and bums get done 

B.D.P. Cold Crush & Krs One 

nowhere to hide nowhere to run 

so get ready for the throw down 

Verse 1 

[Krs] 

Throw down low down 

Mc's get throw down 

I mastered the sentence, paragraph & pronouns 

I think you oughta go down 

you cant stand the blow of toe to toe now! 

that you heard all the rap criminals 

skills minimal, dispicable, 

check out the rhyme original 

indivisible justice for all 

before ya learned to walk, you gots ta learn to crawl 

before ya learned to crawl, you gots to be born 

now before you were born, your folks had to get it on 

The point to the matter comin from the blastmaster 

is hip hop culture might be headed for disaster 

All these wack rappers don't know the past data 

They act like hip hop history doesn't matter 

So when you see Krs One brace the stage 

the difference that you see, has to do wit my age 

Fresh in 74....Fresh in 75 

Fresh in 76 when Mc's rocked live to cassette 

Fresh in 77 don't forget 

Fresh in 78 on a turntable set 

Fresh in 79 

Fresh in 80 I was grandmaster G wit my man double T 

Fresh in 81 

Fresh in 82 when DJ Mad Mike off of Church Avenue in the B-K 

BROOKLYN-FLATBUSH!!!...when B-K MC's got mushed! 

Fresh in 83, 84 and 85 when I moved back to the B-X and got live 

Fresh in 86......Fresh in 87 

Fresh in 88 after Scott went to heaven 

Fresh in 89......Fresh in 90 

Im Fesh in 91, 92 and 93 

Fresh in 94, 95 don't be forgetten 

Fresh in 96 and Fresher in 97 

Fresh in 98 and Fresh in 99 

In the new millenium I'll be aroused in your mind so.... 

Chorus 

Verse 2 

[Krs] 

What does it take to be a real MC? 

it means you can't write rhymes for the tv 

'cause a real MC, whether amatuers or pros 

MC that knows how to rock live shows 

another thing while I sing MC talk 

a real MC never diss New York 

'cause if you knew the time while your rhymin MC'n 

you'd know that New York is hip hop's garden of Eden 

and if this aint sacred, we neva gonna make it 

your disin your very own hip hop tradition 

you know why when I grab the mic I'm superior 

'cause I was at the Roxy and Danceteria 

Krs a product of respect and courtesy 

while the rapper is a product of the record company 

Im not braggin but this is what hip hop is achievin 

it's becomin all rap and no Mc'in 

still we aint seein, 'cause still we aint believin 

the West and the East of hip hop can cease 

[Cold Crush] 

Hey yall this is true 

the boys in blue gotta plan for you 

dont mess wit the suits 'cause they do too 

so whatcha gonna do 

Tried to be the best 

live positive and free from stress 

dont limit yourself to east or west 

whose the very best... 

[Krs] 

Krs...I warm up your chest while your bones untangle 

the lyrics hit your head then goes down your ankle 

I'm saved for rainy days like casserole 

then rediscovered later like the dead sea scrolls 

you wanna get out the ghetto, the projects and profit 

but first negativity you gots to stop it 

Big up the east coast and the west coast 

but you cant big up no coast when your ghost 

I can see now how the other man stole rock and roll 

and guitar rippin 'cause we was bullshit 

sick of eatin chicken, 

but fix it theres time tickin 

we spittin and complainin but the worlds rearrangin 

still we doin the same, whose to blame we dont need this 

its not black strangness, its black weakness 

Chorus/Outro