Woke Up Lyrics - Krs One

Y'know 

There's a difference between dreamin' and visualizin' 

Which one are you doin'? 

Food gone up, gasoline up 

Full time employment passin' me up 

Bills pilin' up, really this sucks 

I need a couple bucks, really I'm stuck 

Here comes a truck, pullin' right up 

It says brinks, now I'm thinkin' what's up 

But nah, what I'm thinkin' about, yo duck 

20, 30, 40 shots at the truck 

I'm duckin', runnin', jumpin', lookin' for what? 

Some cover for this brother, every thing's nuts 

But yo, I can see some others with gats 

Brinks firin', they firin' back 

Rat, ta tat ta ta tat ta ta tat 

Then I woke up 

Doctor help me out, what's this all about? 

What's this condition I gotta figure out 

Am I really out? That I really doubt 

Give me the remedy, what is the amount? 

Whatever you tellin' me, sellin' me, compellin' me 

Yo the light in me ain't out 

Anyway I enter, cats remember 

Knowledge I sent ya forever they shout 

South Bronx, South Bronx 

South Bronx, South Bronx 

Then I woke up 

Well I guess I'm out on my own 

With this condition it won't be long 

Before for sure my little sanity's gone 

I'm livin' off nuttin', losin' my home 

Kids in the street, wife alone 

I want to sell this very microphone 

But then my friend the light was shown 

It came through my inner cellular phone 

Get up and get out my spirit will shout 

Commitment is what love is really about 

No down and no out, just up and about 

I think I'm gonna take the spiritual route 

Then I woke up 

Then I realized I'm out of my purpose 

Out of my purp', not doin' my work 

I went on a search, inside of myself 

For true health, love awareness and wealth 

I went to the temple and opened my mental 

I learned that I'm the cause of all that I been through 

Your whole environment is really within you 

Reach inside your heart and write a new menu 

I'ma be the change that I wanna see 

Now I can see that I'm really free 

Everything is really always somethin' else 

Tell yourself a different story 'bout self 

Do you have the courage to be you 

All that talk, that you talk, is it really you? 

Oh silly you, oh silly me 

Your tongue is killin' you, not killin' me 

I'm feelin' free to be just what I wanna be 

Easily, you see, 'cause I woke up 

When I woke up, my debt went down 

My locks broke up, my rent went down 

My stocks went up, my car sped up 

My pockets swell up, my life I found 

I'm not so fed up, it's time to get up 

A clear mind switched my life around 

Now I can see where the help is at 

The health, love, awareness and wealth is at 

'Cause I woke up 

'Cause I woke up, I woke up 

When I woke up, I woke up 

That's when I woke up 

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