The Message 2002

Uh-ha! Uh-ha! Another Inebriated beat You know what time it is, straight for the street KRS-One, hold tight! Look, look [Hook One: KRS-One] Crack - don't mess with that Speed - don't mess with that It's whack - don't mess with that Greed - don't mess with that Knowledge - yeah, mess with that God - yeah, mess with that College - yeah, mess with that A job - yeah, mess with that Look look; dealing - don't mess with that Crying - don't mess with that Stealing - don't mess with that Lying - don't mess with that Meditation - mess with that Forgiveness - mess with that Education - mess with that Hip-Hop - we lovin that [Verse One: KRS-One] I rhyme for respect y'all, intellect y'all Not sex y'all, move that neck y'all, correct y'all Checks y'all, cash y'all, don't last y'all With cops y'all to blast y'all, harass y'all Flash y'all as they pass y'all, through the glass y'all These videos gas y'all cause they trash y'all I ask y'all this fact y'all Unaired y'all, these cops y'all they scared y'all They fear y'all they hear y'all they hate y'all Less than 40,000 a week, they make y'all Cops y'all with black feet, livin from week to week Walk crooked beats in the streets y'all They greet y'all with the heat y'all, to defeat y'all It's deep y'all, hear what I teach y'all, and speak y'all [Hook Two: KRS-One] Hate - don't mess with that Trends - don't mess with that ? - don't mess with that Revenge - don't mess with that Truth - yeah, mess with that Skills - yeah, mess with that Proof - yeah, mess with that Build - yeah, mess with that Wars - don't mess with that Freaking - don't mess with that Whores - don't mess with that Cheating - don't mess with that G.E.D. - mess with that Science of mind - mess with that Family - mess with that Hip-Hop - we lovin that [Verse Two: Shuman] Yeah, yo.. aiyyo, yo Who seein us, with an overdose level of free in us They bring the heat to us They don't really want the beat in us Take heed to us While they plottin and schemin to be deletin us Best believe in us, they not defeatin us Them Glocks wanna bust With twenty-one shots to put the leak in us So they can bloody the street with us What does it mean to us You know what they need from us Give cream to us, hide the lies and deceit from us That doesn't equal us Who's ready to get in the Jeep with us Form a fleet with us and take back the street with us Meet with us, drop bombs in the street with us Never saw it comin, attack on the sneak with us Thus, they can't compete with us We flow through your veins like DJ's When they cut, you'll be bleedin us I came with Kris to heat it up Showin my body's the temple, hip-hop is the lock Now put the key in us [Hook One] [Verse Three: KRS-One] Truth y'all, facts y'all, proof y'all, black y'all Time to check this map y'all, are we goin back y'all? Let's make a pact y'all, come together watch your back y'all Stay in tact y'all, never whack - gimme dap y'all Comin at y'all, headcrack y'all with the facts y'all Police y'all, on the attack y'all if ya black y'all So if this is fact y'all, when we rap y'all Over the track y'all, why we rap about crack y'all? That's whack y'all, we trapped y'all Holdin the gat y'all just to kill another black y'all Clak clak clak y'all, it's like that y'all KRS-One yo, let's take it back y'all, listen! [Hook Two]