The Gospel of Hip-Hop

KRS-One: It’s always a privilege to spit with Lars I’m a reality speaker, forget them cars I’m learning how to teleport to reach to Mars When you love this and live this you spit your bars I spit a quick barrage, switch to ours Before you get burnt by all these lit cigars I spit because the time is upon us Prophecy: education, Nostradamus Are they the future, or really far behind us Past perceptions trying to find us and blind us It’s funny especially when Nostradamus And none of these prophecies saw the Obamas Life is a stage and it goes through dramas So rewrite your script and replace your commas Life is the crown-work, you’re the farmer The seed is the idea, Kris Parker! [Hook] Everything’s falling apart (Can't you tell me, can't you tell me!) Everything’s falling apart (Can't you tell me, can't you tell me!) MC Lars: Born in 82, I voted for Obama It took ten years but they finally got Osama PAX Americana, going Seal Team Six Time to heal these kids, Kris I know they feel these riffs! Hip-hop is the culture I watch it grow and breathe The iGeneration knows exactly what it needs We’re keeping our humanity, empowerment through art Society is changing, evolution starts (you see) Hip-hop taught me how to be a man How to find my voice and love everything I am Inspired by the youth, their knowledge and their passion The way they shine the light, like Plato did in Athens (teach!) What this means is that Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everybody, never give up on your dreams Clean energy, equality and a cure for AIDS It’s on us ’cause we’ve got it and that’s why we keep the faith [REPEAT Hook] KRS-One: The weather’s going crazy The Earth’s magnetic field is getting wavy People are feeling more lazy, the future is hazy In prayer we ask, “Is this the end?” and God replies, “Maybe.” The whole system is shaky and unreliable, national debt is astronomical Poor people find this desirable, screaming “I got money!” when poverty is undeniable The corruption is diabolical, at times even comical I’m not typical, I’m topical, poetically philosophical Today’s education is unappliable I think with my abdominal, life is phenomenal You make it all up with your optical, every moment is optional That means anything I think in a blink is possible [REPEAT Hook] MC Lars: Yo, I’m in a van with my band rocking clubs, rocking pubs Worldwide and I do it for the love ’cause I see the light in the eyes of the audience The elements are heaven sent it’s awesome and it’s obvious You see, we’ve been graph writing since the hieroglyphics Breakin’ since the dawn of time, ’cause we’re so prolific It’s that universal rhythm, griots on a mission Going back to Africa, with stories they were spittin’ Ableton, Serrato, look how far we’ve come Before we had computers DJs beat on logs and drums Humming melodies and lyrics I can hear it in my spirit Peace to Scott La Rock, ’cause he helped to engineer it (legend) Want to spread the message of salvation over 808s Digital humanities, we candidly deflect the hate Let’s work heal the planet – hip-hop – it’s the gospel With KRS the teacha and MC Lars apostle