"If you like the sound of what you've heard so far.."
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[KRS-One]
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Ghetto music
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Ghetto music
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Ghetto music
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Ghetto music..
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.. You're tuned into that easy listening sound
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with a cap and gown, not a CROWN
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No glitter, no makeup
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Just smashin lyrics, that make up
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the B, D, and the P
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You pay for the hits, the advice is free
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In this industry, we gotta grow
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Commercial some go, but, y'know
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just as important as they are
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so is the underground superstar (like me)
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You gotta ask yourself one question
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Do I speak facts, or do I start guessin?
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Learn the lesson, before you plan your career
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Commercial or underground, where
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do you fit, cause BOTH sides write hits
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And all is rap, I'll admit
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But what I've come to EXPLAIN
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is that these people LOVE to play a game
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They wanna make it seem like YOU'RE WRONG
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for writin the reality song
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(Don't touch those issues, don't talk about dat
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We don't take knowledge rap)
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What? They want you on their bases
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Cause if you bring out the brown, you're racist
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But if you bring out the pink, well wait, it's OK
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Yeah, they won't stop it
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I guess it's alright to act demonic
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I guess it's alright to act demonic
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But that's another chapter, in another book
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I've come to show a different look
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And that look is the WHOLE of rap
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Not just the commercial pap
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but the UNDERGROUND, that RAW ghetto sound
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from which rap music was found
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So you can't deny it, you cannot refuse it
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I'll be rockin that GHETTO MUSIC
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People keep tellin me, "Kris! You need more radio
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Yeah man, that's the way to go!
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You gotta be like so-and-so to go platinum,"
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then I attack em!
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I rhyme for the ghetto, I teach the ghetto
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I cannot let go, change up? Heck no
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In the ghetto, I stay mellow
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We're in effect yo, ready, set, go
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FRESH, for nineteen eighty-nine you suckers
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Peace to P.E., and the Jungle Brothers
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Others, have come, to master the art
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They start, with heart, then fall apart
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Like a dart I shoot for one target (BO BO)
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Ghetto music, yeah they'll never chart it
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Cause now in eighty-nine, the purpose of a rhyme
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is to strengthen and uplift the mind
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Although I'll achieve and achieve and achieve
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it's simple, I'll never leave
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Cause every time you front for respect you LOSE it
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I'll rock GHETTO MUSIC
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Ghetto music
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Ghetto music
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Ghetto music
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Ghetto music..
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Ghetto Music
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| Boogie Down Productions |
