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What does it mean to be UNDERGROUND?
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It means you gotta be free to be UNDERGROUND
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Yo, you got your own key when you're UNDERGROUND
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If you're listening to me yo you UNDERGROUND
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[Verse One]
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It's time that I open with a thunder sound
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Now look around your own town for the UNDERGROUND
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Yo, you rhymin for the TV, or a million CD's?
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You ain't a MC, you ain't UNDERGROUND
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You could be platinum or gold, hot or cold
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But it's the respect you hold that's UNDERGROUND
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When the critics don't get, that for the streets you spit it
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When your lyric they fear, that's UNDERGROUND
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[Chorus]
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[Verse Two]
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Yo, white kids, black kids, skinny kids, fat kids
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Them Asian cats be UNDERGROUND
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Chicanos, Palestinians, Milanos, fuck the Lone Ranger
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Where's Tanto? That's UNDERGROUND
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Freddie Foxxx, Blackalicious, Kweli
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M.O.P., GangStarr that's UNDERGROUND
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Mad Lion, Smif-N-Wessun, Buckshot
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Armageddeon T.S. that's UNDERGROUND, UHH!
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[Chorus]
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[Verse Three]
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Yo, the t'cha returns, I told y'all I went to Cali to learn
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And that shit was UNDERGROUND
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If the cops be eyein you, cause survive is what you try to do
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Yo I'm wit you, you UNDERGROUND
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If it's justice you want, and you protest the ice they flaunt
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You want skills that's UNDERGROUND
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Yo it's not about a rugger rapper, or an actor
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It's about your subject matter that's UNDERGROUND
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LOOK!
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[Chorus]
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[Verse Four]
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Chevonne Dean from Ruff Ryders, all the Outsiderz
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Young Zee, that's UNDERGROUND
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When all your money's spent, and you're still hangin on
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to 50 Cent (get it) you UNDERGROUND
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When you rep the collective consciousness of hip-hop
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Not hip-pop, you UNDERGROUND
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Yo it ain't about jewels, bitches and cars
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It's about Nas, that's UNDERGROUND, yo!
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[Chorus]
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[Verse Five]
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To be underground simply means that you're down
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for the struggle, get 'em up, that's UNDERGROUND
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You could be a classy lady or a whore
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But if you protest the war, for sure, you UNDERGROUND
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If the government can't see you, or deceive you
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You love your people, believe you UNDERGROUND
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If you refuse to play the game, you go against the grain
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You ridin the train, you UNDERGROUND - get it!
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[Chorus]
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[Verse Six]
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Yo, yo, that blast from the past, like Grandmaster Caz
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Bam and Flash, that's UNDERGROUND
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Doug E. Fresh, Lord Finesse, KRS
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If you listenin to this you UNDERGROUND
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Turn it up now KRS about to show you how
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They go wow, BLAOW for the UNDERGROUND
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Mr. Walt, Evil Dee, KRS, BDP
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Kenny P, that's UNDERGROUND - do it!
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[KRS-One]
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(Alright!) Turn it up ah, turn it up ah
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Turn it up ah, turn it up ah
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Turn it up ah, turn it up ah
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Turn it up if you UNDERGROUND - LISTEN!
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Underground
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| KRS-One |
