歌手: KRS-One
时长: 04:28
Outta Here - KRS-One[00:00:00]
Back in the days I knew rap would never die[00:00:20]
I used to listen to Awesome-2 on WHBI[00:00:22]
I used to hear all kind of rap groups[00:00:25]
Before sampling loops[00:00:26]
Rappers wore bell-bottom Lee suits[00:00:27]
Me and Kenny couldn't afford that[00:00:30]
So we would go to the park[00:00:32]
When they was jammin' to hear rap[00:00:33]
I used to listen till the cops broke it up[00:00:35]
I always thought to myself[00:00:37]
Damn why they f**ked it up[00:00:38]
But never the less[00:00:40]
I was in love with the microphone[00:00:41]
And it stayed that way until I left home[00:00:43]
On the streets of New York now I'm free[00:00:45]
But with freedom comes big responsibility[00:00:47]
I used to walk around driven by the force[00:00:50]
I remember how large[00:00:52]
Super Rhymes was when he fell off[00:00:53]
I used to wonder about crews that used to rock[00:00:55]
They were large[00:00:57]
But none of them could manage to stay on top[00:00:58]
Do you ever think about when you outta here[00:01:00]
Record deal and video outta here[00:01:02]
Mercedes Benz and Range Rover outta here[00:01:05]
No doubt BDP is old school but we ain't goin' out[00:01:07]
After livin' on the streets alone[00:01:20]
Some years went by[00:01:22]
I signed myself into a group home[00:01:23]
I used to watch the show I Dream of Jeannie[00:01:25]
And dreamt about[00:01:27]
When will I be large like Whodini[00:01:27]
But I was messin' with graffiti on the subway[00:01:29]
And gettin' chased by the cops almost everyday[00:01:32]
I knew it had to bea better way see[00:01:34]
So I would go to my room blast RUN DMC[00:01:36]
Around 1984 I left the group home again alone[00:01:39]
Still dreamin' about the microphone[00:01:43]
Gimme a chance man I know I can rock it[00:01:45]
But I had to worry about puttin' money in my pocket[00:01:47]
So when I reached the shelter I met my helper DJ Scott La Rock[00:01:50]
And we both loved hip-hop[00:01:53]
I was takin' suckas out in the shelter system[00:01:55]
Yeah there was rappers in the shelter[00:01:57]
But I had to diss 'em[00:01:58]
But all along my vision was never lost[00:02:00]
I kept seeing all these rap groups fallin' off[00:02:02]
Do you ever think about when you're outta here[00:02:05]
Fly girl and fresh gear outta here[00:02:07]
Five-thousand dollar love seat outta here[00:02:09]
No doubt BDP is old school but we ain't goin' out[00:02:12]
While I'm battling these rival crews[00:02:24]
Yes BDP would stay in the street news[00:02:26]
Some said all they want to do is battle[00:02:29]
They can't write a song[00:02:31]
So their careers won't last long[00:02:33]
Around this time[00:02:34]
I used to hang with Ced Gee[00:02:35]
And DJ Scott La Rock used to buy gold with Eric be[00:02:36]
I didn't meet Rakim till later with Scott[00:02:39]
I remember we were jammin' at the rooftop[00:02:42]
It used to irk me when these critics had opinions[00:02:44]
Scott would say[00:02:46]
Just keep rappin' I'll keep spinnin'[00:02:47]
We had a f**ked up contract but we signed it[00:02:49]
And dropped the hip-hop album Criminal Minded[00:02:52]
We told the critics your opinions are bull[00:02:54]
Same time Eric be and Rakim dropped Paid in Full[00:02:56]
Hip-hop pioneers we didn't ask to be[00:02:59]
But right then hip-hop changed drastically[00:03:02]
People didn't want to hear the old rap sound[00:03:04]
We started samplin' beats by James Brown[00:03:07]
In the middle of doin' My Philosophy[00:03:09]
Scott was killed and that sh*t got to me[00:03:12]
But knowin' the laws of life and death[00:03:14]
I knew his breath was one with my breath[00:03:16]
I had nothin' left and it was scary[00:03:19]
So I dropped By All Means Necessary[00:03:22]
Another hip-hop group that was a friend of me[00:03:24]
Was a revolution crew called Public Enemy[00:03:27]
It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back[00:03:29]
These two albums set off consciousness in rap[00:03:31]
But all along I'm still lookin' around[00:03:34]
And all I can see are these rap groups fallin' down[00:03:36]
Do you ever think about when you outta here[00:03:39]
Condominium and beach house outta here[00:03:42]
Credit cards and bank accounts outta here[00:03:44]
No doubt BDP is old school be we ain't goin' out[00:03:46]