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