[00:00:00] Ya Know the Rules - Boogie Down Productions [00:00:02] Aiyyo aiyyo kris they know the rules [00:00:05] Hahahahaha yeah ya don't stop (say what ) [00:00:09] A ya don't stop (bdp in the house) a ya don't stop [00:00:13] (check it out check it out yo d ) [00:00:15] Yo bust it yo yo kris hold on [00:00:17] Let me give a shout out to some people aight bust it [00:00:20] A scott larock and ya don't stop [00:00:21] A sammy b and ya don't stop [00:00:23] A mister cee and ya don't stop [00:00:25] A cool v and ya don't stop [00:00:28] Evil e and ya don't stop [00:00:30] A easylee and ya don't stop [00:00:32] A dj scratch and ya don't stop [00:00:35] A spinderella and ya don't stop [00:00:37] Jam master jay and ya don't stop [00:00:40] A pa mase and ya don't stop [00:00:42] So yo kris my mellow my man yo [00:00:45] Get on the mic and do the best you can [00:00:48] Well the teacher comes to you in effect [00:00:50] From a different style a whole different sect [00:00:52] I inject force and intellect [00:00:55] When i hit the mic suckers hit the deck [00:00:57] I come correct and practice what i preach [00:01:00] I don't pimp you or rule you i teach [00:01:02] Come through the doors and slap up whores [00:01:04] Ordering them to put back on their drawers [00:01:07] Cause i run their pimp [00:01:10] When i leave he leaves with a limp [00:01:12] Shrimp i got the tartar sauce [00:01:14] Never underestimate the power of the force [00:01:17] Of the intellectual krs-one [00:01:19] I don't think yet my job is done because [00:01:22] I stand alone while others have to verify [00:01:24] Just why they are thought to be fly [00:01:27] Makin the public believe that they are way up in the sky [00:01:30] Sort of like a rap superguy [00:01:31] But i horrify and terrify the super duper rap guy [00:01:35] Because you're soft as a lullaby [00:01:37] While they sit on their throne lookin [00:01:39] Well i'm walkin in the streets of brooklyn [00:01:42] Or harlem and queens and bronx and [00:01:44] I'm even out there walkin in compton [00:01:46] Cause everywhere bdp is schoolin [00:01:48] So anywhere krs is coolin [00:01:51] I'm not foolin cause no i'm not a fool [00:01:54] Don't act stupid boy you know the rules [00:01:56] Word aiyyo kris they act like they don't know the rules [00:01:59] But yo i tell you what [00:02:00] Yo get on the mic and tell em what makes up krs-one [00:02:03] Yaknowhati'msayin huh and ya don't stop [00:02:05] Yo from off the sidewalk i grab the mic and talk [00:02:08] Born nineteen-sixty-five in the state of new york [00:02:10] My name is kris parker krs-one for short [00:02:13] I slap up crews and rock parties for sport [00:02:15] Lived on the streets about eight years straight [00:02:18] There i got my education and learned to debate [00:02:20] So when i pick up the microphone i know what i'm sayin [00:02:23] Education doesn't come from simply obeyin [00:02:25] The curriculum of the school criteria [00:02:27] In fact what i learned i found inferior [00:02:30] I'm not a muslim but i do support them [00:02:33] My father in heaven taught me and taught them [00:02:35] I'm not a christian but i won't diss em [00:02:37] I'm not a jew i don't practice judaism [00:02:39] I'm not a buddhist but buddha's a master [00:02:42] I don't eat beef pork nor diet shasta [00:02:45] Reason for this is very simple indeed [00:02:47] When it comes to music everybody's in need [00:02:49] You got wealthy artists spendin money loosely [00:02:52] You ask about the culture they talk 'bout gucci [00:02:55] Metaphysics the science of life [00:02:57] And how to live free from strife [00:02:59] Walk with ease and no disease [00:03:02] Understand that i am the breeze [00:03:04] And the trees oceans and seas [00:03:07] And the b and the d and the p's [00:03:09] Suckers try it but i don't buy it [00:03:12] When i speak you seek to stay quiet [00:03:14] Shut up what what you better stay cool [00:03:16] And heed the warning boy you know the rules [00:03:19] Ah one two yeah and ya don't stop [00:03:21] Ah three four (say what ) and ya don't stop