[00:00.01]Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you see a devil down
[00:03.22]Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you take the devil's crown
[00:06.23]Ah yeah stay alive all things will change around
[00:09.21]Ah yeah what Ah yeah!
[00:12.45]So here I go kickin science in ninety-five
[00:15.60]I be illin parental discretion is advised still
[00:18.98]Dont call me иigga this MC goes for his
[00:21.67]Call me God cause that's what the black man is
[00:24.95]Roamin through the forest as the hardest lyrical artist
[00:27.98]Black women you are not a b!tch you're a Goddess
[00:31.15]Let it be known you can lean on KRS-One
[00:34.03]Like a wall cause I'm hard I represent GOD
[00:37.32]Wack MC's have only one style gun buck
[00:40.39]But when you say "Let's buck for revolution"
[00:42.37]They shut the f*ck up kid get with it
[00:44.77]Down to start a riot in a minute
[00:46.82]You'll hear so many Bowe-Bowe-Bowe you think I'm Riddick
[00:50.11]While other MC's are talkin bout up with hope down with dope
[00:53.18]I'll have a devil in my infrared scope WOY!
[00:56.07]That's for calling my father a boy and KLAK KLAK KLAK!
[01:00.47]That's for putting scars on my mother's back BO!
[01:02.93]That's for calling my sister a hoe and for you
[01:05.81]BUCK BUCK BUCK cause I don't give a motherf*ck
[01:08.84]Remember the whip remember the chant remember about rope and
[01:11.90]You black people still thinkin about vot-ing
[01:14.83]Every president we ever had lied
[01:17.88]You know I'm kinda glad Nixon died!
[01:20.95]Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you see a devil down
[01:24.01]Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you take the devil's crown
[01:27.39]Ah yeah stay alive all things will change around
[01:30.56]Ah yeah what Ah yeah!
[01:33.65]This is not the first time I came to the planet
[01:36.53]But everytime I come only a few could understand it
[01:39.68]I came as Isis my words they tried to ban it
[01:42.74]I came as Moses they couldn't follow my commandments
[01:45.95]I came as Solomon to a people that was lost
[01:48.91]I came as Jesus but they nailed me to a cross
[01:52.06]I came as Harriet Tubman I put the truth to Sojourner
[01:55.22]Other times I had to come as Nat Turner
[01:58.29]They tried to burn me lynch me and starve me
[02:01.02]So I had to come back as Marcus Garvey Bob Marley
[02:04.41]They tried to harm me I used to be Malcolm X
[02:07.66]Now I'm on the planet as the one called KRS
[02:10.81]Kickin the metaphysical spiritual tryin to like
[02:13.89]Get wit you showin you you are invincible
[02:17.06]The Black Panther is the black answer for real
[02:20.07]In my spiritual form I turn into Bobby Seale
[02:23.56]On the wheels of steel my spirit flies away
[02:26.34]And enters into Kwame Ture
[02:29.33]Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you see a devil down
[02:32.65]Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you take the devil's crown
[02:35.69]Ah yeah stay alive all things will change around
[02:38.81]Ah yeah what Ah yeah!
[02:54.20]In the streets there is no EQ no di-do-di-do-di-do
[02:57.59]So I grab the air and speak through the code
[03:00.04]The devil cannot see through as I unload
[03:02.07]Into another cerebellum
[03:03.78]Then I can tell em because my vibes go through denim
[03:06.89]And leather whatever however I'm still rockin
[03:10.08]We used to pick cotton now we pick up cotton when we shoppin
[03:13.34]Have you forgotten why we buildin in a cypher
[03:16.06]Yo hear me kid government is building in a pyramid
[03:19.32]The son of God is brighter than the son of man
[03:22.46]The spirit is check your dollar bill G here it is
[03:26.07]We got no time for fancy mathematics
[03:28.61]Your mental frequency frequently pickin up static
[03:31.93]Makin you a naked body attic and it's democratic
[03:34.99]They press auto and you kill it with an automatic
[03:38.11]Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you see a devil down
[03:41.27]Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you take the devil's crown
[03:44.39]Ah yeah stay alive all things will change around
[03:47.40]Ah yeah what Ah yeah!

Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you see a devil down
Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you take the devil's crown
Ah yeah stay alive all things will change around
Ah yeah what Ah yeah!
So here I go kickin science in ninety-five
I be illin parental discretion is advised still
Dont call me иigga this MC goes for his
Call me God cause that's what the black man is
Roamin through the forest as the hardest lyrical artist
Black women you are not a b!tch you're a Goddess
Let it be known you can lean on KRS-One
Like a wall cause I'm hard I represent GOD
Wack MC's have only one style gun buck
But when you say "Let's buck for revolution"
They shut the f*ck up kid get with it
Down to start a riot in a minute
You'll hear so many Bowe-Bowe-Bowe you think I'm Riddick
While other MC's are talkin bout up with hope down with dope
I'll have a devil in my infrared scope WOY!
That's for calling my father a boy and KLAK KLAK KLAK!
That's for putting scars on my mother's back BO!
That's for calling my sister a hoe and for you
BUCK BUCK BUCK cause I don't give a motherf*ck
Remember the whip remember the chant remember about rope and
You black people still thinkin about vot-ing
Every president we ever had lied
You know I'm kinda glad Nixon died!
Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you see a devil down
Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you take the devil's crown
Ah yeah stay alive all things will change around
Ah yeah what Ah yeah!
This is not the first time I came to the planet
But everytime I come only a few could understand it
I came as Isis my words they tried to ban it
I came as Moses they couldn't follow my commandments
I came as Solomon to a people that was lost
I came as Jesus but they nailed me to a cross
I came as Harriet Tubman I put the truth to Sojourner
Other times I had to come as Nat Turner
They tried to burn me lynch me and starve me
So I had to come back as Marcus Garvey Bob Marley
They tried to harm me I used to be Malcolm X
Now I'm on the planet as the one called KRS
Kickin the metaphysical spiritual tryin to like
Get wit you showin you you are invincible
The Black Panther is the black answer for real
In my spiritual form I turn into Bobby Seale
On the wheels of steel my spirit flies away
And enters into Kwame Ture
Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you see a devil down
Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you take the devil's crown
Ah yeah stay alive all things will change around
Ah yeah what Ah yeah!
In the streets there is no EQ no di-do-di-do-di-do
So I grab the air and speak through the code
The devil cannot see through as I unload
Into another cerebellum
Then I can tell em because my vibes go through denim
And leather whatever however I'm still rockin
We used to pick cotton now we pick up cotton when we shoppin
Have you forgotten why we buildin in a cypher
Yo hear me kid government is building in a pyramid
The son of God is brighter than the son of man
The spirit is check your dollar bill G here it is
We got no time for fancy mathematics
Your mental frequency frequently pickin up static
Makin you a naked body attic and it's democratic
They press auto and you kill it with an automatic
Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you see a devil down
Ah yeah that's whatcha say when you take the devil's crown
Ah yeah stay alive all things will change around
Ah yeah what Ah yeah!