9 Elements

Well my ladies and gentlemen<br>This is a rapsession and my name is "KRS-One!"<br>And when I talk about "Hip-Hop Music!", I know<br><br>[Kris]<br>One : Breaking or breakdancing<br>Rally b-boying, freestyle or streetdancin`<br>Two : MC`ing or rap<br>Divine speech what I`m doing right now no act<br>Three: Grafitti art or burning bombin`<br>Taggin`, writin`, now you`re learning! uh!<br>Four : DJ`ing, we ain`t playing!<br>{*scratch*} You know what I`m saying!<br>Five : Beatboxing<br>Give me a {*beatboxin*} Yes and we rockin`!<br>Six : Street fashion, lookin` fly<br>Catchin` the eye while them cats walk on by<br>Seven: Street language, our verbal communication<br>Our codes throughout the nation<br>Eight: Street knowledge, common sense<br>The wisdom of the elders from way back whence<br>Nine : Street entrepreneur realism<br>No job, just get up call `em and get `em<br><br>Here`s how I`m tellin` it, all 9 Elements<br>We stand in love, no we`re never failing it<br>Intelligent? No doubt<br>Hip-Hop? We`re not selling it out, we`re just lettin` it out<br>If you`re checkin` us out this hour, we teatchin` hip-hop<br>Holy integrated people have it, I`m the present power!<br><br>[Chorus]<br>Rap is something you do!<br>3x Hip-Hop is something you live! *scratched*<br>Rap is something you do!<br>Hip-Hop is something you live! *scratched*<br><br>[Kris]<br>Skaters, BMX-bike riders rock<br>Don`t you ever stop! You are hip-hop<br>You doing the same things we did on our block in the suburbs<br>You know you be packing that black block<br>Selling that crackrock and ecstacy<br>Gettin` pissydrunk, fallin` out next to me<br>But like I told those in the ghettoes<br>Here`s the facts! True hip-hop is so much more than that<br>Some much more than rap, so much more than beats<br>Hip-hop is all about victory over the streets<br>What you see on TV is a lie<br>That`s not something you wanna live or pattern your life by<br>But, huh that`s too much preachin` ain`t it?<br>You don`t want the ?education?, you wanna be dead on the pavement<br>Well, so be it, some of ya`ll ain`t gonna see it<br>Others wanna enslave your mind! Kris wanna free it!<br><br>[Chorus]<br>Rap is something you do!<br>5x Hip-Hop is something you live! *scratched*<br><br>"Oh yea" *scratched* --- From "P is dead"<br><br>"I have spent my whole life livin`", "talk to the fullest", "no doubt"<br><br>[Kris]<br>You know that`s why these rappers can`t hang<br>Cause the essence of hip-hop is not a material thang<br>They so careless, hip-hop is in a {?} we give<br>Rap we do, hip-hop we live<br>How many times I gotta say it? How the radio ain`t gonna play it<br>And you hip-hoppers sit back and okay it<br>Think about it! (think about it)<br>The present course of action, we have got to reroute it!<br><br>[Chorus: repeat 3X]<br>Hip-Hop is something you live!