The Message 2002

Uh-ha! Uh-ha!<br>Another Inebriated beat<br>You know what time it is, straight for the street<br>KRS-One, hold tight! Look, look<br><br>[Chorus One: KRS-One]<br>Crack - don`t mess with that<br>Speed - don`t mess with that<br>It`s whack - don`t mess with that<br>Greed - don`t mess with that<br>Knowledge - yeah, mess with that<br>God - yeah, mess with that<br>College - yeah, mess with that<br>A job - yeah, mess with that<br>Look look; dealing - don`t mess with that<br>Crying - don`t mess with that<br>Stealing - don`t mess with that<br>Lying - don`t mess with that<br>Meditation - mess with that<br>Forgiveness - mess with that<br>Education - mess with that<br>Hip-Hop - we lovin that<br><br>[Verse One: KRS-One]<br>I rhyme for respect y`all, intellect y`all<br>Not sex y`all, move that neck y`all, correct y`all<br>Checks y`all, cash y`all, don`t last y`all<br>With cops y`all to blast y`all, harass y`all<br>Flash y`all as they pass y`all, through the glass y`all<br>These videos gas y`all cause they trash y`all<br>I ask y`all this fact y`all<br>Unaired y`all, these cops y`all they scared y`all<br>They fear y`all they hear y`all they hate y`all<br>Less than 40,000 a week, they make y`all<br>Cops y`all with black feet, livin from week to week<br>Walk crooked beats in the streets y`all<br>They greet y`all with the heat y`all, to defeat y`all<br>It`s deep y`all, hear what I teach y`all, and speak y`all<br><br>[Chorus Two: KRS-One]<br>Hate - don`t mess with that<br>Trends - don`t mess with that<br>? - don`t mess with that<br>Revenge - don`t mess with that<br>Truth - yeah, mess with that<br>Skills - yeah, mess with that<br>Proof - yeah, mess with that<br>Build - yeah, mess with that<br>Wars - don`t look for that<br>Freaking - don`t look for that<br>Whores - don`t mess with that<br>Cheating - don`t mess with that<br>G.E.D. - mess with that<br>Science of mind - mess with that<br>Family - mess with that<br>Hip-Hop - we lovin that<br><br>[Verse Two: Shuman]<br>Yeah, yo.. aiyyo, yo<br>Who seein us, with an overdose level of free in us<br>They bring the heat to us<br>They don`t really want the beat in us<br>Take heed to us<br>While they plottin and schemin to be deletin us<br>Best believe in us, they not defeatin us<br>Them glocks wanna bust<br>With twenty-one shots to put the leak in us<br>So they can bloody the street with us<br>What does it mean to us<br>You know what they need from us<br>Give cream to us, hide the lies and deceit from us<br>That doesn`t equal us<br>Who`s ready to get in the Jeep with us<br>Form a fleet with us and take back the street with us<br>Meet with us, drop bombs in the street with us<br>Never saw it comin, attack on the sneak with us<br>Thus, they can`t compete with us<br>We flow through your veins like DJ`s<br>When they cut, you`ll be bleedin us<br>I came with Kris to heat it up<br>Showin my body`s the temple, hip-hop is the lock<br>Now put the key in us<br><br>[Chorus One]<br><br>[Verse Three: KRS-One]<br>Truth y`all, facts y`all, proof y`all, black y`all<br>Time to check this map y`all, are we goin back y`all?<br>Let`s make a pact y`all, come together watch your back y`all<br>Stay in tact y`all, never whack - gimme dap y`all<br>Comin at y`all, headcrack y`all with the facts y`all<br>Police y`all, on the attack y`all if ya black y`all<br>So if this is fact y`all, when we rap y`all<br>over the track y`all, why we rap about crack y`all?<br>That`s whack y`all, we trapped y`all<br>Holdin the gat y`all just to kill another black y`all<br>Clak clak clak y`all, it`s like that y`all<br>KRS-One yo, let`s take it back y`all, listen!<br><br>[Chorus Two]