KOOL MOE DEE - Poetic Justice lyrics
rate me(ladies and gentlemen<br>There are seven acknowledge wonders of the world<br>You are about to witness the eighth)<br><br>Karma<br>Poetic justice<br>What goes around, comes around<br><br>[ verse 1 ]<br>Stop, look, listen, learn<br>Play with fire and you'll get burned<br>You think you want some but you don't want none<br>A fight on the mic, you don't want one<br>I turn the heat on, proceed to beat on<br>Any soft sap who think he's gon-<br>Na come in my realm when I'm at the helm<br>Nightmare's a joke when I'm on elm<br>Street, sleep but you don't dream<br>Awaken, achin, takin codeine<br>Now you're tryin to o.d.<br>Cause you don't want none of moe dee<br>Pain relievers won't relieve ya<br>Suicide won't do it either<br>Even after I cremate you<br>I'ma re-incarnate you<br>Bring you back for another round<br>Just to put you back in the ground<br>Over and over again<br>When is it over? it ends<br>When I die but I won't die, don't try<br>Rhyme forever, huh, why won't i<br>Crush whoever tries to crush this<br>Hurt like the truth, poetic justice<br><br>Poetic justice<br><br>[ female voices ]<br>What goes around, comes around<br>Goes around, comes around (2x)<br><br>Doing justice to poetry<br><br>[ verse 2 ]<br>This is a flurry, a fist of fury<br>A rhyme so fast that it has to blurry<br>Your vision, don't wink, blink or stop to think<br>Or you might miss the next rhyme, ink<br>Flows from the brain to the pen<br>And comes alive when the thought transcends<br>From the pen to the paper and paper to tape, and<br>A tape to wax and back to the tape, a-<br>Nother hit which you can't get with<br>A brainiac'll react, but a nitwit<br>Can't relate, he can't hold the weight<br>The rhyme's too deep and he sleeps awake<br>The comatose need a double dose<br>Cause kool moe dee don't rhyme like most<br>Simplified rhymes or out of the norm<br>But I simplify as I'm to perform<br>Records for the pop? ? ? ? playlist<br>The pop jocks don't play this<br>In an intent to hold rap back<br>They stop the hard and play the wack<br>They play the weak cause the weak won't speak<br>But that just makes a fan go seek<br>A station that they know will bust this<br>(who's on the radio) poetic justice<br><br>Poetic justice<br><br>[ female voices ]<br>What goes around, comes around<br>Goes around, comes around (2x)<br><br>Doing justice to poetry<br><br>[ verse 3 ]<br>Poetic, phonetic, genetic, fanatic<br>- you connect it<br>Those who chose to oppose are foes<br>And usually can't grow afros<br>As the rhyme flows the spirit grows<br>But only those with a pure soul knows<br>The relevance of the beat of the drum<br>And where it's comin from<br>For those of you who just don't listen<br>Here's the second boat you're missin<br>Just like noah had you swimmin<br>Rap's the warnin of an endin<br>Of an era, a reign of terror<br>Over like a nova, never ever<br>Try to amplify the lie<br>The truth won't die, and that's why i<br>A versatile child of the nile<br>Speak with a ghetto style, and meanwhile<br>The reason I relate to the youth<br>Is pure souls can feel the truth<br>The poisoned souls have tried to stop it<br>But just stop it, cause hip-hop is<br>From our roots, and you can't touch this<br>This is our ancestors' poetic justice<br><br>Poetic justice<br><br>[ female voices ]<br>What goes around, comes around<br>Goes around, comes around (2x)<br><br>Doing justice to poetry
