Krs One - Hip-Hop Is One lyrics
rate me(Intro)
If hip-hop has the ability to corrupt young minds
It also has the ability to uplift them
(Verse)
They seein' bright visions of how we should be livin'
Unified, strong, makin' our own decisions
Hip-hop city, higher minds will listen
Some won't get it in five time per descent
But I always been ahead of the preservation mission
I always been the head of the preservation mission
And one sure way to preserve what we're spittin'
Preserve what we're writtin', preserve how we ?
Preserve our mix-it, our raw sound
And let's finally establish a hip-hop resort
Now, a place for artists from all over the Earth
Can come and find peace, can come and spit they verse
Can find support of all sorts for arts done for fun
To achieve this, hip hop we must become one!
We must become one! You know, hip-hop is one!
(Hook break)
So if we come with a balance, and play everything
We will find ourselves not reflecting just product
And market, but life itself
(Verse)
My style of rap is hard to find
I believe that every rapper has a larger mind
But they spit the sex, spit the motif, spit the crime
Cause they called it if they do it, they'd be livin' fine
People know it's only music, y'all don't mind
But every now and then I question what these rappers say in rhyme
Take the time, I send this to every rapper sending rhymes
And every DJ out there playn mine
You know I don't live for the prime time
But out of all those rap names
Young people should be able to find mine
Knowledge day is supreme, I shine, shine like the sun
It's time for hip-hop to be called one
Yeah, come on! We must become one, unity
That's what it's about, hip-hop is one!
(Hook break)
I'm crying out for balance
Along with a whole bunch of families around the world
They wanna see balance
(Verse)
So what I'm talkin' bout, I'm talkin' bout a plan fast
Where the richest hip-hopers? We buy a land mass
Put out a call to see the skull that every man has
I'll put this on the love that every fam has
Exodus, ova the sea we can pass
Int our own hip-hop city, turn ova the same grass/glass(?)
This sounds like we just found our gift
A hip-hop town is bound to uplift
Uptown has no patrons, the cops you gotta ring 'em up
Moms is safe, kids, you can bring 'em on
The streets are patrolled by doctors and lawyers
Cause you don't need law if you already have order
We are one! We must become one
You know, hip-hop is one!
Hip-hop is one! Yup, come on, we must become one
Unity, that's what it's about, hip-hop is one