I'm Still #1-Boogie Down Productions

[ti:I'm Still #1] [ar:Boogie Down Productions] [al:The Essential] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'm Still #1 - Boogie Down Productions [00:11.77]D J Doc you know he's down with us [00:13.78]D-Square he's down with us [00:16.22]Keyboard Money Mike is down with us [00:18.86]I C U you know he's down with us [00:21.80]D-Nice and McBoo they're down with us [00:24.05]Ms Melodie she's down with us [00:26.60]Just-Ice and DMX they're down with us [00:29.19]My manager Moe he's down with us [00:32.05]Castle-D boy he's down with us [00:34.73]D J Red Alert he's down with us [00:37.20]Robocop boy he's down with us [00:39.91]Makin' funky music is a must [00:42.47]I'm number one [00:48.06] [00:53.62]People still takin' rappin' for a joke [00:55.77]A passing hope or a phase with a rope [00:58.40]Sometimes I choke and try to believe [01:00.89]When I get challenged by a million MCs [01:03.50]I try to tell them "We're all in this together " [01:05.98]My album was raw because no-one would ever [01:08.84]Think like I think and do what I do [01:11.47]I stole the show and then I leave without a clue [01:14.39]What do you think makes up a KRS [01:16.96]Concisive teaching or very clear speaking [01:19.40]Ridiculous bass aggravating treble [01:21.87]Rebel renegade must stay paid [01:24.58]Not by financial aid but a raid of hits [01:28.41]Causing me to take long trips [01:30.14]I'm the original teacher of this type of style [01:33.30]Rockin' off-beat with a smile [01:35.74]Or smirk or chuckle yes some are not up to [01:38.56]BDP Posse so I love to [01:40.39]Step in the jam and slam [01:43.05]I'm not Superman because anybody can [01:45.62]Or should be able to rock off turntables [01:47.72]Grab the mic plug it in and begin [01:51.21]But here's where the problem starts no heart [01:53.55]Because of that a lot of groups fell apart [01:56.17]Rap is still an art and no-one's from the Old School [01:59.75]Cuz Rap is still a brand-new tool [02:02.00]I say no-one's from the Old School cuz Rap on a whole [02:05.30]Isn't even twenty years old [02:06.98]Fifty years down the line you can start this [02:10.11]Cuz we'll be the Old School artists [02:12.09]And even in that time I'll say a rhyme [02:14.71]A brand-new style ruthless and wild [02:17.31]Runnin' around spendin' money havin' fun [02:19.33]Cuz even then I'm still number one [02:22.23] [02:33.84]Blastmaster KRS-One of course [02:35.78]Comes to express with style the lost [02:38.43]Ways of rhyming old and new past and present [02:42.25]Knock knock who is it [02:43.85]A brand-new style hup time to change [02:46.34]People talk about me when they see me on stage [02:49.00]Live in action guaranteed raw [02:51.58]I hang with the rich and I work for the poor [02:54.40]Now tomorrow you can say you saw [02:56.41] [02:57.08]KRS-One stompin' once more [02:59.94]I play by ear I love to steer [03:02.20]The Alfa Romeo from here to there [03:04.83]I grab the beer but not in the ride [03:07.50]Cuz I'm not stupid I don't drink and drive [03:09.85] [03:10.48]I'm not a beginner amateur or local [03:12.89]My album is sellin' because of my vocals [03:16.34]You know what you need to learn [03:18.07]Old School artists don't always burn [03:20.64]You're just another rapper who's had his turn [03:23.08]Now it's my turn and I am concerned [03:25.31]About idiots posing as kings [03:28.16]What are we here to rule [03:29.38]I thought we were supposed to sing [03:30.74]And if we oughta sing then let us begin to teach [03:33.44]Many of you are educated open your mouth and speak [03:35.87]KRS-One is something like a total renegade [03:38.02]Except I don't steal I rhyme to get paid [03:41.90]Airplanes flyin' overseas people dyin' [03:45.31]Politicians lyin' I'm tryin' [03:47.19]Not to escape but hit the problem head-on [03:49.39]By bringin' out the truth in a song [03:52.59]So BDP short for Boogie Down Productions [03:54.81]Made a little noise cuz the crew was sayin' somethin' [03:57.24]People have the nerve to take me for a gangster [04:00.15]An ignorant one something closer to a prankster [04:02.86]Doin' petty crimes goin' straight to penitentiary [04:04.76]But in a scale of crime that's really elementary [04:08.63]This beat is now compelling me to explain in silence [04:10.72] [04:11.62]Why my last jam was so violent [04:13.59]It's simple: BDP will teach reality [04:15.99]No beatin' around the bush straight up [04:17.93]Just like The P Is Free [04:19.29]So now you know a poet's job is never done [04:21.68]But I'm never overworked cuz I'm still number one [04:23.93] [04:29.36]Kool Moe Dee he's down with us [04:31.81]Eric B and Rakim they're down with us [04:34.44]Stetsasonic they're down with us [04:36.02] [04:37.14]Dana Dane he's down with us [04:39.71]Sleeping Bag Records they're down with us [04:42.44]My lawyer Jay he's down with us [04:45.20]Jive/RCA is down with us [04:47.85]Makin' funky music is a must [04:50.10]I'm number one