Outta Here-KRS-One

[ti:Outta Here] [ar:KRS-One] [al:A Restrospective] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Outta Here - KRS-One [00:20.99]Back in the days I knew rap would never die [00:22.74]I used to listen to Awesome-2 on WHBI [00:24.67]I used to hear all kind of rap groups before sampling loops [00:28.72]Rappers wore bell-bottom Lee suits [00:30.85]Me and Kenny couldn't afford that [00:32.28]So we would go to the park when they was jammin' to hear rap [00:35.66]I used to listen till the cops broke it up [00:38.26]I always thought to myself "Damn why they f**ked it up " [00:40.69]But never the less I was in love with the microphone [00:42.50]And it stayed that way until I left home [00:45.43]On the streets of New York now I'm free [00:47.74]But with freedom comes big responsibility [00:50.55]I used to walk around driven by the force [00:52.68]I remember how large Super Rhymes was when he fell off [00:55.54]I used to wonder about crews that used to rock [00:57.66]They were large but none of them could manage to stay on top [01:00.60]Do you ever think about when you outta here [01:03.03]Record deal and video outta here [01:05.41]Mercedes Benz and Range Rover outta here [01:07.90]No doubt BDP is old school but we ain't goin' out [01:10.46] [01:20.67]After livin' on the streets alone [01:22.29]Some years went by I signed myself into a group home [01:24.98]I used to watch the show "I Dream of Jeannie" [01:27.73]And dreamt about "When will I be large like Whodini " [01:29.47]But I was messin' with graffiti on the subway [01:32.72]And gettin' chased by the cops almost everyday [01:35.15]I knew it had to bea better way see [01:37.33]So I would go to my room blast Run DMC [01:40.33]Around 1984 I left the group home again alone [01:43.46]Still dreamin' about the microphone [01:44.46]Gimme a chance man I know I can rock it [01:47.59]But I had to worry about puttin' money in my pocket [01:50.33]So when I reached the shelter I met my helper DJ Scott La Rock [01:53.57]And we both loved hip-hop [01:54.45]I was takin' suckas out in the shelter system [01:57.75]Yeah there was rappers in the shelter but I had to diss 'em [02:00.75]But all along my vision was never lost [02:02.49]I kept seeing all these rap groups fallin' off [02:05.18]Do you ever think about when you're outta here [02:07.87]Fly girl and fresh gear outta here [02:10.17]Five-thousand dollar love seat outta here [02:12.54]No doubt BDP is old school but we ain't goin' out [02:15.23] [02:24.87]While I'm battling these rival crews [02:27.24]Yes BDP would stay in the street news [02:29.92]Some said all they wanna do is battle [02:32.11]They can't write a song so their careers won't last long [02:35.16]Around this time I used to hang with Ced Gee [02:37.28]And DJ Scott La Rock used to buy gold with Eric B [02:39.97]I didn't meet Rakim till later with Scott [02:42.27]I remember we were jammin' at the rooftop [02:44.77]It used to irk me when these critics had opinions [02:47.33]Scott would say "Just keep rappin' I'll keep spinnin'" [02:49.57]We had a f**ked up contract but we signed it [02:52.57]And dropped the hip-hop album Criminal Minded [02:54.12]We told the critics your opinions are bull [02:57.07]Same time Eric B and Rakim dropped Paid in Full [03:00.18]Hip-hop pioneers we didn't ask to be [03:02.49]But right then hip-hop changed drastically [03:03.80] [03:05.20]People didn't wanna hear the old rap sound [03:07.45]We started samplin' beats by James Brown [03:09.63]In the middle of doin' My Philosophy [03:12.07]Scott was killed and that sh*t got to me [03:14.68]But knowin' the laws of life and death [03:16.87]I knew his breath was one with my breath [03:19.43]I had nothin' left and it was scary [03:22.29]So I dropped By All Means Necessary [03:24.54]Another hip-hop group that was a friend of me [03:27.35]Was a revolution crew called Public Enemy [03:29.73]It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back [03:32.22]These two albums set off consciousness in rap [03:34.84]But all along I'm still lookin' around [03:37.02]And all I can see are these rap groups fallin' down [03:39.89]Do you ever think about when you outta here [03:42.45]Condominium and beach house outta here [03:44.82]Credit cards and bank accounts outta here [03:47.26]No doubt BDP is old school be we ain't goin' out