Ya Know the Rules-Boogie Down Productions

[ti:Ya Know the Rules] [ar:Boogie Down Productions] [al:The Essential] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ya Know the Rules - Boogie Down Productions [00:02.91]Aiyyo aiyyo kris they know the rules [00:05.63]Hahahahaha yeah ya don't stop (say what ) [00:09.87]A ya don't stop (bdp in the house) a ya don't stop [00:13.66](check it out check it out yo d ) [00:15.61]Yo bust it yo yo kris hold on [00:17.21]Let me give a shout out to some people aight bust it [00:20.01]A scott larock and ya don't stop [00:21.27]A sammy b and ya don't stop [00:23.09]A mister cee and ya don't stop [00:25.43]A cool v and ya don't stop [00:28.28]Evil e and ya don't stop [00:30.47]A easylee and ya don't stop [00:32.79]A dj scratch and ya don't stop [00:35.55]A spinderella and ya don't stop [00:37.72]Jam master jay and ya don't stop [00:40.03]A pa mase and ya don't stop [00:42.23]So yo kris my mellow my man yo [00:45.56]Get on the mic and do the best you can [00:48.30]Well the teacher comes to you in effect [00:50.33]From a different style a whole different sect [00:52.72]I inject force and intellect [00:55.04]When i hit the mic suckers hit the deck [00:57.49]I come correct and practice what i preach [01:00.10]I don't pimp you or rule you i teach [01:02.62]Come through the doors and slap up whores [01:04.94]Ordering them to put back on their drawers [01:07.46]Cause i run their pimp [01:10.12]When i leave he leaves with a limp [01:12.40]Shrimp i got the tartar sauce [01:14.74]Never underestimate the power of the force [01:17.21]Of the intellectual krs-one [01:18.48] [01:19.70]I don't think yet my job is done because [01:22.10]I stand alone while others have to verify [01:24.64]Just why they are thought to be fly [01:27.04]Makin the public believe that they are way up in the sky [01:30.08]Sort of like a rap superguy [01:31.98]But i horrify and terrify the super duper rap guy [01:35.21]Because you're soft as a lullaby [01:37.12]While they sit on their throne lookin [01:39.30]Well i'm walkin in the streets of brooklyn [01:42.09]Or harlem and queens and bronx and [01:44.47]I'm even out there walkin in compton [01:46.71]Cause everywhere bdp is schoolin [01:48.92]So anywhere krs is coolin [01:51.30]I'm not foolin cause no i'm not a fool [01:54.10]Don't act stupid boy you know the rules [01:56.63]Word aiyyo kris they act like they don't know the rules [01:59.46]But yo i tell you what [02:00.55]Yo get on the mic and tell em what makes up krs-one [02:03.32]Yaknowhati'msayin huh and ya don't stop [02:05.88]Yo from off the sidewalk i grab the mic and talk [02:08.48]Born nineteen-sixty-five in the state of new york [02:10.88]My name is kris parker krs-one for short [02:13.39]I slap up crews and rock parties for sport [02:15.94]Lived on the streets about eight years straight [02:18.11]There i got my education and learned to debate [02:20.56]So when i pick up the microphone i know what i'm sayin [02:23.11]Education doesn't come from simply obeyin [02:25.54]The curriculum of the school criteria [02:27.98]In fact what i learned i found inferior [02:30.40]I'm not a muslim but i do support them [02:33.15]My father in heaven taught me and taught them [02:35.53]I'm not a christian but i won't diss em [02:37.91]I'm not a jew i don't practice judaism [02:39.71]I'm not a buddhist but buddha's a master [02:42.64]I don't eat beef pork nor diet shasta [02:45.15]Reason for this is very simple indeed [02:47.35]When it comes to music everybody's in need [02:49.74]You got wealthy artists spendin money loosely [02:52.39]You ask about the culture they talk 'bout gucci [02:55.32]Metaphysics the science of life [02:57.29]And how to live free from strife [02:59.88]Walk with ease and no disease [03:02.31]Understand that i am the breeze [03:04.76]And the trees oceans and seas [03:07.29]And the b and the d and the p's [03:09.67]Suckers try it but i don't buy it [03:12.19]When i speak you seek to stay quiet [03:14.58]Shut up what what you better stay cool [03:16.96]And heed the warning boy you know the rules [03:19.29]Ah one two yeah and ya don't stop [03:21.76]Ah three four (say what ) and ya don't stop [03:24.03]Ah five six (pop pop) and ya don't stop [03:26.48]Ah seven eight (get down) and ya don't stop [03:28.96]Aiyyo yo kris this goes out to all them house nigga [03:31.44](foot shufflin) moonshine (hamhock eatin) pickled-pig tuggin [03:35.39](tap dancin) jheri curl activist (program directors) [03:39.01]That don't wanna play rap music (that's right ya know what ) [03:42.56]Yo ya know the rules [03:44.01]Ha ha-ha hah