Outta Here-KRS-One

[ti:Outta Here] [ar:KRS-One] [al:Playlist: The Very Best Of KRS-One] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Outta Here - KRS-One [00:20.27]Back in the days I knew rap would never die [00:22.33]I used to listen to awesome-2 on whbi [00:24.68] [00:25.34]I used to hear all kind of rap groups before sampling loops [00:28.41]Rappers wore bell- bottom lee suits [00:30.33]Me and kenny couldn't afford that [00:31.55] [00:32.17]So we would go to the park when they was jammin' to hear rap [00:35.22]I used to listen till the cops broke it up [00:37.50]I always thought to myself damn why they f**ked it up [00:39.67] [00:40.24]But never the less I was in love with the microphone [00:42.16] [00:42.76]And it stayed that way until I left home [00:44.59] [00:45.23]On the streets of new york now I'm free [00:46.99] [00:47.67]But with freedom comes big responsibility [00:49.14] [00:50.19]I used to walk around driven by the force [00:52.35]I remember how large super rhymes was when he fell off [00:55.22]I used to wonder about crews that used to rock [00:57.27]They were large but none of them could manage to stay on top [00:59.66] [01:00.18]Do you ever think about when you outta here [01:02.12] [01:02.71]Record deal and video outta here [01:04.42] [01:05.17]Mercedes benz and range rover outta here [01:07.35]No doubt bdp is old school but we ain't goin' out [01:09.68] [01:20.39]After livin' on the streets alone [01:21.56] [01:22.31]Some years went by I signed myself into a group home [01:24.37] [01:25.00]I used to watch the show I dream of jeannie [01:27.33]And dreamt about when will I be large like whodini [01:29.55] [01:30.07]But I was messin' with graffiti on the subway [01:31.80] [01:32.48]And gettin' chased by the cops almost everyday [01:34.21] [01:34.96]I knew it had to bea better way see [01:36.78]So I would go to my room blast run dmc [01:38.91] [01:40.03]Around 1984 I left the group home again alone [01:43.14]Still dreamin' about the microphone [01:44.32] [01:45.01]Gimme a chance man I know I can rock it [01:47.22]But I had to worry about puttin' money in my pocket [01:49.18] [01:49.87]So when I reached the shelter I met my helper dj scott la rock [01:52.57] [01:53.12]And we both loved hip- hop [01:54.78]I was takin' suckas out in the shelter system [01:56.91] [01:57.47]Yeah there was rappers in the shelter but I had to diss 'em [01:59.97]But all along my vision was never lost [02:01.61] [02:02.16]I kept seeing all these rap groups fallin' off [02:04.07] [02:05.00]Do you ever think about when you're outta here [02:07.51]Fly girl and fresh gear outta here [02:09.93]Five- thousand dollar love seat outta here [02:12.25]No doubt bdp is old school but we ain't goin' out [02:14.32] [02:24.56]While I'm battling these rival crews [02:25.80] [02:26.92]Yes bdp would stay in the street news [02:29.52]Some said all they want to do is battle [02:31.76]They can't write a song so their careers won't last long [02:34.08] [02:34.84]Around this time I used to hang with ced gee [02:37.00]And dj scott la rock used to buy gold with eric be [02:39.13] [02:39.76]I didn't meet rakim till later with scott [02:41.51] [02:42.19]I remember we were jammin' at the rooftop [02:44.05] [02:44.72]It used to irk me when these critics had opinions [02:47.00]Scott would say just keep rappin' I'll keep spinnin' [02:49.04] [02:49.71]We had a f**ked up contract but we signed it [02:52.19]And dropped the hip- hop album criminal minded [02:54.04] [02:54.67]We told the critics your opinions are bull [02:56.73]Same time eric be and rakim dropped paid in full [02:59.20] [02:59.74]Hip- hop pioneers we didn't ask to be [03:01.59] [03:02.18]But right then hip- hop changed drastically [03:04.09] [03:04.77]People didn't want to hear the old rap sound [03:07.06]We started samplin' beats by james brown [03:08.94] [03:09.59]In the middle of doin' my philosophy [03:11.23] [03:12.02]Scott was killed and that sh*t got to me [03:14.51]But knowin' the laws of life and death [03:16.21] [03:16.85]I knew his breath was one with my breath [03:18.85] [03:19.61]I had nothin' left and it was scary [03:21.41] [03:22.05]So I dropped by all means necessary [03:23.69] [03:24.55]Another hip- hop group that was a friend of me [03:27.00]Was a revolution crew called public enemy [03:28.80] [03:29.52]It takes a nation of millions to hold us back [03:31.91]These two albums set off consciousness in rap [03:33.76] [03:34.48]But all along I'm still lookin' around [03:36.10] [03:36.72]And all I can see are these rap groups fallin' down [03:39.01] [03:39.57]Do you ever think about when you outta here [03:41.45] [03:42.06]Condominium and beach house outta here [03:43.91] [03:44.51]Credit cards and bank accounts outta here [03:46.64]No doubt bdp is old school be we ain't goin' out