R.E.A.L.I.T.Y.-KRS-One

[ti:R.E.A.L.I.T.Y.] [ar:KRS-One] [al:The Essential] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.88]Reality ain't always the truth [00:03.03]Rhymes Equal Actual Life [00:04.78]In The Youth [00:05.96] [00:07.84]These are the streets [00:08.90] [00:10.00]Sh*t is real out here [00:12.20] [00:15.37]This ain't no f**kin joke [00:17.21]I lived in a spot called Millbrooke Projects [00:18.92] [00:19.58]The original Criminal Minded rap topic [00:21.80]With twenty cents in my pocket I saw the light [00:24.63]If you're young gifted and black [00:26.33]You got no rights [00:27.47]Your only true right is a right to a fight [00:30.06]And not a fair fight [00:31.14]I wake up wonderin who died last night [00:33.53]Everyone and everything is at war [00:35.79]Makin my poetic expression hardcore [00:37.90]I ain't afraid to say it [00:39.42]And many can't get with it [00:40.98]At times in my life [00:42.01]I was a welfare recipient [00:43.63]I ate the free cheese [00:45.01]While the church said believe [00:46.26]And went to school everyday [00:47.17]Like a god damn fool [00:48.82]Well anyway here I am [00:50.82]Chillin at the party [00:51.67]Brothers lookin at me like they wanna kill somebody [00:54.33]A cypher manifested in the center of the jam [00:56.89]I got to show these wack rappers really who I am [00:59.71]It's me against them [01:00.83]So I clear the phlegm [01:02.30]And wage the war hardcore to the end [01:05.07]For someone lookin inside [01:06.35]Yeah from the out [01:07.68]It seems like disrespect is what rap is all about [01:10.38]But hip-hop as a culture [01:11.73]Is really what we give it [01:13.10]But sometimes the culture contradicts how we live it [01:15.77]Cause every black kid lives two and three lives [01:18.40]The city's a jungle [01:19.72]Only the strong will survive [01:20.68]Reality ain't always the truth [01:22.69]Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [01:25.92]Reality ain't always the truth [01:28.02]Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [01:32.20]Every single day I hear lie after lie [01:33.85] [01:34.89]Like Black people don't die [01:36.03]We multiply [01:37.52]So when I kick a rhyme I represent how I feel [01:40.21]The sacred street art of keepin it real [01:42.64]Why I gotta listen to somebody else [01:45.10]How they got wealth let me talk about myself [01:48.27]But all I really got is hip-hop and a glock [01:50.86]The results are obvious [01:52.20]If I'm confined to my block [01:53.71]Occasionally in the city I'm released [01:56.39]To meet other beasts lookin for the feast [01:58.97]We grunt and growl on the prowl [02:01.19]As the air gets thinner [02:02.50] [02:03.47]Yo yo there he go him there's the dinner [02:05.10]White meat carryin a bag of some sort [02:07.23]Life is short white meat is quickly caught [02:09.75]A scuffle a muffle yet none of us hesitated [02:12.44]Like Mother Africa white meat is violated [02:15.06]We quickly dissapear like Santa's little elves [02:17.96]And go into a area to fight amongst ourselves [02:20.61]We say peace/piece cause that's what we really want [02:23.24]A piece of the pie that America flaunts [02:25.74] [02:26.29]Reality ain't always the truth [02:29.57]Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [02:31.58]Reality ain't always the truth [02:34.06]Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [02:36.75] [02:47.83]Oh sh*t [02:48.35]The truth is that police must serve and protect [02:50.38]REALITY is black youth is shown no respect [02:53.03]The truth is government has a war against drugs [02:55.65]REALITY is government is ruled by thugs [02:58.45]With all this technology [02:59.68]Above and under [03:01.09]Humanity still hunts down one another [03:03.76]Rappers display artistic cannibalism [03:06.12]Through lyricism [03:07.45]We fight each other over rhythm [03:09.20]Through basic animal instincts we think [03:11.79]So the battle for mental territory is glory [03:13.73]End of story [03:14.76] [03:20.05]Reality ain't always the truth [03:22.44]Rhymes Equal Actual Life [03:23.66]In The Youth [03:25.40]Reality ain't always the truth [03:27.91]Rhymes Equal Actual Life [03:29.40]In The Youth [03:30.93]Yeah [03:32.00] [03:35.73]These are the streets [03:37.32] [03:38.41]Sh*t is real out here [03:39.88] [03:41.34]This ain't no f**kin joke