Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song 9 Elements , by - KRS-One. Song from the album Kristyles, in the genre Рэп и хип-хопRelease date: 23.06.2003
Record label: In The Paint
Song language: English
9 Elements |
| One: Breaking or breakdancing |
| Rally b-boying, freestyle or streetdancin' |
| Two: MC’ing or rap |
| Divine speech what I’m doing right now no act |
| Three: Grafitti art or burning bombin' |
| Taggin', writin', now you’re learning! |
| uh! |
| Four: DJ’ing, we ain’t playing! |
| You know what I’m saying! |
| Five: Beatboxing |
| Give me a Yes and we rockin'! |
| Six: Street fashion, lookin' fly |
| Catchin' the eye while them cats walk on by |
| Seven: Street language, our verbal communication |
| Our codes throughout the nation |
| Eight: Street knowledge, common sense |
| The wisdom of the elders from way back whence |
| Nine: Street entrepreneur realism |
| No job, just get up call 'em and get 'em |
| Here’s how I’m tellin' it, all 9 Elements |
| We stand in love, no we’re never failing it |
| Intelligent? |
| No doubt |
| Hip-Hop? |
| We’re not selling it out, we’re just lettin' it out |
| If you’re checkin' us out this hour, we teatchin' hip-hop |
| Holy integrated people have it, I’m the present power! |
| Rap is something you do! |
| 3x Hip-Hop is something you live! |
| *scratched* |
| Rap is something you do! |
| Hip-Hop is something you live! |
| *scratched* |
| Skaters, BMX-bike riders rock |
| Don’t you ever stop! |
| You are hip-hop |
| You doing the same things we did on our block in the suburbs |
| You know you be packing that black block |
| Selling that crackrock and ecstasy |
| Gettin' pissydrunk, fallin' out next to me |
| But like I told those in the ghettoes |
| Here’s the facts! |
| True hip-hop is so much more than that |
| Some much more than rap, so much more than beats |
| Hip-hop is all about victory over the streets |
| What you see on TV is a lie |
| That’s not something you wanna live or pattern your life by |
| But, huh that’s too much preachin' ain’t it? |
| You don’t want the entertainment, you wanna be dead on the pavement |
| Well, so be it, some of ya’ll ain’t gonna see it |
| Others wanna enslave your mind! |
| Kris wanna free it! |
| Rap is something you do! |
| 5x Hip-Hop is something you live! |
| *scratched* |
| «Oh yea» *scratched* --- From «P is dead» |
| «I have spent my whole life livin'», «talk to the fullest», «no doubt» |
| You know that’s why these rappers can’t hang |
| Cause the essence of hip-hop is not a material thing |
| They so careless, hip-hop is in awareness we give |
| Rap we do, hip-hop we live |
| How many times I gotta say it? |
| How the radio ain’t gonna play it |
| And you hip-hoppers sit back and okay it |
| Think about it! |
| (think about it) |
| The present course of action, we have got to reroute it! |
| Hip-Hop is something you live! |