
Date of issue: 25.07.2002
Record label: In The Paint
Song language: English
Problemz |
Yeah man, yo Marla what’s up |
Yeah, Inebriated Beats, big up Boston, the whole Boston |
Edo.G what’s up man? |
I got you |
We gon' bounce this now, can I start? |
Can I start? |
Here we go |
I’m the newest and the truest MC on the mic |
I wrote over 500 songs, pick what you like |
It ain’t easy bein me, by day or night |
But it’s easy bein free to recite what you like |
Hip-Hop is my inalienable right |
When it comes to emceein KRS is a whole different type |
Now go get it right, did I flow spit it tight |
In a fight I was the type to go get a pipe |
BINK! |
BINK! |
BINK! |
BINK! |
Movin 'em back |
BINK! |
That’s the sound of an aluminum bat |
But it seems they new to these facts |
Which means they new to the tracks |
Which means they do hold us back |
Too new to know all that but still runnin they trap |
Do the math, radio gets a 20 record a week stream |
But only three are ever seen |
What happens to the other 17? |
It’s a PROBLEM. |
PROBLEM. |
PROBLEM IN HIP-HOP TODAY! |
We gotta solve it |
Too many players and not enough crime |
When they finally wake up they woulda ran out of time |
They can’t see today how they effect tomorrow |
Too afraid to follow, cause they trust is hollow |
Because according to the laws they’ll harp some sorrow |
Yo, «Victory Over the Streets» — that’s our motto |
But if people ain’t got no vision, that’s a PROBLEM. |
PROBLEM IN HIP-HOP TODAY! |
We gotta solve it |
People say, «Kris — why you teach so much? |
Why you preach so much? |
Why you speak and such? |
Why you so bent on reachin each of us?» |
I reply — because you eatin with us |
In the future our children will be meetin with us |
Have a seat then with us and start speakin with us |
They’ll be critiquin us to be sure they believe in us |
We don’t need a PROBLEM. |
PROBLEM IN HIP-HOP TODAY! |
We gotta fix it |
We live non-toxic, we teach that hip-hop is |
The transformation of all subjects and objects |
Retrain your optics, to reinterpret the topics |
We gotta stop treatin hip-hop like a product |
And more of a strategy; |
I got graphs, charts |
Sacred textbooks, these cats can’t battle me |
But they try, and why? |
Cause that’s a PROBLEM. |
PROBLEM IN HIP-HOP TODAY! |
We gotta fix that |
These cats need history to get with me |
But hip-hop's history’s a mystery |
So how they gonna find out, trial and error |
We can make one the example for all to get better |
Inform, KRS is not the norm |
I go from hot to warm to cold to hot |
But hip-hop's history many forgot |
And that’s a PROBLEM. |
PROBLEM IN HIP-HOP TODAY! |
We gotta solve that |
PROBLEM. |
PROBLEM IN HIP-HOP TODAY! |
We gotta fix that |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Brainstorm / P.S.K. ft. KRS-One, O.C. | 1996 |
Mc's Act Like They Don't Know ft. KRS-One | 2010 |
Dear Mr. President ft. Mobb Deep, B-Real, The Alchemist | 2006 |
I Changed My Mind ft. Evidence, Dan The Automator, Joyo Velarde | 2005 |
Buckshot ft. Ryan Lewis, KRS-One, DJ Premier | 2016 |
Exodus ft. Mayhem, KRS-One | 2015 |
Let Us Begin ft. KRS-One | 2017 |
Return of Hip Hop ft. KRS-One, MC Rene, Tony Torch | 2012 |
Unstoppable ft. KRS-One | 2020 |
Represent the Real ft. KRS-One | 2007 |
Stop Complaining ft. Evidence, Dan The Automator, Joyo Velarde | 2005 |
Drop It Heavy ft. A.G., Big Pun, KRS-One | 2000 |
The Beginning | 2022 |
Mad Izm ft. KRS-One | 2007 |
Step Into A World | 1997 |
Return of Hip Hop (Ooh, Ooh) ft. KRS-One, MC Rene | 2001 |
Underground | 2003 |
The French Connection | 1996 |
Hush | 2001 |
As You Already Know ft. Truck Turner, Big Pun, Kool G Rap | 2006 |