Cause then you'll begin to master Rhymin rhymin rhymin
Criminal minded you've been blinded Lookin for a style like mine you can't find it They are the audience I am the lyricist Sometimes the suckas on the side gotta hear this Page a rage and I'm not in a cage Free as a bird to fly up out on stage Ain't here for no frontin just to say a little somethin Ya suckaz don't like me cause you're all about nothin However I'm really fascinating to the letter My all-around performance gets better and better My english grammar comes down like a hammer You need a style I need to pull your file I don't beg favors you're kissing other people's I write and produce myself just as fast Keep my hair like this got no time for jheri curls Attractin only women got no time for little girls Cause girls look so good But their brain is not ready I don't know I'd rather talk to a woman Cause her mind is so steady so here we go I'm not a musical maniac or b-boy fanatic I simply made use of what was upstairs in the attic I've listened to these mc's back when I was a kid But I bust more shots than they ever did I mean this is not the best of krs it's just a section But how many times must I point you in the right direction You need protection when I'm on the mic Because my mouth is like a 9 millimeter windpipe You're a king I'm a teacher You're a b-boy I'm a scholar If this was a class well it would go right under drama See kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent Talkin big words on the mic but still irrelevant Especially when you're not college material Wake up every morning to your lucky charms cereal Dj scott larock has a college degree Blastmaster krs writes poetry I won't go deeper in the subject cause that gets me bored It's a shame to know some mc's on the mic are fraud Sayin styles like this to create a diss But if you listen who you dissin See I am a musician Rappin on the mic like this to me is fine Cause if I really want to battle I will put out a nine You can see that scott larock and I are mentally binded In other words we're both criminal minded
We're not promoting violence we're just havin some fun He's scott larock I'm krs-one Never off-beat cause it don't make sense Grab the microphone relaxed and not tense You waited debated and now you activated A musical genius that could not be duplicated See I have the formula for rockin the house If you cannot rock a party do not open your mouth It's that simple no phony cosmetics to your pimple Take another look because the gear is not wrinkled The k the r the s the o the n the e Sayin rhyme for eighty-seven not from 1983 Well versed to rehearse and my rhymes are my curse Originality come first but the suckers get worse Allow me to include I have a very stable mood Poetic education of a high altitude I'm not an mc so listen call me poet or musician A genius when it comes to making music with ambition I'm cool collected with the rhyme I directed Don't wanna be elected as the king of a record Just respected by others as the man with the solution An artist of the 80's came and left his contribution On wax relax there's 24 tracks After years of rocking parties now I picked up the knack Because everything that flows from out my larynx Takes years of experience and bottles of beck's I cannot seem to recollect the time I didn't have *** Is it real or is it memorex I'm livin in a city known as new york state Sucka mc's gotta wait while I translate I hang with real live dreads with knowledge in their heads People with ambition and straight up musicians Although our lives have been so uprooted I have it included you all get zooted So take each letter of the krs-one Means knowledge reigns supreme over nearly everyone You look at me and laugh but this is your class It's an all-out discussion of the suckas I be crushin So now you are awakened to the music I be makin Never duplicated and also highly cultivated Don't get frustrated cause nothin has been traded Only activated it came out very complicated Not separated from my dj You see my voice is now faded I'll see you folks around the way
Criminal minded
Criminal minded
Criminal minded
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write and produce myself just as fast [00:59.81]Keep my hair like this got no time for jheri curls [01:03.41]Attractin only women got no time for little girls [01:05.22]Cause girls look so good [01:07.04]But their brain is not ready I don't know [01:10.02]I'd rather talk to a woman [01:11.77]Cause her mind is so steady so here we go [01:15.40]I'm not a musical maniac or b-boy fanatic [01:18.32]I simply made use of what was upstairs in the attic [01:20.95]I've listened to these mc's back when I was a kid [01:23.51]But I bust more shots than they ever did [01:26.00]I mean this is not the best of krs it's just a section [01:28.87]But how many times must I point you in the right direction [01:31.87]You need protection when I'm on the mic [01:34.05]Because my mouth is like a 9 millimeter windpipe [01:35.98]You're a king I'm a teacher [01:37.48]You're a b-boy I'm a scholar [01:39.10]If this was a class well it would go right under drama [01:42.03]See kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent [01:44.66]Talkin big words on the mic but still irrelevant [01:47.35]Especially when you're not college material [01:49.97]Wake up every morning to your lucky charms cereal [01:52.65]Dj scott larock has a college degree [01:54.70]Blastmaster krs writes poetry [01:56.89]I won't go deeper in the subject cause that gets me bored [02:00.51]It's a shame to know some mc's on the mic are fraud [02:03.32]Sayin styles like this to create a diss [02:05.68]But if you listen who you dissin [02:07.31]See I am a musician [02:08.62]Rappin on the mic like this to me is fine [02:11.00]Cause if I really want to battle I will put out a nine [02:13.80]You can see that scott larock and I are mentally binded [02:16.42]In other words we're both criminal minded [02:19.67] [02:40.12]We're not promoting violence we're just havin some fun [02:42.87]He's scott larock I'm krs-one [02:45.24]Never off-beat cause it don't make sense [02:48.18]Grab the microphone relaxed and not tense [02:50.80]You waited debated and now you activated [02:53.67]A musical genius that could not be duplicated [02:56.22]See I have the formula for rockin the house [02:58.60]If you cannot rock a party do not open your mouth [03:01.40]It's that simple no phony cosmetics to your pimple [03:04.22]Take another look because the gear is not wrinkled [03:06.65]The k the r the s the o the n the e [03:09.51]Sayin rhyme for eighty-seven not from 1983 [03:12.32]Well versed to rehearse and my rhymes are my curse [03:14.57]Originality come first but the suckers get worse [03:17.07]Allow me to include I have a very stable mood [03:19.93]Poetic education of a high altitude [03:22.25]I'm not an mc so listen call me poet or musician [03:25.19]A genius when it comes to making music with ambition [03:27.88]I'm cool collected with the rhyme I directed [03:30.57]Don't wanna be elected as the king of a record [03:33.18]Just respected by others as the man with the solution [03:35.74]An artist of the 80's came and left his contribution [03:38.42]On wax relax there's 24 tracks [03:40.98]After years of rocking parties now I picked up the knack [03:43.54]Because everything that flows from out my larynx [03:46.17]Takes years of experience and bottles of beck's [03:48.67]I cannot seem to recollect the time I didn't have *** [03:51.61]Is it real or is it memorex [03:53.54]I'm livin in a city known as new york state [03:56.72]Sucka mc's gotta wait while I translate [03:59.22]I hang with real live dreads with knowledge in their heads [04:02.27]People with ambition and straight up musicians [04:04.83]Although our lives have been so uprooted [04:06.90]I have it included you all get zooted [04:09.08]So take each letter of the krs-one [04:11.45]Means knowledge reigns supreme over nearly everyone [04:13.26]You look at me and laugh but this is your class [04:16.88]It's an all-out discussion of the suckas I be crushin [04:20.74]So now you are awakened to the music I be makin [04:23.36]Never duplicated and also highly cultivated [04:26.05]Don't get frustrated cause nothin has been traded [04:28.67]Only activated it came out very complicated [04:31.42]Not separated from my dj [04:33.29]You see my voice is now faded [04:35.23]I'll see you folks around the way [04:37.04] [04:38.25]Criminal minded [04:39.31] [04:43.69]Criminal minded [04:44.56] [04:48.79]Criminal minded [04:49.80] [04:54.16]Criminal minded
