KRS One

Throw Down

KRS One


featuring Cold Crush Brothers 

Intro/Chorus: 

[Krs] 
Let's Do It! 
[Cold Crush] 
When I say how then you say ho 
and if somebody say thug then you say so 
cuz theres hell below and you aint tryin to go 
so get ready for the throw down 
Headz catch wreck and bums get done 
B.D.P. Cold Crush & Krs One 
nowhere to hide nowhere to run 
so get ready for the throw down 

Verse 1 

[Krs] 
Throw down low down 
Mc's get throw down 
I mastered the sentence, paragraph & pronouns 
I think you oughta go down 
you cant stand the blow of toe to toe now! 
that you heard all the rap criminals 
skills minimal, dispicable, 
check out the rhyme original 
indivisible justice for all 
before ya learned to walk, you gots ta learn to crawl 
before ya learned to crawl, you gots to be born 
now before you were born, your folks had to get it on 
The point to the matter comin from the blastmaster 
is hip hop culture might be headed for disaster 
All these wack rappers don't know the past data 
They act like hip hop history doesn't matter 
So when you see Krs One brace the stage 
the difference that you see, has to do wit my age 
Fresh in 74....Fresh in 75 
Fresh in 76 when Mc's rocked live to cassette 
Fresh in 77 don't forget 
Fresh in 78 on a turntable set 
Fresh in 79 
Fresh in 80 I was grandmaster G wit my man double T 
Fresh in 81 
Fresh in 82 when DJ Mad Mike off of Church Avenue in the B-K 
BROOKLYN-FLATBUSH!!!...when B-K MC's got mushed! 
Fresh in 83, 84 and 85 when I moved back to the B-X and got live 
Fresh in 86......Fresh in 87 
Fresh in 88 after Scott went to heaven 
Fresh in 89......Fresh in 90 
Im Fesh in 91, 92 and 93 
Fresh in 94, 95 don't be forgetten 
Fresh in 96 and Fresher in 97 
Fresh in 98 and Fresh in 99 
In the new millenium I'll be aroused in your mind so.... 

Chorus 

Verse 2 

[Krs] 
What does it take to be a real MC? 
it means you can't write rhymes for the tv 
cuz a real MC, whether amatuers or pros 
MC that knows how to rock live shows 
another thing while I sing MC talk 
a real MC never diss New York 
cuz if you knew the time while your rhymin MC'n 
you'd know that New York is hip hop's garden of Eden 
and if this aint sacred, we neva gonna make it 
your disin your very own hip hop tradition 
you know why when I grab the mic I'm superior 
cuz I was at the Roxy and Danceteria 
Krs a product of respect and courtesy 
while the rapper is a product of the record company 
Im not braggin but this is what hip hop is achievin 
it's becomin all rap and no Mc'in 
still we aint seein, cuz still we aint believin 
the West and the East of hip hop can cease 

[Cold Crush] 
Hey yall this is true 
the boys in blue gotta plan for you 
dont mess wit the suits cuz they do too 
so whatcha gonna do 
Tried to be the best 
live positive and free from stress 
dont limit yourself to east or west 
whose the very best... 

[Krs] 
Krs...I warm up your chest while your bones untangle 
the lyrics hit your head then goes down your ankle 
I'm saved for rainy days like casserole 
then rediscovered later like the dead sea scrolls 
you wanna get out the ghetto, the projects and profit 
but first negativity you gots to stop it 
Big up the east coast and the west coast 
but you cant big up no coast when your ghost 
I can see now how the other man stole rock and roll 
and guitar rippin cuz we was bullshit 
sick of eatin chicken, 
but fix it theres time tickin 
we spittin and complainin but the worlds rearrangin 
still we doin the same, whose to blame we dont need this 
its not black strangness, its black weakness 

Chorus/Outro <repeat 3="" *="">