[KRS-One] Get your hands up! [Hook: repeat 2X] Where my people that's, over 20 now Where my people that's, over 30 now Where my people that's, over 40 now Cla**ic, that's what they call us now [KRS-One] It's your teacher, welcome to my cla**room Who's he, what's that, yo you better ask soon It's the K to the R to the S One By now, I think it's real, I'm the best one Yes son~! I take it to the old school I spit superrhymes cause "I am so cool..." ... a duel? You must be fool, player you know the rules! I take it to the old school quick Get Fresh Crew, Doug E. Fresh, "The Adventures of Slick Rick" It gets so sick, cause I ain't no joke This song goes out to grown folk like Tone Loc [Hook] [KRS-One] I'm "Smooth" like Big Daddy Kane, no bull Check out "My Melody," I'm "Paid in Full" Before "The Chronic" I was Stetsasonic Old school, true school, oh yes sir I'm it! 1985 bumpin Mantronix 1995 gettin slammed with Onyx 2005 doin shows with comics 2015 we still gon' rock shhhh
With dough, 'dro my flow in the pocket I'm already 40 some say I need to stop it Call ME when it's time to really hip-hop it I'm true school, if you wasn't there don't knock it! [Hook] [KRS-One] Every year I get newer, this goes out to the future Just like Slick Rick the Ruler, KRS a true schooler You wanna be down man when I'm layin it down man Place all packed I'm bringin the heat with soundman C'mon lay it down man! Movin the crowd man Television viewin is down man Radio listenin down man; you can't say You was doin it better than we was around man! We was down for the Rage and we was Against the Machine Now we turned the page and we the mainstream Servin the same fiends, but are we on the same team That was prophesied in Dr. King's dream? No matter how things seem I stay with the original plan Teachin our children original man And who's the "Criminal" clan? My '86 lyrics then you hear it helped you build and expand [Hook] ... [Hook]