Krs-one - Hip Hop Is One lyrics

KRS-One interview: {If hip-hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to uplift them} Intro: Cause I'm seein' bright visions of how we should be livin' Unified, strong, makin' our own decisions Verse 1: Hip-hop city, higher minds will listen Some won't get it and find time for dissin' But I always been ahead of the preservation mission So I alway's been a head of the preservation mission And what one sure way to preserve, what we spittin', reserve what we've written Reserve how we wigglin', preserve how we mix it, our raw sound It's the finally established of small hip-hop resort town A place for artist's from all over the earth Could come and find peace, could come and spit they verse Could find support of all sorts for arts done for fun To achieve this, hip-hop we must become one Hook: (KRS-One sample saying, "One", repeatedly in the background throughout) We must become one, you know Hip-hop is one (KRS-One sample saying, "One", repeatedly in the background) KRS Interview: {So if we come with a balance and play everything, we will find ourselves not reflecting just product and markets, but life itself} Verse 2: My style of raps hard to find, I believe that every rapper has a larger mind But they spit the s**, spit the murder, spit the crime Cause they told if they do it they'll be livin' fine People know it's only music, y'all don't mind But every now-and-then I question what these rappers say and rhyme Take yo time, I send this out to every rapper sayin rhymes, and every DJ out there playin mine You know I don't live for the prime time But out of all these rap names, young people should be able to find mine Knowledge Reigning Supreme, I shine, shine like the sun It's time for hip-hop to become one Hook: (KRS-One sample saying, "One", repeatedly in the background throughout) Woooh Yup, come on, we must become one UNITY! That's what it's about Hip-Hop is one Yo, yeah, come on, we must become one (KRS-One sample saying, "One", repeatedly in the background) KRS Interview: {Im crying out for balance along with a whole bunch of family around the world, they wanna to see balance.} Verse 3: So what I'm talkin' bout, I'm talkin' bout a plan fast We're the richest hip-hopper's, we buy a land ma** Put out a call to see the sk** that every man has I put this on the love, that every fam has Exodus, over da sea, we can pa** Into our own hip-hop city, turn over the sand gla** This sounds as if we just found our gift A hip-hop town is bound to uplift Our town has, no controls, the cops you gotta ring em up Moms is safe, kid's you can bring em up Just streets are patrolled by doctors and lawyers Because you don't need law if you already have order We are one Hook: (KRS-One sample saying, "One", repeatedly in the background throughout) We must become one, you know Hip-hop is one, woooh, hip-hop is one Yup, come on, we must become one UNITY! That's what it's about Hip-hop is one Yo, yeah, come on, we must become one (KRS-One sample saying, "One", repeatedly in the background)