Krs-One Get Your Self up Lyrics:
Yeah
(Yeah)
Yeah
(Yeah)
Ah-ha
(Ah-ha)
Ah-ha
(Ah-ha)
Hardcore!
Word
Hardcore!

[*live excerpt*]
(You really think they're ready, black?)
Let's break it all the way down
All the way down
Huh-huh
Don't be fooled
Don't be fooled
Rap is something you do
Hip-hop is something you live
Rap is something you do
Hip-hop is something you.. (
*crowd responds* )
Rap is something you do
Hip-hop.. ( *crowd responds* )
You are not just doing hip-hop..
( *crowd responds* )

Yeah
Let's get this started
Word up

[CHORUS]
You gotta - get - your - self - up!
You been knocked down?
Get yourself up!
You been shot down?
Get yourself up!
You been locked down?
Get yourself up!
Get - your - self - up!
Been knocked down?
Get yourself up!
Been shot down?
Get yourself up!
You been locked down?
Get yourself up!

What is a real hip-hop MC?
Is it MTV, is it BET?
Is it five m-i-c's
So the people can see
I mean, how you think you're free
When you act like property?
Tell me, how do you judge an
MC when he's rockin
I mean rockin it live, not
pickin his cotton
I mean adjustin his clothes, I
mean how do you know
Before you come to the
show that you're not
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gettin heated
That you're not gettin cheated
That you ain't come to the
club thinkin 'I must've
been weeded!'
(Word)
You got to be a educated consumer
Spend your money on MC's cause
these rappers'll do ya
Ass they want is
your cash, ass,
grass, gas in a
flick
When you ask for that
autograph they ass-dash quick
Beware of the rapper, he talks
like it don't matter
He pulls his gat while we
bust off the gatler

[CHORUS]

This is the "Sneak Attack"
The "Edutainment" style
returns like that
Take it off your shelf
Cause all we deal with is
knowledge of self, health
and wealth
Not Stealth bombers,
leather goose bombers
Original hip-hop armor on cd-rom - eh
You got to get with a
21st century philosopher
Representin the religion of hip-hop, sir
Those that oppose are foes and
will get rocked - eh
Stopped, eh - I rise like a helicopter
Like Zulu I'll Shaka, crowd
With a beat that's loud
Huh, I'm black and I'm
proud - irrelevant
I'm black and intelligent
I teach my kids to watch the
education they give em
Cause it's really all
about street wisdom

[CHORUS]

True hip-hoppers don't bleed
True hip-hoppers don't need
True hip-hoppers don't speed
No time for greed
True hip-hoppers do read
And will lead, not plead
Will sow seeds that breed
Ah-ha that's safer than weed, indeed
True hip-hoppers don't slave
True hip-hoppers don't crave
Silver and gold, we're not amazed
We live f-r-e-e
If you not into lyrics
you can't really hear it
nor see me
My philosophy keeps it plain and simple
Here it is: the kingdom of
hip-hop is within you
Or is it the kingdom of
hell that sends you?
I'm ringin a bell within you
You only seek in a cell,
that's what sin do
It tells you to put your
craft on a menu, a chart
So they can sell you and your art

[CHORUS]
Lyrics: Get Your Self up, Krs-One [end]