9 Elements

Well my ladies and gentlemenThis is a rap session and my name is "KRS-ONE!"And when I talk about "Hip-Hop Music!", I know[Kris]One: Breaking or break dancingReally b-boying, freestyle or street dancin'Two: MC'ing or rap
Divine speech what I'm doing right now no act
Three: Grafitti art or burning bombin'Taggin', writin', now you're learning! uh!Four : DJ'ing, we ain't playing!{*scratch* You know what I'm saying!Five : BeatboxingGive me a {*beatboxin* Yes and we rockin'!
Six: Street fashion, lookin' flyCatchin' the eye while them cats walk on bySeven: Street language, our verbal communicationOur codes throughout the nationEight: Street knowledge, common senseThe wisdom of the elders from way back whenceNine : Street entrepreneur realism
No job, just get up call 'em and get 'emHere's how I'm tellin' it, all 9 ElementsWe stand in love, no we're never failing itIntelligent? No doubtHip-Hop? We're not selling it out, we're just lettin' it out"If you're checkin' us out this hour, we teachin' Hip Hop;Holy Integrated People Havin' Omnipresent Power."[Chorus]Rap is something you do!3x Hip-Hop is something you live! *scratched*Rap is something you do!Hip-Hop is something you live! *scratched*[Kris]Skaters, BMX bike riders, rockDon't you ever stop! You are hip-hopYou doing the same things we did on our block in the suburbsYou know you be packing that black blockSelling that crack rock and ecstacyGettin' pissy drunk, fallin' out next to meBut like I told those in the ghettosHere's the facts! True hip-hop is so much more than thatSome much more than rap, so much more than beatsHip-hop is all about victory over the streetsWhat you see on TV is a lieThat's not something you wanna live or pattern your life byBut, huh that's too much preachin' ain't it?You don't want the "edutainment", you wanna be dead on the pavementWell, so be it, some of ya'll ain't gonna see itOthers wanna enslave your mind! Kris wanna free it![Chorus]
Rap is something you do!5x Hip-Hop is something you live! *scratched*"Oh yea" *scratched* --- From "P is free""I have spent my whole life livin'", "talk to the fullest", "no doubt"[Kris]You know that's why these rappers can't hangCause the essence of hip-hop is not a material thangThey so careless, hip-hop is in a {? we give
Rap we do, hip-hop we liveHow many times I gotta say it? How the radio ain't gonna play itAnd you hip-hoppers sit back and okay itThink about it! (think about it)The present course of action, we have got to reroute it![Chorus: repeat 3X]Hip-Hop is something you live!