[Intro]
And the Cold Crush Brothers are here to do a sure shot throw down for their very best friends
Let's do it!
[Chorus: Cold Crush Brothers]
When I say "how" then you say "ho"
And if somebody say "thug" then you say so
'Cause there's hell below and you ain't trynna go
So get ready for the throw down
Heads 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-One]
Throw down, low down
MCs get thrown down
I mastered the sentence, paragraph, and pronouns
I think you oughta go now
You can't stand the blow of toe to toe now
That you heard all the rap criminals
Skills minimal, despicable
Check out the rhyme originals (Cold Crush!)
Indivisible with justice for all
Before ya learn to walk, you gots to learn to crawl
Before ya learn to crawl, you gots to be born
And before you were born, your folks had to get it on
The point to the matter comin' from the blast master
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 with my age
Fresh in '74, fresh in '75
Fresh in '76 when MCs 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 with my man Neville T
Fresh in '81, and fresh in '82
With DJ Mad Mike off of Church Avenue
In the BK, Brooklyn Flatbush
In the BK MCs got mushed
I was fresh in '83, '84 and '85
When I moved back to the BX and got live
Fresh in '86, fresh in '87
Fresh in '88 after Scott went to heaven
Fresh in '89, fresh in '90
I'm fresh in '91, '92 and '93
Fresh in '94 and '95, don't be forgetting
Fresh in '96 and fresher in '97
Fresh in '98 and fresh in '99
In the new millennium I'll be arousin' your mind, so
[Chorus: Cold Crush Brothers]
When I say "how" then you say "ho"
And if somebody say "thug" then you say so
'Cause there's hell below and you ain't trynna go
So get ready for the throw down
Heads 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 2: KRS-One]
What does it take to be a real MC?
It means you can't write rhymes for the TV
'Cause a real MC, whether amateurs or pros
Is an MC that knows how to rock live shows
Another thing, while I sing MC talk
A real MC never diss New York
'Cause if you knew the time while you're rhymin', MCin'
You'd know that New York is hip-hop's Garden of Eden
And if this ain't sacred, we never gonna make it
You're dissin' your very own hip-hop tradition
You know why when I grab the mic I'm superior?
'Cause I was at the Roxy and Danceteria
KRS, a product of respect and courtesy
While the rapper is a product of the record company
I'm not braggin' but this is what hip-hop is achievin'
It's becomin' all rap and no MCin'
Still we ain't seein', 'cause still we ain't believin'
The West and the East of hip-hop can cease
[Bridge: Cold Crush Brothers]
Hey y'all, yes it's true
The boys in blue got a plan for you
And don't mess with the suits 'cause they do too
So whatcha gonna do (Stop bitin' on my crew)
Try to be the best
Live positive and free from stress
And don't limit yourself to East or West
Who's the very best? (KRS)
[Verse 3: KRS-One]
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 casseroles
Then rediscovered later like the Dead Sea Scrolls
You wanna get out the ghetto, the projects, and profit
Well first, negativity, you gots to stop it
You can big up the East Coast and the West Coast
But you can't big up no coast when you're ghost
I can see now how the other man stole rock and roll
And guitar rippin', 'cause we was bullshitin'
Sittin', eatin' chicken, what fixes time tickin'
We spittin' and complainin', the world is rearrangin'
Still we doin' the same and who's to blame, we don't need this
It's not black strength, it's black weakness
Now we doin' the same and who's to blame, we don't need this
It's not black strength, it's black weakness
[Chorus: Cold Crush Brothers]
When I say "how" then you say "ho"
And if somebody say "thug" then you say so
'Cause there's hell below and you ain't trynna go
So get ready for the throw down
Heads 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
[Outro]
[?] live on stage from the Bronx
Charlie Chase, Tony Tone, and the Cold Crush Four
One, two
