Reality, ain't always the truth
Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth
These are the streets!
Shit is real out here!
This ain't no fuckin joke!
I lived in a spot called Millbrooke Projects
The original Criminal Minded rap topic
With twenty cents in my pocket I saw the light
If you're young gifted and black, you got no rights
Your only true right, is a right to a fight
and not a fair fight, I wake up wonderin who died last night
Everyone and everything is at war
Makin my poetic expression hardcore
I ain't afraid to say it, and many can't get with it
At times in my life, I was a welfare recipient
I ate the free cheese, while the church said believe
and went to school everyday, like a god damn fool
Well anyway, here I am, chillin at the party
Brothers lookin at me like they wanna kill somebody
A cypher manifested in the center of the jam
I got to show these wack rappers really who I am
It's me against them, so I clear the phlegm
and wage the war, hardcore to the end
For someone lookin inside, yeah from the out
it seems like disrespect is what rap is all about
But hip-hop as a culture, is really what we give it
But sometimes the culture contradicts how we live it
Cause every black kid lives two and three lives
The city's a jungle, only the strong will survive
Reality, ain't always the truth
Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth
Reality, ain't always the truth
Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth
Every single day I hear lie after lie
Like Black people don't die, we multiply
So when I kick a rhyme I represent how I feel
The sacred street art of keepin it real
Why I gotta listen, to somebody else?
How they got wealth, let me talk about myself
But all I really got is hip-hop and a glock
The results are obvious, if I'm confined to my block
Occasionally, in the city I'm released
to meet other beasts, lookin for the feast
We grunt and growl, on the prowl, as the air gets thinner
Yo yo there he go, him, there's the dinner
White meat, carryin a bag of some sort
Life is short, white meat is quickly caught
A scuffle a muffle yet none of us hesitated
Like Mother Africa, white meat is violated
We quickly dissapear, like Santa's little elves
And go into a area to fight amongst ourselves
We say, peace/piece cause that's what we really want
A piece of the pie that America flaunts
Reality, ain't always the truth
Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth
Reality, ain't always the truth
Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth
Oh shit!
The truth is that police must serve and protect
REALITY is black youth is shown no respect
The truth is government has a war against drugs
REALITY is government is ruled by thugs
With all this technology, above and under
Humanity still hunts down one another
Rappers display artistic cannibalism
through lyricism, we fight each other over rhythm
Through basic animal instincts, we think
So the battle for mental territory is glory, end of story
Reality, ain't always the truth
Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth
Reality, ain't always the truth
Rhymes Equal Actual Life, In The Youth
Yeah
These are the streets!
Shit is real out here!
This ain't no fuckin joke!
R.E.A.L.I.T.Y.
KRS-One
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...And Then Again... 'P' Is Still Free 'p' Is Still Free 1st Quarter - The Commentary 1st Quarter The Commentary 2nd Quarter - Free Throws 2nd Quarter Free Throws 3rd Quarter - The Commentary 3rd Quarter The Commentary 4th Quarter Free Throws 4th Quarter - Free Throws 5 Boroughs 5 Boroughs (feat. Buckshot, Cam'Ron, Keith Murray,... 9 Elements 9mm Goes Bang A Friend Ah Yeah Ah-Yeah Ain't Ready Ain't The Same All Skool Are You Ready For This? Black Cop Bling Blung Blowe Blueprint Boom Bap Break The Chain Bridge Is Over Bring It Back Brown Skin Woman Build Ya Skills Bulworth (They Talk About It While We Live It) C.i.a. (Criminals In Action) Can't Stop Can't Stop, Won't Stop Can't Stop, Won't Stop Clear 'em Out Clear 'em Out Come To Da Party Conscious Rapper Criminal Minded De Automatic Do You Got It Down The Charts Drop It Heavy Essays On Bdp-ism Everybody Rise (featuring L Da Headtoucha) Ey Yo! (The Reggae Virus) Ey-Yo! [the Reggae Virus] Feel This For Example Fourth Quarter - Free Throws Free Mumia Freestyle Ministry (Server Verbals) Fucked Up G. Simone Speaks Get Yourself Up Gimme, Dat, (Woy) GSimone Speaks Gunnen' Em Down Gunnen' Em Down H.I.P.H.O.P Halftime Harmony And Understanding Heal Yourself Health Wealth Self Health, Wealth, Self Heartbeat High School Rock Higher Level Hip Hop Knowledge Hip Hop Lives Hip Hop Rules Hip Hop V. Rap Hip Hop Vs. Rap Hip-Hop Is One Hip-Hop Lives Hold House of Hits How Bad Do You Want It? Hush I Am There I Been There I Can't Wake Up I Can't Wake Up I Got Next Neva Hadda Gun I Got Next/Neva Hadda Gun I Got NextNeva Hadda Gun I Was There I'm On The Mic I'm Still Nr. 1 I'm On The Mic Illegal Business Remix 2004 Intro: You Know What's Up! Intro: You Know What's Up! It's All A Struggle It's All A Struggle Jack of Spades Jah Rulez Just to Prove a Point Kill a Rapper Kreditz KRS-One Attacks Let 'em Have It Let 'em Have It Let It Flow (Get You In The Mood) Let's Go (It's A Movement) Life Interlude Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love) Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love) Ma 6 T Va Crack Er Ma 6-T Va Crack-er Mad Crew Mad Izm MC's Act Like They Don't Know Mc's Act Like They Don't Know Me Man Men Of Steel Message 2002 Mortal Thought (I Must Roc the Mic) Mr. Percy Music For The '90s (Kid Capri Remix) Music For The '90s (Kid Capri Remix) Musika My Conscience My Life My Mind Is Racing My Philosophy Nothing New Only One Organ Break Out for Fame Outro: I'll Be Back Outro: I'll Be Back Outta Here Ova Here Ova Here [Remix] Over 30 Over Ya Head P Is Still Free Perhaps She'll Die Perhaps She'll Die (Livin A Lie) Perhaps She'll Die Philosophical Phucked Plan Up Your Family Power Preserve the Kulture Problemz Rappaz R. N. Dainja Real Hip-Hop - Part II Remember Represent the Real Hip Hop Represent The Real Hip Hop - With Das EFX Represent The Real Hip Hop (Street Version) (feat.... Represent The Real Hip Hop (Street Version)&hellip... Rising To the Top Self Destruction Slap Them Up Smilin' Faces Smilin' Faces Somebody Sound Of Da Police South Bronx Splash Squash All Beef Step Into A World Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight Mix) Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) Step Into A World (Remix) Still Slippin' Still Slippin' Still Spittin' Still Spittin' Stop Frontin' Stop Frontin' Stop Skeemin' Stop Skeemin' (featuring Joe) Stop Skeemin' Stop the Violence [Instrumental][Version] Struggle Continues (Choose Your Way) Style You Haven't Done Yet Survivin' Survivin' Tell The Devil Ha! Temple Tactics The MC The Message 2002 The Movement The Perfect Beat The Raptism The Teacha's Back The Truth The Victory The Way We Live Things Is About to Change This Is What It Is Throw Down Uh Oh Underground Wannabemceez We In There (Extended Edit Mix) What Else Happened Who Protects Us from You? Why Is That? Woke Up Woop! Woop! (Showbiz Remix) WordPerfect Ya Feel Dat You Don't Really Want It You Don't Really Want It You Don't Really Want It (Nelly Diss) You Gon Go? You Must Learn You Must Learn (Remix)
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