Canât buy this, superflyness, like a shyness, your highness
Itâs performinâ, look how long the line is
Thatâs what happens when you make shit thatâs timeless
Thatâs what happens these rappers is the pioneers
What do it take to be a legend like Nas is?
Thatâs so novice, Iâm so polished, I got a right to be a little bit snobbish
I did a little bit of college, semesters it took 2 like Rob Base
To let me figure out this wasnât my place,
the beat slowed tilâ you listened to my pace
Cuz I be killinâ shit, but thatâs evident,
and yâall feelinâ it, but I expected it
If itâs classic itâs gonna last forever than Iâm everywhere
you never been and better than I ever been
Perseverance, see the fake hustler rapper to them it hurts to hear this
O you went platinum â yeah thatâs nice, now let me see you do the same thing twice
New times, 4 times, then been a couple of more times, please your amateur night is show time
Itâs one life to live so live it the best you can,
the world could use one less man
Not enough air, not enough car factories to manufacture new vehicles sedans and vans
When they do make the whip you like ya chips ainât right,
by the time you could afford it the car ainât important
In the streets silent, itâs just I and - cops keep firinâ in my environment
Leavinâ your slum when they drive home far from the hood brothers they eager to jump on
I like to be the wall that they post up on,
I like to see them fall, guilty for doing wrong
Iâm classic like the Air Ones, the Hustler shoe,
thatâs what Iâm accustomed to
How many yâall got criminal minded you you you yâall donât be blinded
Me I got no jewels on my neck, why â I donât need âem I got your respect
KRS 1 20 years I rock I do it for JMJ and Scott LaRock â this hip hop
And weâs a nation, donât you want to hear more KRS on your radio station?
Instead of broadcasting how we smokinâ trees, on the radio we need to hear more local MCâs
Where you at? Come on where you at? This is the difference between MCâing and rap
Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal, MCâs spit rhymes to uplift they people
Peace, love, unity, and Havinâ fun, these are the lyrics of KRS One
Is yâall ready for Twenty-0-7, itâs now another drought
Everyoneâs a killer, wow we buggin out
Since 86 showin the crowd what Iâm about
And they still want to know when the album cominâ out
Ask the teenagers, OâGs and Ask the kids
What they definition of Classic is
Timeless, cause age donât count in the booth
And your flow stays submerged in the fountain of youth
And no doubt the truth Iâm off the meters
Everybody co-signing even non-believers
I came in the door, became one of yâalls leaders
In the fresh pair of Air Force One sneakers
Uptown we call âem uppies when they on divas
Prolly worn when KRS One teaches
Nas, made you look, before the haters
I bet you Kan had âem on when he walked with Jesus
This is classic
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