Key: Eb major
Verse 1
when you see a devil down
Ah yeah, that's whatcha say
when you take the devil's crown
Ah yeah, stay alive all things
will change around
Ah yeah, what? Ah yeah
Verse 2
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So here I go kickin' science in ninety- five
I be illin', parental discretion
is advised still
Don't call me nigga, this MC goes for his
Call me God,
cause that's what the black man is
Roamin' through the forest
as the hardest lyrical artist
Black women you are not a
bitch you're a Goddess
Let it be known, you can lean on KRS- One
Like a wall cause I'm hard,
I represent GOD
Wack MC's have only one style gun buck
But when you say,
"Let's buck for revolution"
They shut the fuck up, kid, get with it
Down to start a riot in a minute
You'll hear so many Bowe- Bowe- Bowe,
you think I'm Riddick
While other MC's are talkin' bout
up with hope down with dope
I'll have a devil in my infrared scope,
woi
That's for calling my father a boy and,
KLAK KLAK KLAK
That's for putting scars on my
mother's back, BO
That's for calling my sister a hoe,
and for you
Buck BUCK BUCK,
cause I don't give a motherfuck
Remember the whip, remember the chant,
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about vot- ing
Verse 3
when you see a devil down
Ah yeah, that's whatcha say when
you take the devil's crown
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Ah yeah, stay alive all things
will change around
Verse 4
I came to the planet
But every time I come,
only a few could understand it
I came as Isis,
my words they tried to ban it
I came as Moses,
they couldn't follow my commandments
I came as Solomon, to a people that was lost
I came as Jesus,
but they nailed me to a cross
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I came as Harriet Tubman,
I put the truth to Sojourner
Other times, I had to come as Nat Turner
They tried to burn me,
lynch me and starve me
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So I had to come back as Marcus Garvey,
Bob Marley
They tried to harm me,
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Now I'm on the planet as the
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one called KRS
Kickin the metaphysical,
spiritual, tryin to like
Get wit you, showin you, you are invincible
The Black Panther is the
black answer for real
In my spiritual form,
I turn into Bobby Seale
On the wheels of steel, my spirit flies away
And enters into Kwame Ture
Verse 5
when you see a devil down
Ah yeah, that's whatcha say when
you take the devil's crown
Ah yeah, stay alive all things
will change around
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Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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In the streets there is no EQ, no
di- do- di- do- di- do
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So I grab the air and speak
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The devil cannot see through as I unload
because my vibes go through denim
And leather whatever,
however, I'm still rockin'
We used to pick cotton,
now we pick up cotton when we shoppin'
Have you forgotten why we
buildin' in a cypher
Yo hear me kid,
government is building in a pyramid
The son of God is brighter
than the son of man
The spirit is, check your dollar bill G,
here it is
We got no time for fancy mathematics
Your mental frequency frequently
Makin you a naked body,
They press auto,
Verse 7
when you see a devil down
Ah yeah, stay alive all things
will change around
Ah yeah, what? Ah yeah
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