Health, Wealth, Self chords by KRS‐ONE
Verse 1
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Yeah yeah
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yup
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You know what? I was just downstairs
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And I was on my way up here
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to the studio and
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A guy bumped into me and
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And he said he said, "yo kris
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How is it that you stay in this music?
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You know, this rap music especially
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for so long so long"
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I said, "well you know years ago I
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made a deal with the goddess"
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He said, "the goddess?"
I said, "well yeah,
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you might know her as god
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But I know her as the goddess"
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The universal mother
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The mother of everything
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you see in existence
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I asked her for assistance
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In lyrical persistence
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And she gave it to me,
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under one condition
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She said, "I'll give you the gift
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But use the gift to uplift"
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I said, "okay mom"
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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So I tell you the truth, really
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Me nah gon' need nuttin else
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But health, wealth,
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and knowledge of myself
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Me nah gon' need nuttin else
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But health, wealth,
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and knowledge of myself
Verse 3
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In the beginning was the word,
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the word was made flesh
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Knowledge k reigns r supreme s
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Some of us guess while others
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of us are blessed
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Take heed to the word, that I manifest
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I manifest the future, the present,
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followed by the past
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Everything in nature, rules by kickin' ass
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What they tellin' me, but yo,
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you a friend to me
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So I'ma tell you the secrets
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of mc longevity
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Secret one if it ain't fun, you're done
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And about your career, huh,
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well choose another one
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If you don't like what you do,
you're through
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Lesson two make sure you
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got a dope crew
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Not some crew,
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that's like an anchor on a shoe
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A mad crew,
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that's of some benefit to you
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Lesson three,
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might be contradictory or funny
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But mc's should have other
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ways of gettin' money
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That's to say learn other
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things beside music
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Make money elsewhere,
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hip- hop you won't abuse it
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Too many mc's, just emcee
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So their longevity,
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is based on an uncle tom
At the record company
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Lesson four sell your image,
never sell a record
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Image is respected, records come and go
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And get collected
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Even the records of platinum artists,
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that used to rip shop
Can be bought,
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for a quarter at the thrift shop
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Which brings me to lesson number five,
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the illusion
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the minute they drop a record
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They'll be cruisin', in the acura
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Slow down you're still a amateur
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What separates the pro from
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the amateur is stamina
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Not how long you can rhyme,
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but how long you've been rhymin'
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Changin' with the times,
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and findin' yourself
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Still climbing for wealth
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Blow for blow, you're still growin',
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still showin'
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(All knowin') now that's a pro at it
Verse 4
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Me nah gon' need nuttin' else
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But health, wealth,
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and knowledge of myself
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Me nah gon' need nuttin' else
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But health, wealth,
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and knowledge of myself
Verse 5
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Thank you mother, I'm out
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Health, Wealth, Self
KRS‐ONE
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