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Key: Ab major

Intro 1
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Well now you're forced

Verse 1
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to listen to the teacher and the lesson
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Class is in session so you can stop guessin
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If this is a tape or a written down memo
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See I   am a professional,
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this is not a de mo

Verse 2
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In fact call it a lecture,
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a  visual picture
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Sort of a  poetic and
rhythm- like mixture
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Listen, I'm not dissin but there's
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somethin that you're missin
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Maybe you should touch reality,
stop wishin

Verse 3
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For beats with plenty bass
and lyrics said in haste
If this meaning doesn't manifest put it to rest
I am a poet, you try to show it, yet blow it
It takes concentration for fresh
communication
Observation,
that is to see without speaking
Take off your coat, take notes, I am teachin
A class, or rather school,
cause you need schooling
I am not a king or queen, I'm not ruling

Verse 4
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This is  anduction to poetry
A small dedication to those
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that might know of me
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They might know of you
and maybe your gang
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But one thing's for sure,
neither one of y'all can hang
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Cause yo I'm like a arrow,
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and Scott is the crossbow
Say something now ... thought so
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You seem to be  the type
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that only understand
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The annihilation and destruction
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of the next man
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That's not poetry, that is insan ity
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It's simply fantasy far from reality
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Poetry is the language
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of imagination
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Poetry is a form of posit
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ive creation
Difficult, isn't it? The point?
You're missin it
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Your face is in front of my

Interlude 1

hand so I'm dissin it

Verse 5
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Scott LaRock is innovating,
decorating hip- hop
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The beat may drop but
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not like all the others
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They just cover while I just smother
Every single stupid mutha -
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- wait wait brotha
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KRS- One will have to show another
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MC or self- proclaimed king or queen
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Or gang or crew or solo or team
That I mean
Business
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So tell

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me what is this?
See I come from the Bronx
so just kiss this
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Boogie Down Productions is
somewhat an experiment
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The antidote for sucka MC's and
they're fearin it
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It's self- explanatory,
no one's writin for me
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The poetry I'm rattlin is
really not for battlin

Verse 7
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But if you want I  will simply
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change the program
So when I'm done you
will simply say "damn"
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So this conversation is some
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what hypothetical
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attempts to prove somethin
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I say hypothetical because
it's only theory
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My theory, so take a minute now to hear me
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Interlude 2

Verse 8
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So what's your problem?
It seems you want to be KRS- Two
From my point of view,
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backtrack, stop the attack
Cos KRS- One means simply one KRS
That's it, that's all, solo,
single, no more, no less

Verse 9
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I've built up my credential
financially and mental
Anytime I rhyme I request the instrumental
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I speak clearly and that's merely
Or should I say a mere, help to my career

Verse 10
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I'm really not into fashion or craze
Just the one who pays and
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how soon I get a raise
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You're probably in a daze,
acting out of sympathy
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Wrote a couple of rhymes and
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think that you can get with me
But what a pity, I'm rockin New York City
And everywhere else,
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you put the jams on the shelf
You as an amateur is outspoken
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I'm looking at your face,
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you seem to be hopin
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That I

Verse 11
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might stutter, stop, or just mess up
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But everything's live that's why I
don't dress up
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"Blastmaster KRS" a
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synonym for "fresh"
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I'm the teacher of the class,
I do not pass no test
Got DJ Scott LaRock by my side,
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not in back of me
Cos we make up the Boogie Down
Productions crew faculty
Get it right, or train yourself not to bite
Cos when you bite you have bitten,
when I hear it, that's it
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I do not contemplate a battle
cause it really ain't worth it
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I'd rather point a pistol at your
head and try to burst it

Verse 12
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I'm teaching poetry
I'm teaching poetry
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Scott
LaRock
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We're teaching
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