The Real HipHop - Intro by NAS

Ayo man, this is the end

And let me tell you something man

My man KRS, when I heard Spit-tacular was coming out

The greatest emcee of all time

I said I couldn't wait

I couldn't believe it

I couldn't wait to witness it

The greatest emcee of all time, KRS

And I'm from Queensbridge, you heard?

Let's go

I pray for my people that the light do reach you

Ignorance is lethal, this is why I teach you

Every boy and girl the wolf wanna eat you

But the wolf is part of the same world that deceives you

Once you realize that there is no separation

You'll control the wolf from the center of your creation

This is that new rap language, or slanguage

Somethin to bang with man, we call it Edutainment man

In 1994 DeSean Burke said it

Do you remember there we laid out the plan?

To overstand hip-hop you gotta overstand hip-hoppers

Afrika Bambaataa, they made this man

And yeah there were others, undocumented sisters and brothers

That fell to crimes and drugs, it was crazy man

But the secret to Edutainment

Is to take hip-hop beyond entertainment, leave baby land

It seems we all forgot about that real hip-hop

KRS-One, bringing you that real hip-hop

That real music you've been waiting for to reach your spot

That main ingredient believable to keep this hot

It seems we all forgot about that real hip-hop

KRS-One, bringing you that real hip-hop

That real music you've been waiting for to reach your spot

That main ingredient believable to keep this hot

I manifest it from this hip-hop, adolescent

Now add the essence of S, now you got a weapon

Now pay attention if you listening and you listen close

We're in position to lyrically hit you where it hurts the most

My proposition of philosophy spitting was written

The contradiction of the system's that I can not spit this

I can not budge to be a gimmick, I shoved you with lyrics

Then did it consecutive gripping, 'til I figured you'd gain

They like S come, huh? Meet KRS-One

Father of hip-hop, you're sorta like his step-son

The way, I get some, I done been it and had some

Rhymes, out of my mind so haters be vexing

I bless them, with a message like a scripture, painting a picture

The fame insane, screamin my name

Picture the game changed, from that music that we all adventured

But all is not lost, hip-hop, I won't forget ya

It seems we all forgot about that real hip-hop

KRS-One, bringing you that real hip-hop

That real music you've been waiting for to reach your spot

That main ingredient believable to keep this hot

It seems we all forgot about that real hip-hop

KRS-One, bringing you that real hip-hop

That real music you've been waiting for to reach your spot

That main ingredient believable to keep this hot

KRS is after you crash the truck

And your jewels get plucked

And your so-called friends begin lying again

What? When your life is thin

That's when I come in, KRS

Yeah! Big shout out to my man

M-I-C, Track Dons you did it again

Temple of Hiphop, stand up

Let's go to work

It seems we all forgot about that real hip-hop

KRS-One, bringing you that real hip-hop

That real music you've been waiting for to reach your spot

That main ingredient believable to keep this hot

It seems we all forgot about that real hip-hop