KRS-One - Message 2002 Lyrics

Uh, ha, uh, ha

Another inebriated beat

You know what time it is

Straight for the street

KRS-One, hold tight, look, look

Crack, don't mess with that

Speed, don't mess with that

It's whack don't mess with that

Greed, don't mess with that

Knowledge yeah, mess with that

God yeah, mess with that

College yeah, mess with that

A job yeah, mess with that

Look, look, dealing don't mess with that

Crying, don't mess with that

Stealing, don't mess with that

Lying, don't mess with that

Meditation, mess with that

Forgiveness, mess with that

Education, mess with that

Hip hop we lovin' that

I rhyme for respect y'all, intellect y'all

Not sex y'all, move that neck y'all, correct y'all

Checks y'all, cash y'all, don't last y'all

With cops y'all to blast y'all, harass y'all

Flash y'all as they pass y'all, through the glass y'all

These videos gas y'all cause they trash y'all

I ask y'all this fact y'all

Unaired y'all, these cops y'all they scared y'all

They fear y'all they hear y'all they hate y'all

Less than 40,000 a week, they make y'all

Cops y'all with black feet, livin' from week to week

Walk crooked beats in the streets y'all

They greet y'all with the heat y'all, to defeat y'all

It's deep y'all, hear what I teach y'all and speak y'all

Hate don't mess with that

Trends, don't mess with that

[Unverified] don't mess with that

Revenge, don't mess with that

Truth yeah, mess with that

Skills yeah, mess with that

Proof yeah, mess with that

Build yeah, mess with that

Wars, don't look for that

Freaking, don't look for that

Whores, don't mess with that

Cheating, don't mess with that

G.E.D. mess with that

Science of mind mess with that

Family, mess with that

Hip hop, we lovin' that

Yeah, yo, aiyyo, yo, who seein' us

With an overdose level of free in us

They bring the heat to us

They don't really want the beat in us, take heed to us

While they plottin' and schemin' to be deletin' us

Best believe in us, they not defeatin' us

Them glocks wanna bust

With twenty-one shots to put the leak in us

So they can bloody the street with us

What does it mean to us?

You know what they need from us

Give cream to us, hide the lies and deceit from us

That doesn't equal us

Who's ready to get in the Jeep with us

Form a fleet with us and take back the street with us

Meet with us, drop bombs in the street with us

Never saw it comin', attack on the sneak with us

Thus, they can't compete with us

We flow through your veins like DJ's

When they cut, you'll be bleedin' us

I came with Kris to heat it up

Showin' my body's the temple

Hip hop is the lock

Now put the key in us

Crack, don't mess with that

Speed, don't mess with that

It's whack don't mess with that

Greed, don't mess with that

Knowledge yeah, mess with that

God yeah, mess with that

College yeah, mess with that

A job yeah, mess with that

Look, look, dealing don't mess with that

Crying, don't mess with that

Stealing, don't mess with that

Lying, don't mess with that

Meditation, mess with that

Forgiveness, mess with that

Education, mess with that

Hip hop we lovin' that

Truth y'all, facts y'all, proof y'all, black y'all

Time to check this map y'all, are we goin' back y'all?

Let's make a pact y'all, come together watch your back y'all

Stay in tact y'all, never whack gimme dap y'all

Comin' at y'all, headcrack y'all with the facts y'all

Police y'all, on the attack y'all if ya black y'all

So if this is fact y'all, when we rap y'all

Over the track y'all, why we rap about crack y'all?

That's whack y'all, we trapped y'all

Holdin' the gat y'all just to kill another black y'all

Clak, clak, clak y'all, it's like that y'all

KRS-One yo, let's take it back y'all, listen

Hate don't mess with that

Trends, don't mess with that

[Unverified] don't mess with that

Revenge, don't mess with that

Truth yeah, mess with that

Skills yeah, mess with that

Proof yeah, mess with that

Build yeah, mess with that

Wars, don't look for that

Freaking, don't look for that

Whores, don't mess with that

Cheating, don't mess with that

G.E.D. mess with that

Science of mind mess with that

Family, mess with that

Hip hop, we lovin' that