KRS-One — Open Your I

[Intro] Open your I The real you Get off the slave ship [Verse 1] The culture made me There isn't too much that amaze me There isn't too much that can faze me Awoke and awake how I stay B I'm freeing my people from slavery While rappers are looking for slavery Losing their bravery, spitting the crazy [Salvers always do to these babies] Knowledge reigning supreme and Look how I'm gleaming, never deceiving Steady achieving, better believe it When I'm MCing I rock for a reason I'm not with the treason, rappers be thieving Money is what they believe in I'm bringing the heat, they're bringing the freezin' Time to switch up the season Above and beyond, I'm way too advanced these rappers ain't standing a chance I give 'em a glance, they pissin their pants I'm waking them up from their trance I rock like an avalanche, in a battle stance I don't have to dance K to the R to the S-ONE is the best one, it's unanimous Now that I got your attention, here's the direction Here's what I came to mention Slavery is still in effect, it's economic, prison is just an extension Free yourself from working for pension Free yourself from doubting and guessing Free yourself, your mind is a weapon This ain't a song it's a lesson [Chorus] You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye [Verse 2] Yo Time for my people to raise up Time for our leaders to face up Policies ain't gonna save us Following them will enslave us A black president did it change what Looking around it's the same rut So many people just say stuff Looking around like lame ducks Year after year it's the same shit "Vote for me, I'm gonna change it" All of them read from the same script Look at this, this is some fake shit They lying but you just take it The lights and the flash they crave it They teach the class to obey it For real this is a slave ship Like citizenship is a slave ship Like scholarship, this is a slave ship The way that we really obey shit, we going along with enslavement You'll never be free because they made you You're walking and talking like they do It's really exactly how slaves do, believing in shit that just ain't true This is the truth that will save you This is the door to escape through The music is just to relate to But really they trying to break you For real they trying to take you Cause slavery that's what they do You hate yourself 'cause they hate you Be the real you, not the fake you [Chorus] You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye You have got to open your eye [Outro] Open your I The I that comes after H Your I Your being Open it up Aight let's go to that next joint Give me something raw and hard