KRS-One — Show Respect

[Intro] Okay Okay Okay let's do this Uh huh [Verse 1] Before I spit the verse I'm versed up I got to take a moment for some ancestor worship Scott La Rock all day Ms. Melodie all day (?) all day Kwame Toure okay They watching over KRS today There's so many ancestors with me Man watch what you say You don't even know how I got here So many dudes are not here So I do not fear When the roads is not clear We are not alarmed with it (?) in the darkness I'm the spark in it With every sentence your intelligence I sharpen it Like a knife or a box cutter you cut the carpet with Spark that shit Dudes don't know how deep Chris Parker get You hear the art I spit Cause I was at the start of it The cypher is hyper when KRS is part of it The same cypher's incomplete when apart from it Show respect [Hook] (Get-get-get-get-get-get-get) Show respect (Get-get-get-get-get-get-get) What I'm saying Yeah Yeah Show respect (Get-get-get-get-get-get-get) (Get-get-get-get-get-get-get) What I'm saying [Verse 2] Let me make this really clear They are not us All these wack twitter rappers I do not trust They will pull out the gat but they will not bust They will witness injustice but they will not fuss They sitting at home thinking they can stop us I'm flicking ashes on these asses leaving them in the dust dust Criminal minded Spiritual minded Political minded My lyric you can time it Watch how I rhyme it Spit, shine, and grind it Autograph and sign it No corporation behind it Free man, free MC, and free-minded You looking for authentic and real Well I'm it These critics be amazed they don't know what it means KRS still ripping it in 2017 On to 2018, 2019 Its a crazy scene, I'm all in their face like Maybelline Show respect [Hook] (Get-get-get-get-get-get-get) Show respect (Get-get-get-get-get-get-get) What I'm saying Yeah Yeah Show respect (Get-get-get-get-get-get-get) (Get-get-get-get-get-get-get) What I'm saying