KRS-One — They Are Taking Your Time

Listen to this rhyme, they taking your time It's like you're in prison when you don't use your mind Rise up and shine, they taking your time It's like you're in prison when you don't use your mind Eleven million people unemployed and I'm one of them I grew up with the rats and roaches I had fun with them Fly sneaks' and fine clothes, I had none of them But when I came to MC rhymes I had a ton of them People tell me go get a job, I would run from them I saw the workforce and work was no fun for them No beach, no melanin, no Sun for them With slave robbing bosses why would I come under them? So at 7 am you wake up from sleep At 7 am I wake up and take a leak At 7:05 you got slippers on your feet At 7:07 I'm going right back to sleep At 7:15 you thinking about today's meeting At 7:30 am, my friend, I'm still sleeping At 7:45, your phone start beeping Old text messages from yesterday's meeting 8 am you leaving it's freezing You're feeling unworthy trying to get the work before 9:30 9:45 I'm just turning over 9:45 man, you looking over your shoulder Here comes the boss looking for that folder And you know within your folder, you didn't meet your quota Now 11 o'clock's to bone ya', your boss says where's the folder? And you feel like you a goner Well, you simply gotta make it up But 11 o'clock ops KRS just waking up Linger in the bed to about 11:30 Spit a morning prayer, I hope heaven heard me Stand up at about 12 o'clock, you on your lunch break I'm just eating breakfast vegetarian cupcakes 1 o'clock, you back at your desk, back at the office Back into stress, your desk is a mess Listen to this rhyme, they taking your time It's like you're in prison when you don't use your mind Rise up and shine, they taking your time It's like you're in prison when you don't use your mind You doing your best but your best ain't enough You wanna do less but less, makes it rough It's 101 in the public and private sector Either way I'm giving a conference at 4 pm a lecture Topic, while I check my other appointments Cause hip hop is a culture in lifetime employment See, back in the days, to avoid getting jerk We was told to go to college in case rap didn't work Now today, not to be so hurt You better know how to rap in case your degree don't work Man, you better get the lesson, and stop stressing MC and a DJ and a high paying profession So if you need to - don't let them deceive you You ain't got to believe me, it's time you believe you! Listen to this rhyme, they taking your time It's like you're in prison when you don't use your mind Rise up and shine, they taking your time It's like you're in prison when you don't use your mind