KRS-One — You A Millionaire

[Verse 1] Let me introduce myself properly I am the original, I’m read‚ it’s not a lot of me Knowledge reigns supreme‚ that’s the vibration I’m coming with People ask me‚ “What you think about rap?” Well it’s some other shit, but This style’s exposing the corruption of the government This ain’t every rapper’s style, KRS some other shit For years we teach the people ‘bout knowledge from the pavement Street knowledge‚ a complete college, we called it edutainment Education through entertainment, that’s what we named it But corporations of all sorts wanted mass enslavement Program directors got the music but didn’t play it They knew about the movement but they still chose to betray it So ask yourself‚ why the radio just play the same shit? They part of the conspiracy, we gon’ have to face it All types of emcees spitting out the illest rhymes And we only get to hear five rappers a millions times? [Chorus] You’s a millionaire, yeah, off of black despair, yeah You’s a millionaire, yeah, off of lust and fear, yeah You’s a millionaire, yeah, off the poor right there, yeah You’s a millionaire, yeah, you’s a millionaire, yeah [Verse 2] You’s a millionaire with a million there and a million here You got a million shares Shoes, you got a million pair You do what you do, you don’t even care Let ‘em peep and stare They not even there You in your easy chair, the millionaire Your fragrance fills the air Which costs more than they’ll make in a year But you don’t even care Hit the brakes, red lights in the rear The pastor anoints them While poor people appoint them Driven by envy, they don’t see how the rich people exploit them [Chorus] You’s a millionaire, yeah, off of black despair, yeah You’s a millionaire, yeah, off of lust and fear, yeah You’s a millionaire, yeah, off the poor right there, yeah You’s a millionaire, yeah, you’s a millionaire, yeah [Verse 3] I can be a millionaire A millionaire for sure If I hoard my money and ignore the cries of the poor If I opened up a company and asked for hood loyalty Then when the money came in, I would not pay out the royalties I would be a millionaire Maybe I would love it But what they do with a thousand dollars, I can do with a hundred I don’t cost that much to live So I got a lot to give Keep a surplus, positive [Chorus] You’s a millionaire, yeah, off of black despair, yeah You’s a millionaire, yeah, off of lust and fear, yeah You’s a millionaire, yeah, off the poor right there, yeah You’s a millionaire, yeah, you’s a millionaire, yeah