(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when you see a devil down

(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when you take the Devil's crown

(Ah, yeah) Stay alive, all things'll change around

(Ah, yeah) What?

(Ah, yeah)

So here I go, kickin' signs in ninety-five

I be illin', parental discretion is advised still

Don't call me ****, this emcee goes for his

Call me god 'cause that's what the black man is

Roamin' through the forest as the hardest lyrical artist

Black women, you are not a bitch, you're a goddess

Let it be known, you can lean on KRS-One

Like a wall 'cause I'm hard, I represent God

Whack emcees have one style, gun buck

But when you say, "Let's buck for revolution", they shut the fuck up

Can't get with it

Down to start a riot in a minute

You'll hear so many baow-baow-baow, you'll think I'm Riddick

While other emcees are talkin' about up with hope, down with dope

I'll have a devil in my infrared scope, boy

That's for calling my father a boy

And klak-klak-klak

That's for putting scars on my mother's back

Boo

That's for calling my sister a hoe

And for you, buck-buck-buck

'Cause I don't give a motherfuck

Remember the whip, remember the chant, remember the rope and

You black people still thinkin' about votin'

Every president we ever had lied

You know, I'm kind of glad Nixon died

(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when you see a devil down

(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when you take the Devil's crown

(Ah, yeah) Stay alive, all things'll change around

(Ah, yeah) What?

(Ah, yeah)

This is not the first time I came to the planet

But every time I come, only a few could understand it

I came as Isis, my words, they tried to ban it

I came as Moses, they couldn't follow my commandments

I came as Solomon to a people that was lost

I came as Jesus, but they nailed me to a cross

I came as Harriet Tubman, I put the truth to Sojourner

Other times, I had to come as Nat Turner

They tried to burn me, lynch me, and starve me

So I had to come back as Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley

They tried to harm me, I used to be Malcolm X

Now I'm on the planet as the one called KRS

Kickin' the metaphysical, spiritual

Tryin' to, like, get with you

Showin' you, you are invincible

The Black Panther is the black answer for real

In my spiritual form, I turn into Bobby Seale

On the wheels of steel, my spirit flies away

And enters into Kwame Ture

(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when you see a devil down

(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when you take the Devil's crown

(Ah, yeah) Stay alive, all things'll change around

(Ah, yeah) What?

(Ah, yeah)

In the streets, there is no EQ, no dee-do-ee-do-ee-do

So I grab the air and speak through the code, the devil cannot see through

As I unload into another cerebellum

Then I can tell 'em, because my vibes go through denim

And leather, whatever, however, I'm still rockin'

We used to pick cotton, now we pick up cotton when we shoppin'

Have you forgotten why we buildin' in a cypher?

Yo, hear me, kid, government is building in a pyramid

The son of God is brighter than the son of man

The spirit is, check your dollar bill, G, here it is

We got no time for fancy mathematics

Your mental frequency frequently pickin' up static

Makin' you a naked body, addict, and it's democratic

They press auto and you kill it with an automatic

(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when you see a devil down

(Ah, yeah) That's what you say when you take the Devil's crown

(Ah, yeah) Stay alive, all things'll change around

(Ah, yeah) What?

(Ah, yeah)