Rising to the Top

Rising to the Top

歌手:KRS-One

所属专辑:Hip Hop Lives

发行时间:2007-05-22

发行公司:Koch

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作词 : KRS One, Parker, Williams
To you super listeners how you doing tonight?
All you fly guys and fly girls
Welcome once again to the world famous Mister Magic
Rap Attack and (unintelligible)
Way way back before the ' Hots' and the 'Powers'
We used to listen to live mixin' for hours
Roxanne Shanté,U.T.F.O.
Mister Magic Rap Attack some of y'all know
But I was in the shelter in weakness
Homeless, turntableless and microphoneless
Fresh gearless but still I was fearless
And focused on being the ****** MC alive
It's '85,LL's on Def Jam
With the best jam,And Whodini's on Jive
Man you know I had to survive
New York City was crazy in the 80's but damn it was live
So here comes the Juice Crew with MC Shan
Shanté's already the queen,Marley's already the man
Y'all don't really understand
When you throw on Shanté or Shan it got live in the jam
So we went to Mister Magic
If anybody had to power to put you on he had it
We gave up the demo tape no love lost
But it seems Mister Magic just brushed us off
Somehow we heard we were whack
Every track,and that we shouldn't even call back
Right there my jaw dropped, no doubt
But it made me see what I was all about
And I'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
Give it all you got, give it all you got
I'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
Give it all you got, give it all you got
We'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
Give it all you got, give it all you got
We'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
Give it all you got,give it all you got,give it all you got
In the spot new hip hop and Latin Quarters
And the Union Square and the rooftop
We used to hear them tunes pop in the parking lot
Where it got dark a lot me and Scott La Rock
But it was all for the hip hoppers
Salt-N-Pepa answered Doug E Fresh with 'The Show Stoppa'
MC Shan was gonna challenge LL
Shanté was battling 3 or 4 groups at the same time what the hell
Answer records were big then
after Shanté did it,Everybody was trying to spit them
so we spit off
To tell you the truth it was the only way an MC could get on
We answered MC Shan's ' Queensbridge'
A **** jam about where he was from and where he lived
But in the Bronx there was these kids
KRS, Scott La Rock trying to live
And I'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
Give it all you got, give it all you got
I'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
Give it all you got, give it all you got
We'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
Give it all you got, give it all you got
We'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
Give it all you got,give it all you got,give it all you got
This it what an MC was,we had a strong street buzz
Marley and Shan showed us some love and love never hurt'
Cause while Shan was with Marley we was with DJ Red Alert
Every Friday night,every Saturday night
On the airwaves the battle was right
Under New York nights, smog and lights
Jargon at night the Roxy used to get so hype
You could put on your headset
And get what heads didn't get yet
Live MCs going,"Check, check"
Spitin' rhymes over the radio set
These are the days and the ways I can never forget
So I don't forget it to Marley and Shan I am indebted
For the start of my career these guys could take credit
For my rappin',the whole battle they let it all happen
Marley and Shan and Shanté could have been gun strapping
Cousin!But they wasn't and you know why?
Cause we was on some real hip hop let's keep it buzzing!
[00:00.000] 作词 : KRS One, Parker, Williams
[00:09.04]To you super listeners how you doing tonight?
[00:11.61]All you fly guys and fly girls
[00:13.89]Welcome once again to the world famous Mister Magic
[00:16.17]Rap Attack and (unintelligible)
[00:19.13]Way way back before the ' Hots' and the 'Powers'
[00:21.96]We used to listen to live mixin' for hours
[00:24.23]Roxanne Shanté,U.T.F.O.
[00:26.80]Mister Magic Rap Attack some of y'all know
[00:29.47]But I was in the shelter in weakness
[00:31.64]Homeless, turntableless and microphoneless
[00:34.11]Fresh gearless but still I was fearless
[00:37.19]And focused on being the ****** MC alive
[00:40.28]It's '85,LL's on Def Jam
[00:42.36]With the best jam,And Whodini's on Jive
[00:44.81]Man you know I had to survive
[00:46.78]New York City was crazy in the 80's but damn it was live
[00:49.59]So here comes the Juice Crew with MC Shan
[00:52.16]Shanté's already the queen,Marley's already the man
[00:55.41]Y'all don't really understand
[00:56.84]When you throw on Shanté or Shan it got live in the jam
[00:59.76]So we went to Mister Magic
[01:01.68]If anybody had to power to put you on he had it
[01:04.64]We gave up the demo tape no love lost
[01:07.45]But it seems Mister Magic just brushed us off
[01:09.91]Somehow we heard we were whack
[01:12.18]Every track,and that we shouldn't even call back
[01:14.78]Right there my jaw dropped, no doubt
[01:16.88]But it made me see what I was all about
[01:19.63]And I'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
[01:22.56]Give it all you got, give it all you got
[01:24.72]I'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
[01:27.58]Give it all you got, give it all you got
[01:29.80]We'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
[01:32.75]Give it all you got, give it all you got
[01:34.85]We'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
[01:37.72]Give it all you got,give it all you got,give it all you got
[01:40.59]In the spot new hip hop and Latin Quarters
[01:42.77]And the Union Square and the rooftop
[01:44.97]We used to hear them tunes pop in the parking lot
[01:47.35]Where it got dark a lot me and Scott La Rock
[01:50.16]But it was all for the hip hoppers
[01:51.75]Salt-N-Pepa answered Doug E Fresh with 'The Show Stoppa'
[01:54.86]MC Shan was gonna challenge LL
[01:56.64]Shanté was battling 3 or 4 groups at the same time what the hell
[02:00.46]Answer records were big then
[02:02.58]after Shanté did it,Everybody was trying to spit them
[02:05.66]so we spit off
[02:07.36]To tell you the truth it was the only way an MC could get on
[02:10.88]We answered MC Shan's ' Queensbridge'
[02:13.10]A **** jam about where he was from and where he lived
[02:15.81]But in the Bronx there was these kids
[02:17.83]KRS, Scott La Rock trying to live
[02:19.93]And I'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
[02:23.26]Give it all you got, give it all you got
[02:25.27]I'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
[02:28.29]Give it all you got, give it all you got
[02:30.40]We'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
[02:33.36]Give it all you got, give it all you got
[02:35.48]We'll keep rising to the top while my mind go
[02:38.39]Give it all you got,give it all you got,give it all you got
[02:41.19]This it what an MC was,we had a strong street buzz
[02:44.60]Marley and Shan showed us some love and love never hurt'
[02:47.65]Cause while Shan was with Marley we was with DJ Red Alert
[02:50.82]Every Friday night,every Saturday night
[02:53.42]On the airwaves the battle was right
[02:55.39]Under New York nights, smog and lights
[02:57.43]Jargon at night the Roxy used to get so hype
[03:00.65]You could put on your headset
[03:02.11]And get what heads didn't get yet
[03:03.58]Live MCs going,"Check, check"
[03:06.06]Spitin' rhymes over the radio set
[03:08.08]These are the days and the ways I can never forget
[03:10.94]So I don't forget it to Marley and Shan I am indebted
[03:14.06]For the start of my career these guys could take credit
[03:16.94]For my rappin',the whole battle they let it all happen
[03:19.54]Marley and Shan and Shanté could have been gun strapping
[03:22.59]Cousin!But they wasn't and you know why?
[03:25.90]Cause we was on some real hip hop let's keep it buzzing!