KRS-One - Know Thy Self Lyrics






You ready to go? I'm ready to go
What about y'all, y'all ready to go? (yeah aight yeah) I'm ready to go
Look

[repeat 3X]
Know thy self, and thou shalt know
The universe and God (whoa-ohh-ohh)

God is the mother, the father, the friend
Know ye not that ye must be born again?
What does it mean to be in the world but not of it
It means you want the cars the cash the jewels the house but you don't love it
It means to taxes regulation state law you live above it
It means you a FREE hip-hopper, you ain't nobody's puppet
You don't see no money on me, you see it up in the cupboard
You see me up in Toys'R'Us, with my seeds cause they love it
You see insurance flash out, if my kids pass out
You see seven acres of land where we can all spaz out
To all my fathers that fathered, hold your head up for starters
Teach your toddlers, not to be thieves and robbers
This that other kind of rap, that leads to true hip-hop
There's other kinds of raps, but they lead you to get shot
The choice is yours, you gettin older now
You got a kid comin, how you gonna hold it down?
It's one thing to be iced out and rocked up
What's the point if you're gettin locked up?

[repeat 3X]
Know thy self, and thou shalt know
The universe and God (whoa-ohh-ohh)

God is the mother, the father, the friend
Know ye not that ye must be born again?
It's really time we seperate the young men from the big men
The young girls from the women, whatever the title that fit them
My style designed to open a child's mind when I spit them
I only got a little bit of time to really rhyme and uplift them
You see them brothers talkin about that crime? Forgive them
It won't be long before they words manifest and they live them
Sometimes you gotta go back to the beginnin to learn
After fifteen years I'm just BEGINNIN to burn
To all my true hip-hoppers, that pay bills and live proper
Never allow a negative thought to stop ya
Correct ya posture, stand upright not uptight
Don't be scared of the light, just prepare for the fight
We say "Criminal Minded", cause our thoughts are illegal
We represent the very thinkin of, inner-city people
Real people, people that take care of theyself
They need health, love, awareness and wealth
Not to mention, knowledge of God
Not college, the job then dead - if you agree nod your head
It's one thing to be iced out and rocked up
But what's the point if you're gettin locked up?

[repeat 3X]
Know thy self, and thou shalt know
The universe and God (whoa-ohh-ohh)

God is the mother, the father, the friend
Know ye not that ye must be born again?
C'mon c'mon yo, tonight is it
We gonna steal away together, through these rhymes I spit
When the student is ready, the teacher, shall appear
So I'm here, but are you really ready to face your fears?
Mo' money, mo' money, is that your credo?
You've been livin in a dream world Neo, power to the people!
Nobody's equal, everybody's diversed and different
My lyric'll never cheat you, my verse is gifted
So manifest what you believe is God almighty
It could be Allah Jesus Krishna Buddha Aphrodite
It could be Nefretire come hear me and never fear me
It's like at some point in your life you gonna have to hear me
I represent them teachers preachers comin through your speaker
Manifestin another lesson to them true believers
Instead of pickin up our women ready to mistreat 'em
You better get yourself a wife and kid and never leave 'em
You better teach 'em you better read 'em you better feed 'em
The system will defeat 'em if you don't teach 'em the cops'll beat 'em
The style that I be kickin quick is "Edutainment"
Hip-Hop culture needed a teacher quick so I became it
Instead of rhymin about my history and what I been through
I'd rather rhyme about awakening the God within you
Yo, it's one thing to be iced out and rocked up
But what's the point if you're gettin locked up?

[repeat 3X]
Know thy self, and thou shalt know
The universe and God (whoa-ohh-ohh)

God is the mother, the father, the friend
Know ye not that ye must be born again?

Yeah.. yeah.. FRESH, for two-thousand and two
my sisters and BROTHERS, my sisters and BROTHERS.. [repeats to fade]





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  1. T.... R....

    Yall ready to go?? Yeah im ready to go..at the beggining of the song...Dear God in the name of Jesus..work in me to prepare me to always in faith and works be ready to go before...during..and after Jesus return,to take me home with him to live in heaven forever more.and do the same for the unsaved..and saved..in Jesus name.

  2. A.... H....

    He kept a close eye on the 10 comandmants wile rapping this

  3. J.... L....

    soy el unico latino

  4. A.... R....

    Boom 2020!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. C.... S....

    With which album should I start to get more into KRS-One? The man recorded so much material 🤔

  6. E.... C....

    soft shit

  7. R.... O....

    These other kinda raps that leave you to get shot

  8. R.... O....

    He spitting

  9. J.... H....

    True Hip Hop

  10. e.... ....

    ...Thank you.

  11. m.... v....

    The Teacha..

  12. l.... k....

    one of the best songs ever and than combined with a painting by my favorite artist- Alex Grey for who wonders.. some things are just meant to be i guess.. thank you KRS

  13. R.... M....

    Gran referente del HH, no entiendo porque esta bien infravalorado..

  14. K.... S....

    Know thyself... 👀

  15. M.... A....

    The last thing krs one knows is God....HERETIC....and krs one knows it too! The only ones who dont know hes a heretic are little children whom he illuminated with his false teachings...

  16. M.... A....

    Fuck krs one...false teacher....go swindle some kids....all he seam to do is illuminate children and lead them down the wrong road....your a puppet krs one

  17. o.... ....

    2020 and I'm still listening to one of the fathers of Hip Hop because he brings up my self esteem with his music no talking about drugs or guns just a pure message that today's music has forgotten

  18. D.... G....

    I’m not even the biggest fan of KRS-One and even I can see that this is a powerful Hip Hop song. From this era, I just preferred listening to Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, and Rakim. You can definitely see how he influenced Mos Def here in this song and even the beats too.

  19. K.... Y....

    2020 knowledge reign supreme on nearly everybody! The dopest track this far this year all the way on the late train 🤨 back to the boom bap no gimmicks allowed real hip hop still lives oooooohhhhh! KRS bitch!!!!#I'm#1,2,3,4,&5!!!!

  20. B.... D....

    I feeling this song🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  21. Y.... A....

    This is NOT A RAPPER THIS IS A PROPHET

  22. B.... G....

    Hip hop and graff sence 1975 this truth.much love

  23. K.... ....

    Respect

  24. S.... M....

    I am GOD let’s go to court

  25. A.... ....

    KRS-One is 'The Pythia' of the 90's... and that's for real.

  26. E.... U....

    LLcoolJ is still GOAT because he never battled this man.

    E.... U....

    Heeell no.

  27. N.... ....

    Know thy self, and thou shalt know
    The universe and God (whoa-ohh-ohh)...happy 2020 y'all

    N.... ....

    NEPABEAST deep

    N.... ....

    The Old School flavour!

  28. s.... s....

    krs one e foda demais canta muito se louco eu sou fan dez de pequeno so som pesado cade os brasileiros pra representar os br aqui

  29. R.... R....

    Know Thy-self , The Universe and GOD

  30. A.... ....

    No, KRS, U know its not true

  31. D.... V....

    Preach!! KRS is a smart man I thought he would have figured out by now that there is no god.

    D.... V....

    go teach him...

    D.... V....

    Dave V to u✌

  32. P.... S....

    Br aqui tá

  33. j.... j....

    conscious rappers a rare breed

  34. m.... j....

    Satanic movement! HIP HOP!!

  35. T.... C....

    ❤️ YAH ツ WORD

  36. G.... S....

    💯👍

  37. m.... ....

    Omg this shit hard

  38. q.... r....

    Carrion black-assed.

  39. M.... V....

    Sacred secretion pineal gland god consciousness chakra system.. research it. You will understand what krs ones talking about. Know thyself.. you will see the literal light with your 3rd eye. The truth to the matrix .. Respect...

  40. D.... D....

    "he must be born again?!"
    so many people forget that this happens, it's awful like a viscous death circle

  41. L.... D....

    Yeeeeaaa B-a-b-y!!! KRS-1. You are God!!!
    👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👁️👁️❣️❣️❣️❣️

  42. A.... M....

    hey kanye. this is how you talk about god in rap.

    A.... M....

    I didnt know I needed to read youtube comments this morning until now. Thank you hahaha

    A.... M....

    Adam Moloney He does✌

    A.... M....

    Yeah he does. But this is how you do it and be believable

  43. J.... P....

    Woah oh woah oh aum

  44. R.... N....

    Pay bills krs??? Did you not know the stress yourself or did you lose yourself of in the midget of wealth? Let us begin time has just flown through the wind but what did you consider a struggle? Dumb asses call it a fate like I said krs can you relate? Let us begin the wheels are spinning again after Scott larock is considered a man?😋shut up and stand an try to be a real man if you don't understand, read where these words have began!!..

  45. T.... ....

    And what's the point to get her knocked up. to create? #creativePawns don't be scared of the light just be ready to fight

  46. P.... ....

    He transcends, which is why he No. 1,2,3,4, and 5

  47. P.... S....

    The mind is a terrible thing to waist stay criminal minded

  48. d.... ....

    Still wicked.

  49. A.... -....

    Just beautiful...

  50. J.... B....

    2019 STILL FIRE

  51. D.... G....

    Some rap music sounds good. But this sound is in the true frequency of hip hop.

    D.... G....

    And truth

    D.... G....

    Real talk can you dig it! KRS -1 the true language of the wisdom 😎✊

  52. T.... D....

    Krishna ❤️

  53. S.... W....

    AYYYYYYYYEEEE!!!!!

  54. M.... A....

    Peace to the God KRS ONE ONE ONE!!!

  55. D.... O....

    This is my 1st time hearing this..A1 ALL DAY!

  56. D.... O....

    Did u catch when he said NIGGATIVE?

  57. c.... t....

    Realist shitrap

  58. c.... t....

    Drunk as fuck like a doc

  59. c.... t....

    Yeah she know..auto correction to make me say something... I'm know thou self thou shall know my man

  60. A.... B....

    This has got to be my favorite KRS song ever. He's fucking epic on this track.

  61. M.... M....

    2019!!!!!

  62. U.... ....

    Spreading the knowledge

  63. W.... D....

    I need you back in my life TEACH. I'm on Temple so email me. READY! PTTP✊🏿

    W.... D....

    Trying on that family time but a tad hard presently. Talk soon hopefully and tell J &Nice sup

  64. P.... ....

    University Degree level of skills, bars and dichotomy from KRS1..

  65. _.... ....

    KRS-One is really one of the best rappers of all time.

    _.... ....

    He is my number 1 what bugs me is there are still people who haven’t heard of KRS one, but they know all these shitty mainstream rappers

    _.... ....

    I cosign this with my soul

    _.... ....

    @robbie seteg his name will stay here tho. Further in the future more people will know who KRS-one is and none of these shitty mainstream rappers. Amen.

    _.... ....

    robbie seteg It is always like that, like with Elvis Presley known worldwide as the King on R’n’R but only few know who is Muddy Waters or Chuck Berry, true legends who made it all happen.

  66. h.... ....

    Class ready?

  67. B.... N....

    You are a guru bro, keep it rockin

  68. M.... I....

    MY COMPUTER JUST EXPLODED! THIS JOINT ON A WHOLE OTHER FREQUENCY!

  69. A.... H....

    "This that other kind of rap, that leads to true hip-hop
    There's other kinds of raps, but they lead you to get shot"

  70. T.... A....

    NOW tool

  71. J.... P....

    A True Voice From The Place of the Holy

  72. Y.... A....

    Pay attention the god is within you knowledge of self is freedom

  73. H.... F....

    Nice beat/flow. Fuck god though

  74. S.... G....

    know ye not mutha fukas?

  75. S.... H....

    Maybe someone can help me, when I close my eyes and look at the sun I see this pattern about but without the face.....help me understand. Thank you and Godbless you in advance. #HipHop #GenX #7777

    S.... H....

    stop staring at the sun man

    S.... H....

    You should watch Spiritual So, GAZER GAZER NATURE

  76. c.... ....

    KRS1 is yo papa!

  77. M.... E....

    !!!!!!!!

  78. B.... ....

    Once again we are reminded why KRS is The Edutainer. For the young millenials Educational Entertainer. Still one of the best ever.

  79. Y.... ....

    Fuck yeah psychedelic tool artwork at the beginning 😊 love the lyrics the most about this track. Rhythm and poetry baby

  80. F.... M....

    I feel bad
    I'm just now hearing this
    My Teacher
    His Student
    Hip Hop = Knowledge

    F.... M....

    Better than never

  81. N.... P....

    hello , i would like to know who is the artist at 0.08 ? thank you

  82. d.... j....

    the pedo defender has spoken

  83. E.... M....

    krs-one & immortal technique would make a good record together

    E.... M....

    I mean, yes. but there’s plenty of artists ahead of Immortal that could do a better job.

    E.... M....

    Nathan Haley you’re a idiot

    E.... M....

    @Nathan Haley but he has a style that would fit good with krs one

  84. P.... 8....

    Someone tell this puppet the occult isnt truth.

    P.... 8....

    Define 'the occult’...

  85. K.... ....

    if only kids knew

  86. S.... Y....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  87. M.... H....

    No one hits the truth like KRS One.

  88. D.... K....

    Prophetic

  89. j.... b....

    nuff said
    with dmt words i cant describe!

  90. j.... b....

    amamamamamaam

  91. A.... K....

    For those who would hate..feel sorry for ya.

  92. C.... L....

    Rap trip oh joing!

  93. c.... j....

    Take the pain like a real man