Outta Here - LP Version

Song Outta Here - LP Version
Artist KRS-One
Album Return of the Boom Bap

Lyrics

[00:09.517] "Boogie Down was performing
[00:10.706] Hey they ain't no joke"
[00:12.390] "Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[00:14.465] "Boogie Down was performing
[00:18.280] Hey they ain't no joke"
[00:19.787] Back in the days I knew rap would never die
[00:21.840] I used to listen to Awesome-2 on WHBI
[00:24.951] I used to hear all kind of rap groups
[00:26.620] Before sampling loops
[00:27.897] Rappers wore bell-bottom Lee suits
[00:29.998] Me and Kenny couldn't afford that
[00:31.780] So we would go to the park
[00:33.006] When they was jammin' to hear rap
[00:34.942] I used to listen till the cops broke it up
[00:37.052] I always thought to myself
[00:38.456] "Damn, why they ****ed it up?"
[00:39.918] But nevertheless I was in love with the microphone
[00:42.480] And it stayed that way until I left home
[00:44.900] On the streets of New York, now I'm free
[00:47.358] But with freedom comes big responsibility
[00:49.816] I used to walk around driven by the force
[00:51.837] I remember how large Super Rhymes was
[00:53.904] When he fell off, I used to wonder about
[00:55.894] Crews that used to rock, they were large
[00:57.702] But none of them could manage to stay on top
[00:59.892] Do you ever think about when you outta here?
[01:02.284] Record deal and video outta here?
[01:04.830] Mercedes Benz and Range Rover outta here?
[01:06.953] No doubt BDP is old school but we ain't goin' out!
[01:09.326] "Boogie Down was performing
[01:10.489] Hey they ain't no joke"
[01:12.061] "Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[01:14.000] "Boogie Down was performing
[01:15.452] Hey they ain't no joke"
[01:17.151] "Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[01:19.799] After livin' on the streets alone
[01:21.842] Some years went by
[01:22.767] I signed myself into a group home
[01:24.655] I used to watch the show
[01:25.758] 'I Dream of Jeannie' and dreamt about
[01:27.716] "When will I be large like Whodini?"
[01:29.601] But I was messin' with graffiti on the subway
[01:32.111] And gettin' chased by the cops almost everyday
[01:34.559] I knew it had to be a better way see
[01:36.541] So I would go to my room, blast RUN DMC
[01:39.677] Around 1984 I left the group home, again alone
[01:42.753] Still dreamin' about the microphone
[01:44.715] Gimme a chance man, I know I can rock it
[01:46.697] But I had to worry about puttin' money in my pocket
[01:49.515] So when I reached the shelter
[01:50.920] I met my helper DJ Scott La Rock
[01:52.721] And we both loved hip-hop
[01:54.558] I was takin' suckas out in the shelter system
[01:56.985] Yeah there was rappers in the shelter
[01:58.412] But I had to diss 'em
[01:59.556] But all along, my vision was never lost
[02:01.953] I kept seeing all these rap groups fallin' off
[02:04.670] Do you ever think about when you're outta here?
[02:07.147] Fly girl and fresh gear outta here?
[02:09.705] Five-thousand dollar love seat outta here?
[02:11.679] No doubt BDP is old school
[02:13.171] But we ain't goin' out!
[02:14.076] "Boogie Down was performing
[02:15.248] Hey they ain't no joke"
[02:16.838] "Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[02:18.945] "Boogie Down was performing
[02:20.142] Hey they ain't no joke"
[02:21.860] "Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[02:24.004] While I'm battling these rival crews
[02:26.518] Yes, BDP would stay in the Street News
[02:29.262] Some said, "All they wanna do is battle"
[02:31.320] They can't write a song
[02:32.590] So their careers won't last long!
[02:34.462] Around this time I used to hang with Ced Gee
[02:36.590] And DJ Scott La Rock used to buy gold with Eric B
[02:39.393] I didn't meet Rakim till later with Scott
[02:41.893] I remember we were jammin' at the rooftop
[02:44.391] It used to irk me when these critics had opinions
[02:46.691] Scott would say "Just keep rappin, I'll keep spinnin'"
[02:49.330] We had a ****ed up contract, but we signed it
[02:51.919] And dropped the hip-hop album Criminal Minded
[02:54.330] We told the critics your opinions are bull
[02:56.239] Same time Eric B and Rakim dropped Paid in Full
[02:59.406] Hip-hop pioneers we didn't ask to be
[03:01.825] But right then hip-hop changed drastically
[03:04.307] People didn't wanna hear the old rap sound
[03:06.684] We started samplin' beats by James Brown
[03:09.270] In the middle of doin' "My Philosophy"
[03:11.668] Scott was killed and that shit got to me
[03:14.187] But knowin' the laws of life and death
[03:16.385] I knew his breath, was one with my breath
[03:19.250] I had nothin' left and it was scary
[03:21.655] So I dropped By All Means Necessary
[03:24.197] Another hip-hop group that was a friend of me
[03:26.617] Was a revolution crew called Public Enemy
[03:29.172] It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
[03:31.438] These two albums set off consciousness in rap
[03:34.104] But all along, I'm still lookin' around
[03:36.368] And all I can see are these rap groups fallin' down
[03:39.264] Do you ever think about when you outta here?
[03:41.652] Condominium and beach house outta here?
[03:44.307] Credit cards and bank accounts outta here?
[03:46.170] No doubt BDP is old school
[03:47.760] But we ain't going out!
[03:48.618] "Boogie Down was performing
[03:49.775] Hey they ain't no joke"
[03:51.482] "Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[03:53.603] "Boogie Down was performing
[03:54.842] Hey they ain't no joke"
[03:56.417] "Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[03:58.406] "Boogie Down was performing
[03:59.860] Hey they ain't no joke"
[04:00.813] "Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[04:03.648] "Boogie Down was performing
[04:04.719] Hey they ain't no joke"