| Song | The Conscious Rapper |
| Artist | KRS-One |
| Album | Spiritual Minded |
| 作词 : KRS One, Terry | |
| You think this is easy right? (Yeah!) | |
| You think this is easy right? (That's easy!) | |
| You think you got what it takes? (Yeah that's easy!) | |
| Huh, we gon' see.. we gon' see right now (Now what?) | |
| Look | |
| [KRS-One] | |
| So you wanna be a conscious rapper | |
| Can you handle the press and they negative chatter | |
| Can you eat cold platters, and still spit data | |
| Watchin others spit lies and they pockets get fatter | |
| Can you climb up the ladder, and reach the top? | |
| But it still doesn't matter, cause you ain't pop | |
| Can you rock for the love of the art | |
| Can you drop hit after hit after hit and still don't chart? | |
| Can you REALLY stay loyal to God | |
| when your life is full of strife, plus it always seems so hard | |
| Can you handle the criticism | |
| People holdin you up to higher standards, but they don't live 'em? | |
| Can you hear these kiddy flows and laugh at it | |
| But when you spit they callin you arrogant? | |
| You better think about that before you rock to this | |
| Sometimes it's easier to pop your Cris', let's do it! | |
| [Chorus: *sung*] | |
| Think you can do what I do | |
| Think you can step in my shoes | |
| You have no clue what I go through | |
| You never felt my pain | |
| When they attack my name | |
| All because I have spoken the truth | |
| [KRS-One] | |
| To be a conscious rapper ain't a mystery | |
| You gotta laugh when they call you contradictory | |
| The whole industry, you gotta push and pull it | |
| To really get with me, you gotta dodge they bullets | |
| Blaow, blaow, blaow, every day and every way | |
| You critics got somethin to say | |
| At the same time, you gotta uphold Christ | |
| Uphold life, while others flash cars and ice | |
| It could break you down, take you down, make you frown | |
| It could actually shake your ground | |
| But if you love who you are, and believe in that | |
| Best believe you will BE where the teacher's at | |
| And where's that? In fact, in cold or heat | |
| Yes, I declare victory over the streets | |
| Overstand, over these beats, over the so-called elite | |
| Over the strong, over the weak | |
| I know how to speak, and most of all I know how to eat | |
| I know I want humble and meek | |
| So you better think about that before you rock to this | |
| Sometimes it's easier to pop your Cris', uhh | |
| [Chorus] | |
| [KRS-One] | |
| Look! | |
| So you thinkin about bein a concious MC | |
| Well you gotta love God and you got to live free | |
| You got to see the life that others can't see | |
| You got to be the person that others can't be | |
| You can't be a S-L-A, V-E | |
| If you sayin to yourself, "This may be me" | |
| Then you know goin in that you work against sin | |
| Your very skills will kill the demons within | |
| So don't expect respect from slaves and hoes | |
| Nor the slavemaster's video shows | |
| Nor the rap mags, you know how it go | |
| Especially black mags, you know they don't know | |
| Just go to the crowd that you know will need you | |
| Cause NOTHING compares to the respect of the people | |
| That's what you look for, that's what you work with | |
| Cause anything else, is truly worthless | |
| You better think about that before you rock to this | |
| Sometimes it's easier to just pop your Cris' | |
| You better think about that, 'fore you rock to this | |
| Sometimes it's easier to just pop your Cris', uhh | |
| [Chorus] - repeat 2X |
| zuò cí : KRS One, Terry | |
| You think this is easy right? Yeah! | |
| You think this is easy right? That' s easy! | |
| You think you got what it takes? Yeah that' s easy! | |
| Huh, we gon' see.. we gon' see right now Now what? | |
| Look | |
| KRSOne | |
| So you wanna be a conscious rapper | |
| Can you handle the press and they negative chatter | |
| Can you eat cold platters, and still spit data | |
| Watchin others spit lies and they pockets get fatter | |
| Can you climb up the ladder, and reach the top? | |
| But it still doesn' t matter, cause you ain' t pop | |
| Can you rock for the love of the art | |
| Can you drop hit after hit after hit and still don' t chart? | |
| Can you REALLY stay loyal to God | |
| when your life is full of strife, plus it always seems so hard | |
| Can you handle the criticism | |
| People holdin you up to higher standards, but they don' t live ' em? | |
| Can you hear these kiddy flows and laugh at it | |
| But when you spit they callin you arrogant? | |
| You better think about that before you rock to this | |
| Sometimes it' s easier to pop your Cris', let' s do it! | |
| Chorus: sung | |
| Think you can do what I do | |
| Think you can step in my shoes | |
| You have no clue what I go through | |
| You never felt my pain | |
| When they attack my name | |
| All because I have spoken the truth | |
| KRSOne | |
| To be a conscious rapper ain' t a mystery | |
| You gotta laugh when they call you contradictory | |
| The whole industry, you gotta push and pull it | |
| To really get with me, you gotta dodge they bullets | |
| Blaow, blaow, blaow, every day and every way | |
| You critics got somethin to say | |
| At the same time, you gotta uphold Christ | |
| Uphold life, while others flash cars and ice | |
| It could break you down, take you down, make you frown | |
| It could actually shake your ground | |
| But if you love who you are, and believe in that | |
| Best believe you will BE where the teacher' s at | |
| And where' s that? In fact, in cold or heat | |
| Yes, I declare victory over the streets | |
| Overstand, over these beats, over the socalled elite | |
| Over the strong, over the weak | |
| I know how to speak, and most of all I know how to eat | |
| I know I want humble and meek | |
| So you better think about that before you rock to this | |
| Sometimes it' s easier to pop your Cris', uhh | |
| Chorus | |
| KRSOne | |
| Look! | |
| So you thinkin about bein a concious MC | |
| Well you gotta love God and you got to live free | |
| You got to see the life that others can' t see | |
| You got to be the person that others can' t be | |
| You can' t be a SLA, VE | |
| If you sayin to yourself, " This may be me" | |
| Then you know goin in that you work against sin | |
| Your very skills will kill the demons within | |
| So don' t expect respect from slaves and hoes | |
| Nor the slavemaster' s video shows | |
| Nor the rap mags, you know how it go | |
| Especially black mags, you know they don' t know | |
| Just go to the crowd that you know will need you | |
| Cause NOTHING compares to the respect of the people | |
| That' s what you look for, that' s what you work with | |
| Cause anything else, is truly worthless | |
| You better think about that before you rock to this | |
| Sometimes it' s easier to just pop your Cris' | |
| You better think about that, ' fore you rock to this | |
| Sometimes it' s easier to just pop your Cris', uhh | |
| Chorus repeat 2X |