Boogie Down Productions - Build And Destroy Lyrics
Kenny] Yeah.. whoo! Aiyyo Will?[Will] Whassup Kenny?[Kenny] I got a serious problem man[Will] What's the problem?[Kenny] Yo after all these years of rippin shit These suckers still try to front![Will] But check this out we've been on tour with everybody so I don't know why they frontin[Kenny] Everybody! Y'all be in every party I be in every jam I see they faces and they look at me and front[Will] They come to every show and know we break shit up all the time[Kenny] You know what.. yo Kris, what's your opinion?[KRS-One]Yo, I love the way I am and can't nobody out here change meRearrange me, tame me, try to game me, you don't play meWhen I grab the mic then SHOCK the party spotYour rhymes are flip-flop, I'll rock, hip-hopNon-stop, me nah stop rockYou CAN touch this, but you'll get shotNow what's this all about? Kris and humanityIn my face you're happy, on vinyl you're mad at meYo, pro-blackness is your solutionBut I don't really know about that style you using yoToo many Teachers in the class spoil the classAfter awhile you got blabbering *****ing foolsThat's worse than always talking about sex, let's buildIt ain't enough to study Clarence 13XThe white man ain't the devil I promiseYou want to see the devil take a look at Clarence ThomasNow you're saying, "Who?" like you a owlThrow in the towel, the devil is Colin PowellYou talk about being African and being blackColin Powell's black, but Libya he'll attackLibya's in Africa, but a black manwill lead a black man, to fight against his homelandAn accomplice to the devil is a devil tooThe devil is anti-human, who the hell are you?I lecture and rap without rehearsalI manifest as a black man but I'm universalThe capital K, small R-I-SCapital P, small A-R, capital K, small E-RWe are, the starWithout the use of a car we go farI build and destroy![Kenny] Yeah Kris, serve em man, serve em![Will] Yo why're they so jealous of BDP?[Kenny] I don't know Will.. yo don't get mad, get fresh man![Will] Word[KRS] Don't ever try to challenge BDP![Kenny] Man.. just shut the ***** up and listen![KRS-One]This shit is crazy! Your remarks don't faze me!People have a problem with me, cause I ain't lazyI talk on vinyl then I actWhat have you done, besides critique KRS-One?I create organizationsWithout organization, there'll be no black nationWhat the ***** are you really saying?You ain't a human while your music's boomin anti-humanI'm assumin -- if you ain't human you're a beastThe white man could be the devil all the day, that's the leastWhat are you doing for yourself black man?Trying hard to be the original man - who?The first man, with the first tan, on the first landwith the first clan, who gives a damn???!In history KRS is WELL advisedBut it's something that my brain won't memorizeI don't base my whole life on memoryI base my life on my spirit and body chemistryAfrica is the home of humanityWhich makes the African a humanist, challenge meYou gotta learn not to be so concernedwith the original man, and see the criminal man, yeah!The now man, with the now plan, with the now tanwith the right now genocide master planDamn! We gotta think about stopping thisGod is not any black man on the land; God is conciousnessWhen you understand this you'll see KrisUntil then, you can get dissedI'm not your prophet, messiah, minister, or saviorChill with that ill behaviorI zero in like a laserYou're cuttin your wrists with a razorI got all type of flavorsYes I am the original teacherYou gotta study the Qu'ran, Torah, BahavaghitaThe Bible, Five Baskets of Buddha ZenAnd when you've read them shits, READ them shits again!But watch what you're repeatinIf you don't know the history of the authoryou don't know what you're reading!Yeah I'm still the originalLeaving MC's lyrically miserableTheir criminal syllables are minimal, show me respect BOYCause I build and destroy![Kenny] Now.. after all that if anybody out there STILL got beef, check it out We rip the lecture tours, we rip the beats we rip the jams, we'll straight up rip that ass knowhatI'msayin Will?[Will] Word![KRS] Yeah it seems they all forgot On the mic you'll get *****ed up In the clubs you'll get *****ed up Anywhere Bronx Brooklyn Queens Manhattan Jersey Japan Staten Isle.. yo anywhere you'll get *****ed up Don't you know we live for the battle? I'm outta here Yo cut that beat off
