Chords for KRS-One: MC's Act Like They Don't Know (Best Quality)
Tempo:
90.35 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Clap your hands everybody if you got what it takes
Cause I'm KRS and I'm on the mic and premieres on the breaks
I'm [Ebm] [Eb] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ebm] [F] [Bb] a flowin' out [Ebm] to the hardcore hip hop
[Eb] [F] I'm a [Bb] flowin' out [Eb] to the [Ebm] hardcore hip hop
Hope you don't flip [F] flop
[Bb] If you don't know [Ebm] me by now I doubt you'll ever know [Eb] me
I never [F] won a [Bb] Grammy, I won't win a [Ebm] Pony
But I'm not the only MC [Bb] keepin' it real
Where the crap [Bb] the mic is smash rapper [Ebm] girl you go ill
Check this out Mr.
Rhymer, it's 1995 whatever
[F] [Bb] The party gets [Eb] vibin', flow [Ebm] with the master rock
That's the lead behind the [Db] video [Bb] rapper
You know the chalk driver, [Ebm] rapper
Down goes another rapper on [Eb] to another [F] matter
[Bb] Punch up the data, blast the [Eb] system
Dollar [Ebm] green's a dream over nearly everybody
Call [F] a pay arrest [Bb] is guaranteed to rip the [Ebm] party
Black cop raised four heads on God's [Eb] parade
It once [F] was a story [Bb] about a man named Dre
[Ebm] But now Jed's dead, all his kids dead
Who [G] wanna kick [Bb] balls off the top of their [Ebm] head?
Word, we'll go around, come around I figure
[Eb] Now [F] we got white kids [Bb] callin' themselves [Eb] bigots
The [Ebm] tables turn as the crosses burn
Remember you [F] must learn
[Eb]
About the stars [Ebm] I'm flippin' how wild I get
[Eb] I go on [F] like a space [Bb] age rocket ship
[Eb] You could be a mat, a pimp, hustler, a player
But make sure Lolly [Bb] wins at your farm say
[Ebm] [Eb] [F] [Bb] MC's act like they don't know
[Eb] [Ebm] [F] [Bb]
[Ebm] [Eb] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ebm] [F] [Bb]
[Ebm] This is what New Aid did all year for
[Eb] The [Ab] hardcore, this is [Bb] what KRS is here for
Big up Gram, listen, Viet or [F] get ill
If you see Ben Yasso, [Bb] I'm in your crew with mad skill
[Ebm] MC's can only battle with rhymes that [Eb] got [F] punchlines
Let's [Bb] battle and see who [Eb] headlines
Instead [Ebm] of flow, go flow, let's [Bbm] go show for show
Go [F] for toe jobs, you [Bb] better act like you [Ebm] know
Too many MC's take that word MC [Eb] lightly
[F] They can't move [Bb] a prong, not even [Eb] sly
[Ebm] It might be the fact that they [Bb] express wax
[F] Let me show you whose [Eb] ass is the flattest
I [Ebm] flip a strip, I let you rip, you ride the different [Eb] shit
Too [F] sick to get [Bb] with it, admit you pick your style as [Eb] counterfeit
[Ebm] Now turn it down a bit, my title you will never [Ab] get, I'm too [Bb] intelligent
I sing your pramali, my [Ebm] ceramics, my style is toxic
[Eb] When I rock [F] it, shock it, [Bb] hip hop, but I lock your [Eb] head, I knock [Ebm] it
It's nitpick from the lyric, direct [G] it, perfect [Bb] it, you can't get with it
[Ebm] [Eb] [F] [Bb] MC's act like they don't [Eb] know
[Ebm] [F] [Bb]
[Bbm] [Eb] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bbm] [F] [Bb]
Some [Ebm] MC's don't like the KRS but they must [Eb] respect them
[Abm] Cause they know this [Bb] kid gets all up and they wreck them
[N] Slapping and slacking them, checking them, disrespecting them
Disjacking them, [Eb] jacking them, jacking them
[Ebm] Who in there like mine, come in with the style like [Eb] mine
I [F] design rhyme [Bb] and get mine all the time
[Ebm] MC's staying on the sidelines always guessing
When I [G] roll up and [Bb] rush they crew, they start bitching
I don't burn, I don't freeze, yes I'm [Eb] MC
[F] Believe, take the [Bb] hang of it, the likes of [Ebm] these
Cross your T's and dot your I's whenever I arrive
Wide, [G] magnified, [Bb] live like the ocean tide
You [Ebm] dope, you lie, I reside like [Eb] artifacts
[F] On the wrong side [Bb] of the cracks, I like your vibe
[Eb] Coming [Ebm] around the mountain, you running hot
Open your defense [F] mechanism, [Bb] time to burn my heat
In lyricism, [Ebm] as I spark madness
[Eb] The [F] 1996, [Bb] lyrical style is what I chip
[Eb] [Ebm] MC's act like they don't know
[F] [Bb]
[Ebm] [Eb] [F] [Bb] MC's act like they don't [Eb] know
[Ebm] [F] [Bb] [Ebm] [Eb] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ebm] [F] [Bb]
[B]
[F]
Cause I'm KRS and I'm on the mic and premieres on the breaks
I'm [Ebm] [Eb] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ebm] [F] [Bb] a flowin' out [Ebm] to the hardcore hip hop
[Eb] [F] I'm a [Bb] flowin' out [Eb] to the [Ebm] hardcore hip hop
Hope you don't flip [F] flop
[Bb] If you don't know [Ebm] me by now I doubt you'll ever know [Eb] me
I never [F] won a [Bb] Grammy, I won't win a [Ebm] Pony
But I'm not the only MC [Bb] keepin' it real
Where the crap [Bb] the mic is smash rapper [Ebm] girl you go ill
Check this out Mr.
Rhymer, it's 1995 whatever
[F] [Bb] The party gets [Eb] vibin', flow [Ebm] with the master rock
That's the lead behind the [Db] video [Bb] rapper
You know the chalk driver, [Ebm] rapper
Down goes another rapper on [Eb] to another [F] matter
[Bb] Punch up the data, blast the [Eb] system
Dollar [Ebm] green's a dream over nearly everybody
Call [F] a pay arrest [Bb] is guaranteed to rip the [Ebm] party
Black cop raised four heads on God's [Eb] parade
It once [F] was a story [Bb] about a man named Dre
[Ebm] But now Jed's dead, all his kids dead
Who [G] wanna kick [Bb] balls off the top of their [Ebm] head?
Word, we'll go around, come around I figure
[Eb] Now [F] we got white kids [Bb] callin' themselves [Eb] bigots
The [Ebm] tables turn as the crosses burn
Remember you [F] must learn
[Eb]
About the stars [Ebm] I'm flippin' how wild I get
[Eb] I go on [F] like a space [Bb] age rocket ship
[Eb] You could be a mat, a pimp, hustler, a player
But make sure Lolly [Bb] wins at your farm say
[Ebm] [Eb] [F] [Bb] MC's act like they don't know
[Eb] [Ebm] [F] [Bb]
[Ebm] [Eb] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ebm] [F] [Bb]
[Ebm] This is what New Aid did all year for
[Eb] The [Ab] hardcore, this is [Bb] what KRS is here for
Big up Gram, listen, Viet or [F] get ill
If you see Ben Yasso, [Bb] I'm in your crew with mad skill
[Ebm] MC's can only battle with rhymes that [Eb] got [F] punchlines
Let's [Bb] battle and see who [Eb] headlines
Instead [Ebm] of flow, go flow, let's [Bbm] go show for show
Go [F] for toe jobs, you [Bb] better act like you [Ebm] know
Too many MC's take that word MC [Eb] lightly
[F] They can't move [Bb] a prong, not even [Eb] sly
[Ebm] It might be the fact that they [Bb] express wax
[F] Let me show you whose [Eb] ass is the flattest
I [Ebm] flip a strip, I let you rip, you ride the different [Eb] shit
Too [F] sick to get [Bb] with it, admit you pick your style as [Eb] counterfeit
[Ebm] Now turn it down a bit, my title you will never [Ab] get, I'm too [Bb] intelligent
I sing your pramali, my [Ebm] ceramics, my style is toxic
[Eb] When I rock [F] it, shock it, [Bb] hip hop, but I lock your [Eb] head, I knock [Ebm] it
It's nitpick from the lyric, direct [G] it, perfect [Bb] it, you can't get with it
[Ebm] [Eb] [F] [Bb] MC's act like they don't [Eb] know
[Ebm] [F] [Bb]
[Bbm] [Eb] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bbm] [F] [Bb]
Some [Ebm] MC's don't like the KRS but they must [Eb] respect them
[Abm] Cause they know this [Bb] kid gets all up and they wreck them
[N] Slapping and slacking them, checking them, disrespecting them
Disjacking them, [Eb] jacking them, jacking them
[Ebm] Who in there like mine, come in with the style like [Eb] mine
I [F] design rhyme [Bb] and get mine all the time
[Ebm] MC's staying on the sidelines always guessing
When I [G] roll up and [Bb] rush they crew, they start bitching
I don't burn, I don't freeze, yes I'm [Eb] MC
[F] Believe, take the [Bb] hang of it, the likes of [Ebm] these
Cross your T's and dot your I's whenever I arrive
Wide, [G] magnified, [Bb] live like the ocean tide
You [Ebm] dope, you lie, I reside like [Eb] artifacts
[F] On the wrong side [Bb] of the cracks, I like your vibe
[Eb] Coming [Ebm] around the mountain, you running hot
Open your defense [F] mechanism, [Bb] time to burn my heat
In lyricism, [Ebm] as I spark madness
[Eb] The [F] 1996, [Bb] lyrical style is what I chip
[Eb] [Ebm] MC's act like they don't know
[F] [Bb]
[Ebm] [Eb] [F] [Bb] MC's act like they don't [Eb] know
[Ebm] [F] [Bb] [Ebm] [Eb] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ebm] [F] [Bb]
[B]
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Clap your hands everybody if you got what it takes
Cause I'm KRS and I'm on the mic and premieres on the breaks
I'm [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] a flowin' out [Ebm] to the hardcore hip hop
_ [Eb] [F] I'm a [Bb] flowin' out [Eb] to the [Ebm] hardcore hip hop
Hope you don't flip [F] flop
[Bb] If you don't know [Ebm] me by now I doubt you'll ever know [Eb] me
I never [F] won a [Bb] Grammy, I won't win a [Ebm] Pony
But I'm not the only MC [Bb] keepin' it real
Where the crap [Bb] the mic is smash rapper [Ebm] girl you go ill
Check this out Mr.
Rhymer, it's 1995 whatever
[F] [Bb] The party gets [Eb] vibin', flow [Ebm] with the master rock
That's the lead behind the [Db] video [Bb] rapper
You know the chalk driver, [Ebm] rapper
Down goes another rapper on [Eb] to another [F] matter
[Bb] Punch up the data, blast the [Eb] system
Dollar [Ebm] green's a dream over nearly everybody
Call [F] a pay arrest [Bb] is guaranteed to rip the [Ebm] party
Black cop raised four heads on God's [Eb] parade
It once [F] was a story [Bb] about a man named Dre
[Ebm] But now Jed's dead, all his kids dead
Who [G] wanna kick [Bb] balls off the top of their [Ebm] head?
Word, we'll go around, come around I figure
[Eb] Now [F] we got white kids [Bb] callin' themselves [Eb] bigots
The [Ebm] tables turn as the crosses burn
Remember you [F] must learn
[Eb]
About the stars [Ebm] I'm flippin' how wild I get
[Eb] I go on [F] like a space [Bb] age rocket ship
[Eb] You could be a mat, a pimp, hustler, a player
But make sure Lolly [Bb] wins at your farm say
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] [Bb] MC's act like they don't know
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
[Ebm] This is what New Aid did all year for
[Eb] The [Ab] hardcore, this is [Bb] what KRS is here for
Big up Gram, listen, Viet or [F] get ill
If you see Ben Yasso, [Bb] I'm in your crew with mad skill
[Ebm] MC's can only battle with rhymes that [Eb] got [F] punchlines
Let's [Bb] battle and see who [Eb] headlines
Instead [Ebm] of flow, go flow, let's [Bbm] go show for show
Go [F] for toe jobs, you [Bb] better act like you [Ebm] know
Too many MC's take that word MC [Eb] lightly
[F] They can't move [Bb] a prong, not even [Eb] sly
[Ebm] It might be the fact that they [Bb] express wax
[F] Let me show you whose [Eb] ass is the flattest
I [Ebm] flip a strip, I let you rip, you ride the different [Eb] shit
Too [F] sick to get [Bb] with it, admit you pick your style as [Eb] counterfeit
[Ebm] Now turn it down a bit, my title you will never [Ab] get, I'm too [Bb] intelligent
I sing your pramali, my [Ebm] ceramics, my style is toxic
[Eb] When I rock [F] it, shock it, [Bb] hip hop, but I lock your [Eb] head, I knock [Ebm] it
It's nitpick from the lyric, direct [G] it, perfect [Bb] it, you can't get with it
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] [Bb] MC's act like they don't [Eb] know
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _
Some [Ebm] MC's don't like the KRS but they must [Eb] respect them
[Abm] Cause they know this [Bb] kid gets all up and they wreck them
[N] Slapping and slacking them, checking them, disrespecting them
Disjacking them, [Eb] jacking them, jacking them
[Ebm] Who in there like mine, come in with the style like [Eb] mine
I [F] design rhyme [Bb] and get mine all the time
[Ebm] MC's staying on the sidelines always guessing
When I [G] roll up and [Bb] rush they crew, they start bitching
I don't burn, I don't freeze, yes I'm [Eb] MC
[F] Believe, take the [Bb] hang of it, the likes of [Ebm] these
Cross your T's and dot your I's whenever I arrive
Wide, [G] magnified, [Bb] live like the ocean tide
You [Ebm] dope, you lie, I reside like [Eb] artifacts
[F] On the wrong side [Bb] of the cracks, I like your vibe
[Eb] Coming [Ebm] around the mountain, you running hot
Open your defense [F] mechanism, [Bb] time to burn my heat
In lyricism, [Ebm] as I spark madness
[Eb] The [F] 1996, [Bb] lyrical style is what I chip
[Eb] _ [Ebm] MC's act like they don't know
[F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] [Bb] MC's act like they don't [Eb] know
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
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Cause I'm KRS and I'm on the mic and premieres on the breaks
I'm [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] a flowin' out [Ebm] to the hardcore hip hop
_ [Eb] [F] I'm a [Bb] flowin' out [Eb] to the [Ebm] hardcore hip hop
Hope you don't flip [F] flop
[Bb] If you don't know [Ebm] me by now I doubt you'll ever know [Eb] me
I never [F] won a [Bb] Grammy, I won't win a [Ebm] Pony
But I'm not the only MC [Bb] keepin' it real
Where the crap [Bb] the mic is smash rapper [Ebm] girl you go ill
Check this out Mr.
Rhymer, it's 1995 whatever
[F] [Bb] The party gets [Eb] vibin', flow [Ebm] with the master rock
That's the lead behind the [Db] video [Bb] rapper
You know the chalk driver, [Ebm] rapper
Down goes another rapper on [Eb] to another [F] matter
[Bb] Punch up the data, blast the [Eb] system
Dollar [Ebm] green's a dream over nearly everybody
Call [F] a pay arrest [Bb] is guaranteed to rip the [Ebm] party
Black cop raised four heads on God's [Eb] parade
It once [F] was a story [Bb] about a man named Dre
[Ebm] But now Jed's dead, all his kids dead
Who [G] wanna kick [Bb] balls off the top of their [Ebm] head?
Word, we'll go around, come around I figure
[Eb] Now [F] we got white kids [Bb] callin' themselves [Eb] bigots
The [Ebm] tables turn as the crosses burn
Remember you [F] must learn
[Eb]
About the stars [Ebm] I'm flippin' how wild I get
[Eb] I go on [F] like a space [Bb] age rocket ship
[Eb] You could be a mat, a pimp, hustler, a player
But make sure Lolly [Bb] wins at your farm say
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] [Bb] MC's act like they don't know
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
[Ebm] This is what New Aid did all year for
[Eb] The [Ab] hardcore, this is [Bb] what KRS is here for
Big up Gram, listen, Viet or [F] get ill
If you see Ben Yasso, [Bb] I'm in your crew with mad skill
[Ebm] MC's can only battle with rhymes that [Eb] got [F] punchlines
Let's [Bb] battle and see who [Eb] headlines
Instead [Ebm] of flow, go flow, let's [Bbm] go show for show
Go [F] for toe jobs, you [Bb] better act like you [Ebm] know
Too many MC's take that word MC [Eb] lightly
[F] They can't move [Bb] a prong, not even [Eb] sly
[Ebm] It might be the fact that they [Bb] express wax
[F] Let me show you whose [Eb] ass is the flattest
I [Ebm] flip a strip, I let you rip, you ride the different [Eb] shit
Too [F] sick to get [Bb] with it, admit you pick your style as [Eb] counterfeit
[Ebm] Now turn it down a bit, my title you will never [Ab] get, I'm too [Bb] intelligent
I sing your pramali, my [Ebm] ceramics, my style is toxic
[Eb] When I rock [F] it, shock it, [Bb] hip hop, but I lock your [Eb] head, I knock [Ebm] it
It's nitpick from the lyric, direct [G] it, perfect [Bb] it, you can't get with it
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] [Bb] MC's act like they don't [Eb] know
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _
Some [Ebm] MC's don't like the KRS but they must [Eb] respect them
[Abm] Cause they know this [Bb] kid gets all up and they wreck them
[N] Slapping and slacking them, checking them, disrespecting them
Disjacking them, [Eb] jacking them, jacking them
[Ebm] Who in there like mine, come in with the style like [Eb] mine
I [F] design rhyme [Bb] and get mine all the time
[Ebm] MC's staying on the sidelines always guessing
When I [G] roll up and [Bb] rush they crew, they start bitching
I don't burn, I don't freeze, yes I'm [Eb] MC
[F] Believe, take the [Bb] hang of it, the likes of [Ebm] these
Cross your T's and dot your I's whenever I arrive
Wide, [G] magnified, [Bb] live like the ocean tide
You [Ebm] dope, you lie, I reside like [Eb] artifacts
[F] On the wrong side [Bb] of the cracks, I like your vibe
[Eb] Coming [Ebm] around the mountain, you running hot
Open your defense [F] mechanism, [Bb] time to burn my heat
In lyricism, [Ebm] as I spark madness
[Eb] The [F] 1996, [Bb] lyrical style is what I chip
[Eb] _ [Ebm] MC's act like they don't know
[F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] [Bb] MC's act like they don't [Eb] know
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