If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American. KRS-One More Quotes by KRS-One More Quotes From KRS-One Hip is to know, it's a form of intelligence. To be hip is to be update and relevant. Hop is a form of movement, you can't just observe a hop, you gotta hop up and do it. Hip and hop is more than music KRS-One updates movement intelligent Educate yourself make your world view bigger, visualize wealth, and put yourself in the picture KRS-One wealth views world You know, you don't see with your eyes KRS-One eye knows brain I am the manifestation of study, KRS-One rap hip-hop study Take a look at the police and how they treat you, KRS-One rap law men If Hip Hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to Uplift them. KRS-One hip-hop uplifting mind I grew up in them streets, like everyone else KRS-One drug grew-up self Kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent KRS-One intelligent kings teacher There could never really be justice on stolen land. KRS-One stolen land justice Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal, KRS-One rap uplifting people Trust in God, that's where the crown is at. It's not in what you get, it's what happens after that. KRS-One crowns trust-in-god happens Black people are just constantly immature in their thinking, undisciplined, and we suffer as a people. This is not about race in the sense that black people got to get something better than whites or Latinos or Asians. This is just basically that we keep complaining about what we don't have and what we can't do, and then, when we get in positions to do stuff, we fight amongst ourselves like savages. KRS-One fighting race thinking If we have power to degrade an entire society, then we also have the power to uplift it. KRS-One degrade uplifting ifs When I say hip-hoppers, I mean black, white, Asian, Latino, Chicano, everybody. Everybody. Hip-hop has united all races. Hip-hop has formed a platform for all people, religions, and occupations to meet on something. We all have a platform to meet on now, due to hip-hop. That, to me, is beyond music. That is just a brilliant, brilliant thing. KRS-One race white mean To me, that's the biggest problem with hip-hop today is the fact that everyone believes that all of hip-hop is rap music, and that, when you say "hip-hop," it's synonymous with rap. That when you say "hip-hop," you should be thinking about breakdancing, graffiti art, or MCing - which is the proper name for rap - DJing, beat-boxing, language, fashion, knowledge, trade. You should be thinking about a culture when you say, "hip-hop.". KRS-One fashion believe art Rap is something you do Hip Hop is something you live KRS-One hips rap hip-hop Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong. KRS-One love-yourself expression love-you The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop KRS-One being-yourself hip-hop essence I'd rather make one righteous dollar on my level KRS-One devil rap hip-hop Ignorance is a poison and knowledge will nourish. KRS-One rap hip-hop ignorance
