[ti:R.E.A.L.I.T.Y.] [ar:KRS-One] [al:KRS-One] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.54]R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth [00:03.17]Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [00:07.70]These are the streets [00:11.24]Sh*t is real out here [00:15.08]This ain't no f**king joke [00:16.49]I lived in a spot called Millbrooke Projects [00:19.57]The original criminal minded rap topic [00:21.96]With twenty cents in my pocket I saw the light [00:24.43]If you're young gifted and black you got no rights [00:27.26]Your only true right is a right to a fight [00:30.13]And not a fair fight I wake up wondering who died last night [00:33.44]Everyone and everything is at war [00:35.86]Making my poetic expression hardcore [00:38.12]I ain't afraid to say it and many can't get with it [00:40.98]At times in my life I was a welfare recipient [00:43.51]I ate the free cheese while the church said believe [00:46.10]And went to school everyday like a goddamn fool [00:48.75]Well anyway here I am chilling at the party [00:51.60]Brothers looking at me like they wanna kill somebody [00:54.32]A cypher manifested in the center of the jam [00:56.94]I got to show these wack rappers really who I am [00:59.67]It's me against them so I clear the phlegm [01:02.32]And wage the war hardcore to the end [01:05.06]For someone looking inside yeah from the out [01:07.63]It seems like disrespect is what rap is all about [01:10.42]But hip-hop as a culture is really what we give it [01:13.18]But sometimes the culture contradicts how we live it [01:15.88]'Cause every black kid lives two and three lives [01:18.53]The city's a jungle only the strong will survive [01:21.53]R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth [01:24.03]Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [01:26.58]R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth [01:29.31]Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [01:32.02]Every single day I hear lie after lie [01:34.69]Like"Black people don't die we multiply" [01:37.39]So when I kick a rhyme I represent how I feel [01:40.24]The sacred street art of keeping it real [01:42.71]Why I gotta listen to somebody else [01:45.47]How they got wealth let me talk about myself [01:48.15]But all I really got is hip-hop and a glock [01:50.95]The results are obvious if I'm confined to my block [01:53.54]Occasionally in the city I'm released [01:56.26]To meet other beasts looking for the feast [01:58.92]We grunt and growl on the prowl as the air gets thinner [02:02.00]"Yo yo there he go him" there's the dinner [02:04.47]White meat carrying a bag of some sort [02:07.08]Life is short white meat is quickly caught [02:09.73]A scuffle a muffle yet none of us hesitated [02:12.47]Like Mother Africa white meat is violated [02:15.15]We quickly disappear like Santa's little elves [02:17.83]And go into a area to fight amongst ourselves [02:20.58]We say"Peace" 'cause that's what we really want [02:23.17]A piece of the pie that America flaunts [02:26.04]R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth [02:28.70]Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [02:31.37]R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth [02:34.05]Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [02:38.32]Oh sh*t [02:47.61]The truth is that police must serve and protect [02:50.19]R E A L I T Y is black youth is shown no respect [02:52.82]The truth is government has a war against *** [02:55.51]R E A L I T Y is government is ruled by thugs [02:58.16]With all this technology above and under [03:00.91]Humanity still hunts down one another [03:03.71]Rappers display artistic cannibalism [03:06.30]Through lyricism we fight each other over rhythm [03:08.80]Through basic animal instincts we think [03:11.06]So the battle for mental territory is glory end of story [03:19.95]R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth [03:22.53]Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [03:25.26]R E A L I T Y ain't always the truth [03:27.94]Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [03:30.65]Yeah [03:35.14]These are the streets [03:38.21]Sh*t is real out here [03:41.31]This ain't no f**king joke