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KRS-One、marley marl - Rising to the Top
to you super listeners
how you doing tonight
All you fly guys and
fly girls Welcome once
again to the world famous
Mister Magic Rap Attack
and of course I am
Way way back before the
Hots and the Powers We
used to listen to live
mixin' for hours Roxanne
Shanté UTFO Mister
Magic Rap Attack some
of y'all know But I was
in the shelter in weakness
Homeless turntableless
and microphoneless Fresh
gearless but still I was
fearless And focused on
being the dopest MC alive
It's '85 LL's on Def
Jam with the best jam
And Whodini's on Jive
man you know I had to
survive New York City
was crazy in the 80's
but damn it was live
So here comes the Juice
Crew with MC Shan Shanté's
already the queen Marley's
already the man Y'all
don't really understand
When you throw on Shanté
or Shan it got live in
the jam So we went to
Mister Magic If anybody
had to power to put you
on he had it We gave up
the demo tape no love
lost But it seems Mister
Magic just brushed us off
Somehow we heard we were
whack Every track and
that we shouldn't even
call back Right there my
jaw dropped no doubt But
it made me see what I
was all about And I'll
keep rising to the top
while my mind go Give it
all you got give it all
you got I'll keep rising
to the top while my mind
go Give it all you got
give it all you got We'll
keep rising to the top
while my mind go Give it
all you got give it all
you got We'll keep rising
to the top while my mind
go Give it all you got
give it all you got
give it all you got In
the spot new hip hop and
Latin Quarters And the
Union Square and the rooftop
We used to hear them tunes
pop in the parking lot
Where it got dark a lot
me and Scott La Rock But
it was all for the hip
hoppers Salt-N-Pepa answered
Doug E Fresh with 'The Show
Stoppa' MC Shan was gonna
challenge LL Shanté was battling
3 or 4 groups at the same
time what the hell Answer
records were big then after
Shanté did it Everybody was
trying to spit them so we spit
off To tell you the truth
it was the only way an MC
could get on We answered
MC Shan's 'Queensbridge'
A dope jam about where he
was from and where he lived
But in the Bronx there was
these kids KRS Scott La
Rock trying to live And
I'll keep rising to the
top while my mind go Give
it all you got give it
all you got I'll keep rising
to the top while my mind go
Give it all you got give
it all you got We'll keep
rising to the top while
my mind go Give it all
you got give it all you
got We'll keep rising to
the top while my mind go
Give it all you got give
it all you got give it
all you got This it what
an MC was we had a strong
street buzz Marley and Shan
showed us some love and love
never hurt 'Cause while Shan
was with Marley we was with
DJ Red Alert Every Friday night
every Saturday night On the
airwaves the battle was right
Under New York nights smog
and lights Jargon at night the
Roxy used to get so hype
You could put on your headset
And get what heads didn't get
yet Live MCs going Check
check Spitin' rhymes over
the radio set These are the
days and the ways I can
never forget So I don't
forget it to Marley and Shan
I am indebted For the start
of my career these guys could
take credit For my rappin'
the whole battle they let
it all happen Marley and Shan
and Shanté could have been gun
strapping cousin But they
wasn't and you know why 'Cause
we was on some real hip hop
let's keep it buzzing