Are You Ready For This? Lyrics - Krs One

Well are you ready for this? 

We ready for this 

Are you ready for this? 

We ready for this 

Well we just can't miss 

Just can't miss 

Well we just can't miss 

Drop the beat like this 

Are you ready for this? 

We ready for this 

Are you ready for this? 

We ready for this 

Well we just can't miss 

Just can't miss 

Well we just can't miss 

Well when I speak this I'ma be like this, I'ma be like Kris 

I'ma teacher, I'ma preacher, I'ma free my kids 

I'ma grow dem and show dem what a leader is 

I'ma teach dem the laws of receive and give 

Knowledge, reigns, supreme, believe and live 

You done heard the hype, come to where the talent is 

I'm still the number one, yup you heard right 

People say, "KRS-One you shine bright" 

Others say, yo you rhyme tight 

When you find me, you find light, and that's alright 

I don't know about pimpin', sellin' women like retail 

Or turning Coke into crack for resale 

But I do know if we fail 

In 2020 our children by the million gonna be jailed 

We got the victory over the streets 

God willin' we chillin', we know we gon' eat 

I'm a whole different kind of MC, hoes don't like 

Not tempt me but the ladies treat me oh so gently 

Universities sendin' me stretch Bentleys 

My seminars and lectures, are rarely never empty 

We teach students plenty, honorary degrees 

Gold and platinum plaques I got many, ask Kenny 

People get shocked when I walk into Denny's 

Or the corner Kwik-Stop, they say, "That's Hip-Hop right there" 

And yeah it's really quite clear 2004 might be the right year 

For mental and spiritual repair 

The solution is in the resolution you just declared 

Well are you ready for this? 

We ready for this 

Are you ready for this? 

We ready for this 

Well we just can't miss 

Just can't miss 

Well we just can't miss 

Drop the beat like this 

Are you ready for this? 

We ready for this 

Are you ready for this? 

We ready for this 

Well we just can't miss 

Just can't miss 

Well we just can't miss 

When I speak like this 

Knowledge Reigns Supreme, hip-hop philosopher 

All in the street well I'm very popular 

All through the hood I make all the stops 

And I avoid the cops and them random shots 

Well I love hip-hop and I live hip-hop 

So I spit that shit to get you off your block 

'Cause I can't understand and I, wish I could see dem 

Cats that talk 'bout they love the hood 

And they never bring the hood anything that's good 

And they rap for the money tree, chasin' a company 

But I think you can now see, rap is fun to me 

I got a ministry, a class, a staff that's under me 

KRS in pop rapper? Nah, it ain't ought to be 

It'll never happen like, you eatin' pork with me 

Amateurs hawkin' me, don't even talk to me 

My house is in Atlanta but I still got New York in me 

Walk with me, most rappers are short to me 

I'm like Chamberlain, dominatin' the sport you see 

I toss MC's off of me 

When you hear KRS you say that's how it ought to be 

Y'all ready for this? 

We ready for this 

Are you ready for this? 

We ready for this 

Well we just can't miss 

Just can't miss 

Well we just can't miss 

Drop the beat like this 

Are you ready for this? 

We ready for this 

Are you ready for this? 

We ready for this 

Well we just can't miss 

Just can't miss 

Well we just can't miss 

I drop heat like this!