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KRS-ONE The Teacha

KRS-ONE The Teacha. A trip into the black struggle!. KRS-One Up-Bringing. Lawrence Parker Born in 1965 in Park Slope, Brooklyn Left home to become MC and a philosopher at age 14 He ended up in a homeless shelter in the South Bronx

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KRS-ONE The Teacha

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  1. KRS-ONEThe Teacha A trip into the black struggle!

  2. KRS-One Up-Bringing • Lawrence Parker Born in 1965 in Park Slope, Brooklyn • Left home to become MC and a philosopher at age 14 • He ended up in a homeless shelter in the South Bronx • Lawrence was righting graffiti at the time with the name KRS-One(Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone) • While at his shelter he had counselor named Scott Sterling better known as “DJ Scott La Rock” • Together they created Boogie Down Productions in 1987 releasing their first album “Criminal Minded”

  3. KRS-One’s achievements • He was not a gangster rapper, he looked at his work as “rebellious music” • Introduced hip-hop to a reggae style of rap(Shabba Ranks album) • Scott La Rock dies, he joins Jive records makes “My Philosophy” • He got a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from BET Hip Hop awards in 2007

  4. Black Cop • Buck buck buck-buck-buck, buck-buck buck buck! • All rude bwoylissen up! • Black cop!! Black cop black cop black cop • Stop shootin black people, we all gonna drop • You don't even get, paid a whole lot • So take your M-60 and put it 'pon lock! • Take your four-five and you put it 'pon lock! • Lookin for your people when you walk down a block • Here in America you have drug spot • They get the black cop, to watch the drug spot • The black drug dealer just avoid black cop • They're killin each other on a East Coast block • Killin each other on a West Coast block • White police, don't give a care about dat • Dem want us killin each other over crack • Anyway you put it it's a black on BLACK • Black cop black cop black cop • Black cop black cop black cop • Thirty years, there were no black cops • You couldn't even run, drive round the block • Recently police trained black cop • To stand on the corner, and take gunshot • This type of warfare isn't new or a shock • It's black on black crime again nonSTOP • Black cop!! Black cop black cop • Black cop black cop black cop • "Don't be the sucker.. • Don't be the sucker comin into my face.. • Don't be the sucker.." • Here's what the West and the East have in common • Both have black cops in cars profilin • Hardcore kids in the West got stress • In the East we are chased by the same black beast • The black cop is the only real obstacle • Black slave turned black cop is not logical • But very psychological, haven't you heard? • It's the BLACK COP killin black kids in Johannesburg • Whassup black cop, yo, whassup?! • Your authorization says shoot your nation • You wanna uphold the law, what could you do to me? • The same law dissed the whole black community • You can't play both sides of the fence • 1993 mad kids are gettin tense • Black cop!! Black cop black cop black cop • Stop shootin black people we all gonna drop • You don't even get, paid a whole lot • Take your four-five and you put it 'pon lock! • Take your M-60 and put it 'pon lock! • Take your uzi, put it 'pon lock! • Black cop black cop black cop • Black cop black cop black cop

  5. Black cop meaning • KRS-One is bringing up a stand point that there are black cops killing black people in the ghetto • He says whites look at is as black on black crime which was what they wanted(wanted blacks to turn on each other) • KRS-One also says that they have a “black cop watching the crack spot” • The meaning behind that is that having a under cover black cop can get into a circle of drug trade and bust everyone.(cause he is black)

  6. Stop The Violence • Worldwide B.D.P. are the freshest • Worldwide, worldwide, worldwide • One, two, three, the crew is called B.D.P. • And if you want to go to the tip top • Stop the violence in hip-hop, Y O • Time and time again, as I pick up the pen • As my thoughts emerge, these are those words • I glance at the paper to know what's going on • Someone's doing wrong, the story goes on • Mary Lue's had a baby someone else decapitated • The drama of the world shouldn't keep us so frustrated • I look, but it doesn't coincide with my books • Social studies when I speak upon political crooks • It's just the presidents, and all the money they spent • All the things they invent and how the house is so immaculate • They paid missiles, my family's eating gristle • Then they get upset when the press blows the whistle • Of course the main profiles are kept low • You temper with some jobs, now the press is controlled • Not only newspapers, but every single station • You only get to hear the president is on vacation • But ehrm, stay calm, there's no need for alarm • You say go back to your mom, and you're off to Vietnam • You shoot to kill, come back and you're a veteran • But how many veterans are out there pedaling? • There's no telling, 'cause they continue selling • As quiet as it's kept, I won't go into depth • You can talk about Nigeria, people used to laugh at ya • Now I take a look, I say U.S.A. for Africa? • What's the solution, to stop all this confusion? • Rewrite the constitution, change the drug which you're using • Rewrite the constitution or the emancipation, proclamation • We fight inflation, yet the president's still on vacation • B.D.P. posse I say "One two three, the crew is called B.D.P. • And if you wanna go to the tip top • Stop the violence in the hip-hop, Y O" • Find More lyrics at www.sweetslyrics.com • This might sound a little strange to you • Well here's the reason I came to you • We gotta put our heads together, and stop the violence • 'Cause real bad boys move in silence • When you're in a club, you come to chill out • Not watch someones blood just spill out • That's what these other people want to see • Another race fight endlessly • You know we're being watched, you know we're being seen

  7. Stop the Violence Meaning • KRS-One is talking about how the gov.has control over everything • The gov. has money to buy weapons for war but people in the hood are still living poorly • He also says that black people went back to vietnam and came back and kept selling drugs • Going to war was looked at as a opportunity but the government was doing little for the people who came out of war.

  8. Facts Behind the Song • For the Vietnam War the U.S. spent 700 billion dollars • Only 500 million was getting spent to help save the South Bronx • Drugs were coming in by the load from the Vietnam war and cocaine was booming in the 70’s and 80’s.

  9. Sorces • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_was_spent_on_the_Vietnam_war • http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/1999/9904.worth.bronx.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRS-One • http://www.lyricsdepot.com/krs-one/black-cop.html • http://www.communityconsciousculturalevents.com/krs-one_stop_the_violence • http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/krs-one-biography/fe636a3170d3e44c482568c8002fa6d6

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