KRS One - I Been There Lyrics

I talk how I talk when I talk 'coz I been there
I walk how I walk when I walk 'coz I been there
On your own, sleepin' in the park, yeah, I been there
How we really gonna survive? Let us begin there

I talk how I talk when I talk 'coz I been there
I walk how I walk when I walk 'coz I been there
On your own, sleepin' in the park, yeah, I been there
How we really gonna survive? Let us begin there

I'm talkin' to the little you but there is a bigger you
The bigger you is spiritual, little you that is physical
KRS is givin' you somethin' more than I get with you
I'm hittin' you, splittin' you, rippin' you down with me

You busted that metaphysical rap, at the pinnacle I'm at
I'm down here just to deal witchu cats
I never bleep you, I just remind you that they don't need you
They gonna keep you for as long as they can eat you

But that mic you speak through goes from here to Mogadishu
And how you represent us is the issue
I'm not here to diss you or dismiss you
But at any moment we can be hit with missiles

I talk how I talk when I talk 'coz I been there
I walk how I walk when I walk 'coz I been there
On your own, sleepin' in the park, yeah, I been there
How we really gonna survive? Let us begin there

I talk how I talk when I talk 'coz I been there
I walk how I walk when I walk 'coz I been there
On your own, sleepin' in the park, yeah, I been there
How we really gonna survive? Let us begin there

How many M.Cs must get dissed?
How many young men must get frisked?
How much ice can really go on one wrist?
How many shots get fired at a target and just miss?
We gonna live like this?

I walk the same path that Ma$e do
But he went in the church, I stayed out to face you
The difference between us is not just man to man
But in fact it's fan to fan

People that buy KRS-One, goin' places
People that buy your shit, they catchin' cases
My people eat, your people cheat
Such is the words you speak and you reap

You can pop that shit if you like
But people that buy KRS-One, they lookin' for the light
Like NYCE, Jada, Lizzard, B.C.
Harold, Symone, Server, yo man, see me

I talk how I talk when I talk 'coz I been there
I walk how I walk when I walk 'coz I been there
On your own, sleepin' in the park, yeah, I been there
How we really gonna survive? Let us begin there

I talk how I talk when I talk 'coz I been there
I walk how I walk when I walk 'coz I been there
On your own, sleepin' in the park, yeah, I been there
How we really gonna survive? Let us begin there