Lyrics
You cats still worried about chart position
You are still concerned about your position on music charts.
It's the heart that your missin
The essential element is the emotional depth and passion.
It's the art that your missin
You are missing the artistic essence of the music.
Just a little something to hold why'all over
A brief interlude to keep the audience engaged.
The Kristal album on the way, word up
KRS-One announces the upcoming Kristal album.
When you're number one, everybody come
People gather around when you are at the top.
But when you drop to two everybody still with you
Support remains even when you drop to the second position.
But when you drop to three everybody want to see
Interest fades when you fall to third place.
But when you drop to four everybody still endures
Resilience persists at the fourth position.
But when you drop to five people will help you strive
People help you succeed when you are fifth.
When you drop to six you still in every mix
Presence lingers even at the sixth spot.
But when you drop to seven people start guessin
Speculation arises at the seventh position.
When you drop to eight people hesitate
Hesitation emerges when you fall to eighth.
But when you drop to nine that's when you start to find
Struggles intensify at the ninth position.
That when you drop to ten you start to lose your friends
Friendships wane as you reach the tenth spot.
When you drop to eleven your record stop sellin
Your record sales decline at the eleventh position.
When you drop to twelve it's everyone for themselves
Self-preservation becomes crucial at the twelfth.
So when you drop to thirteen you stop working
Cease to work as you hit the thirteenth position.
When you drop to fourteen no more self esteem
Loss of self-esteem at the fourteenth position.
You drop to fifteen 'cause you lived and you seen
Experiences accumulate at the fifteenth.
When you drop to sixteen you now out the scene
You are out of the mainstream at the sixteenth.
When you drop to seventeen you see things you never seen
New perspectives arise at the seventeenth.
Like when you drop to eighteen you know what it mean
Understanding deepens at the eighteenth.
So drop to nineteen and on then to twenty
Progress and growth as you drop to nineteen.
At nineteen you lose your honey
Loss of support and love at nineteen.
At twenty your money to a Playboy bunny
Wealth and success spent on superficial pleasures at twenty.
At twenty one things ain't funny
Challenges arise at twenty-one.
At twenty two you don't know what to do
Uncertainty at twenty-two.
So you hit twenty three you look for security
Seeking security at twenty-three.
So you drop to twenty four no more can you endure
Endurance wanes at twenty-four.
When you drop to twenty five at the bottom you've arrived
Reaching the bottom at twenty-five.
When you drop to twenty six you in a old school mix
Nostalgia sets in at twenty-six.
When you drop to twenty seven until you start steppin
Stepping forward at twenty-seven.
When you drop to twenty eight you start to meditate
Meditation begins at twenty-eight.
When you drop to twenty nine you expand your mind
Mind expansion at twenty-nine.
When you drop to thirty you see it was all dirty
Realizing the dirtiness of the journey at thirty.
No you drop to thirty two and it occurs to you
A realization at thirty-two.
When you hit thirty three now you can see
Clarity and understanding at thirty-three.
That it's all about skill and a love for the art
Emphasizing the importance of skill and love for the art.
Not whose above or whose below in the chart
Highlighting that chart positions are not crucial.
You got to look in your heart
The real beginning is in the heart.
It's there where you start
Encouraging to start from within.
I and hip hop are never ever ever apart
A declaration of the inseparable connection to hip-hop.
Word
A concluding affirmation of the message.
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