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KRS-One quotes: I am the manifestation of study,NOT the manifestation of money.Therefore, I advance through thought,NOT what's manufactured and bought.

I am the manifestation of study,
NOT the manifestation of money.
Therefore, I advance through thought,
NOT what's manufactured and bought.

KRS-One quotes: Too many MC's take that word 'emcee' lightly;They can't Move a Crowd, not even slightly.

Too many MC's take that word 'emcee' lightly;
They can't Move a Crowd, not even slightly.

KRS-One quotes: If you're a conscious rap artist and you're worried about Billboard charts, you're gonna have a problem.

If you're a conscious rap artist and you're worried about Billboard charts, you're gonna have a problem.

KRS-One quotes: You were put here to protect us.But who protects us from you?

You were put here to protect us.
But who protects us from you?

KRS-One quotes: Hip-hoppers are not interpreting what hip-hop is, and when we do interpret it, we interpret it as something immature, unorganized, and outlaw.

Hip-hoppers are not interpreting what hip-hop is, and when we do interpret it, we interpret it as something immature, unorganized, and outlaw.

KRS-One quotes: You know something, it's best no to have what you needbecause then, you start looking for what you need and make it what you need.

You know something, it's best no to have what you need
because then, you start looking for what you need
and make it what you need.

KRS-One quotes: You sleep with a man, that's your husband. So make sure before you lay down, you love him.

You sleep with a man, that's your husband. So make sure before you lay down, you love him.

KRS-One quotes: Do you ever think about when you outta here?Record deal and video, outta here!?Mercedes Benz and Range Rover, outta here!?

Do you ever think about when you outta here?
Record deal and video, outta here!?
Mercedes Benz and Range Rover, outta here!?

KRS-One quotes: Educate yourself make your world view bigger, visualize wealth, and put yourself in the picture

Educate yourself make your world view bigger, visualize wealth, and put yourself in the picture

KRS-One quotes: Trust in God, that's where the crown is at. It's not in what you get, it's what happens after that.

Trust in God, that's where the crown is at. It's not in what you get, it's what happens after that.

KRS-One quotes: I'd rather make one righteous dollar on my levelThan make a million dollars spittin' rhymes for the devil.

I'd rather make one righteous dollar on my level
Than make a million dollars spittin' rhymes for the devil.

KRS-One quotes: Don't you think it's time we thought about the future? Whether our children are gonna be winners or losers

Don't you think it's time we thought about the future? Whether our children are gonna be winners or losers

KRS-One quotes: I used to let the olde english 8- suds bubble in the last car of the Franklin Avenue shuttle

I used to let the olde english 8- suds bubble in the last car of the Franklin Avenue shuttle

KRS-One quotes: Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong.

Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong.

KRS-One quotes: You are not doing hip hop; you ARE hip hop.

You are not doing hip hop; you ARE hip hop.

KRS-One quotes: Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality ... Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself.

Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality ... Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself.

KRS-One quotes: Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal,MC's spit rhymes to uplift their people.

Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal,
MC's spit rhymes to uplift their people.

KRS-One quotes: Believers of Jesus be denouncing Satan on every level,But every Halloween they're dressin' like devils.

Believers of Jesus be denouncing Satan on every level,
But every Halloween they're dressin' like devils.

KRS-One quotes: Stop the negativity and control our creativity

Stop the negativity and control our creativity

KRS-One quotes: I make intelligence cool. I make spirituality cool. If we can make one's devotion to God cool, then I think I did a great thing. I can rest in peace.

I make intelligence cool. I make spirituality cool. If we can make one's devotion to God cool, then I think I did a great thing. I can rest in peace.

KRS-One quotes: The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop

The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop

KRS-One quotes: The single most important lesson I learned is that black people are the cause of black people's demise.

The single most important lesson I learned is that black people are the cause of black people's demise.

KRS-One quotes: Ignorance is a poison and knowledge will nourish.

Ignorance is a poison and knowledge will nourish.

KRS-One quotes: Real men are real friends, showing their real commitment.

Real men are real friends, showing their real commitment.

Rap is still an art, and no-one's from the Old School
Cuz rap is still a brand-new tool

KRS-One quotes: You know, you don't see with your eyesYou see with your brainAnd the more words your brain hasThe more things you can see

You know, you don't see with your eyes
You see with your brain
And the more words your brain has
The more things you can see

KRS-One quotes: I'm not saying I'm number 1, oh sorry I lied.. I'm number 1,2,3,4 and 5

I'm not saying I'm number 1, oh sorry I lied.. I'm number 1,2,3,4 and 5

KRS-One quotes: Teachers teach and do the world good, Kings just rule and most are never understood

Teachers teach and do the world good, Kings just rule and most are never understood

KRS-One quotes: Rap is something you do Hip Hop is something you live

Rap is something you do Hip Hop is something you live

KRS-One quotes: I've enjoyed much success. The IRS is always at my door, constantly.

I've enjoyed much success. The IRS is always at my door, constantly.

KRS-One quotes: I grew up in them streets, like everyone else but instead of pushin' drugs, I pushed knowledge of self

I grew up in them streets, like everyone else
but instead of pushin' drugs, I pushed knowledge of self

KRS-One quotes: Hip is the knowledge and Hop is the movement..

Hip is the knowledge and Hop is the movement..

KRS-One quotes: If Hip Hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to Uplift them.

If Hip Hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to Uplift them.

KRS-One quotes: It's not about a salary, it's all about reality.

It's not about a salary, it's all about reality.

KRS-One quotes: There could never really be justice on stolen land.

There could never really be justice on stolen land.

KRS-One quotes: I haven't come to tell you I've got juiceI just produce, create, innovate on a higher level

I haven't come to tell you I've got juice
I just produce, create, innovate on a higher level

KRS-One quotes: Kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent

Kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent

KRS-One quotes: Yo Premier, why these rappers so soft?They corny ass raps be makin me doze off.

Yo Premier, why these rappers so soft?
They corny ass raps be makin me doze off.

KRS-One quotes: So you think that hip-hop had it's start out in Queensbridge, If you popped that junk up in the Bronx you might not live.

So you think that hip-hop had it's start out in Queensbridge, If you popped that junk up in the Bronx you might not live.

KRS-One quotes: The true word of God is written in our heart.

The true word of God is written in our heart.

KRS-One quotes: You got to have style, and learn to be original.

You got to have style, and learn to be original.

KRS-One quotes: It's just hypocrisy on hip-hop's part to cry racial profiling when your race is on TV acting like fools.

It's just hypocrisy on hip-hop's part to cry racial profiling when your race is on TV acting like fools.