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[00:00.22]KRS-One、marley marl - Rising to the Top
[00:10.94]to you super listeners
[00:11.65]how you doing tonight
[00:12.63]All you fly guys and
[00:13.90]fly girls Welcome once
[00:15.11]again to the world famous
[00:16.38]Mister Magic Rap Attack
[00:17.59]and of course I am
[00:20.68]Way way back before the
[00:21.79]Hots and the Powers We
[00:22.91]used to listen to live
[00:24.39]mixin' for hours Roxanne
[00:25.65]Shanté UTFO Mister
[00:28.19]Magic Rap Attack some
[00:29.66]of y'all know But I was
[00:31.22]in the shelter in weakness
[00:32.94]Homeless turntableless
[00:33.91]and microphoneless Fresh
[00:35.84]gearless but still I was
[00:37.56]fearless And focused on
[00:38.87]being the dopest MC alive
[00:41.08]It's '85 LL's on Def
[00:43.06]Jam with the best jam
[00:44.32]And Whodini's on Jive
[00:45.38]man you know I had to
[00:47.15]survive New York City
[00:48.27]was crazy in the 80's
[00:49.54]but damn it was live
[00:50.65]So here comes the Juice
[00:51.82]Crew with MC Shan Shanté's
[00:53.74]already the queen Marley's
[00:55.13]already the man Y'all
[00:56.48]don't really understand
[00:57.54]When you throw on Shanté
[00:59.21]or Shan it got live in
[01:00.78]the jam So we went to
[01:02.30]Mister Magic If anybody
[01:03.31]had to power to put you
[01:04.73]on he had it We gave up
[01:06.50]the demo tape no love
[01:07.66]lost But it seems Mister
[01:08.98]Magic just brushed us off
[01:10.65]Somehow we heard we were
[01:12.06]whack Every track and
[01:14.07]that we shouldn't even
[01:15.08]call back Right there my
[01:16.80]jaw dropped no doubt But
[01:18.47]it made me see what I
[01:19.63]was all about And I'll
[01:20.75]keep rising to the top
[01:22.48]while my mind go Give it
[01:24.00]all you got give it all
[01:25.42]you got I'll keep rising
[01:27.39]to the top while my mind
[01:28.55]go Give it all you got
[01:29.71]give it all you got We'll
[01:31.13]keep rising to the top
[01:32.29]while my mind go Give it
[01:34.01]all you got give it all
[01:35.58]you got We'll keep rising
[01:37.15]to the top while my mind
[01:38.46]go Give it all you got
[01:39.78]give it all you got
[01:41.04]give it all you got In
[01:42.56]the spot new hip hop and
[01:43.67]Latin Quarters And the
[01:44.43]Union Square and the rooftop
[01:45.59]We used to hear them tunes
[01:47.06]pop in the parking lot
[01:48.17]Where it got dark a lot
[01:49.63]me and Scott La Rock But
[01:51.10]it was all for the hip
[01:52.42]hoppers Salt-N-Pepa answered
[01:53.28]Doug E Fresh with 'The Show
[01:55.84]Stoppa' MC Shan was gonna
[01:57.10]challenge LL Shanté was battling
[01:58.98]3 or 4 groups at the same
[02:00.70]time what the hell Answer
[02:02.24]records were big then after
[02:03.55]Shanté did it Everybody was
[02:05.23]trying to spit them so we spit
[02:07.50]off To tell you the truth
[02:09.13]it was the only way an MC
[02:10.91]could get on We answered
[02:12.72]MC Shan's 'Queensbridge'
[02:13.95]A dope jam about where he
[02:15.51]was from and where he lived
[02:16.83]But in the Bronx there was
[02:18.20]these kids KRS Scott La
[02:19.36]Rock trying to live And
[02:21.14]I'll keep rising to the
[02:22.41]top while my mind go Give
[02:24.13]it all you got give it
[02:25.54]all you got I'll keep rising
[02:27.06]to the top while my mind go
[02:29.14]Give it all you got give
[02:30.61]it all you got We'll keep
[02:32.08]rising to the top while
[02:33.34]my mind go Give it all
[02:34.86]you got give it all you
[02:36.53]got We'll keep rising to
[02:37.84]the top while my mind go
[02:39.32]Give it all you got give
[02:40.74]it all you got give it
[02:42.21]all you got This it what
[02:43.37]an MC was we had a strong
[02:44.84]street buzz Marley and Shan
[02:46.05]showed us some love and love
[02:47.72]never hurt 'Cause while Shan
[02:49.24]was with Marley we was with
[02:50.76]DJ Red Alert Every Friday night
[02:52.83]every Saturday night On the
[02:54.70]airwaves the battle was right
[02:56.12]Under New York nights smog
[02:57.54]and lights Jargon at night the
[02:59.41]Roxy used to get so hype
[03:01.03]You could put on your headset
[03:02.95]And get what heads didn't get
[03:04.43]yet Live MCs going Check
[03:06.00]check Spitin' rhymes over
[03:07.42]the radio set These are the
[03:09.39]days and the ways I can
[03:10.86]never forget So I don't
[03:12.18]forget it to Marley and Shan
[03:14.46]I am indebted For the start
[03:15.83]of my career these guys could
[03:17.30]take credit For my rappin'
[03:18.66]the whole battle they let
[03:19.98]it all happen Marley and Shan
[03:21.40]and Shanté could have been gun
[03:23.44]strapping cousin But they
[03:25.06]wasn't and you know why 'Cause
[03:26.98]we was on some real hip hop
[03:28.55]let's keep it buzzing