Lyrical Breakdown of MC's Act Like They Don't Know - A Journey through Words and Rhymes

Welcome to the detailed analysis of "MC's Act Like They Don't Know" on Lazyjot. Here, we unravel the lyrical complexity and artistic brilliance that define this iconic song.

  • Lyric Overview: Witness how KRS-One weaves words into powerful emotions and vivid imagery. From intricate rhyme schemes to compelling storytelling, every line in "MC's Act Like They Don't Know" is a testament to masterful songwriting.
  • Rhyme and Rhythm Analysis: Our Lazyjot editor highlights the ingenious use of multi-syllabic rhymes and the rhythm pattern that KRS-One employs. Understand the construction of each verse and how it contributes to the song's overall impact.
  • Syllable Pattern Insights: Dive deeper into the structural elements of the lyrics. See how the syllable count varies across the song, adding a unique rhythm and flow to KRS-One's narrative.

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Clap your hands everybody, if you got what it takes

'Cause I'm KRS, and I'm on the mic, and Premier's on The Breaks

Goin' out to the hardcore hip hop

Goin' out to the hardcore hip hop

Of course we don't flip flop

If you don't know me by now, I doubt you'll ever know me

I never won a Grammy, I won't win a Tony

But I'm not the only MC keepin' it real

When I grab the mic to smash a rapper, girls go, "Ill"

Check the time as I rhyme, it's 1995

Whenever I arrive the party gets liver

Flow with the master rhymer, as I leave behind

The video rapper, you know, the chart climber

Clapper, down goes another rapper

Onto another matter, punch up the data, Blastmaster

Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everybody

Call up KRS, I'm guaranteed to rip a party

Flat top, braids, bald heads or knotty dreads

There once was a story about a man named Jed

But now Jed is dead, all his kids instead

Want to kick rhymes off the top of they head

Word, what go around come around, I figure

Now we got white kids callin' themselves niggas

The tables turned as the crosses burned

Remember You Must Learn

About the styles I flip and how wild I get

I go on like a space age rocket ship

You could be a mack, a pimp, hustler or player

But make sure live you is a dope rhyme sayer

(M-M, M-M)

MC's act like they don't know

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MC's act like they don't know

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MC's act like they don't know

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MC's act like they don't know

This is what you waited all year for

The hardcore, that's what KRS is here for

Big up Grand Wizard Theodore, gettin' ill

If you see, then ya saw, I'm in your grill with mad skill

MC's can only battle with rhymes that got punchlines

Let's battle to see who headlines

Instead of flow for flow, let's go show for show

Toe for toe, yo, you better act like you know

Too many MC's take that word 'emcee' lightly

They can't Move a Crowd, not even slightly

It might be the fact that they express wackness

Let me show ya whose ass is the blackest

I flip a script a little bit, you ride the tip and shit

Too sick to get with it, admit you bit, your style is counterfeit

Now tone it down a bit

My title you will never get, I'm too intelligent

I'll send your family my sentiments, my style is toxic

When I rock and shock and hip hop, it unlock your head, I knock it

It split quick from the lyric

Direct hit, perfect fit, you can't get with it

(M-M, M-M)

MC's act like they don't know

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MC's act like they don't know

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MC's act like they don't know

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MC's act like they don't know

Some MC's don't like the KRS, but they must respect him

'Cause they know this kid gets all up in they rectum

Slappin' and selectin' 'em, checkin' 'em, disrespectin' 'em

Just deckin' em, deckin' 'em, deck-in' 'em

Who in their right mind can mimic a style like mine?

I design rhyme and get mine all the time

MC's standin' on the sidelines, always dissin'

When I roll up and rush their crew, they start bitchin'

I don't burn, I don't freeze, yet some MC's

Believe they could tango with the likes of these

Cross your T's and dot your I's whenever I arrive

Wide, magnified, live like the ocean tide

You dope, you lied, I reside like Artifacts

On the Wrong Side of Da Tracks, electrified

Comin' around the mountain, you run and hide

Hopin' your defence mechanism can divert my heat-seeking lyricism

As I spark mad izm

The 1996 lyrical style's what I give 'em

MC's act like they don't know

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MC's act like they don't know

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MC's act like they don't know

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MC's act like they don't know

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MC's act like they don't know