Evil feeds off a source of apathy, weak in the mind, and of course you have to be. Less than a man, more like a thing, no knowledge you're nothing, knowledge is king.
Kool Moe DeeGetting high off life is more than enough, and peer pressure ain't peer pressure when a boy is tough.
Kool Moe DeeSome of the free lunch programs were still goin' on - based on the last leg of the Black Panther Party.
Kool Moe DeeRaise your hands in the air, pump your fists, and solemnly swear to rock the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Kool Moe DeeIn Manhattan, and its true on some level till this day; its a whole different mentality from the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, which I didn't know at the time - because you basically just know your neighborhood.
Kool Moe DeeI was always talking about what I could and would do, and you would always make rhymes about the competion even though we werent thinking about competition.
Kool Moe DeeLL's a laughing stock, cause I bit that ass to the last stop. I watched you fall like Hitler fell, and now your down to a broken L.
Kool Moe DeeMy romantically favorite era is 78, 79 listening to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 4, the live tapes, echo chamber and break beats.
Kool Moe DeePharoahe Monch is like an eloquent linguistics professor moonlighting as a rhyme serial killer terrorist, challenging the listeners' I.Q. while daring him or her to keep up.
Kool Moe DeeA lot of the old-school artists didnโt even respect whatโs being called freestyle now... any emcee coming off the top of the head wasnโt really respected. The sentiment was emcees only did that if they couldnโt write. The coming off the top of the head rhymer had a built-in excuse to not be critiqued as hard
Kool Moe DeeLust is weak desire. A woman without a good head on her shoulders is nothing but a piece of meat.
Kool Moe DeeI stayed away from drugs, I never smoked a pipe. When I wanna get high, I smoke the mic. I never did white lines, I only write lines, and I ain't sniffin' nothing but the vapors from hype rhymes.
Kool Moe DeeI was thinking as I bent over to receive my injection, next time I'm gonna use protection.
Kool Moe DeeFollowing rulers instead of prophets, the wicked can rule you, but the knowledge can stop it.
Kool Moe DeeNow you're selling out, the devil sold a dream and you bought it without thinking about. How the beast will decrease the brain wave, with material thoughts from the crib to the grave.
Kool Moe DeeOnce you understand that there's a spiritual math, add soul to the science and subtract the riff-raff. 24-7-365, cause 9 to 5 ain't alive.
Kool Moe Dee