Keep it Real

By Kool Moe Dee

On Raiders of the Lost Art Compilation

Released on 1994

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[Intro]

Keepin' it real

Keepin' it real (Real)

Keepin' it real

Keepin' it real (Real)

Keepin' it real

Keepin' it real (Real)

Keepin' it real

Keepin' it real


[Verse 1]

I know you know I got the hip-hop (Real)

Non-stop body-rockin', mad props

I got parties clockin' minds, not cheap shots

Because I'm droppin' flavor (I'm keepin' it real)

I got to hit you with the fat beats

That keeps the heads shakin'

As we smash these flakes makin' cash

We crash these straight fakin' gangsters (I'm keepin' it real)

I'm the educated, underrated, overstated

Suckers made it, suckers played it, suckers raided

Don't you hate it how they faded

All the great except the latest style

Created by the greatest rappin', rhymin'

Rhythmic-climbin' funky timin', rhyme-designin'

Lyric-chimin', hard as diamond

Yes, it's mine and I'm inclinin' minds to rhyme

And I ain't lyin' (I'm keepin' it real)


[Chorus]

(Just keep it real)

(Real)

(Just keep it real)

(Real)

(Just keep it real)

(Real)

(Just keep it real)

(Keep it real!)

(Real)

Keepin' it real

Keepin' it real (Real)

Keepin' it real

Keepin' it real (Keep it real!) (Real)

Keepin' it real

Keepin' it real (Real)

Keepin' it real

Keepin' it real


[Verse 2]

I never hit you with the fake hard, barn yard (Real)

Country bumpkin facade, bogart

Bunch of frontin' upstart, undercard

Up-and-comin' rappers, yo (I'm keepin' it real)

I'm tired of hearin' all the bang-bang

Same thang as everybody shots ring

Gangs gain momentum as the rap game's slang change

And ain't nobody really (Keepin' it real)

I'm the innovating, motivating

Stimulating, elevating, resonating

Renovating, emulating, perpetrating

Combinating, denigrating

Escalating, dominating

Insane, mundane, no name, lame brain

Rappers came to entertain the same game

Gain fame and get a name, but ain't nobody (Keepin' it real)


[Chorus]

(Just keep it real)

(Real)

(Just keep it real)

(Real)

(Just keep it real)

(Real)

(Just keep it real)

(Keep it real!)

(Real)

Keepin' it real

Keepin' it real (Real)

Keepin' it real

Keepin' it real (Keep it real!) (Real)

Keepin' it real

Keepin' it real (Real)

Keepin' it real

Keepin' it real


[Verse 3]

I'm never comin' with the fly guy, (Real)

Get high, Image of a rye dry white lie

Givin' us a closed eye

Why die before I hit the heavens, yo (I'm keepin' it real)

I got to get it while I'm on Earth, re-birth

My ancestors were here first, dispersed

By what you heard with each verse I reversed

The image of a ghetto, yo (Keepin' it real)

No stereotypical, nothin' is typical (Just keep it real)

Comin' like a god or a mythical figure

My visual's somethin' like a magical, mystical (Real)

Force of residuals (Just keep it real)

On the mic I'm flier than visual, on like a signal (Real)

I drop it like a anvil, stand still (Just keep it real)

Sit back and watch a man build and chill (Real)

As I proceed, the plan will slam, kill, (Just keep it real)

Anybody game and, yo (I'm keepin' it real) (Real)


[Outro]

(Keep it real!) (Real)

(Keep it real!) (Real)

(Keep it real!) (Real)

(Keep it real!) (Real)

(Keep it real!) (Real)

Keepin' it real (Keep it real!) (Real)

Keepin' it real (Keep it real!) (Real)

Keepin' it real (Keep it real!) (Real)

Keepin' it real (Real)