"Robot" lyrics - KRS-ONE

Yeah, we got another one, Buck
We got another one like a robot
Yo, Drew, waddup, man?
Let's go

Everybody wanna rap, everybody wanna sing
Everybody do their thing like a motherfuckin' robot
When the show stop, whatcha know about?
How to go about this?

Everybody wanna rap, everybody wanna sing
Everybody do their thing like a motherfuckin' robot
When the show stop, whatcha know about?
How to go about this?

Seems like you can't sing or rap these days
Without auto-tune in the back these days
Well, fuck that, I got somethin' to say
With brown blunts, green weed and the smoke is gray

See, the best to do it was Roger Troutman
Nah shorty, T-Pain didn't come out then
I was about ten, had striped Adidas
Raised from the back in the days, all types of leaders

Now, I'm like dang, they sound the same
Buck voice is original, he authored reigns
Dr. J, Barry White, whoa
Or Barry Manilow, the flow like dag, he nice

So, keep that original flow
That Bucktown, Duck Down, that shit you know
And I don't flip no O's
2000 and right now when I spit they know

Everybody wanna rap, everybody wanna sing
Everybody do their thing like a motherfuckin' robot
When the show stop, whatcha know about?
How to go about this?

Everybody wanna rap, everybody wanna sing
Everybody do their thing like a motherfuckin' robot
When the show stop, whatcha know about?
How to go about this?

This ain't a dis to nobody's art
'Cause Afrika Bambaataa really gave it a start
You go back in the history of rap man
And you'll see classic jams like Planet Rock and Pac Jam

Go online, look up craft work
Everything we doin' is past work
We already wore that hat, those pants and that shirt
So do you man if that works

But we really here to talk about all the copies
'Cause when it comes to hip-hop, we the orthodoxy
Cats poorly copy, copy sloppy
In that section, young people should not be

There used to be a time when you were writing your rhyme
You observed the rule of no bitin'
No imitatin', no hate and no fakin'
We started breakin', so we could stop fightin'

Get enlightened, I battle you, you battle me
The crowd judges the originality
It's not about a salary
It's all about describing the reality that's grabbin' me accurately

Everybody wanna rap, everybody wanna sing
Everybody do their thing like a motherfuckin' robot
When the show stop, whatcha know about?
How to go about this?

Everybody wanna rap, everybody wanna sing
Everybody do their thing like a motherfuckin' robot
When the show stop, whatcha know about?
How to go about this?

I can't rap, pass me the program
I can't sing, pass me the program
It's so sad to me
KRIS, tell 'em more why it's like a factory, actually

Hip-hop is the new urban faculty
A function of collective mental anatomy
You cats got it backwards, you say real is wack
And the fake shit, that's good

Well, keep on fakin', we'll just keep makin'
Joints like these to keep the spot shakin'
Buckshot, KRS
We F-R-E-S-H, fresh

Everybody wanna rap, everybody wanna sing
Everybody do their thing like a motherfuckin' robot
When the show stop, whatcha know about?
How to go about this?

Everybody wanna rap, everybody wanna sing
Everybody do their thing like a motherfuckin' robot
When the show stop, whatcha know about?
How to go about this?

Come on
Like a robot