Teach the student what needs to be taught. 'Cause black and white kids both take shorts When one doesn't know about the… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Before I came out, there was no such thing as a black conciousness movement. Kids on the street didn't know who Malcom… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
There has always been a conscious effort to destroy any upliftment of the black race, whether that be physically, mentally, psychologically, morally,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Just black executives have a bias against older artists. We don't respect our elders. That's not because of white people. That's because… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
When I say hip-hoppers, I mean black, white, Asian, Latino, Chicano, everybody. Everybody. Hip-hop has united all races. Hip-hop has formed a… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Black people are just constantly immature in their thinking, undisciplined, and we suffer as a people. This is not about race in… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of our black people… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
We [black people] don't respect our elders. Besides artists, we don't respect Frederick Douglass. We don't respect Martin Luther King. You look… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I know that I'm freer as a hip-hopper than as an executive. Even as a black man, I enjoy more freedom as… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
The single most important lesson I learned is that black people are the cause of black people's demise. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if you're greedy… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I break an emcee off proper Yo don't check me, Ask your Moms and Pops, Yo they respect me, But here you stand, tryin'… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I mistakably paid respect and condolences to the wrong Beastie Boy member King Ad-Rock when it should have been MCA. In light of this,… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm the prophet of hip hop for real. Maybe I do come with some kind of divine principle behind me, because I know… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
“The God of your understanding, has chosen you and you've agreed To be here in this space and time to do something, that only… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
You know something, it's best no to have what you need because then, you start looking for what you need and make it what… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
![“We [black people] don't respect our elders. Besides artists, we don't respect Frederick Douglass. We don't respect Martin Luther King. You look at every Martin Luther King Boulevard out here, and it's a crack block. That's not because of white people. That's because of black leadership. We just…” quote by KRS-One](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/92d/krs-one-2404_art_we-black-people-don-t-respect-our-elders_1985041.jpg)
