Cocaine business controls America 
Ganja business controls America 
K-R-S One come to start some hysteria 
Illegal Business controls America 

One afternoon around eleven o'clock 
It was freezing cold 
He was standing on the block 
Selling cheeba 
Mixing dimes 
Saying a rhyme 
Just to pass the time 

The cops passed by 
But he stayed calm 
'Cause the leather trench coat 
Was keeping him warm 
But this time they walked by real slowly 
He thought to himself 
They look like they know me 

They drove away 
But he didn't stay 
He jumped in the cab 
And he paid his tab 
But guess who he saw 
When he hit the block 
It was the same cop car 
The same two cops 

They jumped out quick 
They pulled a gun 
They said, 
Don't try to fight 
And don't try to run 
Cooperate and we will be your friend 
Non-cooperation will be your end

He jumped in the car 
And wile they rode 
They ran down the list of things he owed 
They said you owe us some money 
You owe us some product 
'Cause you could be right 
In the river tied up 

He thought for a second and he said 
What is this? 
You want me to pay you 
To stay in business? 
They said, 
That's right, or you go to prison 
'Cause nobody out there is really gonna listen 
To a hood, so he said 
Good, I'll pay you off for the whole neighborhood 
Because 

Cocaine business controls America 
Ganja business controls America 
K-R-S One come to start some hysteria 
Illegal Business controls America 
(What can we get for sixty-three cents?) 

A guy named Jack is selling crack 
The community doesn't want him back 
He sells at work 
He sells in schools 
He's not stupid, the cops are the fools 
'Cause everyone else 
Seems to go to jail 
But when it comes to Jack 
The cops just fail. 

They can't arrest him 
They cannot stop him. 
'Cause even in jail 
The bail unlocks him 
So here is the deal 
And here is the facts 

If you ever wonder why 
They can't stop crack 
The police department 
Is like a crew 
It does whatever they want to do 

In society you have illegal and legal 
We need both to make things equal 
So legal is tobacco 
Illegal is speed 
Legal is aspirin 
Illegal is weed 
Crack is illegal, 'cause they cannot stop ya 
But cocaine is legal if its owned by a doctor 

Everything you do in private is illegal 
Everything's legal if the government can see you 
Don't get me wrong 
America is great place to live 
But listen to the knowledge I give 

Cocaine business controls America 
Ganja business controls America 
K-R-S One come to start some hysteria 
Illegal Business controls America 
Illegal Business controls America 

What can we get for sixty-three cents? 
What can we get for sixty-three cents? 
What can we get for sixty-three cents? 

K-R-S One comes to start some hysteria 
What what what what 
What can we get for sixty-three cents? 

Cocaine business controls America 
Ganja business controls America
K-R-S One come to start some hysteria 
Illegal Business controls America 
Yeah, illegal business controls America 
(What can we get for sixty-three cents?) 
Yeah, K-R-S One comes to start some hysteria 
(What can we get for sixty-three cents?) 
Yeah, B-D-P taking over America 
(What can we get for sixty-three cents?) 
Ganja business controls America 
(What can we get for sixty-three cents?) 

Cocaine, sensi, aspirin, coffee, morphine, sugar, tobacco 
Got to go 
(What what what what can we get?) 
Illegal business controls America 
(What what what can we get?) 
Yeah 
(What what what what?) 
Ganja business controls America 
(What what what can we get for sixty-three cents?) 
Yeah, cocaine business controls America 
(What what what what can we get?) 
Illegal business controls America