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Sublime

KRS-One

Release date: 1st June 1992

From 40oz. to Freedom
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About This Track

Sublime's tribute to the hip-hop educator KRS-One distils the MC's influence into a straightforward declaration of gratitude. The track moves through what school curricula omit, what KRS-One supplies instead, and why his work matters: he drops knowledge with style, refusing the commercial formula that dominates the form. The song is built on repetition and affirmation, each chorus a simple statement of debt. What emerges is less a detailed argument than a felt conviction. Sublime acknowledge KRS-One's commitment to teaching history and intelligence through hip-hop, positioning him against a music industry content to recycle the same sounds. The track itself enacts this philosophy: stripped-back, direct, its power in clarity rather than production flourish.

"KRS-One" is a track by Sublime, from the album 40oz. to Freedom, released 1st June 1992. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Sublime

Sublime

Lyrics

KRS-One

[Verse 1]

In school, they never taught 'bout hamburgers or steak

Elijah Muhammad or the welfare state

[Chorus]

But I know

And I know because of KRS-One

Yeah and I know

And I know because of KRS-One

[Verse 2]

Because he's droppin', droppin'

Droppin' science, droppin' history

With a whole heap of style and intelligence, see

[Chorus]

Yes, I know

And I know because of KRS-One

Yeah, and I know

And I know

[Verse 3]

Because we don't want to pay no money fi

Hear the same old sound

Watch and we'll take hip-hop to a higher ground

[Chorus]

'Cause I know (how do I know?)

And I know because of KRS-One

Yeah, and I know

And I know because...

Here we go now

[Chorus]

You must learn

And I know

And I know because of KRS-One

And I know

And I know

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Track details

From 40oz. to Freedom

1992
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Album
40oz. to Freedom
40oz. to Freedom
Sublime
1st June 1992
Release year
1992
  1. 240oz. to Freedom
    3:03
  2. 4We're Only Gonna Die for Our Arrogance
    3:07
  3. 65446 Thats My Number / Ball and Chain
    5:18
  4. 8Let's Go Get Stoned
    3:32
  5. 9New Thrash
    1:30
  6. 10Scarlet Begonias
    3:31
  7. 11Live at E's
    3:09
  8. 12D.J.'s
    3:18
  9. 13Chica Me Tipo
    2:16
  10. 14Right Back
    2:49
  11. 15What Happened
    3:28
  12. 16New Song
    3:14
  13. 20KRS-One
    2:24
  14. 21Rivers of Babylon
    2:30
  15. 22Thanx
    4:23
  16. —We're Only Gonna Die For Our Arrogance
    3:07
  17. —Let's Go Get Stoned
    3:32
  18. —5446 Thats My Number/ Ball And Chain
    5:18
  19. —Don't Push
  20. —Thanx
  21. —Badfish
    3:05
  22. —Smoke Two Joints
    2:53
  23. —Don't Push
    4:19
  24. —40oz. To Freedom
    3:03
  25. —Waiting For My Ruca
    2:20
  26. —Hope
    1:43
  27. —Date Rape
    3:38
  28. —Let's Go Get Stoned
  29. —Live at E's
  30. —DJs
  31. —Rivers of Babylon
  32. —What Happened
  33. —Waiting for My Ruca
  34. —40oz. to Freedom
  35. —Smoke Two Joints
  36. —Chica Me Tipo
  37. —New Thrash
  38. —We’re Only Gonna Die for Our Arrogance
  39. —Hope
  40. —KRS-One
  41. —Scarlet Begonias
  42. —54-46 That's My Number / Ball and Chain
  43. —Right Back
  44. —New Song
  45. —Get Out!
  46. —Scarlet Begonias
    3:31
  47. —Right Back
    2:49

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Bradley Nowell, KRS-One
Producer
Elephant Levitation
Guitar
Bradley Nowell
Vocals
Bradley Nowell
Mastering Engineer
Brian Gardner
Mixing Engineer
Michael “Miguel” Happoldt
Recording Engineer
Anthony Arvizu
Sampler
Marshall Goodman
Turntables
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