KRS-One - C.I.A. (Criminals In Action) Lyrics






[KRS-One]
Yea yea yea yea yea!
KRS-One comin through, Big Zack, Last Emperor
WOOP WOOP! Ha hah, that's the sound of EMS
Ha hah, Last Emperor, KRS
Ha hah, Big Zack you know the rest
Now we gonna come down like this now, hold tight all crew
LISTEN!!

[Zack de la Rocha]
This voice shatters the calm of the day, like an alarm
To wake up badder youth, and take up arms
Cause more is necessary than vocabulary war
Cause the toxic rock imports, gettin on your door
C.I.A. I see ya later, cause your time is comin soon
I flip the shit like, Pacino and it's your Dog Day Afternoon
Attica Attica, drug agents your bring your static-a
My alphabet will slash that neck and flip you, automatica
Dramatic, like Ali Shaheed Muhammed brought the vibe
I bring the sun at Red Dawn to pull the thoughts of Franz Fanon
So stand at attention, devil dirge
You never survive choosin sides against the wretched of the earth
The infiltrator, tribe intoxicator, people incarcerator
Liberation movement annihilator
We got you clocked pushin rocks and it fail
We got brothers troopin subways like the Ho Chi Manh trail
We got the truth data, Last Emperor, KRS and
history manifested, tomorrow next lesson

[Chorus: all together, with samples]
YOU CLAIM I'M SELLIN CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN THAT
"You, claim, you claim, you, you claim, claim
You, claim I'm sellin crack, but you be doin that" - [KRS]
[Zach] You know the cops they got a network for the toxic rock
YOU CLAIM I'M SELLIN CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN THAT
"So get that flashlight out of my face" - [Big L]
"You, you, you claim I'm sellin crack, but you be doin that" - [KRS]
[KRS] The Last Emperor, KRS-One, and Big Zack

[The Last Emperor]
As free market capitalism and technology expands
The third world's fertile soil becomes a desert wasteland
So it takes bands to, demand the, government provide answers
when Lady Liberty has me Bewitched like Samantha
And poverty is one of the most malignant forms of cancer
to all my Black Magic romancers and acid rain dancers
Develop close ties like Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza
We fear no man and throw jams that attack counterintelligence programs
Exciting like the epic adventures of Conan (hah!)
I colonize minds like Zaire by the Belgians
Now what the hell is the problem with this system and what it sells us
I bring ancient relics like Wyclef did to Zealots
I saw an Iron Curtain called hip-hop and got it open like Boris Yeltsin
Whirlwind, tornadoes, in the rain forest if you say so (whosssshhh)
KRS and The Last Emperor like the Green Hornet and Kato
Zach de la Rocha brings the enraged flow, but all three drop science
and become the most powerful alliance since NATO

[Chorus: all together, with samples]
YOU CLAIM I'M SELLIN CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN THAT
"You, claim I'm sellin crack, but you be doin that" - [KRS]
YOU CLAIM I'M SELLIN CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN THAT
[Zach] You know the cops they got a network for the toxic rock
YOU CLAIM I'M SELLIN CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN THAT
"So get that flashlight out of my face" - [Big L]
YOU CLAIM I'M SELLIN CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN THAT
[KRS] The Last Emperor, KRS-One, and Big Zack

[KRS-One]
Need I say the C.I.A. be Criminals In Action
Cocaine crack unpackin, high surveillance trackin
Prominant blacks and whites givin orders for mass slaughters
I want all my daughters to be like Maxine Waters
When they flooded the streets with crack cocaine
I was like Noah, now they lower cause the whole cold war is over
Communism fell to the dollars you were grabbin it
All the assault and batterin in the name of intelligence gatherin?
Now it's karma you battlin, a losin fight
I chose the mic to recite ignite light in the night, aight?
We should beat em, President Clinton should delete em
it's not hard, the C.I.A. simply has no more job
Oh my Goddess, mother, you can fix this
We rock over mixes not six six sixes
Yo this is, the message, to all that can hear it
If you got secret information now's the time to share it
Call your Congresswoman, your senator, your mayor
It's time for all the scholars to unite with all the players
Rearrangin, see times are definitely changin G
They used to tap the phone, now they tappin while you pagin me
It's crazy B, yet it's plain to see, who the enemy
Who's left the NRA? The ATF, the AMA?
Okay okay, it's all irrelevant, cause in the new millenium
there'll be no Central Intelligence

Uh, yea, uh, yea
Throw your hands up
You know whassup kid, throw your hands up
Ha hah yeah, hah hah, yeah





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KRS-One C.I.A. (Criminals In Action) Comments
  1. R.... E....

    A damn shame that y’all waste your talents Puking this communist trash

  2. q.... j....

    This is real hip hop, these 3 brothers killed it over this ill ass beat.

  3. B.... B....

    Time for skateparks at public schools no more bs violence.. get the outlet straight mf theocrats n bs patriarchal manure

  4. B.... B....

    Big ups FlowerUnited org food not bombs * antifa worldwide

  5. B.... B....

    3:37 say word

  6. B.... B....

    Savdi Arabia keep failing gfy

  7. B.... B....

    Shame how they screwed voters out of hemp cannabis jobs
    . POS Gimps Of Putin... Bs casino lobby. Booz. Pills.. cocaine cut w who knows. Death.

  8. B.... B....

    1:40 🔥

  9. B.... B....

    Red Dawn's free at YT.. woooot

  10. C.... M....

    In my opinion this is ahead of time.

  11. C.... 1....

    Am new to this but am a forever fan now. Zac kills it

  12. J.... R....

    I still have underwear from the 90’s 😂

  13. M.... Y....

    Wow. Ali Shaheed Mohammed on this track. Should’ve known. So great.

  14. g.... ....

    like this!

  15. c.... S....

    Zack de la rocha maneja el flow

  16. M.... P....

    Da hora mano esse Som ✊💪✌

  17. L.... A....

    When the circles you're in are just as imbedded in Govt and private intelligence bodies, but it's just an optics war 😂

  18. E.... C....

    Finally something WE can watch!!! Not the blacks or the whites but the non lame

  19. 7.... ....

    Good luck taking on the CIA fellas, I’m sure you’ll do well.

  20. J.... O....

    Destroya type

  21. B.... ....

    and now we have mumble rap...wtf happened

  22. E.... M....

    GRACIAS
    DESDE
    ESPAÑA

  23. D.... ....

    Zach De La Rocha easily the best Mexican MC imagine if he made music with SPM...

  24. A.... K....

    universe bless these people !! still keep it up . one step away from riot .. greece is with you

  25. u.... $....

    Yang 2020

  26. M.... B....

    Krs missed on Maxine waters tho! Don’t let your daughters grow up to be like her! No. She’s a cia shill just like pelosi! Clowns still in action. Why don’t we throw em all out like the hokie pokie!

  27. b.... ....

    cool this vid is up to date at least by the comments! I love zack, he never sell his soul to the commerce

  28. M.... D....

    This is Really, Scot La Rock. The one known as thisKrs-1, is a "double of sorts. Krs-1, Biz Markie, is Scot Las Rock. This is, recent. 2019 Nov, beat. But 2020, is the finalizing. The 2nd Mc; rhyme, is a dued just met. 2019 Dec. The Above date is Beat did. NOv. 8 2019.

    -Marciano D'Anginou Layne Staley Mike Patton Zach deLa Rocha Anthony Torres Ramos Roc Marcianou Aeni` Ant Rakim
    "2 Pac, Mr. Criminal, Mc Ren"
    A few, of in the titles.....!

  29. D.... W....

    Man this is fire where have I bin

  30. S.... �....

    🎶🎶🕟♥️🕓🎶🎶

  31. t.... b....

    Other version is better

  32. L.... ....

    we need more truth in hiphop like this, Last Emperor destroyed the track although ZAck and KRS1 is still dope!!

  33. Y.... ....

    DURRR, I'M STUCK IN THE 90'S THIS GENERATION IS DUMB AND I HAVE AMAZING TASTE IN MUSIC AND I'M JUST DIFFERENT AND QUIRKY DURRRRRRR GENERATION DURRR I'M LONELY DURRRR LIL PUMP DURRRRR i haven't actually researched any present music though........ But it's shit tho!!!!!

  34. q.... c....

    Cocaine Importing Agency

  35. f.... ....

    A intenção do rap era criticar o sistema hoje a intenção do rap é ostentar luxo! O rap hoje perdeu a essência.

  36. C.... D....

    "I want all my daughters to be like Maxine waters" nigga... the worse the black community gets, the more she gets paid. She lives in a multi million dollar mansion outside her district. She received money from Russia. She tells black folks they are helpless unless they vote democrat, Shes the very essence of what your supposed to be against. You ignorant niggas cant see past shes a black women. Dislike

  37. H.... O....

    ZACK FOR PRESIDENT 2020

  38. A.... C....

    ...and it took a loooong time until The Lat Emperor released something like an album.
    But here it is "The Legend of Big Foot": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXyIqE649Ps&t=1745s
    Masterpiece from a Story telling Master

  39. C.... J....

    The world needs now Zack de la rocha voice more than ever.

  40. C.... J....

    Shits hot.

  41. R.... F....

    I remember when the video for My Philosophy came out. The rapping, the lyrics... It blew my mind. And he’s still got it. Great to see Zach beside him. Love and Respect from NYCity!! 🕉☯️

  42. C.... C....

    CIA I see you later.

  43. O.... E....

    That's the sound of EMS
    Ha ha
    Last Emperor, KRS
    Ha ha
    Big Zack you know the rest
    Now we gonna come down like this now, hold tight all crew
    LISTEN!!

    [Verse 1: Zack de la Rocha]
    This voice shatters the calm of the day, like an alarm
    To wake up bright anew, and take up arms
    Cause more is necessary than vocabulary war
    Cause the toxic rock imports, gettin' on your door
    C.I.A. I see ya later, cause your time is coming soon
    I flip the shit like Pacino and it's your Dog Day Afternoon
    Attica Attica, drug agents you bring your static-a
    My alphabet will slash that neck and flip you, automatica'
    Dramatic like Ali Shaheed Muhammed brought the vibe
    I bring the sun at Red Dawn upon the thoughts of Frantz Fanon
    So stand at attention, devil dirge
    You'll never survive choosin' sides against the wretched of the Earth
    The infiltrator, tribe intoxicator, people incarcerator
    Liberation movement annihilator
    We got you clocked pushing rocks and it fail
    We got brothers trooping subways like the Ho Chi Minh trail
    We got the truth daddy, Last Emperor, KRS and
    History manifested, tomorrow next lesson

    You claim I'm selling crack but you be doin' that
    You know the cops they got a network for the toxic rock
    YOU CLAIM I'M SELLING CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN' THAT
    So get that flashlight out of my face


    [Verse 2: The Last Emperor]
    As free market capitalism and technology expands
    The third world's fertile soil becomes a desert wasteland
    So it takes bands to, demand the, government provide answers
    When Lady Liberty has me Bewitched like Samantha
    And poverty is one of the most malignant forms of cancer
    To all my Black Magic romancers and acid rain dancers
    Develop close ties like Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza
    We fear no man and throw jams
    That attack counterintelligence programs
    Exciting like the epic adventures of Conan (hah!)
    I colonize minds like Zaire by the Belgians
    Now what the hell is the problem with this system and what it sells us
    I bring ancient relics like Wyclef did to Zealots
    I saw an Iron Curtain called hip-hop and got it open like Boris Yeltsin
    Whirlwind, tornadoes, in the rain forest if you say so (whosssshhh)
    KRS and The Last Emperor like the Green Hornet and Kato
    Zach de la Rocha brings the enraged flow, but all three drop science
    And become the most powerful alliance since NATO

    YOU CLAIM I'M SELLING CRACK, BUT YOU BE DOIN' THAT


    [Verse 3: KRS-One]
    Need I say the C.I.A. be Criminals In Action
    Cocaine crack unpackin', high surveillance trackin'
    Prominant blacks and whites givin' orders for mass slaughters
    I want all my daughters to be like Maxine Waters
    When they flooded the streets with crack cocaine
    I was like Noah, now they lower cause the whole cold war is over
    Communism fell to the dollars you were grabbin' it
    All the assault and batterin' in the name of intelligence gatherin'?
    Now it's karma you battlin', a losin' fight
    I chose the mic to recite ignite light in the night, aight?
    We should beat em, President Clinton should delete em
    It's not hard, the C.I.A. simply has no more job
    Oh my Goddess, mother, you can fix this
    We rock over mixes not six six sixes
    Yo this is, the message, to all that can hear it
    If you got secret information now's the time to share it
    Call your Congresswoman, your senator, your mayor
    It's time for all the scholars to unite with all the players
    Rearrangin', see times are definitely changin' G
    They used to tap the phone, now they tapping while you paging me
    It's crazy B, yet it's plain to see, who the enemy
    Who's left the NRA, The ATF, the AMA
    Okay, okay, it's all irrelevant, cause in the new millennium
    There'll be no Central Intelligence

  44. M.... C....

    This song sucked...

    M.... C....

    Matthew Cook like you can do better? get out

  45. M.... C....

    Trump 2020

  46. F.... s....

    В рашке тоже любят Зака)

  47. E.... ....

    I’m about to slap some stupid red caps off people today ✊🏽👊🏽

  48. c.... w....

    so thankful to have found zack de la rocha

  49. N.... B....

    Fuego ese

  50. J.... C....

    i DEFINITELY fux with this.....
    .....REAL TALK TRUTH
    subliminal too fast 4 u sleepySHEEP

  51. X.... l....

    Zack de la rocha*-*🖤

  52. J.... J....

    I forgot about zack he was 🔥🔥🔥

  53. E.... M....

    Please Zach, please, finish a full on rap record. We need it!

  54. K.... K....

    Willie Colon sample la
    Mugra

  55. C.... A....

    True legends true hip hop

  56. C.... 9....

    ALPHABET'S? NAH BETABET'S!

  57. A.... ....

    Just speaking about a colab with zack and krs. Now im hearing this. Shit is real

  58. R.... H....

    The glory years of 88 are over stop wishing and take your space ship elsewhere

  59. T.... B....

    The first time ever hearing this Jam. Nice trio of conscious freestyle flows. Word!

  60. L.... J....

    KRS1 Said he wants all of his daughters to be like Maxine Waters. TF? That lady hasn't done anything good for the people in her district and on top of that she doesn't even live in the district she represents. I always thought KRS1 was a wise man but now I think he might be suffering from dementia worse than Joe Bidden.

  61. C.... I....

    LBC Luv, fucc with Cap Dog Topic

  62. G.... S....

    Pure Trash!

  63. E.... C....

    La murga de Héctor lavoe

  64. B.... S....

    Fuck Zach that socialist phaggot. Capitalism made him rich. Huge hypocrite

  65. C.... ....

    Develop close ties like...

  66. e.... w....

    GS Zack De La Rocha,The Last Emperor and KRS-One 🤘🤘🤘

  67. r.... ....

    You can't get more old school than that.

  68. C.... D....

    That Maxine Waters thing didn’t quite pan out in the long run.

  69. M.... ....

    Ye ye ye ye ye ye xd

  70. y.... d....

    Criminals in action hahaha

  71. E.... R....

    KRS has the best vocal tone, the best flow and the deepest lyrics. PERIOD

  72. n.... c....

    JFK got killed by the CIA when the bushes and the McCain family had ties to them.

  73. V.... C....

    And Zak blames LEO’s in the verse?!? Lmfao we ALL know who makes the cocaine and where it comes from and most importantly who is selling it here in America. Describe the suspects or are you afraid of the truth?!? 🤷‍♂️

  74. a.... ....

    Even is just a mellow hip hop song, Zack de la Rocha has the rage like no one

  75. c.... m....

    Una belleza, 2020 ansioso yo de verlo y escuchar, en acción a la poderosa voz del Zack

  76. D.... P....

    Wow when conscious lyrics mattered!

  77. M.... S....

    GARY WEBB R.I.P
    Big love from the UK 🇬🇧

  78. T.... T....

    This is a hip hop classic!! Lyricist Lounge Volume 1 was a dope complication. All three emcees got busy on the mic. But yo The Last Emperor murdered this joint!!!! "Develop close ties like Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza"

  79. R.... L....

    Zack is so fire!!

  80. F.... ....

    Zach Del la whocares is a total pussy and a douchebag. I LOVE these types of people! "Socialism for all, for peace and equality. Capitalism is the root of all evil. Capitalism creates third world countries. Buy my CD. Buy tickets to my concert. Buy my shirts. Request my song on the radio. Make me stinkin, filthy rich to help fight capitalism!!!" And you morons eat this shit up! Hahahahaha.

  81. M.... R....

    Hell yes!

  82. D.... D....

    Zack De La Rocha the most Capitalist Socialist..

  83. J.... L....

    All ur daughters to be like maxine Walters? Fuck that we need no more race baiters who call for violence against innocent people.

  84. M.... S....

    Magic.!
    Zack Da La
    Krs and last Emp!!

    Wow.
    Thanks for real hip hop!! Truly

  85. B.... T....

    Man this sounds like Tom Morello singing :P

  86. W.... i....

    No matter our color...the elite want to control us...we must unite!

    W.... i....

    No shit sherlock! Finally someone's starting to discover the obvious.

  87. N.... G....

    EL DIA DE MI SUERTE DE BASE XD

  88. f.... ....

    They seem confused about things.

  89. I.... F....

    Real hip hop

  90. U.... M....

    There is no perfect system! I'll take capitalism over any fucked up idea you morons learned in college. Stop blaming the white man for everything. We all have plenty of blame to go around. Mexicano here!

  91. W.... ....

    I want all my daughter's to be like Maxine Waters 😂😂😂

  92. J.... D....

    Love the groove. Hate the lyrics

  93. m.... a....

    Hahaha. Absolutely HORRIBLE. 🙄😑😕💯

  94. N.... G....

    Is that guy from rage and the machines?

    N.... G....

    Yes, the lead singer

    N.... G....

    Rage against the machine

  95. J.... M....

    Fuck Zach De La Roca

  96. U.... V....

    Happy Friday worldwide Hip-Hop family! Making sure everyone tunes in to a very special episode of People's Party dropping Monday morning. We'll be chopping it up with underground rapper icon El-P, where he gives us thoughtful insight about a number of topics, including his time at Rawkus Records with Company Flow, Zack de la Rocha living at his house after the Rage breakup, the latest Run The Jewels project with Killer Mike, and much more. It's one of our best yet! Check for it this Monday Nov 11, at 9am ET/ 6am PT

    U.... V....

    eighty Stevens

    U.... V....

    King shit

    U.... V....

    YO IM GETTIN THESE ALBUMS! TALKIN HARD COPIES!

    U.... V....

    _ Friiddy So4i bi a goode boy !!! !

    U.... V....

    Underground? Silly kids