Sound Man KRS-One

[Refrain]
(fresh)
The real hip-hop is (fresh) x8

[Verse 1]
Bass, treble, c’mon, look around, man
The thump, the level, all that’s the sound man
When the boom bap dumps hard on the ground, man
It’s a good sound, man, that’s never caught pounding
Fingers on levels, eyes on the session
Pump the bass bottom, give me more of that compression
Sound engineer it, you’ve got to have the ear and
You’ve got to know what you hear, never overbearing
You bring the sound blaring hot like you ain’t caring
The level’s in the red, but no, you ain’t staring
You pushing more bottom, you make the sound crack
Like the snare going “blap” on a boom boom bap
Sound man, I hear you, better yet, I see you
Yeah man, you free to adjust the EQ
Pump up the reverb, mess with the delay
Gimme more sidefills and turn up the DJ

[Refrain]
The real hip-hop is
The real hip-hop is (fresh) x3