Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone

Continuing our much-delayed 2023 roundup, here are 16 honorable mentions for L.A.'s most memorable urban artworks last year.

- via @euthanausea -

Wa da da dang

Wa da da da dang

Listen to my 9 millimeter go bang

Wa da da dang

Wa da da da dang

This is KRS-One

Me knew a crack dealer by the name of peter

Had to buck him down with my 9 millimeter

He said I had his girl, I said "now what are you? stupid?"

But he tried to play me out and KRS-One knew it

He reached for his pistol but it was just a waste

Cos my 9 millimeter was up against his face

He pulled his pistol anyway and I filled him full of lead

But just before he fell to the ground this is what I said

Wa da da dang

Wa da da da dang

Listen to my 9 millimeter go bang

Wa da da dang

Wa da da da dang

This is KRS-One

Seven days later I was chillin' in the herb gate

But seven days too much when the gossip has to circulate

Puffin sensimilla I heard "knock knock knock"

But the way that they knocked it did not sound like any cop

And if it were a customer they'd ask me for a nick

So suddenly I realized it had to be a trick

I dropped down to the floor and they did not waste no time

They shot right through the door so I had to go for mine

They pumped and shot again but the suckas kept on missin'

Cos I was on the floor by now, I crawled into the kitchen

Thirty seconds later, boy, they bust the door down

The money and the sensemi' was lyin all around

But just as they put their pistols down to take a cut

Me jumped out the kitchen, went "buck! buck! buck!"

They fall down to the floor but one was still alive

So I put my 9 millimeter right between his eyes

Looked at his potnah and both of them were dead

So just before he joined his potnah this is what I said

Wa da da dang

Wa da da da dang

Listen to my 9 millimeter go bang

Wa da da dang

Wa da da da dang

This is KRS-One

I gathered all the money and I ran up the block

I said this is a perfect time to meet with Scott Larock

But Scott is either psychic or he has a knack for trouble

Cos Scott Larock showed up in a all-black BMW

I jumped inside the car and we screeched off in a hurry

And Scott said what is wrong? relax, tell me the story

I said you remember peter? well his posse tried to kill me

I'm all right now because the sensemi' fill me

Scott just laughed, he said I know they're all dead

And just before you pulled the trigger this is what you said

Wa da da dang

Wa da da da dang

Listen to my 9 millimeter go bang

Wa da da dang

Wa da da da dang

KRS-One - Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight)