The Story Behind "U Gotta Know" Off THE KINETIK L.P.

One of the first tracks to be laid down for the album was a song called "U Gotta Kno" which features Monotone Jones on the hook. I originally didnt plan for him to even be on the track but during the outloud reheasals in front of Jones and Klass, Jones suggested he do it. This in fact turned out to be exactly better than i expected it to be.

The 1st verse talks about not letting the media lie to u, "better stick to whut u know thats whut i would do. Then i go into how people "form a crew, knowing that they targets, thats how cowards moves" stating things ive witness in the past about how rappers try to gain power with numbers when the base foundation is weak. I go into talkn to fellow emcess with "u got power dude, enough to move these fiens like the powder do" then into the backstabbers with " Its starts with "how r u, then they backstab u in a hour or two, yo, dont get me twisted i aint rhymen on no kid shit, ill show up to ya house and pull that shit down within an instant". Break into a phase where im too serious and almost snaped with "huh....give me a sec let me jus gain my composer" " Im tired of these niggas wanna go to war knowing damn well they aint solders". Like i always do i have to break down the level of seriousness within my art with " Im bolder and way more colder than ya average savage, place ya bets i kno more mathematics than a average arcitech" " I catch wreck when i spark the set, so respect or its off with ya neck and im gone with ya check, whut u expect" Then bringn the fact that i kno alot of emcees on the same mind frame with " See all my fellow emcees know, they'll show u where to go, its only up to u if u float, or sink like the titanic now think" and with the last final rhymes i end with "it aint worth life so be careful whut u write down in ink...cas u gotta know" which explains how serious i take peoples rhymes and how i hold them accountable for their words.

With the hook that Monotone Jones sang goes like " U Gotta Kno...O...U Gotta Kno..."U Gotta Gotta)...U Gotta Kno....". The sample incorporated with Guru of Gangstarr's "Demonic Chapters Shall Be Captured By Kings" from the classic song "Above The Clouds" ft Inspecta Deck sums up the actual idea of the song which by then is very self explanatory.

The next verse i decided i need to dedicated to all my fellow emcees that i have been around since I've been in Charlotte, where i worked with them or not, just say something to empower them to keep going during this never ending drought. Its starts with "To all my fellow emcees, on the g-r-i-n-d, hold ya head cas these rappers aint dead till the deceased, and we aint dead cas we dont bleed, its logically impossible for us to sit around and let these cats (rappers) roam with ease, my nigga please, get up off ya ass and start rhymen nigga, its only a matter of time before the sun stop shining, people blinded by the artificial dont know where to go, open these doors and start mafuckn bustn down shows, and let it (ya rhymes) flow till the bullshit (garbage rap music) dont spill (aint around) no more" Then i broke it down farther with "Teach these kids, cas if they aint with us, then who is" and on how to do so with they art with "Start a biz and tell these niggas yo, it is what it is" "and i be damn if i have to kill one (a kid) with a gun (because of all the unnecessary violence in order to protect my self, not outta rage) "Cas shit aint funny when they killn each other over money, and then they (people who love hip hop) lookn at us like where the fuckn dummys" after i said this i came to a feeln where i jus could finish the song and lettn people know at the end with" yo u gotta know"

I didnt want to say anything after that so in order to touch u more, i left the hooks in with Klass's beat touches u emotionally. At the end of the song i wanted the listener to go into deep thought about everything thats goin on and motivate them on how they can simply make a change in this world.