I testified
My mama cried
Black people died
When the other man lied
See the TV, listen to me double trouble
I overhaul and I`m comin
From the lower level
I`m takin tabs
Sho nuff stuff to grab
Like shirts it hurts
Wit a neck to wreck
Took a poll cause our soul
Took a toll
From the education
Of a TV station
But look around
Hear go the sound of the wreckin ball
Boom and Pound
When I
Shut `em down
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
What I use in the battle for the mind
I hit it hard
Like it supposed
Pullin no blows to the nose
Like Uncle L said I`m rippin up shows
Then what it is
Only 5 percent of the biz
I`m addin woes
That`s how da way it goes
Then you think I rank never drank, point blank
I own loans
Suckers got me runnin from the bank
Civil liberty I can`t see to pay a fee
I never saw a way to pay a sap
To read the law
Then become a victim of a lawyer
Don`t know ya, never saw ya
Tape cued
Gettin me sued
Playin games wit my head
What the judge said put me in the red
Got me thinkin bout a trigger to the lead
No no
My education mind say
Suckers gonna pay
Anyway
There gonna be a day
Cause the troop they roll in
To posse up
Whole from the ground
Ready to go
Throw another round
Sick of the ride
It`s suicide
For the other side of town
When I find a way to shut `em down
(Pete Rock)
I wreck for respect
Check one hit the deck
Wit the man of the hour
Commit the soul power
For once I got to say shut `em down on the regular
Causing mass hysteria in your area
Kicking it for my man Chuck D
Down Wit PE
On the remix
Hung on the flix
So check it before I step down
When I`m in your town
You know I got to shut em down
Who count the money
In da neigborhood
But we spendin money
To no end lookin for a friend
In a war to the core
Rippin up the poor in da stores
Till they get a brother
Kickin down doors
Then I figure I kick it bigger
Look em dead in the eye
And they wince
Defense is pressurized
They don`t want it to be
Another racial attack
In disguise so give some money back
I like Nike but wait a minite
The neighborhood supports so put some
Money in it
Corporations owe
Dey gotta give up the dough
To da town
or else
We gotta shut `em down
