[00:01.93]Yo yo whassup ice man you look upset brother
[00:04.25]Yo man, I got a lot of things on my mind man
[00:06.67]But I dont know if I should put it on this record, yaknahmsayin?
[00:08.92]Man go ahead and kick it man
[00:10.42]Let the people know whats happenin man
[00:11.73]You know brothers out there sellin out man
[00:13.23]Why they goin out like that man?
[00:14.48]Yo, sellin out like it aint nothin man
[00:17.53]I aint with it
[00:18.91]Dig it, Im just a brother from l.a.
[00:21.40]South central, I live life the fly way
[00:23.65]Used to bang and hustle but I traded for the big game
[00:26.15]Infamy got dumped for fame
[00:27.45]Now Im known and respect as creator of the crime rhyme;
[00:29.91]But my lyrics are deeper
[00:31.78]Because Im the one that makes you think before make a move
[00:34.33]I wrote pusher, high rollers, and colors just to prove
[00:37.02]That I could kick game, and drop knowledge at the same time
[00:39.45]But one l.a. station wouldnt play my records one time
[00:41.64]Im tryin to save my community
[00:44.07]But these bourgeoise blacks keep on doggin me
[00:46.50]They dont care about violence, drugs and gangs
[00:48.88]Kjlh, you aint about nuttin
[00:51.00]You just a bunch of punk bourgeoise black suckers
[00:54.37]And this ones for me
[00:56.37]You wont play no public enemy
[00:57.74]You aint playin no boogie down productions
[00:59.92]You aint tryin to represent the black community
[01:02.05]You just carin about your little ol r&b +bull+
[01:04.85]You play all day and night
[01:06.22]I represent los angeles all over the united states
[01:09.22]And you aint did nuttin for me
[01:11.34]Think about it
[01:13.96]Hold up, I aint finished on the diss tip
[01:16.64]Theres a few more punks that I got to rip
[01:18.89]All you chump mcs who sell out quick
[01:20.76]When p.e. was on the top, you rode the tip
[01:23.01]But now they got problems and you suckers run
[01:25.32]Whos chucks real friends, does he really have one?
[01:28.00]You yell p.e. this, p.e. that
[01:30.12]Fist in the air, proud to be black
[01:32.37]Now they got static and you run like punks
[01:34.62]I havent heard an mc stand up for him once
[01:36.86]Maybe you suckers are just hopin that they fall off
[01:39.74]So you can fill their shoes, nope sorry boss
[01:41.98]Thats what the matter with black people anyway
[01:44.29]We aint down with nothin, I dont care what you say
[01:46.85]Yell or lie, dont even bother
[01:48.23]How low will a brother go for a dollar?
[01:50.42]Public enemy broke a new rap age
[01:53.23]And now you rappers aint got nuttin to say?
[01:55.60]Yo its their problemgriff shouldnta said it
[01:57.84]E wheres my pistol? （yo Ill go get it）
[02:00.48]Cause its time for me to enforce some discipline
[02:02.35]Are you down or not, are you out or in?
[02:04.91]Chuck flav and griff are my true friends
[02:06.78]I got their backs if it means my career ends
[02:09.97]All you so-called down mcs with public enemy
[02:12.90]I aint heard nobody out there, tryin to help my man out
[02:15.77]Youknowhatimsayin? griff is my man, I dont care what he said
[02:18.89]Youknowhatimsayin? and I aint gon let them go out like that
[02:21.70]Youknowhatimsayin? chuck, ice got your back
[02:24.01]Anybody out there got problems with public enemy, come talk to me
[02:27.56]Once again, Im back in the diss mode
[02:30.37]I gotta speak my mind, its time to unload
[02:32.56]On this so-called government weve got
[02:34.49]If I lied like them, I think Id get shot
[02:37.18]They sell drugs to kids and say its us
[02:39.48]And when the cops are crooks, who can you trust?
[02:41.80]You only see young brothers in a drug bust
[02:44.05]Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust
[02:46.24]My homey got a year for an ounce of weed
[02:48.61]While bush sells weapons to the enemy
[02:50.85]You gotta be stone blind not to see
[02:53.04]Our government is honest! nigga, please
[02:55.78]Cocaine cant be made in the united states
[02:57.97]Kickin facts like this our government hates
[02:59.96]The young kids on the streets aint the enemy
[03:02.40]Theyre just ghetto youth after money
[03:04.39]They sell drugs, but who sells drugs to them?
[03:07.20]Try the c.i.a. my friend
[03:09.57]Or the f.b.i. or even bush
[03:11.63]Somebodys gettin rich, damn sure aint us
[03:13.88]Were just killin ourselves while others laugh
[03:16.19]Look at the street, its a cocaine bloodbath
[03:18.50]We gotta realize dope is pure death
[03:20.68]Mess with drugs, youre breathin your last breath
[03:22.93]Sellin drugs is straight up genocide
[03:24.61]Theyre gonna laugh, while we all die
[03:28.48]Sittin up there thinkin youre makin that money
[03:30.48]Hustlin and all that, youre killin your brothers
[03:32.66]Youknowhatimsayin? you just stupid, straight up stupid
[03:36.03]Puttin dope into your body - cmon, youknowhatimsayin?
[03:39.15]You gotta get somethin goin out there
[03:40.77]Get some brains, youknowhatimsayin?
[03:42.71]We are just playin ourselves cold out of the pocket
[03:45.77]This ones for me, I make records for you
[03:48.57]But this cut I straight out had to do
[03:50.69]Theres topics in my mind I have to break
[03:52.94]Cause so many of you out there are so damn fake
[03:55.50]If ya aint know theyre no-one, cutthroats
[03:57.12]Backstabbers, scheamin for banknotes
[04:00.05]And all of you out there know what Im talkin bout
[04:02.55]If you claim youre down then never sell-out
[04:04.30]Never sell out, youknowhatimsayin?
[04:07.17]You gotta stay down for yours
[04:09.35]You know I want it, sure as Im ice-t
[04:11.60]I make records for you, but this ones for me
[04:14.53]You know what Im talkin bout out there
[04:16.28]Theres ways to sell out left and right
[04:18.15]But you aint got to do that
[04:19.77]Theres things more important than money
[04:21.27]Im talkin bout pride, Im talkin bout dignity
[04:23.39]You got it out there
[04:24.64]All you got to do is stand on your own two feet
[04:27.45]Dont go out like no sucker
[04:29.01]Stay down, youknowhatimsayin?
[04:31.69]Peace