I got so much trouble on my mind Refuse to lose here's your ticket Hear the drummer get wickedThe crew to you to push the back to black Attack so I sat and japped Then slapped the mac Now I'm ready to mic itHear my favoritism roll "Oh" Never be a brother like me go solo Lazer, Anastasia, maze ya Ways to blaze your brain and train yaThe way I'm livin', forgiven' What I'm givin' up X on the flex hear me now I don't know about later As for now I know how to avoid the paranoidMan I've had it up to here Gear I wear got 'em goin' in fear Rhetoric said read just a bit ago Not quittin' though Signed the hard rhymerWork to keep from gettin' jerked Changin' some ways To way back in the better days Raw metaphysically bold Never followed a code Still dropped the loadNever question," What I am?" God knows Cause it's comin' from the heart What I got better get some Hustler of culture snakebitten Been spit in the face But the rhymes keep fittin'Respects been givin' how's ya livin' Now I can't protect a paid off defect Check the record An reckon an intentional wreck Played off as some intellectMade the call, took the fall Broke the laws Not my fault that they're fallin' off Known as fair square Throughout my yearsSo I growl at the livin' foul Black to the bone my home is your home But welcome to the terrordomeCome on down Come on down Come on down Come on downSubordinate terror kickin' off an era Cold deliverin' pain My ninety eight was eighty seven on a record yo So now I go broncoCrucifixion ain't no fiction So called chosen frozen Apology made to whoever pleases Still they got me like Jesus I rather sing, bring, think reminisce'Bout a brother while I'm in sync Every brother ain't a brother cause a color Just as well could be undercover Backstabbed, grabbed a flagFrom the back of the lab Told a rab get off the rag Sad to say I got sold down the river Still some quiver when I deliverNever to say I never knew or have a clue Word was heard, plus hard on the boulevard Lies, scandalizin', basin' Traits of hate who's celebratin' wit Satan?I rope a dope the evil with righteous Bobbin' and weavin' and let the good get even C'mon down But welcome to the terrordomeCome on down Come on downCaught in the race against time The pit and the pendulum Check the rhythm and rhymes While I'm bendin' 'emSnakes blowin' up the lines of design Tryin' to blind the science I'm sendin' 'em How to fight the power cannot run and hide But it shouldn't be suicideIn a game a fool without the rules Got a hell of a nerve to just criticize Every brother ain't a brother 'Cause a black hand Squeezed on Malcom X the manThe shootin' of Huey Newton From a hand of a nigger Who pulled the triggerCome on down Come on downIt's weak to speak and blame somebody else When you destroy yourself First nothing's worse than a mother's pain Of a son slain in Benson HurstCan't wait for the state to decide the fate So this jam I dedicate Places with the racist faces An example of one of many casesThe Greek weekend speech I speak From a lesson learned in Virginia I don't smile in the line of fire I go wildin' but it's on bass and drums even violinsWatcha do gitcha head ready Instead of gettin' physically sweaty When I get mad I put it down on a padGive ya somethin' that cha Never had controllin' fear of high rollin' God bless your soul and keep livin'Never allowed, kickin' it loud Droppin' a bomb Brain game intellectual Vietnam Move as a team Never move alone But welcome to the terrordome