Key: G# minor
Intro 1
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Listen all
Verse 1
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you
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dissing, I got something to say
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goes this way
world of hip hop
Verse 2
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Shut down - the parties are over
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with a 5- leaf clover
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No more - hip hop in this town
The weekend comes around and you
Verse 3
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But there's nowhere to go,
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A hip- hop show in Buffalo is too far
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When you got no car
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You can't see the star cause of this
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damn war - breakdown
Verse 4
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You think of past times
when T.O. was shocking
Ron Nelson on the wheels,
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he had the crowd rocking
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Michie Mee, Kenne Krush, Run- Dmc
Verse 5
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LL Rocked the bells - he was
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The city was live - respected on the map
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Until one day when you posse attacked
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Verse 6
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Violence started,
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The end result - b- boy destruction
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Party after party - jam after jam
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The weak would hang
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- surrounded by the gang
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I must emphasize, there are no lies
If you close your eyes,
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somebody may die
Verse 8
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This is a warning, don't ignore
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I'll repeat it once more
Interlude 1
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Verse 9
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Sat urday night - a thousand
people in the place
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The party was kickin' with pounding bass
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The people said ho! Cause I said so
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You are my fan standing in the front row
Verse 10
Rakim broke the mic,
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the party went sour
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Pos sies clashing, rope chains snatching
Verse 11
B- Boys battling, danger unraveling
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All of this fighting, leading to rioting
Sucker home boys on the
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floor perpetrating
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The music stopped and they've
called the cops in
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A show which was rocking is now stopped
Verse 12
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Instead of ignoring, you are roaring
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Bum rush, they've kicked the back door in
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B- boys burst in, tempers flaring
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The innocent cursing, vengeful hurting
Verse 13
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War erupting, enemies brawl
Head bang against the wall
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at the Concert Hall
Listen to my words cause
Verse 14
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When you lack logic,
a gun is the gadget
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Or knives or sticks or
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them alone
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Verse 15
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You know who you are,
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All the posies in effect,
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hold tight, y'all chill
The jam, it's yours,
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don't come here to kill
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Just let the party rock
Forget about the violence,
knives and guns
You have been blinded,
Verse 17
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By this fighting, battling, ruling
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Learn about Apartheid and South Africa
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Regan, Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela
Verse 18
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Deprived Nation in starvation
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No education, just devastation
Verse 19
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World destruction,
the system of corruption
World war 3, nuclear combustion
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So cialism, communism, klu- klux klan
Verse 20
a persona is a sexist
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A rapist, a racist, I am just your lyricist
Resist and you will miss
a message that's so clear
So clean out your ear,
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If you look at all the signs,
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Just open your eyes and
All the people want peace,
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not vi olent cries
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Verse 23
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I'm a black man, yes I'm Jamaica
Speaking to this nation with an
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hop nation
And peace to all the patrons,
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of my generation
Outro 1
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