Key: C minor
Verse 1
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Got to
give the people
Give the people what they want
Ladies and Gentlemen
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Give the people what they want
Ladies and Gentlemen
Verse 3
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When I came out with my first rap jam
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It did real good without radio play
Maybe at night but no
airplay in the day
I couldn't understand why to be exact
Then came the answer,
commercial was the key
To get airplay and a spot on TV
Like Ed Lover and Doctor
And still we can't ill,
cause to them that's wrong
'Cause like P.E. said,
we're too black and too strong
But hey, what can I say
(Brothers and sisters) that's
a price a rapper must pay
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Got to give the
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Give the people what they want
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Ladies and Gentlemen
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Give the people what they want
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Verse 6
at a standstill
Some racial circuits the
frequencies can't handle
The funk tracks produced by EPMD
But it's a fat jam,
that will never win a grammy
Unless we sellout and kill
the black movement dead
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Which means swallow our pride and
become flunkies instead
And stop the rap about freedom,
thoughts of a black president
And rap about a black crack, the
mayor in our residence
Give me a break brothers,
it's time to take a stand
And kill that no sir, yes sir,
and thank you ma'am
'Cause the word is a luxury
a black man can't afford
That's why poverty's on the
rise and we still ignored
And it's a setback and yet
the clock still ticks
And if we let it,
rap would be run by politics
I read it somewhere that
every man's created equal
But not in this day and age,
maybe in the sequel
Which means next time,
so observe these rhymes
And take a stand and go for yours
'cause I'm going for mine
That's why I
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Got to give the people
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Give the people what they want
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Ladies and Gen tlemen
Verse 8
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Got to give the
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Give the people what they want
Ladies and Gentlemen
Why is that when wrong is done by the black
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It's
blown out of proportion and
immediately attacked
By the press and yes, conflict is caused
By the kids at concerts who
bumrush the doors
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One child gets hurt, the press gets pesty
But what about the Beatles, G,
and Elvis Presley
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Same stuff was rough,
rap does not cause violence
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So (Fight the Power) and make
them understand
But too much power and
you might get banned
Outro 1
You can't be too black and hey, watch what you say, but ayo
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