Public Enemy, Ice T, N.W. Attitude chords by Jonathan King
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Public Enemy, Ice -T, N -W -A,
all have something to say
Whether you like it, or whether you hate it
The fact of the matter is,
you gotta hear it to rate it
You can't suffocate it,
dismiss or berate it
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As simplistic or crude, it's got attitude
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Ozzy Osbourne or Judas Priest
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Are entitled to speak at least
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If you hear their illusions,
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above all the noise
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They have the same rights
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as us other girls and boys
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From Blondel, the minstrel,
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to Mary the fairy
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Like two live crew,
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they've got attitude
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No coward and diver, no fellow
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Can be appreciated as unusual fellow
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If freedom of speech
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hadn't then been protected
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Jean Genet would be silenced,
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Bob Dylan rejected
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They were vilified, denied,
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defied, crucified
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They could have been sued,
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but they had attitude
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Politicians and royalty
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give their opinions
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And sometimes commands
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to an army of minions
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The poorest street beggar
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in the Calcutta gutter
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Has his views on the world
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and the freedom to mutter
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From a Hollywood looker
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to a red light sex hooker
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As we're being screwed
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we've got attitude
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Take away that permis
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sion to say what we feel
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You remove all our rights to think,
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let alone to appeal
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The innocent are convicted,
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free spirits restricted
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The mad pronounced sane
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and the healthy addicted
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All our values reversed,
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all our artists are cursed
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The revered becomes you without attitude
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Public Enemy, Ice T, N.W. Attitude
Jonathan King
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