featuring Pete Rock 

I testified 
My mama cried 
Black people died 
When the other man lied 
See the TV listen to me double trouble 
I overhaul and [bad word] 
From the lower level 
I'm takin tabs 
Sho nuff stuff to grab 
Like shirts it hurts 
Wit a neck to wreck 
Took a poll cause our soul 
Took a toll 
From the education 
Of a TV station 
But look around 
Hear go the sound of the wreckin ball 
Boom and Pound 
When I 
Shut 'em down 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
What I use in the battle for the mind 
I hit it hard 
Like it supposed 
Pullin no blows to the nose 
Like Uncle L said I'm rippin up shows 
Then what it is 
Only 5 percent of the biz 
I'm addin woes 
That's how da way it goes 
Then you think I rank never drank, point blank 
I own loans 
Suckers got [bad word] from the bank 
Civil liberty I can't see to pay a fee 
I never saw a way to pay a sap 
To read the law 
Then [bad word] a victim of a lawyer 
Don't know ya, never saw ya 
Tape cued 
Gettin me sued 
Playin games wit my head 
What the judge said put me in the red 
Got me thinkin bout a trigger to the lead 
No no 
My education mind say 
Suckers gonna pay 
Anyway 
There gonna be a day 
Cause the troop they roll in 
To posse up 
Whole from the ground 
Ready to go 
Throw another round 
Sick of the ride 
It's suicide 
For the other side of town 
When I find a way to shut 'em down 

(Pete Rock) 
I wreck for respect 
Check one hit the deck 
Wit the man of the hour [bad word] the soul power 
For once I got to say shut 'em down on the regular 
Causing mass hysteria in your area 
Kicking it for my man Chuck 
Down Wit PE 
On the remix 
Hung on the flix 
So check it before I step down 
When I'm in your town 
You know I got to shut em down 

Who count the money 
In da neigborhood 
But we spendin money 
To no end lookin for a friend 
In a war to the core 
Rippin up the poor in da stores 
Till they get a brother 
Kickin down doors 
Then I figure I kick it bigger 
Look em dead in the eye 
And they wince 
Defense is pressurized 
They don't want it to be 
Another racial attack 
In disguise so give some money back 
I like Nike but wait a minite 
The neighborhood supports so put some 
Money in it 
Corporations owe 
Dey gotta give up the dough 
To da town 
or else 
We gotta shut 'em down
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