[Intro: Samples] "Hey!" "This—" "This is a journey—" "—jour—" "—journey, through sound" "Would you join me, please, in welcome-in-ing—" "Hahahaha" [Verse 1] I got so much trouble on my mind Refuse to lose Here's your ticket; Hear the drummer get wicked The crew to you to push the back to Black attack So I sack and jack, then slapped the Mac Now...Learn More

[Intro: Flavor Flav + Sample] Don't— Don't— Don't— Don't— Don't— Don't— Don't— ("Now here's what I want y'all to do for me") [Verse 1: Chuck D + Flavor Flav] Back, caught you lookin' for the same thing It's a new thing, check out this I bring Uh, oh, the roll below the level, 'cause I'm livin' low Next to the bass, (C'mon!), turn up the radio They...Learn More

[Intro] Bass for your face, London! Everybody in the house make some noise! I want everybody in the house to say "ho!" (Ho!) Yo Chuck, kick it to 'em, man! "A ballad behind bars or you could say real rock from the rock. An unusual musical happening in a most unusual place. The state prison..." "Get in that cell, nigga!" [Verse 1] I got a letter...Learn More

[Verse 1] Say what you oughta, world outta order Paid the cost father time ain't never lost The boss, y'all ain't heard it? I work it, uh, the senior circuit See some quit it, 'cause they don't get it (Kick it, Chuck!) Fire music, my aim is, forget what my name is Yeah, I ain't famous to be famous Remember Troy Davis Beware, Clive Davis swarming to...Learn More

[Verse 1] I got no fancy car, never was no Superstar I got no Grammy trophy, got no problem if you all approach me Never had no Rolling Stone cover, never had no Top 10 hits, my brother Got no TV show, got no Maybachs, Benz or Rolls Got no movie roles, got no platinum or gold Got no diamond rings, watches, and all of them things Got no waiting...Learn More

[Intro] "But he like so many other White leaders appears to have missed the point" "Once the riot started, it went like a forest fire. It started in a lot of different places at pretty much the same time" [Intro: Chuck D] Five hundred FBI agents comin' after us with a license to kill Thirty mil, claimin' it's just a drug bust [Ad-lib] They...Learn More

[Intro] "Sometimes men take matters into their own hands" Public Enemy [Ad-lib 1] Soul check, part one! One, two (What?) One, two, three, and [Chorus] Say it like it really is, do it like it really is Say it like it really is, do it like it really is [Verse 1] Get up, back at ya, gettin' it on and Still wide awake, six in the mornin' Still...Learn More

[Chuck D] Burn Hollywood burn I smell a riot Goin' on -- first they're guilty, now they're gone Yeah I'll check out a movie But it'll take a Black one to move me Get me the hell away from this T.V All this news and views are beneath me So all I hear about is shots ringing out About gangs putting each other's head out So I rather kick some slang...Learn More

[Intro: Sample] "Yet our best trained, best educated, best equipped, best prepared troops refuse to fight. Matter of fact, it’s safe to say that they would rather switch than fight" [Alternate Intro] W-E-L-O-V-E 108 FM [Verse 1: Chuck D + Flavor Flav + Chuck D & Flavor Flav] 19— —89 the number, another summer (Get down) Sound of the funky...Learn More

Played in Cincinnati Wit my whole head nappy Made a rally in the street Wit nothin' but a beat Gotta grudge against a judge Kick 'em out that seat You are what you eat So what you eatin'? Same message to your mind Be self defeatin' Sick n tired of bein' sick And tired of bein' beaten Saw 'em drop it like it Was way too hot and too fast For hip...Learn More

[Verse 1] I come out my crib Walk out on the block its hot Yo there's a black car parked on the corner hot boys TNT be creepin' While niggas be on the side of the soda machine sleeping Word up kid, they seen what you did In the car parked way down the block with binoculars That's what they got Helicopters parked out on the roof 10,000 disposable...Learn More