[00:22.970]I testified
[00:24.180]My mama cried
[00:25.640]Black people died
[00:26.980]When the other man lied
[00:28.380]See the TV listen to me double trouble
[00:30.570]I overhaul and I'm comin
[00:32.030]From the lower level
[00:33.290]I'm takin tabs
[00:34.630]Sho nuff stuff to grab
[00:35.970]Like shirts it hurts
[00:37.880]Wit a neck to wreck
[00:39.010]Took a poll cause our soul
[00:40.410]Took a toll
[00:41.420]From the education
[00:42.620]Of a TV station
[00:44.090]But look around
[00:45.250]Hear go the sound of the wreckin ball
[00:46.730]Boom and Pound
[00:48.100]When I
[00:49.460]Shut 'em down
[01:24.250]1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
[01:25.550]What I use in the battle for the mind
[01:27.060]I hit it hard
[01:29.230]Like it supposed
[01:29.740]Pullin no blows to the nose
[01:30.630]Like Uncle L said I'm rippin up shows
[01:32.880]Then what it is
[01:33.940]Only 5 percent of the biz
[01:35.270]I'm addin woes
[01:36.790]That's how da way it goes
[01:38.100]Then you think I rank never drank, point blank
[01:40.870]I own loans
[01:41.850]Suckers got me runnin from the bank
[01:43.720]Civil liberty I can't see to pay a fee
[01:45.970]I never saw a way to pay a sap
[01:48.510]To read the law
[01:49.280]Then become a victim of a lawyer
[01:50.900]Don't know ya, never saw ya
[01:52.160]Tape cued
[01:53.140]Gettin me sued
[01:54.800]Playin games wit my head
[01:55.810]What the judge said put me in the red
[01:56.730]Got me thinkin bout a trigger to the lead
[01:59.090]No no
[02:00.610]My education mind say
[02:01.910]Suckers gonna pay
[02:02.790]Anyway
[02:04.220]There gonna be a day
[02:05.060]Cause the troop they roll in
[02:06.890]To posse up
[02:07.750]Whole from the ground
[02:08.460]Ready to go
[02:09.380]Throw another round
[02:10.240]Sick of the ride
[02:11.150]It's suicide
[02:12.200]For the other side of town
[02:13.210]When I find a way to shut 'em down
[02:16.960](Pete Rock)
[02:32.190]I wreck for respect
[02:33.470]Check one hit the deck
[02:35.160]Wit the man of the hour
[02:36.530]Commit the soul power
[02:37.710]For once I got to say shut 'em down on the regular
[02:40.420]Causing mass hysteria in your area
[02:42.000]Kicking it for my man Chuck D
[02:44.640]Down Wit PE
[02:46.080]On the remix
[02:47.330]Hung on the flix
[02:48.610]So check it before I step down
[02:49.980]When I'm in your town
[02:51.440]You know I got to shut em down
[02:59.170]Who count the money
[03:00.170]In da neigborhood
[03:01.210]But we spendin money
[03:02.560]To no end lookin for a friend
[03:04.390]In a war to the core
[03:05.780]Rippin up the poor in da stores
[03:07.510]Till they get a brother
[03:08.470]Kickin down doors
[03:09.820]Then I figure I kick it bigger
[03:11.460]Look em dead in the eye
[03:12.310]And they wince
[03:14.660]Defense is pressurized
[03:15.770]They don't want it to be
[03:16.650]Another racial attack
[03:18.320]In disguise so give some money back
[03:20.460]I like Nike but wait a minite
[03:22.810]The neighborhood supports so put some
[03:24.650]Money in it
[03:25.610]Corporations owe
[03:26.780]Dey gotta give up the dough
[03:28.100]To da town
[03:29.410]or else
[03:30.250]We gotta shut 'em down

I testified
My mama cried
Black people died
When the other man lied
See the TV listen to me double trouble
I overhaul and I'm comin
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 me runnin 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 become 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
Commit 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 D
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