Public Enemy Shut Em Down (live in the UK)
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 and 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
[8x]
I shut 'em down - shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
What I use in the battle for the mind
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 u 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 educated 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
[8x]
I shut 'em down - shut 'em down, shut 'em, 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
Until 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 really want it to be another racial attack
In disguise so give some money back
I like nike but wait a minute
The neighborhood supports so put some money in it
All corporations owe dey gotta give up the dough
To my town or else we gotta shut 'em down
[8x]
I shut 'em down - shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down
