所属专辑:Livin’ Like Hustlers
歌手: Above The Law
时长: 04:21
Yo what's happenin man[00:00:00]
Yo they tryin to come down on the ATL when whe speak[00:00:03]
They say we on a negative tip[00:00:05]
What's up[00:00:07]
Now I'ma kick a way out style that's smoother than usual[00:00:08]
It's from Above The Law so see it's crucial[00:00:12]
Hype beats are kickin and rippin yo with a funky touch[00:00:14]
It's done the Ruthless way some say it's too much[00:00:17]
D o p e please don't misdefine it[00:00:19]
That's the way that I live and that's the style of my rhyme[00:00:21]
That's on time just like your watch keeps tickin[00:00:24]
KM G[00:00:26]
On my side so that my knowledge keeps stickin[00:00:26]
Now what's really known as a radio cut[00:00:28]
When you can's say[00:00:30]
S**t[00:00:32]
And you can't say[00:00:32]
F**k[00:00:33]
I really think you wanna hear it[00:00:33]
But the radio stations you see they still gonna fear it[00:00:35]
Yo I thought this country was based upon freedom of speech[00:00:38]
Freedom of press freedom of your own religion[00:00:41]
To make your own decision now that's baloney[00:00:43]
Cause if I gotta play by your rules I'm bein phoney[00:00:45]
Yo I got to cater to this person or that person[00:00:47]
I got to rhyme for the white or the black person[00:00:50]
Why can't it all be equal[00:00:53]
Music is a universal language for all people[00:00:55]
I better get off the rebellious tip[00:00:57]
Before somebody out there say I'm startin to slip[00:00:59]
I ain't trippin I'm steadily flowin and throwin[00:01:01]
Givin you a d**e style[00:01:04]
Keepin me on top of the pile[00:01:05]
Cause ATL'll soon take over the nation[00:01:06]
And if you don't wanna hear us well change the station[00:01:09]
Boo I sneak in your mind your mind[00:01:11]
Sink in your mind creep from behind[00:01:12]
So fast that you won't have time[00:01:14]
To deny a brother that's from the streets[00:01:16]
Tryin to teach hopin to reach[00:01:18]
Yo 187's not one that's known to preach[00:01:20]
But I wish for each to have freedom of speech[00:01:23]
Congress shall make no law[00:01:26]
Respecting an establishment of religion[00:01:27]
Or prehibiting the free exercise thereof[00:01:29]
Or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press[00:01:32]
They'll milk you to make it understood[00:01:35]
They make it good so that it taste real good[00:01:38]
To you so see you fall right in it[00:01:40]
Your minds are small they feed you like infants[00:01:42]
Like children they'll bring you along[00:01:45]
They say we're wrong for makin a rap song[00:01:47]
But ATL'll hit you straight up jam after jam[00:01:49]
Long as we say what we want make our stamps we don't give a d**n[00:01:51]
Those that wanna sell out need to get the f**k out the business[00:01:54]
Cause they ain't doin nothin but bluffin[00:01:57]
Me I get wild every rhyme I release[00:01:59]
Whether I talk about violence or talk about peace[00:02:01]
Cause violence is somethin that happens in society[00:02:04]
When people are livin low and don't kow where they can go[00:02:06]
But peace I think we all want peace[00:02:09]
But it's too much to face and it's too far to reach[00:02:11]
Whether I say my rhymes fast slow sloppy or neat[00:02:13]
See I wish when I'm doin to have freedom of speech[00:02:15]
Congress shall make no law[00:02:19]
Respecting an establishment of religion[00:02:20]
Or prehibiting the free exercise thereof[00:02:22]
Or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press[00:02:24]
Now if they ban me I don't give a f**k[00:02:27]
Chalk it up as experience[00:02:30]
Yeah bad luck[00:02:32]
Because I'm ballin with Laylaw's clout[00:02:32]
And if he say that it stays the s**t comes out[00:02:35]
Cause in the early days when rap first began[00:02:37]
Some fool jumped up and said it soon would end[00:02:39]
But nowadays I hear song after song[00:02:42]
And it proved to me that the fool was wrong[00:02:44]
So yo cut the *all set aside[00:02:46]
It's time for the people to realize[00:02:49]
About the things that happen in the ghetto which those try to hide[00:02:51]
When they know we just strive to survive[00:02:54]
The homie said he'd have a job if you'd give him a break[00:02:56]
But when he gets it[00:02:58]
He goes by the other man's ways[00:02:59]
Now see there's just one more thing I have to talk about[00:03:01]
'Bout how they say rap music is turnin kids out[00:03:03]
You got to give your child credit for what he can do[00:03:06]
Plus the way that they're raised is really up to you[00:03:08]
Rap music a form of literature[00:03:10]
Words and verbs and adjectives[00:03:12]
Painted up like a picture[00:03:14]
Yo it's gonna hitcha yo it's gonna getcha[00:03:15]
And when I'm all finished up it's gonna fitcha[00:03:18]
Hittin the nation[00:03:20]
Station to station[00:03:21]
Heavy rotation[00:03:22]
So strong that it's keepin the pace and[00:03:23]
We will speak out on any situation[00:03:25]
But while we're doin[00:03:27]
Yo we gotta have freedom of speech[00:03:28]
Yeah see that's how we had to do that[00:03:33]
Yo I gotta give it up to all my homeboys[00:03:35]
That got freedom of speech[00:03:37]
Yo Cold 187[00:03:39]
Ice Cube[00:03:40]
MC Ren[00:03:41]
The deadly Dr Dre[00:03:43]
Eazy E[00:03:45]
The G o M a c k[00:03:45]
Total Koss housin thangs[00:03:48]
Ruthless in the muthaf**kin house[00:03:50]
Yo to my homie D O C[00:03:53]
And Laylaw with the clout[00:03:55]
And we out[00:03:58]