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