[00:00:00] Stop The Violence - Boogie Down Productions [00:00:01] Worldwide bdp are the freshest [00:00:05] Worldwide worldwide worldwide [00:00:08] One two three the crew is called bdp [00:00:22] And if you want to go to the tip top [00:00:24] Stop the violence in hip-hop y-o [00:00:26] Time and time again as I pick up the pen [00:00:42] As my thoughts emerge these are those words [00:00:44] I glance at the paper to know what's going on [00:00:46] Someones doing wrong the story goes on [00:00:49] Mary lues had a baby someone else decapitated [00:00:51] The drama of the world shouldnt keep us so frustrated [00:00:55] I look but it doesn't coincide with my books [00:00:57] Social studies when I speak upon political crooks [00:00:59] Its just the presidents and all the money they spent [00:01:03] All the things they invent and how the house is so immaculate [00:01:06] They paid missiles my familys eating gristle [00:01:07] Then they get upset when the press blows the whistle [00:01:11] Of course the main profiles are kept low [00:01:13] You temper with some jobs now the press is controlled [00:01:16] Not only newspapers but every single station [00:01:19] You only get to hear the president is on vacation [00:01:21] But ehrm stay calm theres no need for alarm [00:01:24] You say go back to your mom and you're off to vietnam [00:01:27] You shoot to kill come back and you're a veteran [00:01:29] But how many veterans are out there pedaling [00:01:31] Theres no telling cause they continue selling [00:01:34] As quiet as its kept I won't go into depth [00:01:37] You can talk about nigeria people used to laugh at ya [00:01:40] Now I take a look I say usa for africa [00:01:43] Huh [00:01:54] What's the solution to stop all this confusion [00:01:56] Rewrite the constitution change the drug which you're using [00:01:58] Rewrite the constitution or the emancipation proclamation [00:02:00] We fight inflation yet the presidents still on vacation [00:02:03] Bdp posse [00:02:13] I say: one two three the crew is called bdp [00:02:17] And if you wanna go to the tip top [00:02:20] Stop the violence in the hip-hop y-o [00:02:24] This might sound a little strange to you [00:02:27] Well heres the reason I came to you [00:02:29] We gotta put our heads together and stop the violence [00:02:32] Cause real bad boys move in silence [00:02:35] When you're in a club you come to chill out [00:02:38] Not watch someones blood just spill out [00:02:40] Thats what these other people want to see [00:02:43] Another race fight endlessly [00:02:44] You know were being watched you know were being seen [00:02:48] Some wish to destroy this scene called hip-hop [00:02:51] But I won't drop [00:02:53] Not I or scott larock [00:02:55] Now here is the message that we bring today: [00:02:58] Hip-hop will surely decay [00:03:01] If we as a people don't stand up and say: [00:03:04] Stop the violence [00:03:06] Stop the violence [00:03:09] Stop the violence [00:03:12] Stop the violence [00:03:14] Stop the violence [00:03:17] I say: one two three the crew is called bdp [00:03:20] And if you wanna go to the tip top [00:03:24] Stop the violence in the hip-hop y-o [00:03:27] Bdp and me [00:03:35] We step into the party top celebrity [00:03:37] Say when were coming to dance we never have to pay a fee [00:03:41] Cause thats where we got r-e-s-p-e-c-t [00:03:42] I have this one wife her name is miss melody [00:03:45] I know I'm from the bronx she from the brooklyn posse [00:03:49] I tell ya look a little like this then I tell you some that i [00:03:53] Sometimes I got my gear on sometimes I wear a hat [00:03:56] Sometimes I'm in a mercedes and sometimes I'm in a plain [00:03:59] Sometimes I find myself upon the number two train [00:04:01] Some people look at me and see negativity [00:04:03] Some people look at me and see positivity [00:04:06] But when I see myself I see creativity [00:04:07] So if I can create well then I make some money [00:04:09] Sha man just put your hands up if you're out here gettin paid [00:04:12] Sha man just put your hands up if you're out here gettin paid