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 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 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

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