| Yo Chuck, bust a move man
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| I was on my way up here to the studio, ya know what I’m sayin'?
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| And this brother stop me and axe me,
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| «Yo, wassup with that brother Chuckie D? |
| He swear he nice»
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| I said «Yo the brother don’t swear he’s nice, he KNOWS he’s nice»
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| Ya know what I’m sayin'?
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| So Chuck, I got a feelin you turnin him into a Public Enemy, man
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| Now remember that line you was kicking to me on the way out to LA Lounge in Queens
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| while we was in the car on our way to the Shop
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| Well yo, right now kick the bass for them brothers
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| And let 'em know, WHAT, GOES, ON!
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| WHAT, GOES, ON!
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| Rolling Stones of the rap game, not braggin'
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| Lips bigger than Jagger, not saggin'
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| Spell it backwards, I’ma leave it at that.
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| That ain’t got nuttin to do with rap
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| Check the facts, expose those cats
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| who pose as heroes and take advantage of blacks
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| Your government’s gangster, so cut the crap
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| A war goin on so where y’all at?
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| «Fight the Power"comes great responsibility
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| 'F the Police’but who’s stopping YOU from killlin me?
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| Disaster, fiascos over a loop by P.E.
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| If it’s an I instead of we believin TV
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| Spittin riches, bitches, and this new thing about snitches
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| Watch them asses move as the masses switches
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| System dissed them but barely missed her
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| My soul intention to save my brothers and sisters!
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| Hard… (Get up!)
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| JUST, LIKE, DAT
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| Yeah, that’s right Chuck, man
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| That’s what you gotta do You got to tell 'em JUST, LIKE, DAT, ya know what I’m sayin?
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| Cause yo, lemme tell you a lil something man
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| These brothers runnin around, hard-headed!
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| They get a lil jealous, you know what I’m sayin?
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| Just like that! |
| You know, they try to bring you down wit 'em
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| But yo, Chuck, you got to tell 'em JUST, LIKE, DAT!
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| Screamin gangsta twenty years later
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| Of course endorsed while consciousness faded
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| New generation believin them fables
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| «Gangster Boogie"on two turntables
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| Show no love so it’s easy to hate it Desecrated while the coroner waited
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| Any given Sunday, so where y’all rate it?
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| wit slavery, lynchin, and them drugs infiltrated
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| I’m like that doll Chuckie, baby
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| Keep comin back to live, love life like I’m crazy
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| Keep it movin +Rising to the Top+
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| +Doug Fresh+ clean livin you don’t stop
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| Revolution means change, don’t look at me strange
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| So I can’t repeat what other rappers be sayin
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| You don’t stand for something, you fall for anything
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| Harder than you think, it’s a beautiful thing
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| Yeah, that’s right Chuck, man
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| That’s what you gotta do You got to tell 'em JUST, LIKE, DAT, ya know what I’m sayin?
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| Cause yo, lemme tell you a lil something man
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| These brothers runnin around, hard-headed!
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| They get a lil jealous, you know what I’m sayin?
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| Just like that! |
| You know, they try to bring you down wit 'em
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| But yo, Chuck, you got to tell 'em JUST, LIKE, DAT!
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| So it’s time to leave you a preview
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| So you too can review what we do 20 years in this business, How You Sell Soul?
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| Gee whiz, people bear witness
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| Thank you for lettin us be ourselves
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| So don’t mind me if I repeat myself
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| These simple lines be good for your health
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| To keep them crime rhymes on the shelf
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| Live love life like you just don’t care
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| Five thousand leaders never scared
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| «Bring the Noise,"it's 'the moment they feared'
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| Get up! |
| Still a beautiful idea
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| Get up! |
| — Throw yo hands in the air
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| Get up and show no fear!
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| Get up if y’all really care!
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| P.E. |
| 20 years, now get up!
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| Yeah, that’s right, we Public Enemy #1 in New York
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| Public Enemy #1 in Philly, Public Enemy #1 in D.C.
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| Public Enemy #1 in Cleveland, Ohio (we're harder than you think)
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| Also we’re Public Enemy #1 in St. Louis
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| (It's a beautiful thing) Public Enemy #1 in New Jersey
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| And bust it, we also Public Enemy #1 in Cincinnatti, (we're harder than you
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| think)
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| and Atlanta, even Public Enemy #1 in Chicago, Public Enemy #1 in Detroit
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| (It's a beautiful thing) Public Enemy #1 in Oakland,
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| (We're harder than you think) Public Enemy #1 in Baltimore
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| Public Enemy #1 in Miami, Public Enemy #1 in Indiana
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| Also Public Enemy #1 in L.A. (it's a beautiful thing… indeed)
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| Also Public Enemy #1 in Alabama, y’all (we're harder, than you think!)
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| Public Enemy #1 in Tennesee, Public Enemy #1 in Mississippi
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| The of all the Public Enemies…
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| [Flavor's outro finally fades as «JUST, LIKE, DAT»
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| is briefly heard thorught the song while the song fades] |