Various Artists Shut 'Em Down lyrics

Hold it now, yeah
Another rock remix check it out
Yeah, check it out, P.E.
Get funky

I testify, my mama cried
Black people died when the other man lied
See the TV, listen to me double trouble
I overhaul an' I'm comin' from the lower level

I'm takin' tabs, sho' nuff stuff to grab
Like shirts an' 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
Here go the sound of the wreckin' ball
Boom an' pound
When I shut 'em down

I shut 'em down, I shut 'em down
I shut 'em down, I shut 'em down
I shut 'em down, I shut 'em down
I shut 'em down, 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 a biz
I'm addin' woes, that's da way it goes
Then you think I rank, I 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 educated 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

I shut 'em down, I shut 'em down
I shut 'em down, I shut 'em down
I shut 'em down, I shut 'em down
I shut 'em down

I wreck for respect , check one, hit the deck
Wit the man of the hour, commit the soul power
For once I got to say shut 'em down on the regular
Causing mass hysteria in your area

Kickin' it for my man Chuck D, down wit P.E.
On the remix, hung on the flix
So check it, before I step down, when I'm in your town
You know I got to shut 'em down

Who count the money in da neighborhood?
But we spendin' money to no end, lookin' for a friend
In a war to the core, rippin' up the poor in da stores
Until they get a brother kickin' down doors

Then I figure, I kick it bigger, look 'em dead
In the eye an' 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 minute
The neighborhood supports, so put some money in it
The corporations owe, they gotta give up the dough
To da town or else we gotta shut 'em down

I shut 'em down, I shut 'em down
I shut 'em down, I shut 'em down
I shut 'em down, I shut 'em down
I shut 'em down, I shut 'em down