Public Enemy - SPEak! lyrics

Old enough, bold enough man up, woman up
Think you had enough? What you know about
Whatever you know about
Question is, uh, can you get it out? Spoke!
Stay woke gun culture silenced
Stop the violence made all
The brilliant silent
World ain’t gonna fix it'self
World ain’t gonna change it'self
Run your mouth don’t be dumb
But bump them gums
I know that the insecure be
Sure that their adversaries
End up shootin’ them guns
Dumb shit rises to the top
Ain’t got shit to say shut the words
Makin’ action stop diction avoids friction
Speak and aim ain’t playin’
Make it plain express yourself
Stand up to the game
Cause it’s stupid being afraid
Of the same egg you laid talk it over!

Speak! Your mind speak! It’s time
Speak! Your peace
(Believe me when I speak it) speak! Be free

Speak! Your mind speak! It’s time
Speak! Your peace
(Believe me when I speak it) speak! Be free

Speak! Your mind speak! It’s time
Speak! Your peace
(Believe me when I speak it) speak! Be free

Speak! Your mind speak! It’s time
Speak! Speak! Speak!
(Believe me when I speak it)

Woaaaah!

Dumb shit who can’t talk
Need a gun cause the brain
Can’t change the terrain
Trained by a government chain
Makin’ it rain in the club
That goes without sayin’ the
Devil don’t want change
You old enough to shave you
Old enough to save
Speak easy talkin’ somethin’ say it loud
Malcolm, Garvey, Sonia Sanchez proud
Sister Souljah, Jesse, Al, Huey orator heard
Hip hop got the culture rap is the words
Having the blind
Loving some dumb aimed and directed death
And end up callin’ it def
Feds to protect black crime from
The threat of community
Keeping truth from the youth
Have them shootin’ me
And at each other, sister and brother
Lockin’ the rest up in them federal ovens
What y’all know about whatever you know about
Question is can you get it out? Talk it over

Speak! Your mind speak! It’s time
Speak! Your peace
(Believe me when I speak it) speak! Be free

Speak! Your mind speak! It’s time
Speak! Your peace
(Believe me when I speak it) speak! Be free

Speak! Your mind speak! It’s time
Speak! Your peace
(Believe me when I speak it) speak! Be free

Speak! Your mind speak! It’s time
Speak! Speak! Speak!
(Believe me when I speak it)

Speak!

Believe me when I speak it
Believe me when I speak it
Believe me when I speak it
Believe me when I speak it
Believe me when I speak it

Believe me when I speak it