Dead prez - Down lyrics

RBGs, RBG nigga, it's that RBGs
RBGs, RBG nigga, this that RBG

Tell me: are you down? When it's goin’ down
You got to hold it down don't talk it
Put it down homie, tell me: are you down?
When it's goin’ down
You got to hold it down don't talk it
Put it down homie, tell me: are you down?

Have you ever had a lesson from a OG?
From a nigga that's been in the war?
Been locked up longer than I’ve
Been on the earth
Finished crime and defendin’ the poor
And they can tell you ‘bout death
And tell you ‘bout life but most of all
They tell you ‘bout sacrifice
And they can tell if a
Woman ain't with you when
You down ‘cause she never really
Could be your wife
What it mean to be D-O W-N?
Is ya homies still down when
It's trouble you in?
You wanna have a good time
Make it hot when the pigs come down on
The block would they fuck with you then?
Then you wanna get high with me? Nigga
Organize with me start a clothes drive then
Maybe we can start a fire
Where my RBGs? My guerillas with a G-U-E
Don't got a IChing, homie, get free

Rule number one: when we ride
We follow the plan there's a
Role for every man
With a chain of command, even when the shit
Hit the fan, anything get outta hand
We still stand to me
Bein' down mean more than
Bein' friends or kin
We comrades, we struggle through any trouble
Sacrifice my life in combat for ya
So you know I gotta love ya
I'm down for my brothas
And sistas fuck the system
Bust ya pistols nigga, i'm with ya
Just put a rag on ya face when you ride
You don't want them satellites
To take ya picture
We gotta have a lot of discipline to win and
It comes from within it's
Not somethin’ you pretend, homie
A lot of niggas be talkin’ that shit when it
Really goes down, they be gone with the wind
Homie can't be no coward gotta get
This power by any means
Gotta know yaself and ya enemy when you
Puttin’ it down for ya family
Can't tell by no tattoo
Can't tell by no handshake
It start with the heart
Bein’ down is an attitude doin’ what
You gotta do for the crusade
My definition of a
Soldier: revolutionary, military-minded
And ready for whatever
Nigga, hope for the best and prepare for the
Worst stay aware, be alert, bomb first
Don't tear

Tell me: are you down? When it's goin’ down
You got to hold it down don't talk it
Put it down homie, tell me: are you down?
When it's goin’ down
You got to hold it down don't talk it
Put it down homie, tell me: are you down?