Public Enemy - Nighttrain lyrics
[Public Enemy - Nighttrain lyrics]
Land of the free
But the skin I'm in identifies me
So the people around me energize me
Callin' all aboard this train ride
Talkin' 'bout raw hardcore
Leavin' frauds on the outside
But the bad thing is anyone
Can ride the train
And the reason for that is
Cause we look the same
Lookin' all around at my so called friend
Light skin to the brown, the black
Here we go again
Homey over there knows Keith an
But he be thiefin'
I don't trust him, rather bust 'em up
Out goes his hand and I cough
He once stole from me
Yeah I wanna cut it off
The black thing is a ride
I call the nighttrain
It rides the good and the bad
We call the monkey trained
Trained to attack the black and it's true
Cause some of them lookin' just like you
Stayin' on the scene, sittin' on the train
See all the faces look about the same
There go the sellout who's takin'
A ride like Cargo
Cause he deal the keys from Key Largo
Runnin' Nat narcotic, by George he got it
Takin' makin' the Gs erotic
And the fiends they scheme
So he can put 'em down
But his method is wreck 'em
I put 'em in the ground
Got the nerve as hell to yell brother man
He ain't black man better yet he's Pac Man
Known to murder his own, traitor on the phone
Ridin' the train
Self hater trained to sell pain
The master's toy, his little boy
Hard to avoid he look wit' it
But he null 'n' void
Cause he ridin' the train you think
He down for the cause
Cause his face lookin' just like yours
More of the same, insane who sayin'
I'm flowin' like nighttrain
Runnin' the pain of the black reign
You look, you laugh, you doubt and go out
And I'm gone, but the bass goes on
To talk the talk, but walk the walk
The king of New York
Crack a lack, attack the black
To crack the back
Once again I test a friend with sincerity
Or consider him an enemy
Who am I to tell a lie, rather push the Bush
Hope the cracker gets crushed
I'm rollin' with Rush leader of the bum rush
Russian I ain't! Spreadin' like paint!
Lookin' at the pot I got and it's kickin'
But it ain't chicken, but it's
Livin' for a city, so sick 'n' tired
Of a scene buckwild
Piled in a file, senile or child
They said it never been no worser than this
I'm on the nighttrain
They hope ya don't miss it
Give ya what they got to give you, just go
You musn't just put your
Trust in every brother, yo
Some don't give a damn
Cause they the other man
Worse than a bomb, posin' as Uncle Toms
Disgracin' the race
And blowin' up the whole crew
With some of them lookin' just like you
But the skin I'm in identifies me
So the people around me energize me
Callin' all aboard this train ride
Talkin' 'bout raw hardcore
Leavin' frauds on the outside
But the bad thing is anyone
Can ride the train
And the reason for that is
Cause we look the same
Lookin' all around at my so called friend
Light skin to the brown, the black
Here we go again
Homey over there knows Keith an
But he be thiefin'
I don't trust him, rather bust 'em up
Out goes his hand and I cough
He once stole from me
Yeah I wanna cut it off
The black thing is a ride
I call the nighttrain
It rides the good and the bad
We call the monkey trained
Trained to attack the black and it's true
Cause some of them lookin' just like you
Stayin' on the scene, sittin' on the train
See all the faces look about the same
There go the sellout who's takin'
A ride like Cargo
Cause he deal the keys from Key Largo
Runnin' Nat narcotic, by George he got it
Takin' makin' the Gs erotic
And the fiends they scheme
So he can put 'em down
But his method is wreck 'em
I put 'em in the ground
Got the nerve as hell to yell brother man
He ain't black man better yet he's Pac Man
Known to murder his own, traitor on the phone
Ridin' the train
Self hater trained to sell pain
The master's toy, his little boy
Hard to avoid he look wit' it
But he null 'n' void
Cause he ridin' the train you think
He down for the cause
Cause his face lookin' just like yours
More of the same, insane who sayin'
I'm flowin' like nighttrain
Runnin' the pain of the black reign
You look, you laugh, you doubt and go out
And I'm gone, but the bass goes on
To talk the talk, but walk the walk
The king of New York
Crack a lack, attack the black
To crack the back
Once again I test a friend with sincerity
Or consider him an enemy
Who am I to tell a lie, rather push the Bush
Hope the cracker gets crushed
I'm rollin' with Rush leader of the bum rush
Russian I ain't! Spreadin' like paint!
Lookin' at the pot I got and it's kickin'
But it ain't chicken, but it's
Livin' for a city, so sick 'n' tired
Of a scene buckwild
Piled in a file, senile or child
They said it never been no worser than this
I'm on the nighttrain
They hope ya don't miss it
Give ya what they got to give you, just go
You musn't just put your
Trust in every brother, yo
Some don't give a damn
Cause they the other man
Worse than a bomb, posin' as Uncle Toms
Disgracin' the race
And blowin' up the whole crew
With some of them lookin' just like you