Public Enemy - Shut 'Em Down lyrics

Hold it, now! Oh! Come on, come on!
Huh! Alright, y'all!

I testified, my mama cried
Black people died when the other man lied
See the TV, listen to me, double trouble
I overhaul and I'm coming
From the lower level
I'm taking tabs, sho nuff, stuff to grab
Like shirts and it hurts with 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 wrecking ball
Boom and pound when I shut 'em down

I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down


(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)

Huh! Alright, y'all! Alright!

One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine
What I use in the battle for the mind
Hit it hard like it suppose
Pull no blows to the nose
Like Uncle L said, I'm rippin' up shows
Then what it is is only
Five percent of the biz, i'm adding woes
That's the way it goes
Then you think I rank I never drank
Point blank i own loans
Suckers got me running 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, getting me sued
Playing games with my head
What the judge said put me in the red
Got me thinking '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
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)

Hold it! Come on!
Alright, y'all! Alright, y'all!
Come on, now! Hey!

Who count the money in the neighborhood?
But we spending money to no end
Looking for a friend in a war to the core
Ripping up the poor in the stores
Until they get a brother kicking down doors
Then I figure I can get bigger
Look 'em dead in the eye
And they wince, defense is pressurized
They don't really 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
All corporations owe
They gotta give up the dough
To my town or else we gotta shut 'em down

I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)
I shut 'em down
(Shut 'em down, shut 'em, shut 'em down)

Alright, y'all! One more time
Here we go again! Alright, come on!
Uh, get down! Hold it, come on!
Uh, wait a minute now! Huh! Hey, hey hey!
Yeah, yeah, I know you got soul!
Pump the beat, pump the beat
The fall beat, y'all!
I'm bringin' low, bringin' low, bringin' low
Y'all!

Howdy y'all this is Bernie Crosshouse
Yours truly of the KKK i'd like to express
Our deepest gratitude at the destruction of
The inferior nigga race and I’m
Especially pleased to report it's
Destroyin' it'self without our help to
All you gangs, hoodlums, drug pushers
And users, and other worthless
Niggers killin' each other, we’d
Like to thank y'all for savin' us the time
Trouble and legality
For the final chapter of riddin'
Y'all off the face of
The Earth your solution to our
Problem is greatly appreciated
So keep sellin' us your soul thank ya!