What Rock Is
Chuck D
3:17'Sup, y'all? This is King Tee from the world-famous Likwit Crew And you're listening to Enemy Radio, you know the deal Cats see it, then wanna be it Call you a creature through your human features Don't wanna teach you or let the world reach you Make us equal, do something for the people Fake energy that y'all can see through But they don't think that you rank Chain broke the bank, livin' in in a fish tank Designer drugs, designed to give no love I might not be feelin', but I ain't fleein' When I'm seein' these human beings For a change, hopin' I kick these doors open For a cat to excel, I still rebel Burnin' bridges, is it me? We losin' it once or twice a month Violence, no more silence, we had enough See, the overseer, make y'all jump For blood in the streets, not what y'all want Vibe with the reason y'all beefin' for 666, lost track of the real war Certain nobody knows the reasons why Black don't crack, but it can surely die Heard another rapper spit it for the art Heard the same rapper soundin' not too smart Got the same rapper shot dead in the heart Heard it was the rapper's counterpart Shame another rapper had to depart But saw the same rapper shoot 'em up the charts The block, nobody know who, what, or why Black don't crack, but it can surely die They want you dead They want you dead They want you dead They want you dead They want you dead Trying to be what he see Watchin' too much screen And the murder of he Is the killing of we And the murder of me We losin' it once or twice a month Violence, no more silence, we had enough See, the overseer make y'all jump For blood in the streets, not what y'all want Vibe with the reason y'all beefin' for 666, lost track of the real war Certain nobody knows the reasons why Black don't crack, but it can surely die Resorted to a case study in Harvard, the forums In the future, there'll be no boredom Scope on the sight unseen to chase scene, nah mean? Save the rap world like a lyrical vaccine With thousand lit candles, rhetorical ramble Now it's more love and hate than you can handle The mad scramble, neighborhood gamble I can't run, I can't hide, I emphasize I'm in it for the long ride Thought it was strange the culprit strangled a stranger The lone ranger, reduced to anger Hangin' from the neck in a hanger It's me and you Like Kris said, "Who protects us from you?" From you? Who protects us from you? Who protects us from you? Who protects us from you? Who protects us from you? Who protects us from you? Who protects us from you? Who protects us from you? Who protects us from you? Goodness, wasn't it terrible?