Stop the Violence (Massive 12" Ext. Version) - Boogie Down Productions
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Worldwide BDP are the freshest!<br /> Worldwide! Worldwide! Worldwide!One two three, the crew is called BDP<br /> and if you want to go to the tip top<br /> stop the violence in hip-hop, Y-OTime and time again, as I pick up the pen<br /> as my thoughts emerge, these are those words<br /> I glance at the paper to know what's going on<br /> someone's doing wrong, the story goes on<br /> Mary Lue's had a baby someone else decapitated<br /> the drama of the world shouldn't keep us so frustrated<br /> I look, but it doesn't coincide with my books<br /> social studies when I speak upon political crooks<br /> It's just the presidents, and all the money they spent<br /> all the things they invent and how the house is so immaculate<br /> They paid missiles, my family's eating gristle<br /> then they get upset when the press blows the whistle<br /> Of course the main profiles are kept low<br /> you temper with some jobs, now the press is controlled<br /> Not only newspapers, but every single station<br /> you only get to hear the president is on vacation<br /> But ehrm, stay calm, there's no need for alarm<br /> You say "go back" to your mom, and you're off to Vietnam<br /> You shoot to kill, come back and you're a veteran<br /> but how many veterans are out there pedaling?<br /> There's no telling, 'cause they continue selling<br /> As quiet as it's kept, I won't go into depth<br /> You can talk about Nigeria, people used to laugh at ya.<br /> Now I take a look, I say "USA for Africa?!"<br /> Huh.<br /> What's the solution, to stop all this confusion?<br /> Rewrite the constitution, change the drug which you're using<br /> Rewrite the constitution or the emancipation proclamation<br /> we fight inflation, yet the president's still on vacationBDP posse!<br /> I say: one two three, the crew is called BDP<br /> And if you wanna go to the tip top<br /> stop the violence in the hip-hop, Y-OThis might sound a little strange to you<br /> well here's the reason I came to you<br /> We gotta put our heads together, and stop the violence<br /> Cause real bad boys move in silence<br /> When you're in a club, you come to chill out<br /> not watch someones blood just spill out<br /> That's what these other people want to see<br /> another race fight endlessly<br /> You know we're being watched, you know we're being seen<br /> Some wish to destroy this scene called hip-hop<br /> But I won't drop<br /> not I or Scott LaRock<br /> Now here is the message that we bring today:<br /> hip-hop will surely decay<br /> if we as a people don't stand up and say:<br /> "Stop the violence!"<br /> "Stop the violence!"<br /> "Stop the violence!"<br /> "Stop the violence!"<br /> "Stop the violence!"<br /> I say: one two three, the crew is called BDP<br /> And if you wanna go to the tip top<br /> stop the violence in the hip-hop, Y-OBDP and me<br /> we step into the party top celebrity<br /> Say when we're coming to dance, we never have to pay a fee<br /> Cause that's where we got R-E-S-P-E-C-T<br /> I have this one wife, her name is Miss Melody<br /> I know I'm from the Bronx, she from the Brooklyn posse<br /> I tell ya look a little like this, then I tell you some that I<br /> Sometimes I got my gear on, sometimes I wear a hat<br /> Sometimes I'm in a Mercedes and sometimes I'm in a plain<br /> Sometimes I find myself upon the number two train<br /> Some people look at me and see negativity<br /> some people look at me and see positivity<br /> But when I see myself I see creativity<br /> So if I can create, well then I make some money<br /> Sha man, just put your hands up if you're out here gettin' paid<br /> Sha man, just put your hands up if you're out here gettin' paid<br /> One two three, the crew is called BDP<br /> And if you wanna go to the tip top<br /> stop the violence in the hip-hop, Y-O<br /> Song Discussions is protected by U.S. Patent 9401941. Other patents pending.Lyrics provided by TANCODEhttps://damnlyrics.com/" readonly=""/>
Stop the Violence (Massive 12" Ext. Version) Lyrics
Worldwide BDP are the freshest!
Worldwide! Worldwide! Worldwide!One two three, the crew is called BDP
and if you want to go to the tip top
stop the violence in hip-hop, Y-OTime and time again, as I pick up the pen
as my thoughts emerge, these are those words
I glance at the paper to know what's going on
someone's doing wrong, the story goes on
Mary Lue's had a baby someone else decapitated
the drama of the world shouldn't keep us so frustrated
I look, but it doesn't coincide with my books
social studies when I speak upon political crooks
It's just the presidents, and all the money they spent
all the things they invent and how the house is so immaculate
They paid missiles, my family's eating gristle
then they get upset when the press blows the whistle
Of course the main profiles are kept low
you temper with some jobs, now the press is controlled
Not only newspapers, but every single station
you only get to hear the president is on vacation
But ehrm, stay calm, there's no need for alarm
You say "go back" to your mom, and you're off to Vietnam
You shoot to kill, come back and you're a veteran
but how many veterans are out there pedaling?
There's no telling, 'cause they continue selling
As quiet as it's kept, I won't go into depth
You can talk about Nigeria, people used to laugh at ya.
Now I take a look, I say "USA for Africa?!"
Huh.
What's the solution, to stop all this confusion?
Rewrite the constitution, change the drug which you're using
Rewrite the constitution or the emancipation proclamation
we fight inflation, yet the president's still on vacationBDP posse!
I say: one two three, the crew is called BDP
And if you wanna go to the tip top
stop the violence in the hip-hop, Y-OThis might sound a little strange to you
well here's the reason I came to you
We gotta put our heads together, and stop the violence
Cause real bad boys move in silence
When you're in a club, you come to chill out
not watch someones blood just spill out
That's what these other people want to see
another race fight endlessly
You know we're being watched, you know we're being seen
Some wish to destroy this scene called hip-hop
But I won't drop
not I or Scott LaRock
Now here is the message that we bring today:
hip-hop will surely decay
if we as a people don't stand up and say:
"Stop the violence!"
"Stop the violence!"
"Stop the violence!"
"Stop the violence!"
"Stop the violence!"
I say: one two three, the crew is called BDP
And if you wanna go to the tip top
stop the violence in the hip-hop, Y-OBDP and me
we step into the party top celebrity
Say when we're coming to dance, we never have to pay a fee
Cause that's where we got R-E-S-P-E-C-T
I have this one wife, her name is Miss Melody
I know I'm from the Bronx, she from the Brooklyn posse
I tell ya look a little like this, then I tell you some that I
Sometimes I got my gear on, sometimes I wear a hat
Sometimes I'm in a Mercedes and sometimes I'm in a plain
Sometimes I find myself upon the number two train
Some people look at me and see negativity
some people look at me and see positivity
But when I see myself I see creativity
So if I can create, well then I make some money
Sha man, just put your hands up if you're out here gettin' paid
Sha man, just put your hands up if you're out here gettin' paid
One two three, the crew is called BDP
And if you wanna go to the tip top
stop the violence in the hip-hop, Y-O
Song Discussions is protected by U.S. Patent 9401941. Other patents pending.
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