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Boogie Down Productions

Worldwide!<br /> BDP are the freshest!<br /> 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 Lou just 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 will not speak upon political crooks<br /> It's just the presidents, and all the money they spent<br /> All the things they invent, and how their house is so immaculate<br /> They create missiles, my family's eating gristle<br /> Then they get upset when the press blows the whistle<br /> Phone calls are made, profiles are kept low<br /> You tamper 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 uh, stay calm, there's no need for alarm<br /> You say goodbye 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 could talk about Nigeria, people used to laugh at ya<br /> Now I take a look, I see USA For Africa?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 vacation<br /> BDP posse!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-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 someone's 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 /> Well 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 sayStop the violence<br /> 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-OBDP and me<br /> We step into the party top celebrity<br /> Say when we come in the dance, we never have to pay a fee<br /> Cause that's cos we got R-E-S-P-E-C-T<br /> I have this one wife, her name is Miss Melody<br /> Although I'm from the Bronx, she from the Brooklyn posse<br /> I tell ya a little of this and then I tell you some of that<br /> Sometimes I comb my hair and sometimes I wear a hat<br /> Sometimes I'm in a Mercedes and sometimes I'm in a plane<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 /> Jah man just put your hands up if you're out here gettin' paid<br /> Jah man just put your hands up if you're out here gettin' paidOne 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-O<br /> <br /> Songwriters<br /> LAWRENCE KRSONE PARKERPublished by<br /> Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing GroupLyrics provided by TANCODEhttps://damnlyrics.com/" readonly=""/>