Riot Akt Gang Starr

[00:01.06] {*DJ Premier scratches children laughing and yelling*}
[00:01.89] (Chorus: Guru)
[00:04.98] Riot act, this is where we really prepare
[00:22.30] Riot act, out here we show no fear
[00:25.09] RIOT ACT, time to protect our communities
[00:27.76] Riot act, real criminals get immunity
[00:31.04] RIOT ACT, eye for an eye - so yo who want it?
[00:32.89] RIOT ACT, rushin all you cowards who fronted
[00:35.59] Riot act, let's bring the power to the people
[00:38.04] RIOT ACT, no justice then we gotta come see you
[00:40.10] (Verse One: Guru)
[00:40.86] Just like a thunderous gun clap, you wonder who done that
[00:43.69] Put you under with one rap, me and the brothers have come back
[00:45.67] We'll lash you for tryin that, we know you been lyin cat
[00:48.69] So now you be lyin flat, we'll read you the riot act
[00:50.84] Whassup you little fuck, get your life right
[00:53.70] Cause there's too much goin in the world, and shit ain't quite right
[00:56.71] See you're just addin to the problem
[00:58.99] Young gun, high-strung, ready to trey-eight revolve 'em
[01:01.61] Knot nearly in your waist, you step up in the place
[01:04.73] Catch one off guard, he lookin silly in the face
[01:07.00] But hear they come with the M-16's
[01:09.03] They got teargas, helmets and clubs - knahmean?
[01:11.85] It's martial law in these streets
[01:14.80] It's like Afghanistan man, it's gettin raw in the streets
[01:17.22] Still you demand your rights, I understand your plight
[01:20.03] But do the knowledge if you plan to fight
[01:21.45] (Chorus)
[01:21.92] (Verse Two: Guru)
[01:22.36] So realize what it is to be oppressed and afflicted
[01:45.80] Subjected to sick shit, knowin others live different
[01:48.49] FUCK THAT, the streets about to blow again
[01:50.95] They forgot, so we gotta let 'em know again
[01:53.58] Huh, we'll blast you for tryin that, we know you been lyin cat
[01:56.39] So now you be lyin flat, we'll read you the riot act
[01:58.95] Soldiers, let's show these cowards what's up
[02:02.04] The hood ain't goin for it, let's get ours, that's what's up
[02:04.14] Be sure to keep a balance to your fight
[02:06.44] And do the math, figure how to use your talents in a fight
[02:09.45] Ain't nuttin worse than a rebel without a cause
[02:12.48] Ain't nuttin worse than a people without laws
[02:14.94] 200 million square miles under attack
[02:17.21] Reperations for us blacks, hell yeah, they need to come with that
[02:20.68] Who's gonna take the weight, and erase the hate
[02:22.42] All I know is when we come through, better make some space
[02:24.22] (Chorus)
[02:31.24] (Verse Three: Guru)
[02:31.86] A lot of people ain't happy you can tell by their ways
[02:48.07] It's growin tense okay, I can smell it today
[02:52.39] Tenement buildings house the next killers
[02:53.98] While rich diplomats, are purchasin their next villas
[02:56.82] But for the scrilla and power, uhh
[02:58.82] They'll send some killers to their hood, that are iller than ours
[03:01.98] Still niggaz settle beef, with the metal piece
[03:04.18] And every block stays hot, like the devil's feet
[03:06.70] Incarceration of the mind, police brutality and poverty
[03:09.40] These are realities of mankind
[03:11.76] And we can't win nigga, if we keep shuckin and jivin
[03:14.43] In a minute, they gon' have us duckin and divin
[03:16.86] They got bullets for us {*automatic fire*} yeah, uh-huh
[03:19.32] They got jail cells and graveyards, they the bullies, not us
[03:21.75] We'll blast you for tryin that, we know you been lyin cat
[03:24.85] So now you be lyin flat, cause this is the riot act
[03:27.08] (Chorus)
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