Say It Like It Really Is

[Introduction] Sometimes men take matters into their own hands Public Enemy [Hook] Say it like it really is, do it like it really is Say it like it really is, do it like it really is [Verse 1] Get up back atcha gettin' it on Still wide awake, 6 in the morning Still comin atcha till the break of dawn This revolution goes on and on Stop that askin' do we still rap? Do y'all still scream? And y'all still clap? Who that gonna tell y'all we too old But we still bold, plus I got soul Its my birthday and I'm fifty years... Quiet as kept All them vjs and djs be old Their jobs sell the young Don't tell em what needs to be told When they made PE, they broke the mold Didn't quit nothin', I just hit the road I just got back from Soweto You only know half of what y'all say you know I know this record's too hot for the radio Did y'all hear what I said if you did, lets go Im'ma say it and do like it really is, come on [Hook] [Verse 2] Knock knock, we still here doing our thing (Public Enemy) Yeah, doing the right thing We ain't just say any ol thing Just to get those out there, material things I ain't sayin' we ain't bought anything Stuck with the rapping, never tried to sing Bring The Noise, Raise The Roof, they afraid of the youth Look out, duck down (You can't handle the truth) Now the club ain't no church and the church ain't no club Check them DJ's mixin' up murder and love Who shoulders the burden Of all that murderin' The people, love spelled backwards is evol Misspelled what the hell the people get pain Dumbed from Another marketing campaign Its my birthday and We still killin the stage I don't give a damn about poppin' champagne Say what y'all wanna say about change Revolution Im'ma say what I'm saying [Hook] [Refrain] But the revolution goes on and on Still wide awake like 6 in the morning Had to get it out to the break of dawn We still sayin' what we sayin' and not playin' [Verse 3] Rather be stuck up than stuck down Here's the difference where I pick up the black and brown Against mr man informants and government While real people starve and can't pay their rent They say you seriously don't mean what you meant I ain't tricked deceived paid off in agreement Somebody planned it Glad yall understand it Those that don't hardheaded like granite We look out for them too and don't take em for granted Like said, I said somebody planned it If I see one more person gonna ask me again Y'all still making music where I begin Now y'all know you don't buy no records no more No tapes, no CD's, no record store Got download zones and sold ringtones But yo mama and them can't work them cell phones But the revolution goes on and on Still wide awake like 6 in the morning Had to get it out to the break of dawn We still sayin' what we sayin' and not playin' [Hook]