Say It Like It Really Is

[Intro]
"Sometimes men take matters into their own hands"
Public Enemy

[Ad-lib 1]
Soul check, part one!
One, two (What?)
One, two, three, and

[Chorus]
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 at ya, gettin' it on and
Still wide awake, six in the mornin'
Still comin' at ya 'til the break of dawn and
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 (Soul!)
Its my birthday and I'm fiddy years, quiet as kept
Come on, 'cause I cracked the code
Who sold the young outs, never tell them 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 (Come on!)
You only know half of what y'all say you know
I know this record's too hot for the radio (That's so hot!)
Did y'all hear what I said if you did, lets go (Yeah, Chuck!)
I'ma say it and do like it really is, come on

[Chorus]
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is

[Ad-lib 2: Flavor Flav]
Soul check, part two!

[Verse 2]
Knock knock, we still here doin' our thing
(Public Enemy) Yeah, doing the right thing
We ain't just said just about any thing
Just to get those out there, material things
I ain't sayin' we ain't bought anything
Stuck with the rappin', 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 pf all that murderin'
The people, love spelled backwards is evil
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, I'ma say what I'm saying
Come on, now!

[Chorus]
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is

[Pre-Chorus]
But the revolution goes on and on
Still wide awake like six in the mornin'
Had to get it out to the break of dawn and
We still sayin' what we sayin' and not playin' y'all

[Chorus]
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 3]
Rather be stuck up than stuck down
Here's the difference where I pick up the black and the brown
Against Mr. Man informants and government
While real people starve and can't pay they rents
They say you seriously don't mean what you meant
I ain't tricked deceived paid off in agreement
Somebody planned it, glad y'all understand it
Those that don't, hardheaded like granite (Hard as hell)
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 makin' music?" Where I begin
Now y'all know you don't buy no records no more
No tapes, no CD's, no record stores
Got download zones and sold ringtones
But yo mama and them can't work them cell phones

[Pre-Chorus]
But the revolution goes on and on
Still wide awake like six in the mornin'
Had to get it out to the break of dawn and
We still sayin' what we sayin' and not playin' y'all

[Chorus]
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is