When I’m talkin’ rhyme time
To blow your mind time some say
It’s nothing worse than a verse
To hear some nigger curse
They call me rude some dudes fiery attitude
Claimin’ I boast and smoke
And sometimes sing the blues
I twang metal and settle
Try to never back pedal
From the power some got
To get a nigger shot
The null and void I avoid
I test the paranoid
Never had to be bad
My mama raised me mad
So what I got is hot
I love my life a lot
I’m never sad just glad
That’s why I thank my dad
Once they never gave a fuck about
What I said
Now they listen and they want my head
This is what I mean a anti-nigger machine
Instead of peace the police
Just wanna wreck and flex
On the kid
What I did was try to be the best
So they fingered the trigger
Figured I was a bigger nigger
And started to search
And so I headed West
Went to Cali a rally
Was for a brothers death
It was the fuzz who shot him
And not the blood or cuzz
I wondered why it was like
So I just held my mic
But in my mind I was blind
So I just tried to find
A reason we was quick
Just the way that we was
So I just stayed in the crib
Until I got a buzz…
Police brutality is the deliberate use of excessive force, usually physical, carried out during law enforcement activities by a police officer engaging the civilian population. This type of behavior also includes verbal attacks and psychological intimidation by a police officer.
Widespread police brutality exists in many countries, even those that prosecute it. It is one of several forms of police misconduct, which include: false arrest; intimidation; racial profiling; political repression; surveillance abuse; sexual abuse; and police corruption. Although illegal, it can be performed under the color of law.
On July 7, 2016, at the end of a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed and shot twelve police officers and two civilians in Dallas, Texas, United States, killing five of the officers. Johnson was an Army Reserve Afghan War veteran who was reportedly angry over recent police shootings of black men. The protest had been held against police killings in the aftermath of the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, in the preceding days.
Following the shooting, police confronted Johnson at a parking garage, and a standoff ensued. In the early hours of July 8, police killed Johnson with a bomb attached to a bomb disposal robot. Some experts believe it was the first time in U.S. history a robot was used by police to deliver lethal force.
The shooting was the deadliest incident for U.S. law enforcement since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Thanks a lot for putting this video up, public enemy one of the all time hip hop greats, and chuck D's lyrics are so genius. You can learn history by listening to the songs and paying attention. I for one discovered very important historical events through PE. Every true hip hop fan had PE albums back in the day, not gangster bullshit, I'm talking about hip hop
Black Lives Matter
As a white person I like this song a lot but I feel kinda sus listening to it then someone comes up to me and sees what’s playing on my phone
Where do you get such a machine? We could use a few right now.
Wtf…..30 years later and I'm only hearing these extra bars now ….?
It’s racist because of racist
I NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY THERES A VIDEO FOR THIS SONG, BUT THIS ISNT ON THE ALBUM, ITS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SONG LIKE AN INTERLUDE ON THERE INSTEAD.
He said the n word
This goes out to Wisconsin.
The title is beautiful
Impossible to find this version with the alternate verse.
SORRY YOUTUBE IS NOT ALLOWING ME TO SUBSCRIBE. I GAVE YOU A LIKE.
Top 10
Starts poweful
Thanks PE. Grew up listening to this…. I can recite all the lyrics from this LP from way back in 90..all the way from KENYA
30 god damn years and still relevant …..
I haven't watched this joint since 1990. The second verse is different than on the album.
"I never had to to be bad my momma raised me mad"
This is cool. I only know the album cut.
This currently going on in NYC. Black people getting harassed, beaten and arrested for not even wearing a mask.
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They keep removing this video, because the lyrics are so relevant today and Chuck predicted the police brutality
This video used to be on YouTube but was taken down
Thanks a lot for putting this video up, public enemy one of the all time hip hop greats, and chuck D's lyrics are so genius. You can learn history by listening to the songs and paying attention. I for one discovered very important historical events through PE. Every true hip hop fan had PE albums back in the day, not gangster bullshit, I'm talking about hip hop
P. E. Knew way back then What The System of Racism and white Imperialism was all about.Spit that Real Shit Chuck!
Public enemy this is hip-hop I love the old school What a classic