For The People Lyrics - Black Eyed Peas

Hello, 

I'd like to make a special, special dedication 

To all them special, special people 

That did all them special, special thanks 

Especially the Native Tongues and KRS 

Can't forget Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh 

A big shout-out to Freestyle Fellowship 

Let me do this 

CHORUS (x2): 

Let's do this for the people 

Let's make our mommas proud 

Let's do this for the people 

Let's do, let's do it now 

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Back in the day when I was a teenager 

Before I had status and a two way pager 

You could find Will listening to A Tribe Called Quest 

Their Low End Theory made me wanna do this 

You see you gotta understand that things go in cycles 

Justin Timberlake is just a new form of Michael 

It's called inspiration 

That's the way it be 

Without the Jay Dees there probably wouldn't be no Peas 

So I'm a do this for those that inspired me to be 

And motivated me to start my legacy 

I give a shout-out to my man Eazy-E 

A big R.I.P., 'cause he believed in me (yeah) 

He put me down back in 1993 

And now I grab the mic and rock the party 

I got Joints and Jams for peabodies 

And peabodies is short for family 

They're my people 

CHORUS (x2) 

Raise up the heat 

Let me blow up this track 

I gotta pay homage to my peeps way back 

Had a little dream hungry run rap game 

And now the dreams are same but the game is changed 

Back in '88 before I was great 

I used to battle on the block as a b-boy & break (yeah) 

Heavy while of course I used to water the bush 

Used to leave fools' crews down and black & blue 

Hip hop kept on at the Kiba Lawn 

Ballistics and unity it all was the bomb 

Blew up the spot when my mic was on 

It was a good life, foundation, feelin' was strong 

I kept on (so I don't get left behind) 

I kept on (so I don't get forgotten with time) 

I kept on (so I could just bless your mind) 

I kept on (for the people bustin' my rhymes) 

CHORUS (x2) 

Getting 'bout it in my room 

Back in '89 

Freestylin in the cipher exercisin the mind 

Just coolin with my grim Brand Nubian rhymes 

B-boyin and breakin, Tribe behind the nation 

Diggin in the place with DJ Motivation 

Live and direct on your radio station 

Rockin' with the band, doin shows for fans, mic in my hand 

Standing in my b-boy stance 

Whoever thought that the Peas would spread like a disease 

And infect the whole globe with hip hop and soul 

This is for the people that love the Peas' sound 

We still makin' music, we holdin it down 

This is dedicated to the Cold Crush 

If it wasn't for y'all, there wouldn't be us 

This is dedicated to UTFO 

Grandmaster Flash and Kurtis Blow 

CHORUS (x4)