D.o.w.n. Lyrics - Dead Prez

RBG's, RBG's, nigga it's that RBG's 

RBG's, RBG's, nigga it's that RBG's 

Tell me are you down? When it's goin' down 

You got to hold it down, don't talk it put it down 

Homey tell me are you down? When it's goin' down 

You got to hold it down, don't talk it put it down 

Homey tell me are you down? 

Have you ever had a lesson from a OG? 

From a nigga that's been in the war 

Been locked up longer than I been on the earth 

And his crime is defendin' the poor 

And they can tell you bout death, tell you 'bout life 

But most of all they tell you 'bout sacrifice 

And they can tell if a woman ain't with you when you down 

'Cause she never really could be your wife 

What it mean to be D-O-W-N? 

Is you homies still down when it's trouble you in? 

You wanna have a good time make it hot 

When the pigs come down on the block 

Would they fuck with you then? 

Now you wanna get high wit me, organize wit me 

Start a clothes drive then maybe we can start a fire 

Where my RBG's? My guerillas wit a GUE 

Don't got a I-Ching homey get free 

Who number one when we ride? We follow the plan 

And there's a role for every man 

With a chain of command even when the shit hit the fan 

Anything get outta hand we still stand 

To me bein' down mean more than bein friends, or kin 

We comrades we struggle, through any trouble 

Sacrifice my life in combat for you 

So you know I gotta love you I'm down for my brothers 

And sisters, fuck the system, bust your pistols, nigga I'm with you 

Just put a rag on ya face when you ride 

You don't want them satellites to take your picture 

We gotta have a lot of discipline and it comes from within' 

It's not somethin' you pretend, homey 

A lot of niggas be talkin' that shit 

When it really goes down it be gone with the wind, homey 

Can't be no tower, gotta get this power by any means 

Gotta know yourself and your enemy 

When you puttin' it down for your family 

Can't tell by no tattoo, can't tell by no handshake 

It's scarred in the heart, bein' down is an attitude 

Doin' what you gotta do, for the crew's sake 

My definition of a soldier, revolutionary, military minded 

And ready for whatever 

Nigga hope for the best and prepare for the worst 

Stay aware be alert bomb first, don't tell