Burn Hollywood Burn Lyrics - Icon - Public Enemy

Burn Hollywood burn, I smell a riot 

Goin' on first htey're guilty now they're gone 

Yeah I'll check out a movie 

But it'll take a black one to move me 

Get me the hell away from this T V 

All this news and views are beneath me 

'Cause all I hear about is shots ringin' out 

So I rather kick some slang out 

All right fellas let's go hand out 

Hollywood or would they not 

Make us all look bad like I know they had 

But some things I'll never forget, yeah 

So step and fetch this shit 

For all the years we looked like clowns 

The joke is over smell the smoke from all around 

Burn Hollywood burn 

Ice Cube is down with the P E 

Now every single bitch wanna see me 

Big Daddy is smooth word to muther 

Let's check out a flick that exploits the color 

Roamin' thru Hollywood late at night 

Red and blue lights what a common sight 

Pulled to the curb gettin' played like a sucker 

Don't fight the power the motherfucker 

As I walk the streets of Hollywood Boulevard 

Thinin' how hard it was to those that starred 

In the movies portrayin' the roles 

Of butlers and maids slaves and hoes 

Many intelligent black men seemed to look uncivilized 

When on the screen like a guess 

I figure you to play some jigaboo 

On the plantation, what else can a nigger do 

And black women in this profession 

As for playin' a lawyer, out of the question 

For what they play Aunt Jemima is the perfect term 

Even if now she got a perm 

So let's make our own movies like Spike Lee 

'Cause the roles being offered don't strike me 

There's nothing that the black man could use to earn 

Burn Hollywood burn