Shut Em Down Lyrics - Public Enemy

I testified 

My mama cried 

Black people died 

When the other man lied 

See the TV listen to me double trouble 

I overhaul and I'm comin' 

From the lower level 

I'm takin' tabs 

Sho nuff stuff to grab 

Like shirts it hurts 

With a neck to wreck 

Took a poll 'cause our soul 

Took a toll 

From the education 

Of a TV station 

But look around 

Hear go the sound of the wreckin' ball 

Boom and Pound 

When I 

Shut 'em down 

One two three four five 

Six seven eight nine 

What I use in the battle for the mind 

I hit it hard 

Like it supposed 

Pullin' no blows to the nose 

Like uncle L said I'm rippin' up shows 

Then what it is 

Only 5 percent of the biz 

I'm addin' woes 

That's how da way it goes 

Then you think I rank never drank, point blank 

I own loans 

Suckers got me runnin' from the bank 

Civil liberty I can't see to pay a fee 

I never saw a way to pay a sap 

To read the law 

Then become a victim of a lawyer 

Don't know ya, never saw ya 

Tape cued 

Gettin' me sued 

Playin' games wit' my head 

What the judge said put me in the red 

Got me thinkin' 'bout a trigger to the lead 

No no 

My education mind say 

Suckers gonna pay 

Anyway 

There gonna be a day 

'Cause the troop they roll in 

To posse up 

Whole from the ground 

Ready to go 

Throw another round 

Sick of the ride 

It's suicide 

For the other side of town 

When I find a way to shut 'em down 

Who count the money 

In da neighborhood 

But we spendin' money 

To no end lookin' for a friend 

In a war to the core 

Rippin' up the poor in da stores 

Till they get a brother 

Kickin' down doors 

Then I figure I kick it bigger 

Look 'em dead in the eye 

And they wince 

Defense is pressurized 

They don't want it to be 

Another racial attack 

In disguise so give some money back 

I like Nike but wait a minute 

The neighborhood supports so put some 

Money in it 

Corporations owe 

Dey gotta give up the dough 

To da town 

Or else 

We gotta shut 'em down