Chuck D - The 13th Message / Livin' in a Zoo lyrics

[Intro: 13th Message by Chuck D] Yo, what's up?! This is the P.E.S.A. - Public Enemy Service Announcement Cause I feel this is somethin' that we got to say You see, they're tryin' to make Hardcore Rap disappear Tryin' to make it final for the vinyl Sayin' at this time for the wax to relax Black Radio, yes, I said Black Radio Is puttin' most of us to sleep in the 90s With too many, I said too many, slow jams And I wanna know where's the beats For the mind and for the feet, not the songs that's puttin' me to sleep You see, they're tryin' to make Hardcore Rap disappear By makin' the Rap DJs obsolete, right Kenny Kane? "YOU KNOW IT G" My man Kenny Kane from Tampra By makin' the Rap DJs obsolete, while program and music directors gettin' rich With kick backs and phoney seminars Your Record companies out there throw rap on the wall Still know very little about it And figure what sticks it, and what don't, won't be it And the government, awww yes, the government, they want Hardcore to vanish ICE-T's COP KILLER wasn't even a Rap record But you see, ICE-T is a rapper extraordinair And here in America it don't matter Rap is an synonymous with black And even our own don't realize that Rap is even blacker than themselves And to the whites who consider themselves an establishment They feel Rap is the beginin' of cultural overthrow In their vary own households, between themselves and their kids Oh oh, and the president, the good old president Yo, president, wanna see Hardcore go ghost CUBE is a soldier approved that it raises the roof, with the truth And the NEW WORLD ORDER, wants to see the Hardcore go the way of the Dinosaur A sticker here, a sticker there And now we wear the sticker like a padge, now what? Some wanna see us sing, because when you sing you can't get to the point quick enough In the Hardcore points as sharp and blow the whole joint up Others wanna see the Hardcore dance, and dancin' is enovlved But not when the problem gotta get solved Insurance companies and avenues and buildings and cities They treat us like thieves, but let me tell you; I'm not a thief Just because I spell relief; H-A-R-D Row to the Core will never die If it ain't us, it's somebody else they wanna k** HardCore will never die Hard is not a matter of sk**s but a battle of wills Remember that!! [Chuck D] Sk**s to k** and fill a hole We roll deep with a frown that's down Low in the meddle of jeep beats So I'm makin' a point, not stickin' bu*ts or blunts But the Terminator X and the rhythm he cuts Figure this bigger brother gonna trigger the track You know, I ain't Country and my name ain't Zack Step back to back, and take a look at the racks My world is a ghetto full of tapes and wax The CDs, they only double the tax And makin' money money, New York city to lax Tell the s**ers s**er never ever relax I'm kickin' cold facts so true It feels like I'm livin' in a zoo [Hook: Flavor Flav] Now, who wanna tell the psycho? But I'm all right though I wanna fight crazy and dirty These n***as wanna tell the psycho But I'm all right though I wanna fight crazy and dirty [Chuck D] Sayin' I'm down like psycho, where's my rifle? Right though, I ain't Michael Yo, I ain't sittin' on the dock of the bay Wastin' time in a crime with a nine Rather find another brutal rhyme It's us verses, I put it all in verses If the sound reverses, I pump it up with curses f** sittin' in the back of the bus But don't front what we lack We got it loaded in a back pack See, they can do it to a man But with men s**ers Semi' Think that sh** before they come again No science to the wild senile Slackin' cause he's packin' like a runaway child Yeah, would I ever try to sever? Hell no, never would work if the rhyme wasn't clever Wild, in an Isle stackin' high from the floor tile Back in the rack, where the rap never seen yet Gettin' to the corner wanna scream what I gonna wanna do Feels like I'm livin' in a zoo [Hook: Flavor Flav w/ variations X2] Who wanna tell the psycho? But I'm all right though I wanna fight crazy and dirty These n***as wanna tell the psycho But I'm all right though I wanna fight crazy and dirty Feels like I'm livin' in a zoo --] Chuck D [Chuck D] I don't know where I'm at Here's a track, I try to duck duck (*3 Gun Shots*) Those 3 bullets in the back Top 40 Ignore me Sooooo, I hit them in the hood Until it feel good, ugh [Hook: Flavor Flav w/ minor variations] n***as wanna tell the psycho But I'm all right though I wanna fight crazy and dirty These n***as wanna tell the psycho But I'm all right though I wanna fight crazy and dirty [Chuck D] It's not a matter of sk**s but a battle of wills Pow the stick up go the quicker the picker up Trigger eenie meanie with the gat that so fat Brrap bop bop, Cop k**er in a 16 wheeler They call me over the phone, che-che-checkin' me out Takin' my time to find a brother droppin' the dimes And lookin' over the zone of the murder that Hardcore Livin' like Cube said: Once again it's on And while we tell it like CNN My friends to end, close by spine, the rhythm tell the bombs The bigger the Bam bam, damn the whole squad is mine But the Hardcore fans who am I give them slammin' In the paint, and I ain't givin' up no props to the game And it stops in the name of the Hip-Hop Reign And the pain got me goin' Goddamn, won't they even pull a bullet on a pop jam [Hook: Flavor Flav w/ minor variations X2] n***as wanna tell the psycho But I'm all right though, come on!! I wanna fight crazy and dirty These n***as wanna tell the psycho But I'm all right though I wanna fight crazy and dirty Feels like I'm livin' in a zoo --] Chuck D [Chuck D] This time, the hard rhymer, won't get no bullet Even if the fan him pull willin' Be on '95 chillin, be up on fly superstar true fullin' Livin' in my shack with a how to get a hard time livin' With the level, I'm survivin' on the rhyme and sk**s With the wheel of the k**er gets banned and geared From the shelfs of the All American Store Ms. Gore got sticker The only way you hear it if we wanna hit the kicker If it's not dum didditty dum, didditty didditty dum You wouldn't know she's in the house when the president come What I gotta do if the Rap and the love turnin' so crap? (*Gun Shot*) Makes feel like I'm livin' in a zoo [Hook: Flavor Flav w/ minor variations X2] Now who wanna tell the psycho? But I'm all right though I wanna fight crazy and dirty These n***as wanna tell the psycho But I'm all right though I wanna fight crazy and dirty Feels like I'm livin' in a zoo --] Chuck D [DJ Terminator X Scratching quote below] I wanna fight crazy and dirty --] Ice Cube I wanna fight crazy and dirty --] Ice Cube I wanna fight crazy and dirty --] Ice Cube I wanna fight crazy and dirty --] Ice Cube [Hook: Flavor Flav w/ minor variations X2] n***as wanna tell the psycho But I'm all right though, come on!! I wanna fight crazy and dirty These n***as wanna tell the psycho But I'm all right though I wanna fight crazy and dirty Feels like I'm livin' in a zoo --] Chuck D [Outro: DJ Terminator X Scratching quote below] I wanna fight crazy and dirty --] Ice Cube I wanna fight crazy and dirty --] Ice Cube I wanna fight crazy and dirty --] Ice Cube I wanna fight crazy and dirty --] Ice Cube I wanna fight crazy and dirty --] Ice Cube