The Roots - Rhymes And Ammo (Remix) lyrics

*The original shorter version can be found on Soundbombing III [Chorus: Black Thought] + {Talib Kweli} A'yo when I say pump that, y'all say sh** up Pump that! {sh** up} Pump that! {sh** up} When I say stand up, y'all say get up Stand up! {Get Up} Stand up! {Get Up} When I say rise up, y'all say now Rise up! {Now} Rise up! {Now} When I say lick a shot, say blaow Lick a shot! {Blaow!) Lick a shot! {Blaow!} [Black Thought] Everybody on they jawns Cartoons is hardcore p**n It ain't no afterschool paper routes, mowin lawns Kids got backpacks full of yayo and heron Coming to school shootin up the auditorium Aiyyo its anthrax maniacs on the TV The least of y'all worries should be Thought's CD The chairman of the board coppin twice weekly They done caught the minister with a pork B-L-T If my sh** ain't hot, it probly try to drive me Psyhce, its somethin I can never let myself see Can't see, I'm thorough-bread, nothin fancy The maker, no matter what the circumstance be It's the principle, pillowcase full of nickel Smacked like I'm ?, leave him crippled Keep talkin greasey I'ma big lip you Aiyyo your man'll can get slid with you You and the squad takin to galoshes I hold the engineer for hostage And spit from a dirty cartridge It's L for whoever try to front on Thought's sh** I'm sendin them goons to your mom's apartment Yo! [Chorus: Black Thought] + {Talib Kweli} A'yo when I say pump that, y'all say sh** up Pump that! {sh** up} Pump that! {sh** up} When I say stand up, y'all say get up Stand up! {Get Up} Stand up! {Get Up} When I say rise up, y'all say now Rise up! {Now} Rise up! {Now} When I say lick a shot, say blaow Lick a shot! {Blaow!) Lick a shot! {Blaow!} [Black Thought] Aiyyo, countries at war, little kids cry rape Goddammit, the ghetto is a Planet Of The Apes Ma**ive meltdown bringing the red tape The cinder blocks ?shoos? at the bottom of the lake I'm from the city of the sinners state of the art You should know book and the pen for making a mark I love the game clobber lane hit him with the gutter slang Your brother's insane but I'm another thang The track bang like your baby mother very hardly To put it to y'all chumps so corny My name: Black Thought the one person army All the intellectuals and the thugs adore me My lyrical range from complex to strange It's wrecking your brain when the rhymes ? to change Hip hop fiends tapping their arm to catch a vein MC's scared to d**h wishing I never came [Chorus: Black Thought] + {Talib Kweli} A'yo when I say pump that, y'all say sh** up Pump that! {sh** up} Pump that! {sh** up} When I say stand up, y'all say get up Stand up! {Get Up} Stand up! {Get Up} When I say rise up, y'all say now Rise up! {Now} Rise up! {Now} When I say lick a shot, say blaow Lick a shot! {Blaow!) Lick a shot! {Blaow!} [Talib Kweli] Kweli, sittin back in the cut like Reese (Come on!) In a constant peace, call me fantastic like I cut the grease Baracudas movin and canoein sippin amaretto I'm a ruler of my temple, what I do to instrumentals Instrumentals is the development of these n***as mentals Tears in your eyes like this moment is sentimental Your fundamentally floored, philosophically bored Disturbed like the eighth floor of your hospital ward You've GOT to appoint n***as to raise the bar (Yes) m**ms praise Allah, Christians praise the God Rastas, they say Jah They find a way to rhyme with the pallet like fine wine And make you say ahhh Guess who's back? The game needed improvement (Uh) Can't fit the bullsh** no more, you sound stupid I'm a shark in the water with constant movement Influenced by music since a truant yo This is how we do it yo [Chorus 2x: Black Thought] + {Talib Kweli} When I say pump that, y'all say sh** up Pump that! {sh** up} Pump that! {sh** up} When I say stand up, y'all say get up Stand up! {Get Up} Stand up! {Get Up} When I say rise up, y'all say now Rise up! {Now} Rise up! {Now} When I say lick a shot, say blaow Lick a shot! {Blaow!) Lick a shot! {Blaow!} [Black Thought] + {Talib Kweli} Lick a shot! {Blaow!} (Repeat 16x)