Boogie Down Productions - Stop The Violence lyrics

Worldwide! BDP are the freshest! Worldwide! One two three, the crew is called BDP And if you want to go to the tip top Stop the violence in Hip Hop, Y-O Time and time again, as I pick up the pen As my thoughts emerge, these are those words I glance at the paper to know what's going on Someone's doing wrong, the story goes on Mary Lou just had a baby someone else decapitated The drama of the world shouldn't keep us so frustrated I look, but it doesn't coincide with my books Social studies will not speak upon political crooks It's just the presidents, and all the money they spent All the things they invent, and how their house is so immaculate They create missiles, my family's eating gristle Then they get upset when the press blows the whistle Phone calls are made, profiles are kept low You tamper with some jobs, now the press is controlled Not only newspapers, but every single station You only get to hear the president is on vacation But uh, stay calm, there's no need for alarm You say goodbye to your mom, and you're off to Vietnam You shoot to k**, come back and you're a veteran But how many veterans are out there pedaling? There's no telling, cause they continue selling As quiet as it's kept, I won't go into depth You could talk about Nigeria, people used to laugh at ya Now I take a look, I see USA For Africa? Huh What's the solution, to stop all this confusion? Rewrite the constitution, change the drug which you're using Rewrite the constitution or the emancipation proclamation We fight inflation, yet the president's still on vacation BDP posse! One two three, the crew is called BDP And if you want to go to the tip top Stop the violence in Hip Hop, Y-O This might sound a little strange to you Well here's the reason I came to you We gotta put our heads together, and stop the violence Cause real bad boys move in silence When you're in a club, you come to chill out Not watch someone's blood just spill out That's what these other people want to see Another race fight endlessly You know we're being watched, you know we're being seen Some wish to destroy this scene called hip-hop But I won't drop Not I or Scott LaRock Well here is the message that we bring today Hip-hop will surely decay If we as a people don't stand up and say Stop the violence One two three, the crew is called BDP And if you want to go to the tip top Stop the violence in Hip Hop, Y-O BDP and me We step into the party top celebrity Say when we come in the dance, we never have to pay a fee Cause that's cos we got R-E-S-P-E-C-T I have this one wife, her name is Miss Melody Although I'm from the Bronx, she from the Brooklyn posse I tell ya a little of this and then I tell you some of that Sometimes I comb my hair and sometimes I wear a hat Sometimes I'm in a Mercedes and sometimes I'm in a plane Sometimes I find myself upon the number two train Some people look at me and see negativity Some people look at me and see positivity But when I see myself I see creativity So if I can create, well then I make some money Jah man just put your hands up if you're out here gettin' paid Jah man just put your hands up if you're out here gettin' paid One two three, the crew is called BDP And if you want to go to the tip top Stop the violence in Hip Hop, Y-O