Chuck D - 1 (PEace) lyrics

[Verse 1] SO LONG AGO THE STORY GO I TESTIFY I OCCUPY ALL THE BATTLIN AND WRASTLIN ON CAPITOL HILL NOW THE PILL GOT YOU ILL AND YALL DIGITAL I DIG THE DIG BEEN OFFED THE PIG DIGGIN THE DIGITAL AND I NEVER RENIGGED SLOW DOWN THEY WANT A SLOWER DAMN SOUND MACHINE ? WHO ME THEY �DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT I �MEAN WHAT IM SAYIN 'WHAT IM SEEIN IS �HUMAN BEINGS WHO IM SEEING WHAT IM SAYING WHO BE PLAYING WHATIM SAYIN SEEING �BEINGS HUMANS TURNED INTO DAMN MACHINES THEY DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE FK IT MEANS YALL CAN STOP IT ON THE 3 BUT THEY DROPPED IT ON THE 1 THE P E A C E JUST BEGUN [Verse 2] YES WE CAN ITS OUT THE CAN THIS MF BEAT IS AFRICAN I RHYME ONCE A WHILE WHEN THE SHT IS WILD SOME PEOPLE CONFUSED CONSUMIN STYLE AS YOU GRAB IT THEY COME TO GRAB US NOW THEY GOTS US I THINK THEY SHOT US CORPORATIONS DOWN TO YOUR BONE I AINT NO DUMB MF ON A SMART ASS PHONE I BEEN LEGIT WE NEVER QUIT EXPLODED UPLOADED SO YALL CAN SPIT GO ON AND DOWNLOADED MIXTAPE BUT IT MIXED AND IT AINT TAPE DONT RHYME FOR THE SAKE OF RIDDLIN TWEET FOR THE JOKE OF TWITTERIN MY INTUITION GOT ME TRIPPIN POSITION HUMANS TURNED INTO DAMN MACHINES THEY DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE FK I MEAN YALL CAN STOP IT ON THE 3 BUT THEY DROPPED IT ON THE 1 THE P-E-A-C-E JUST BEGUN [Verse 3] MY MIND IS MINE MY GRIND DESIGN I BEEN THAT AGE THEY AINT BEEN MINE SO WATCH ME �WORK IT FROM MY �CIRCUIT AGAINST THEIR PURPOSE OF KEEPIN TRUTH FROM THE YOUTH A P.I .CIRCUS THEY TELL YALL SPEED IS WHAT YYALL �NEED MAKE YOU CONSUME TO GET THE BOOM NO ANSWERS NO DANCIN Y'ALL JUST CONSUME WHEN THE PARTYS DONE THEY JUST TEARIN UP THE ROOM BOMB THE EARTH TO PIECES THEY CANT CALM THE WORLD TO PEACE THE LEASE IS UP IN THIS THE BELLY OF THIS BEAST HUMANS TURNED INTO DAMN MACHINES THEY DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE FK I MEAN YALL CAN STOP IT ON THE 3 BUT THEY DROPPED IT ON THE 1 THE P E A C E JUST BEGUN