DJ Premier - The Militia lyrics

[Intro] "Here's a bulletin from state police, Princeton Junction." "The militia... Certain individuals of unidentified nature Is now under complete control" "Hip-hop is not, what it is today.." "It's the real *echoes*... it's the (militia)" [Verse 1: Big Shug] If heads only knew how I felt about the rap game They'd relocate, and change their f**in name I eradicate movefakers, roll with coat shakers Give dap to mad money makers Shared cells with lifetakers, have s** with rumpshakers I make moves so I'mma earthquaker I've been known to instill fear Although the world may be round, we still trapped in the square City light, got me buggin and trife Some die by the gun, some die by the knife It's alright, like a game of spades I'm trump tight Premier hit me with music to ensure that it thump right And my flight, will be taken solely at night Cause that's when the freaks come out, no doubt And in the dark hours is when I will shower With the knowledge of my trade to get paid Still I make moves like a snake in the gra**, roundabout I be dickin it down while you be a**ed out Puff mad L's but never pa**ed out And if I'm caught up in a jam I blast my way out There'll be no lettin up, just straight shuttin up Or we'll start the wettin up Lyrical infrared sceptor never miss you Big Shug, Guru, Freddie Foxxx, The Militia, militia [Hook: Freddie Foxxx] Everybody's spittin it, the rhyme is hot Cause it's Big Shug, Guru, and Freddie the Foxxx When Premier bring the beats, no it just don't stop It's The Militia Everybody's spittin it, the rhyme is hot Cause it's Big Shug, Guru, and Freddie the Foxxx When Premier bring the beats, no it just don't stop It's The Militia [Verse 2: Guru] Yo; I ain't one to succumb to no man, but to command And scoop up the troops when it's time to take a stand Emphatically, deep strategies leave casualties I creep gradually, til everybody knows That I got more flows than Rosebud got hoes The anger inside had me trapped Til I got geared up with raps to tear you up like big gats For big stacks, watch your back when I send em in Caught you tremblin, my name and face you're rememberin Several attempts, but nah b**h, you'll never win Rhymes pierce your skin or maybe limbs we'll be severin Take you to the mat, peep that, you should keep back My ill-kid format will lay you flat like a doormat That I walk on, I meditate while you talk on And gossip, so I drop my hot sh**; fully loaded Glock clips So get the f** out my block, kid As nights turn to days, days go back to nights, we be speaking it right And keeping it tight up in the street life I meet life, head on, no holds barred Born with a heart of gold, now mostly cold and scarred En guard, choose your weapon, or get to steppin Lyrical bullets make you dance from the trance you be kept in Assessments are made before, and during combat I master my hunger, blow the spot when I bomb cats One of us, equals many of us Disrespect one of us, you'll see plenty of us Conflict, is what I predict You and your fellas is mad jealous, attempting to flare We cleverly stalked ya, your fam'll miss ya The war's on, that's why we formed The Militia [Hook: Freddie Foxxx] Everybody's spittin it, the rhyme is hot Cause it's Big Shug, Guru, and Freddie the Foxxx When Premier bring the beats, no it just don't stop It's The Militia [Verse 3: Freddie Foxxx] You n***as owe me for my rhymes, I come to collect For you dope fiend n***as in rap, I here to inject, check My style is bu*ter baby, spread it around But when you n***as don't flow it right and f** up my sound I get down; in '89 I spit a "buck" in the face Of every MC that came in the place, a scar you'll never erase MC's are only recognized for their flows I'm worldwide for the b**hes, that I turned into hoes You heard me spit it on Jew-elz, that's how it goes For all them faking a** n***as and how I bust up their nose And while your, nose is drippin, and drainin blood I'll be standing over you screamin, "n***a, WHAT, WHAT?! n***a WHAT?!" n***as feel my presence, like I'm right in their palm Cause a stormy day is coming, when you see me so calm, it's on No more twin Glocks, they jam up my plays Now its twin .40 calibre Walther PPK's I'm in the control of my game, you must respect me like The Ref Uh-huh, you disrespect *gun clicks* you get the tech I turn you fake n***as on and off, like I'm the clapper I rob so many n***as, they should call me Jack the Rapper I'll the illest n***a doing this, dead or alive Gloria Gaynor on you motherf**ers, I Will Survive You can try to come at me, but do you want the kick back? You step inside the cage of a pit, and you get bit back, huh My war is so tight, my drama so ill Beef with me hangs around like a unpaid bill I push these lyrics through any MC, and make it burn So the n***as who be rhyming next, will miss a turn When you speak of who's the dopest MC, I don't come up But when you speak of who's the livest MC, I stay one up, what's up? I got stripes like you got strikes and bogus mikes Do what b**h n***as do best - bite Y'all n***as can't make up a law that I don't overrule, overthrow Preem' brought Bumpy this track so I'mma let you know Before I slide I'mma leave you this j**el Even mechanics walk around with they tools It's the Militia