[ti:Shut Em Down] [ar:Public Enemy] [al:Power To The People And The Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Shut Em Down (Edit) - Public Enemy [00:11.57]Written by:Carlton Ridenhour/James Henry Boxley III/Gary Rinaldo [00:23.15]I testified [00:24.47]My mama cried [00:25.81]Black people died [00:26.88]When the other man lied [00:28.41]See the tv listen to me double trouble [00:30.63]I have a hole and I comin' [00:32.10]From the lower level [00:33.18]I'm takin' tabs [00:34.15]Sho 'nough stuff to grab [00:35.86]Like shirts it hurts [00:37.21]With a neck to wreck [00:38.57]Took a poll 'cause our soul [00:40.20]Took a toll [00:41.08]From the education [00:42.26]Of a tv station [00:43.49]But look around [00:44.62]Hear go the sound of the wreckin' ball [00:46.64]Boom and pound [00:47.55]When I [00:47.90]Shut 'em down [00:48.71]I shut him down [00:49.54]Shut him down [00:50.46]Shut him shut him down [00:51.33]I shut him down [00:52.11]Shut him down [00:52.97]Shut him shut him down [00:53.96]I shut him down [00:54.72]Shut him down [00:55.53]Shut him shut him down [00:56.57]I shut him down [00:57.32]Shut him down [00:58.12]Shut him shut him down [00:59.08]I shut him down [00:59.87]Shut him down [01:00.69]Shut him shut him down [01:01.65]I shut him down [01:02.44]Shut him down [01:03.35]Shut him shut him down [01:04.19]I shut him down [01:05.03]Shut him down [01:05.94]Shut him shut him down [01:06.87]I shut him down [01:07.71]Shut him down [01:08.36]Shut him shut him down [01:09.63] [01:20.20]One two three four five [01:21.80]Six seven eight nine [01:23.18]What I use in the battle for the mind [01:25.01]I hit it hard [01:25.84]Like it supposed [01:26.70]Pullin' no blows to the nose [01:28.07]Like uncle l said I'm rippin' up shows [01:30.57]Then what it is [01:31.55]Only five percent of the biz [01:33.30]I'm addin' woes [01:34.40]That's how da way it goes [01:35.43]Then you think I rank never drank point blank [01:37.90]I own loans [01:39.00]Suckers got me runnin' from the bank [01:40.84]Civil liberty I can't see to pay a fee [01:43.03]I never saw a way to pay a sap [01:45.02]To read the law [01:46.05]Then I coma pick and have a lawyer [01:47.83]Don't know ya never saw ya [01:49.03]Tape cued [01:49.90]Gettin' me sued [01:50.96]Playin' games with' my head [01:52.19]What the judge said put me in the red [01:54.23]Got me thinkin' 'bout a trigger to the lead [01:56.48]No no [01:56.86]My education mind say [01:58.38]Suckers gonna pay [01:59.39]Anyway [02:00.14]There gonna be a day [02:01.24]'Cause the troop they roll in [02:02.78]To posse up [02:03.59]Whole from the ground [02:04.61]Ready to go [02:05.51]Throw another round [02:06.49]Sick of the ride [02:07.40]It's suicide [02:08.09]For the other side of town [02:09.62]When I find a way to shut 'em down [02:11.53]I shut him down [02:12.40]Shut him down [02:13.20]Shut him shut him down [02:14.18]I shut him down [02:14.98]Shut him down [02:15.76]Shut him shut him down [02:16.77]I shut him down [02:17.57]Shut him down [02:18.30]Shut him shut him down [02:19.29]I shut him down [02:20.06]Shut him down [02:20.79]Shut him shut him down [02:21.86]I shut him down [02:22.65]Shut him down [02:23.46]Shut him shut him down [02:24.42]I shut him down [02:25.16]Shut him down [02:26.07]Shut him shut him down [02:27.02]I shut him down [02:27.82]Shut him down [02:28.72]Shut him shut him down [02:29.75]I shut him down [02:30.47]Shut him down [02:31.34]Shut him shut him down [02:32.49] [02:53.19]Who count the money [02:54.30]In da neighborhood [02:55.21]But we spendin' money [02:56.17]To no end lookin' for a friend [02:58.18]In a war to the core [02:59.77]Rippin' up the poor in da stores [03:01.33]Till they get a brother [03:02.46]Kickin' down doors [03:03.66]Then I figure I kick it bigger [03:05.38]Look 'em dead in the eye [03:06.68]And they wince [03:07.38]Defense is pressurized [03:08.83]They don't really want it to be [03:10.40]Another racial attack [03:11.80]In disguise so give some money back [03:14.02]I like nike keep but wait a minute [03:16.16]The neighborhood supports so put some [03:17.93]Money in it [03:18.69]Corporations owe [03:20.08]They gotta give up the dough [03:21.38]To da town [03:22.04]Or else [03:22.56]We gotta shut 'em down [03:23.94]I shut him down [03:24.73]Shut him down [03:25.60]Shut him shut him down [03:26.55]I shut him down [03:27.29]Shut him down [03:28.21]Shut him shut him down [03:29.13]I shut him down [03:29.89]Shut him down [03:30.81]Shut him shut him down [03:31.74]I shut him down [03:32.58]Shut him down [03:33.34]Shut him shut him down [03:34.27]I shut him down [03:35.07]Shut him down [03:35.96]Shut him shut him down [03:36.91]I shut him down [03:37.67]Shut him down [03:38.54]Shut him shut him down [03:39.46]I shut him down [03:40.21]Shut him down [03:41.14]Shut him shut him down [03:42.10]I shut him down [03:42.85]Shut him down [03:43.73]Shut him shut him down