Public Enemy - Game Face(1998)

[00:00.80] (Intro: Flava Flav)
[00:09.97] Hey yo, Chuck, yo the world if sleepin', G
[00:12.63] We got to wake everybody up yo
[00:14.46] Hey yo, it's goin' down, baby
[00:16.26] Let everybody know how it's goin' down, baby
[00:18.92] (Verse 1: Chuck D)
[00:19.90] The way this goes down is simple, from this day forth
[00:21.73] Anything to deal with rap, STAY OFF
[00:24.42] It's just the players, no pay offs, strictly skills (uh)
[00:26.27] If you're brain's the same you'll stick to your deals
[00:28.92] And this field ain't about sellin' a mil'
[00:30.73] With the run of the mill, so just be tellin' the real
[00:33.44] It ain't like a third time fella's appeal
[00:36.13] 'Til the GOD scolds him and tells him to deal
[00:38.00] I'll allow you to write, maybe allow you to bite
[00:40.79] If you're down to fight the power here's the power to fight
[00:43.49] Overpower the mic, hit the crowd with the bomb diggy
[00:46.16] Ring the alarm, now the squads with me
[00:48.86] From way back I show now weakness when I speak this
[00:50.63] Mentally strong to keep this hit in my speeches given
[00:53.44] Now listen from the beginnin' 'til I reach the endin'
[00:55.24] My short stories winnin' and keep the beats spinnin'
[00:57.92] (Chorus: Public Enemy)
[00:58.87] You know the name, P.E.!
[00:59.78] You know the game, P.E.! {*scratches*}
[01:01.50] We ain't for the game
[01:03.34] We for the change
[01:06.01] I wake up everyday with my game face on
[01:07.97] You know the name, P.E.!
[01:08.86] You know the name, P.E.! {*scratches*}
[01:12.47] Yeah we ain't for the fame
[01:14.27] We for the change
[01:16.03] I wake up everyday with my game face on
[01:16.90] (Verse 2: Chuck D)
[01:17.93] Break harder than ever, follow my lead
[01:19.71] Through the fast lane in the game, they follow my speed
[01:22.42] Either ease off the gas or floor it
[01:24.23] You ain't ready to get it, I dunno why they keep askin' for it
[01:27.84] This the real P.E., ain't no castin' for it
[01:29.74] Cop lights, news camera, no action for it
[01:32.41] Get the uncut raw, we somewhat sure
[01:34.26] Hip hop's like a chess game, discussin' the war
[01:36.98] Strategize, move like masterminds
[01:39.66] When it's your go and your do', just cash mine
[01:42.39] Last time we welcomed y'all to the Terrordome
[01:44.17] Used the mic to reach out and touch, instead of the phone
[01:46.95] I appear from the rear, stayin' from clear
[01:49.68] Nobody can say if I'm here so they play it by ear
[01:51.44] But here's the way I lay the idea
[01:53.22] From this point on, the rest of '98, put it in high gear
[01:55.92] (Chorus: Public Enemy)
[01:56.98] You know the name, P.E.!
[01:57.87] You know the game, P.E.! {*scratches*}
[02:00.54] We ain't for the fame
[02:01.46] We for a change
[02:04.15] I wake up everyday with my game face on
[02:06.94] You know the name, P.E.!
[02:07.80] You know the game, P.E.! {*scratches*}
[02:10.56] We ain't for the fame
[02:12.31] We for a change
[02:14.17] I wake up everyday with my game face on
[02:15.93] (Verse 3: Professor Griff)
[02:16.88] I saw it comin', premeditated world domination hesitated
[02:19.51] Rough this nuclear war head, detonate it
[02:21.35] I'm forbidden, so I stay hittin' up forgiven
[02:24.12] For givin' the livin' the truth, 360 proof
[02:25.91] So world look before this world's took
[02:28.66] I curl books under my arm
[02:29.56] Smoke charm and learn about this world's (?)
[02:31.35] Revelation the world cooks
[02:33.12] I spit gold versus the pearl hooks
[02:34.98] The first album made the world crooks
[02:35.82] Got 'em snatchin', robbin', thievin', stealin' ideas
[02:38.59] Believe in pleadin' reason for treason, conceal it for years
[02:41.23] My criminal (?) attract an accomplice to grub something
[02:44.02] Results DRASTIC MEASURES
[02:44.97] And the death of joy, the death of casket treasure
[02:47.69] From the abyss, the greatest trick I played on the world
[02:49.40] Was leadin' them to believe my mother's clit didn't exist
[02:52.11] Then I extended the list
[02:53.02] Revolutioned every flag raised by a clenchin' fist
[02:54.82] (Outro: Flava Flav)
[02:56.70] Yeah that's right, once again
[02:57.69] Smooth the Hustler, and he ain't no crowd buster
[03:00.36] Straight up Iceberg Slim
[03:02.16] Yo, baby, you need to get with him
[03:04.84] Flava Flav, Chuck D, Public Enemy, Smooth the Hustle
[03:08.41] We out the backdoor, baby
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