With vice I hold the mike device With force I keep it away of course And Im keepin you from sleepin And on stage I rage And Im rollin To the poor I pour in on in metaphors Not bluffin, its nothin That we aint did before We played you stayed The points made You consider it done By the prophets of rage (power of the people say) I roll with the punches so I survive Try to rock cause it keeps the crowd alive Im not ballin, Im just callin But Im past the days of yes yallin Wa wiggle round and round I pump, you jump up Hear my words my verbs And get juiced up I been around a while You can descibe my sound Clear the way For the prophets of rage (power of the people say) I rang ya bell Can you tell I got feelin Just peace at least Cause I want it Want it so bad That Im starvin Im like garvey So you can see b Its like that, Im like nat Leave me the hell alone If you dont think Im a brother Then check the chromosomes Then check the stage I declare it a new age Get down for the prophets of rage Keep you from gettin like this You back the track You find were the quotable You emulate Brothers, sisters thats beautiful Follow a path Of positivity you go Some sing it or rap it Or harmonize it through go-go Little you know but very Seldom I do party jams About a plan Im considered the man Im the recordable But God made it affordable I say it, you play it Back in your car or even portable Stereo Describes my scenario Left or right, black or white They tell lies in the books That youre readin Its knowledge of yourself That youre needin Like vescey or prosser We have a reason why To debate the hate Thats why were born to die Mandela, cell dweller, thatcher You can tell her clear the way for the prophets of rage (power of the people you say) Its raw and keepin you on the floor Its soul and keepin you in control Its pt. 2 cause im Pumpin what youre used to Until the whole juice crew Gets me in my goose down I do the rebel yell And Im the duracell Call it plain insane Brothers causein me pain When a brothers a victim And the sellers a dweller in a cage Yo, run the a capella (power of the people say)
[00:16.62]With vice I hold the mike device [00:18.04]With force I keep it away of course [00:19.55]And Im keepin you from sleepin [00:21.55]And on stage I rage [00:22.73]And Im rollin [00:24.04]To the poor I pour in on in metaphors [00:26.59]Not bluffin, its nothin [00:27.59]That we aint did before [00:28.66]We played you stayed [00:29.72]The points made [00:30.59]You consider it done [00:31.78]By the prophets of rage [00:32.84](power of the people say) [00:34.22]I roll with the punches so I survive [00:36.40]Try to rock cause it keeps the crowd alive [00:38.14]Im not ballin, Im just callin [00:41.39]But Im past the days of yes yallin [00:43.20]Wa wiggle round and round [00:44.57]I pump, you jump up [00:45.70]Hear my words my verbs [00:46.77]And get juiced up [00:47.96]I been around a while [00:49.33]You can descibe my sound [00:50.97]Clear the way [00:51.84]For the prophets of rage [00:53.31](power of the people say) [00:58.10]I rang ya bell [00:58.96]Can you tell I got feelin [01:00.33]Just peace at least [01:01.13]Cause I want it [01:02.14]Want it so bad [01:03.33]That Im starvin [01:04.06]Im like garvey [01:05.01]So you can see b [01:07.62]Its like that, Im like nat [01:09.57]Leave me the hell alone [01:10.55]If you dont think Im a brother [01:11.94]Then check the chromosomes [01:12.68]Then check the stage [01:13.93]I declare it a new age [01:15.49]Get down for the prophets of rage [01:17.07]Keep you from gettin like this [01:18.37]You back the track [01:19.46]You find were the quotable [01:20.58]You emulate [01:21.64]Brothers, sisters thats beautiful [01:23.53]Follow a path [01:24.15]Of positivity you go [01:24.95]Some sing it or rap it [01:26.18]Or harmonize it through go-go [01:27.12]Little you know but very [01:28.24]Seldom I do party jams [01:29.30]About a plan [01:29.92]Im considered the man [01:30.80]Im the recordable [01:31.47]But God made it affordable [01:32.48]I say it, you play it [01:33.73]Back in your car or even portable [01:35.16]Stereo [01:35.34]Describes my scenario [01:35.91]Left or right, black or white [01:37.10]They tell lies in the books [01:38.47]That youre readin [01:39.10]Its knowledge of yourself [01:39.99]That youre needin [01:40.67]Like vescey or prosser [01:41.67]We have a reason why [01:42.79]To debate the hate [01:43.73]Thats why were born to die [01:45.04]Mandela, cell dweller, thatcher [01:45.91]You can tell her clear the way for the prophets of rage [01:48.42](power of the people you say) [01:50.13]Its raw and keepin you on the floor [01:51.87]Its soul and keepin you in control [01:53.45]Its pt. 2 cause im [01:54.57]Pumpin what youre used to [01:55.69]Until the whole juice crew [01:56.83]Gets me in my goose down [01:58.02]I do the rebel yell [01:58.60]And Im the duracell [01:58.66]Call it plain insane [01:58.72]Brothers causein me pain [01:59.50]When a brothers a victim [02:00.56]And the sellers a dweller in a cage [02:02.31]Yo, run the a capella [02:03.24](power of the people say)