A-yo ice, man. Im working on this term paper for college. whats the First amendment Freedom of speech, thats some **********in ******** You say the wrong thing, theyll lock your ass up quick The fcc says profanity - no airplay They can suck my **** while I take a **** all day Think I give a **** about some silly ***** named gore Yo pmrc, here we go, raw Yo tip, whats the matter you aint gettin no **** Youre *****in about rocknroll, thats censorship, dumb ***** The constitution says we all got a right to speak Say what we want tip, your argument is weak Censor records, tv, school books too And who decides whats right to hear you Hey pmrc, you stupid ****in assholes The sticker on the record is what makes em sell gold Cant you see, you alcoholic idiots The more you try to suppress us, the larger we get
**** that right! I want the right to talk I want the right to speak, I want the right to walk Where I wanna, yell and Im gonna Tell and rebel every time Im on a Microphone on the stage cold illin The knowledge I drop will be heard by millions We aint the problems, we aint the villains Its the suckers deprivin the truth from our children You cant hide the fact, jack Theres violence in the streets every day, any fool can recognise that But you try to lie and lie And say americas some **********in apple pie Yo, you gotta be high to believe that Youre gonna change the world by a sticker on a record sleeve Cos once you take away my right to speak Everybody in the worlds up **** creek Let me tell you about down south Where a ************ might as well not even have a mouth Columbus, georgia, said theyd lock me up If I got on the stage in my show and said **** So I thought for a minute and said no, I wasnt even gonna do a damned show Cos for me to change my words from my rhymes Is never gonna happen cos theres no sell outs on mine But I vowed to get those ************s one day They even arrested bobby brown and cool j Yo, they got theirs comin, cos Im mad and Im gunnin Homeboys, and theres no runnin Im gonna tell you how I feel about you No bull, no lies, no slack, just straight fact Columbus, georgia, you can suck my **** You aint nothin but a piece of ****in **** on the damned map Freedom of speech, let em take it from me
Next theyll take it from you, then what you gonna do? Let em censor books, let em censor art Pmrc, this is where the witch hunt starts Youll censor what we see, we read, we hear, we learn The books will burn You better think it out We should be able to say anything, our lungs were meant to shout Say what we feel, yell out whats real Even though it may not bring mass appeal Your opinion is yours, my opinion is mine If you dont like what Im sayin? fine But dont close it, always keep an open mind A man who fails to listen is blind We only got one right left in the world today Let me have it or throw the constitution away What theyre trying to do with radio, with this, uh, mccarron-walter Act and a lot of other ways, is start by saying that theyre Protecting the public from wicked rock bands, or girlie magazines, or Whatever. but, if you follow the chain of dominoes that falls down, What theyre really trying to do is shut off our access to information Itself. If they cant do it by law they know theres other ways to do it.
[00:01.58]A-yo ice, man. Im working on this term paper for college. whats the [00:04.32]First amendment [00:04.88]Freedom of speech, thats some **********in ******** [00:07.13]You say the wrong thing, theyll lock your ass up quick [00:09.63]The fcc says profanity - no airplay [00:11.06]They can suck my **** while I take a **** all day [00:13.56]Think I give a **** about some silly ***** named gore [00:15.93]Yo pmrc, here we go, raw [00:17.49]Yo tip, whats the matter you aint gettin no **** [00:19.80]Youre *****in about rocknroll, thats censorship, dumb ***** [00:21.67]The constitution says we all got a right to speak [00:23.92]Say what we want tip, your argument is weak [00:25.98]Censor records, tv, school books too [00:27.60]And who decides whats right to hear you [00:29.60]Hey pmrc, you stupid ****in assholes [00:31.97]The sticker on the record is what makes em sell gold [00:34.46]Cant you see, you alcoholic idiots [00:35.90]The more you try to suppress us, the larger we get [00:45.63] [00:59.00]**** that right! I want the right to talk [01:01.18]I want the right to speak, I want the right to walk [01:03.74]Where I wanna, yell and Im gonna [01:05.30]Tell and rebel every time Im on a [01:06.98]Microphone on the stage cold illin [01:08.29]The knowledge I drop will be heard by millions [01:10.35]We aint the problems, we aint the villains [01:12.97]Its the suckers deprivin the truth from our children [01:15.28]You cant hide the fact, jack [01:16.78]Theres violence in the streets every day, any fool can recognise that [01:19.53]But you try to lie and lie [01:21.08]And say americas some **********in apple pie [01:22.77]Yo, you gotta be high to believe that [01:25.39]Youre gonna change the world by a sticker on a record sleeve [01:28.07]Cos once you take away my right to speak [01:30.07]Everybody in the worlds up **** creek [01:52.78]Let me tell you about down south [01:54.22]Where a ************ might as well not even have a mouth [01:56.61]Columbus, georgia, said theyd lock me up [01:58.35]If I got on the stage in my show and said **** [02:00.92]So I thought for a minute and said no, [02:02.91]I wasnt even gonna do a damned show [02:04.66]Cos for me to change my words from my rhymes [02:06.90]Is never gonna happen cos theres no sell outs on mine [02:09.34]But I vowed to get those ************s one day [02:11.34]They even arrested bobby brown and cool j [02:13.08]Yo, they got theirs comin, cos Im mad and Im gunnin [02:15.51]Homeboys, and theres no runnin [02:16.64]Im gonna tell you how I feel about you [02:19.07]No bull, no lies, no slack, just straight fact [02:21.07]Columbus, georgia, you can suck my **** [02:23.08]You aint nothin but a piece of ****in **** on the damned map [02:25.89]Freedom of speech, let em take it from me [02:42.99] [02:48.56]Next theyll take it from you, then what you gonna do? [02:50.87]Let em censor books, let em censor art [02:52.62]Pmrc, this is where the witch hunt starts [02:54.37]Youll censor what we see, we read, we hear, we learn [02:56.74]The books will burn [02:58.48]You better think it out [02:59.61]We should be able to say anything, our lungs were meant to shout [03:02.60]Say what we feel, yell out whats real [03:04.72]Even though it may not bring mass appeal [03:06.84]Your opinion is yours, my opinion is mine [03:08.78]If you dont like what Im sayin? fine [03:10.71]But dont close it, always keep an open mind [03:12.90]A man who fails to listen is blind [03:14.77]We only got one right left in the world today [03:17.14]Let me have it or throw the constitution away [03:40.79]What theyre trying to do with radio, with this, uh, mccarron-walter [03:44.47]Act and a lot of other ways, is start by saying that theyre [03:48.86]Protecting the public from wicked rock bands, or girlie magazines, or [03:54.04]Whatever. but, if you follow the chain of dominoes that falls down, [03:57.78]What theyre really trying to do is shut off our access to information [04:02.77]Itself. [04:05.27]If they cant do it by law they know theres other ways to do it.