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Bass! How low can you go?
Death row what a brother knows
Once again, back is the incredible
The rhyme animal
The incredible D. Public Enemy number one
Five-O said "Freeze!" and I got numb
Can't I tell 'em that I really never had a gun?
But it's the wax that the Terminator X spun
Now they got me in a cell 'cause my records they sell
Cause a brother like me said "Well
Farrakhan's a prophet and I think you ought to listen to
What he can say to you, what you ought to do"
Follow for now, power to the people say,
"Make a miracle. D, pump the lyrical"
Black is back, all in, we're gonna win
Check it out, yeah y'all, here we go again
[Chorus]
Turn it up! Bring tha noize!
Never badder than bad 'cause the brother is madder than mad
At the fact that's corrupt as a senator
Soul on a roll, but you treat it like soap on a rope
Cause the beats in the lines are so dope
Listen for lessons I'm saying inside music that the critics are blasting me for
They'll never care for the brothers and sisters now across the country has us up for the war
We got to demonstrate, come on now, they're gonna have to wait
Till we get it right
Radio stations I question their blackness
They call themselves black, but we'll see if they play this
[Chorus]
Get from in front of me, the crowd runs to me
My deejay is warm, he's X, I call him Norm, ya know
He can cut a record from side to side
So what, the ride, the glide should be much safer than a suicide
Soul control, beat is the father of your rock 'n' roll
Music for whatcha, for whichin', you call a band, man
Makin' a music, abuse it, but you can't do it, ya know
You call 'em demos, but we ride limos, too
Whatcha gonna do? Rap is not afraid of you
Beat is for Sonny Bono, beat is for Yoko Ono
Run DMC first said a deejay could be a band
Stand on its feet, get you out your seat
Beat is for Eric be, and L.L. as well, hell
Wax is for Anthrax, still it can rock bells
Ever forever, universal, it will sell
Time for me to exit, Terminator X-it
[Chorus]
From coast to coast, so you stop being like a comatose
'Stand, my man? The beat's the same with a boast dose
Rock with some pizzazz, it will last why you ask?
Roll with the rock stars, still never get accepted as
We got to plead the fifth, we can investigate
Don't need to wait, get the record straight
Hey, posse's in effect, got the Flavor Terminator
X to sign checks, play to get paid
We got to check it out down on the avenue
A magazine or two is dissing me and dissing you
Yeah, I'm telling you
Death row what a brother knows
Once again, back is the incredible
The rhyme animal
The incredible D. Public Enemy number one
Five-O said "Freeze!" and I got numb
Can't I tell 'em that I really never had a gun?
But it's the wax that the Terminator X spun
Now they got me in a cell 'cause my records they sell
Cause a brother like me said "Well
Farrakhan's a prophet and I think you ought to listen to
What he can say to you, what you ought to do"
Follow for now, power to the people say,
"Make a miracle. D, pump the lyrical"
Black is back, all in, we're gonna win
Check it out, yeah y'all, here we go again
[Chorus]
Turn it up! Bring tha noize!
Never badder than bad 'cause the brother is madder than mad
At the fact that's corrupt as a senator
Soul on a roll, but you treat it like soap on a rope
Cause the beats in the lines are so dope
Listen for lessons I'm saying inside music that the critics are blasting me for
They'll never care for the brothers and sisters now across the country has us up for the war
We got to demonstrate, come on now, they're gonna have to wait
Till we get it right
Radio stations I question their blackness
They call themselves black, but we'll see if they play this
[Chorus]
Get from in front of me, the crowd runs to me
My deejay is warm, he's X, I call him Norm, ya know
He can cut a record from side to side
So what, the ride, the glide should be much safer than a suicide
Soul control, beat is the father of your rock 'n' roll
Music for whatcha, for whichin', you call a band, man
Makin' a music, abuse it, but you can't do it, ya know
You call 'em demos, but we ride limos, too
Whatcha gonna do? Rap is not afraid of you
Beat is for Sonny Bono, beat is for Yoko Ono
Run DMC first said a deejay could be a band
Stand on its feet, get you out your seat
Beat is for Eric be, and L.L. as well, hell
Wax is for Anthrax, still it can rock bells
Ever forever, universal, it will sell
Time for me to exit, Terminator X-it
[Chorus]
From coast to coast, so you stop being like a comatose
'Stand, my man? The beat's the same with a boast dose
Rock with some pizzazz, it will last why you ask?
Roll with the rock stars, still never get accepted as
We got to plead the fifth, we can investigate
Don't need to wait, get the record straight
Hey, posse's in effect, got the Flavor Terminator
X to sign checks, play to get paid
We got to check it out down on the avenue
A magazine or two is dissing me and dissing you
Yeah, I'm telling you
Lyrics submitted by SoccrFwd13
Track duration: 03:31
"Bring Tha Noize" as written by Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Joseph A. Bellardini, Frank Joseph Bello, Charlie L. Benante, Scott Ian Rosenfeld, Daniel Alan Spitz, James Henry Boxley Iii, Eric T. Sadler
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
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In the US you have the KKK; in Belgium you have Vlaams Belang, an extremist party (heirs of neo-nazi groups) wiht 20% of the votes. In Antwerp they even earn 33% of all votes and at the same times you had racial murders, racial riots, etc. We've even had some kind of local Malcolm X (Abou-Jahjah). We have zionist lobby's who blame everything on the muslims. We've had concerts from the neo-nazi's from Blood&Honour. We have tensions between Dutch-speaking and French-speaking people. We have had problems from ghetto's from Paris.
And still, if I walk in Antwerp, Brussels or another Belgian town I don't feel bad about it. I still feel safe; I'm not afraid of being mugged or raped. Maybe the USA is just a little paranoid?
I'm a white, social democrat (in american terms: liberal) European boy. I don't understand what the fuzz is all about and maybe that says alot about America (or Europe). I couldn't care less about race or sex. A country that is really democratic doesn't discriminate between black or white, purple, yellow, red, green or pink. If America ever had a dream worth living to, it was Martin Luther Kings dream: a dream of equality, not of segregation.
Sincerely, a concerned Belgian, fed up with the same racist shit in his own polarised country.
There are double standards on both sides. A white kid living in an inner city can testify to that, as TODAY more black on white crime happens than vice versa, because white people have been taught to be publicly ashamed of racism, while "thugs" think hating whitey is not hypocritical in the least. These "thugs" are often are in the same situation as poor whites/asians/indians/etc. Not "oppressed", just assholes.
The words "cracka" and "nigger" are not the same.....the rappers who keep "the n word" around and the white execs who push that culture are the reason it is around.
People will always stereotype groups by their more ignorant members. Chris Rock even said "there are black people and there are niggers". (or extending that....white people/crackas/white trash, women/bitches, etc) If not for this "thug" culture and those fans who are generally proud of ignorance, and spout "nigga" this and "nigga" that, the n word would not be so prevalent, and would fade into the distance. (Do you hear racist terms like "jungle bunny" now? No because EVERYONE stopped using it in public.)
I'm NOT an idealist. I just think black nationalist politics are often as one sided as white nationalist politics. Especially in regards to confusing "have" and "have-not" with "black" and "white". I'm speaking of the present, not the past.
its such a tough situation ... i like PE cuz they are always writing about the tough situations even if i dont always agree with them
Man, six posts over two years, and you flipflop again and again. That borders on obsession. Whether you love or hate PE, this song, or whatever...that's fine! Opinions are just that and it's okay if you don't agree with the Nation of Islam. The rants have nothing to do with the song's meaning though.
If I see someone handing out pamphlets on the street, and they don't offer one to me, I don't freak out. It's all right. Maybe it's not meant for me...
Nobody says you have to "accept" anything from anybody. You've made your point, now just don't listen to PE if you don't agree with their message. Again, it's probably just not for you.
Oh, and to address your points on racism, they seem mighty shallow to me. You seem to have this white bourgeois mentality that everybody should just "be normal Americans" and not make waves when it comes to race issues. One of PE's central themes is that it's difficult/impossible to be "normal Americans" when there is still an imbalance of power between the races. As a result, PE's lyrics argue people who feel persecuted because of race should stand tall and fight back to empower themselves, rather than being polite and asking "normal America" to let them assimilate into that great old, perfect White European Judeo-Christian culture that passes for "normal America" to people who make the points that you are (or seem to be) making.
It's the same thing "normal America" told Native Americans to do after subjecting them to the destruction of their culture and outright genocide of their people. A whip across the back and the enslavement of your people gives you the right to be a little confrontational, don't you think? So if you think "cracka" and "nigger" have equal weight as insults or the same dark power as words of hatred and oppression, you should 1) walk outside and open your eyes, 2) read a few history books, and 3) finally realize that things (TODAY, not in the 1800's man, but right now) are still not balanced in this country!
Just because you are an idealist and think things should be perfect does not mean they are, and in the real world someone with experience different than yours has the right to say whatever they think, and sometimes people fight hate with hate. Equality shouldn't exist only when it suits your opinions or is convenient for you. Things have never been equal in this country, so don't blame a dog that gets kicked everyday of its life for biting its former master's leg. You sound seriously out of touch when you say everybody should just "play nice." Again, open your eyes man - how do you expect PE to "play nice" when the power structure they're talking about plays as dirty as it gets. Read the lyrics. Don't believe all the hype of people who call PE racists, but think for a second of where they're coming from. Try to put yourself in anybody's shoes besides your own. And then, once you actually have an educated opinion, come back and say what it is that "drives a wedge between people," as you put it. The wedge is already there, it's always been there, and ignoring the wedge doesn't mean there's not a wedge!
You mean THEY did do the collaboration version with 5 white guys (Anthrax). There were five members of Anthrax at the time, but yeah, thats neither here nor there.
EDIT: The guy making racial or religious or gender based jokes is not a huge deal. When he starts influencing people into following racist POLITICs and activism, it's a whole nother level.
I mean, even if Hitler had some good points, or people said he brought up Germany's economy or whatever, I would still not support him. You can follow and listen to racists without supporting or endorsing them. A few ignorant words don't bother me, whether it's cracka or the "n-word". Positive endorsements of hate groups do bother me. The guy making racial or religious or gender based jokes is not a huge deal. When he starts influencing people into following racists, it's a whole nother level.
I don't care if it's the KKK, Neo Nazis, New Black Panther Party, Nation Of Islam, La Raza, Christian Coalition, or whoever.
(Don't believe NOI is a hate group? Research their views on interracial marriages, among many other views)
Racism is still a problem, still. I acknowledge this. BUT, that type of thing only serves to delve a wedge even further, with many people.
What he can say to you, what you ought to do,"
Prof Griff was fired from the group in '89 for making anti-semitic remarks, something Farrakhann's considered guilty of. Although he later rejoined the group just before it's disbandment, I think this proves PE as a group doesn't endorse/agree with All of Farrakhan's preachings.
I myself don't have to agree with every single line, stance, thought, etc. artists make to decide if I like their music or not.
I listen to Slayer too, but I don't pray to Pentagrams and worship the devil. It just gets me pumped up when I work out.
Mel Gibson's proven himself to be an anti-Semite with his recent drunken comments that "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world". Ok so he's an idiot, but I'm still gonna watch Mad Max and Braveheart cause they're great movies.
Just take what you want and leave the rest.
PE had a message and they brought it before and during a time when most white Americans were in denial, or blissfully ignorant that racism still exists.
"Five-O said "Freeze!" and I got numb
Can't I tell 'em that I really never had a gun?"
Man that was written 3 years before the infamous Rodney King beating. Regardless of his guilt all you gotta do is ask yourself, would a drunk, reckless driving, uncooperative, white guy have received the same ass whooping?
PE took no prisoners and weren't concerned with dumbing down to guarantee airplay.
I love the line, " Radio stations I question their blackness
They call themselves black, but we'll see if they play this"
PE's beats and rap style are among the most talented for that era in music.
Remember MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice?
'Nuff said.