Ice T - Freedom Of Speech Lyrics
IntroA-yo ice, man. Im working on this term paper for college. whats theFirst amendment?Verse 1Freedom of speech, thats some mother*****in bullshitYou say the wrong thing, theyll lock your ass up quickThe fcc says profanity - no airplay?They can suck my dick while I take a shit all dayThink I give a ***** about some silly ***** named gore?Yo pmrc, here we go, rawYo tip, whats the matter? you aint gettin no dick?Youre *****in about rocknroll, thats censorship, dumb *****The constitution says we all got a right to speakSay what we want tip, your argument is weakCensor records, tv, school books tooAnd who decides whats right to hear? you?Hey pmrc, you stupid *****in *****sThe sticker on the record is what makes em sell goldCant you see, you alcoholic idiotsThe more you try to suppress us, the larger we getVerse 2[you have the right to remain silent]***** that right! I want the right to talkI want the right to speak, I want the right to walkWhere I wanna, yell and Im gonnaTell and rebel every time Im on aMicrophone on the stage cold illinThe knowledge I drop will be heard by millionsWe aint the problems, we aint the villainsIts the suckers deprivin the truth from our childrenYou cant hide the fact, jackTheres violence in the streets every day, any fool can recognise thatBut you try to lie and lieAnd say americas some mother*****in apple pieYo, you gotta be high to believe thatYoure gonna change the world by a sticker on a record sleeveCos once you take away my right to speakEverybody in the worlds up shit creekVerse 3Let me tell you about down southWhere a mother*****er might as well not even have a mouthColumbus, georgia, said theyd lock me upIf 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 showCos for me to change my words from my rhymesIs never gonna happen cos theres no sell outs on mineBut I vowed to get those mother*****ers one dayThey even arrested bobby brown and cool jYo, they got theirs comin, cos Im mad and Im gunninHomeboys, and theres no runninIm gonna tell you how I feel about youNo bull, no lies, no slack, just straight factColumbus, georgia, you can suck my dickYou aint nothin but a piece of *****in shit on the damned mapVerse 4Freedom of speech, let em take it from meNext theyll take it from you, then what you gonna do?Let em censor books, let em censor artPmrc, this is where the witch hunt startsYoull censor what we see, we read, we hear, we learnThe books will burnYou better think it outWe should be able to say anything, our lungs were meant to shoutSay what we feel, yell out whats realEven though it may not bring mass appealYour opinion is yours, my opinion is mineIf you dont like what Im sayin? fineBut dont close it, always keep an open mindA man who fails to listen is blindWe only got one right left in the world todayLet me have it or throw the constitution awayOutro (jello biafra)What theyre trying to do with radio, with this, uh, mccarron-walterAct and a lot of other ways, is start by saying that theyreProtecting the public from wicked rock bands, or girlie magazines, orWhatever. but, if you follow the chain of dominoes that falls down,What theyre really trying to do is shut off our access to informationItself.If they cant do it by law they know theres other ways to do it.
