Naughty By Nature - Chain Remains Lyrics
Righ about now, I think its time you explained to everybodyThe real reason you wear this cahin around your neck, aight!(yo, yo this puff daddy number 1-6-double0-3-0-5-0 representin davenportThe experimental prison, yknowhutimsayin? representin double I for life1-18)Verse 1: treachToo many of my people got time, it shows as crime unfoldsMany snap in a trap now new minds explodeLearn the ability to find their goalsLocked in a facility where time is frozeGod knows the heart hurts to see no sky, just dirtThey give a man a cell quick before they give a man workSo we get into this black, this black cat syndromeGrow older like theres no heart and no soul ingrownBars and cement instead of help for our peopleJails aint nothin but the slave day sequelTryin to flee the trap of this nationSeein penitentiarys the plan ta plant the new plantationThey say well take the animals from cottons and cropsStraight to forgotten wit locks plottin to rottin our stocksThey draw a crooked line and wait for your foot ta fall underServing most of my brothers another football numberJudges look at our seeds, these brothers, like enemiesSaying we dont need gs, giving out years like free cheeseFree please, nigga, aint no freedomWhos locked up? whos shot up? whos strung out? whos bleeding? keepReadingIm here to explain the chain remain the sameMaintain for the brothers and sisters lockedChorus: the chain remains*repeat x4*(prisoner 1-5-4-3-0-5-0 representin jersey. all yall niggas better backThe ***** up, man, its gettin busy)(yo this is big kym comin straight outta compton. Im locked up in fortDix, new jersey, number 0-7-3-9-3-0-6-7. i, I be checkin yall out in 1997,Later)Verse 2: treachNowadays still were captured, still hear wicked laughter while shackledWere beaten and battered then cuffed after were tackledWere tugged while increasing the mugged and indecentHit one more time wit a black jack then dragged in the precinctStill dont know what the back and forth, looking meaner, meant strippedMade into a convict, booked then fingerprintedHow many more times of this humiliation?How many more bouts do we have to lose while we fight for our rights inThis nationThat we supposed ta have since birthBut the breaks on the bricks get worse, so its jail firstAnd thats all they offer usAint that right mr officer?Chorus (x10)(this is orion 15-431-0-5-0 up in tennesee outta fort dix representinCleveland and illtown)Verse 3: treachSome rob blocks, does it matter or should it?While ghettos dodge, cops duck bullets and pull itI hang out and hustle wit my friends til the end, til the day we burnPensAint no mystery we need victory, the system conspiredThe days of the riots aint retiredBut brothers staying calm cos they soldiersTil when the only solutions revolution, no we told yaThe chain remains til we upriseStuck in a land where we aint meant to surviveAnd I hope this dont suit ya, some workLike a slave ta get a hit but wont work to save for a futureAnd thats when the cost is the man withinAnd were just as lost as the land we inSome balst, some based and some dropped downAnd most who sold it right now are lock down and rocked roundAnd its been happenin so muchThat they make it so that it aint even no shock nowChorus (x5)(this is lil steve 1-6-0-0-6-0-5-0 chillin at fort dix representin 118.Get out in 96)The chain remains (peace then!)(this is, aah, lil pers, aah. 14-6-23-0-1-6 from washington dc. right nowIm up in fort dix, aah, jersey. my outdate is 12/25/2003. way Im thinkinIs, aah, its on, mad stuff and we all better do somethin for the brothersWho is locked dizzown. cos they locked down and I dont care if weDefinitely lock down the heat. do something, do somethin bad. peace out!)Outro:Yo whats up, this terreet pett, formerly known as 1-11-7-19Id like to give a couple of shouts to come of the brothersI was locked down wit in borentownAleem jones, kenneth myall, big will baskerville, big bruvon fullerMy man asherkol from camden, big jahud from camdenAnd Im out!!Ps] flash,Thankx a *****in heaps for lettin me use this very privateE-mail address. you truly are *****in legendPeace out,Mm
