Run-d.m.c. - What's It All About? Lyrics
[run] I would like to throw rock box in the start of this one..{*jam master jay obliges with the cut..Run.. dee.. run.. d.. m.. c..Here we go again! -> chuck d*}Whats it all about? (4x with stutter repeats)[run]Livin in the city - the crack the mack and all thatEasy does it, is it was itThe black or white that friday nightIn those racist places - lets get it rightAh to the maximum, and keep askin umWhen the city gonna fix where the blacks are fromAnd every day around the way another one gotBucked in his head - from a gunshotNo chance in advance for the ambulanceCause he was just another victim of the circumstanceA brother died, the mother cried, it was a pityBut thats how it goes down when youre livin in the city{*jam master jay cuts whats it all about? samples*}[d.m.c.]Just a hard rock, call him a hard rockIn the metropolis theres no stoppin thisCant agree with society poppin thisDisagree with the plea when they coppin itSome men pretend the end will come soonThey gather what they can and them boomYou played yourself, you made your wealth;The deal was dealt - now your health is in questionThree card molly, hoodlums - who are we?Pollution, prostitution, in God we -- need a solution, revolution, substitutionFor the things that were abusingPity the city, for the people livin out on the streetsYo we homeless, the homeless need to eatTheres no progress for the restGod bless for less{*jam master jay cuts whats it all about? samples*}(*musical breakdown*}[run] what it is?[dmc] whats it all about?[run] whassup g?[dmc] what it be?[run] how you livin homeless probablyMandelas free[dmc] and theyre rollin with d[both] in history you cannot see em like they cannot see me[run] the berlin wall[dmc] it all had to fall[run] they said no but..[jay] yo! yes yall![run] the people that spoke were never provokedAnd now its tumblin downFreedom of speech for each[dmc] now how that sound?[run] try to stop me from sayin what I want to sayMy funky rhyme I never quit until the break of dayNow here we go as I flow and show and kick[dmc] infor-mation, teach and ? reach inside the nationAnd be a.. seer cause Im reason with run[run] and now that the point is outLet the jam slam my man and tell meWhats it all about?{*jam master jay cuts whats it all about? samples*}(*musical breakdown*}[d.m.c.]I flex my muscle, what I must doIs bumrush you, ***** you Ill crush youThe ku klux klan is *****ed upAnd every good manll understandBeginnin and winnin, from the first *****in vocalI spoke to you, I aint no joke to youI do what I want to doIf you dont like what me and my crew is doin then ***** youWhat I do and what I done with jay and runNone could ever become, to sum it up bum..Get off my dick and out my kingdom(yo yo d tell em where youre from)Straight from hollis, queensIm still eatin collard greens and Im doin the same thingsI aint never goin out suckers..Punk mother*****ers!Whats it all about?(*musical breakdown*}
