Can't Truss It


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Artist: Public Enemy
Album: Apocalypse 91
- Ridenhour - Robertz - Gary G-Wiz - Depper -



          Here come the drums

          Bass in your face
          Not an eight track
          Gettin' it good to the wood
          So the people
          Give you some a dat
          Reactin' to the fax
          That I kick and it stick
          And it stay around
          Pointin' to the joint, put the Buddha down

          Goin', goin', gettin' to the roots
          Ain't givin' it up
          So turn me loose
          Then again I got a story
          That's harder than the hardcore
          Cost of the holocaust
          I'm talkin' 'bout the one still goin' on

          I know
          Where I'm from, not dum diddie dum
          From the base motherland
          The place of the drum
          Invaded by the wack diddie wack
          He fooled the black, and left us faded
          King and chief probably had a big beef
          Because of dat now I grit my teeth
          So here's a song to the strong
          'Bout the shake of a snake
          And the smile that went along wit dat

          Can't truss it (no, no, no, no)

          Kickin' wicked rhymes
          Like a fortune teller
          'Cause the wickedness done by Jack
          Where everybody at
          Divided and sold
          For the liquor and the gold
          Smacked in the back
          For the other man to mack (What)

          (Wicked. Wicked man. Dead man. Dead man. Kick it man)

          Now the story that I'm kickin' is gory
          Little Rock where they be dockin' this boat
          No hope
          I'm shackled (Oh)
          Plus gang tackled
          By the other hand swingin' the rope (Yipes)
          Wearin' red, white and blue
          Jack and his crew
          The guy's authorized to beat down for the brown
          Man to the man, each one so I teach one
          Born to terrorize sisters and every brother
          One love who said it
          I know Whodini sang it
          But the hater taught hate
          That's why we gang bang it
          Beware of the hand
          When it's comin' from the left
          I ain't trippin' just watch ya step

          Can't truss it

          An I judge everyone
          One by the one
          Look here come the judge
          Watch it here he come now
          (Don't sentence me judge, I ain't did nothin' to nobody)

          I can only guess what's happ'nin'
          Years ago he woulda been a ship's captain
          Gettin' me bruised on the cruise
          What I got to lose, lost all contact
          Got me layin' on my back
          Rollin' in my own leftover
          When I roll over, I roll over on somebody else
          90 damn days on a slave ship
          Count 'em fallin' off 1, 2, 3, 4 hun'ed at a time

          Blood in the wood and it's mine
          I'm chokin' on spit feelin' pain
          Like my brain bein' chained
          Still gotta give it what I got
          It's hot in the day, it's cold in the night
          But I thrive to survive,
          I pray to god to stay alive
          My attitude boils inside
          And that ain't it
          You think I ever quit
          Still I pray to get my hands around the neck
          Of the man wit' the whip
          And 3 months pass, they brand a label on my ass
          To signify I'm owned
          I'm on the microphone
          Sayin' 1555
          How I'm livin'
          We been livin' here
          Livin' ain't the word
          I been givin'
          Haven't got
          Classify us in the have-nots
          Fightin' the haves
          'Cause it's all about money

          When it comes to Armageddon
          Mean I'm getting mine
          Here I am turn it over Sam
          427 to the year
          Do you understand
          That's why it's harder
          For the black to love the land

          Once again

          Bass in your face
          Not an eight track
          Gettin' it good to the wood
          So the people
          Give you some a dat
          Reactin' to the fax
          That I kick and it stick
          And it stay around
          Pointin' to the joint, put the Buddha down

          Goin', goin', gettin' to the roots
          Ain't givin' it up
          So turn me loose
          Then again I got a story
          That's harder than the hardcore
          Cost of the holocaust
          I'm talkin' 'bout the one still goin' on

          I know
          Where I'm from, not dum diddie dum
          From the base motherland
          The place of the drum
          Invaded by the wack diddie wack
          He fooled the black, and left us faded
          King and chief probably had a big beef
          Because of dat now I grit my teeth
          So here's a song to the strong
          'Bout the shake of a snake
          And the smile went along wit dat

          Can't truss it (Watch your step, boy)