Illegal Business Lyrics - Boogie Down Productions

Cocaine business controls America 

Ganja business controls America 

KRS-One come to start some hysteria 

Illegal Business controls America 

One afternoon around eleven o'clock 

It was freezing cold 

He was standing on the block 

Sellin' cheeba 

Mixin' dimes 

Sayin' a rhyme 

Just to pass the time 

The cops passed by 

But he stayed calm 

'Cause the leather trench coat 

Was keepin' him warm 

But this time they walked by real slowly 

He thought to himself 

They look like they know me 

They drove away 

But he didn't stay 

He jumped in the cab 

And he paid his tab 

But guess who he saw 

When he hit the block 

It was the same cop car 

The same two cops 

They jumped out quick 

They pulled a gun 

They said, "Don't try to fight 

And don't try to run 

Cooperate and we will be your friend 

Non-cooperation will be your end" 

He jumped in the car 

And wile they rode 

They ran down the list of things he owed 

They said you owe us some money 

You owe us some product 

'Cause you could be right 

In the river tied up 

He thought for a second and he said 

"What is this? 

You want me to pay you 

To stay in business?" 

They said, "That's right, or you go to prison 

'Cause nobody out there is really gonna listen 

To a hood," so he said, "Good 

I'll pay you off for the whole neighborhood" 

Because 

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Cocaine business controls America 

Ganja business controls America 

KRS-One come to start some hysteria 

Illegal Business controls America 

(What can we get for sixty-three cents?) 

A guy named Jack is selling crack 

The community doesn't want him back 

He sells at work 

He sells in schools 

He's not stupid, the cops are the fools 

'Cause everyone else 

Seems to go to jail 

But when it comes to Jack 

The cops just fail. 

They can't arrest him 

They cannot stop him. 

'Cause even in jail 

The bail unlocks him 

So here is the deal 

And here is the facts 

If you ever wonder why 

They can't stop crack 

The police department 

Is like a crew 

It does whatever they want to do 

In society you have illegal and legal 

We need both to make things equal 

So legal is tobacco 

Illegal is speed 

Legal is aspirin 

Illegal is weed 

Crack is illegal, cause they cannot stop ya 

But cocaine is legal if its owned by a doctor 

Everything you do in private is illegal 

Everything's legal if they government can see you 

Don't get me wrong 

America is great place to live 

But listen to the knowledge I give 

Photos 

Cocaine business controls America 

Ganja business controls America 

KRS-One come to start some hysteria 

Illegal Business controls America 

Illegal Business controls America 

What can we get for sixty-three cents? 

What can we get for sixty-three cents? 

What can we get for sixty-three cents? 

KRS-One comes to start some hysteria 

What what what what 

What can we get for sixty-three cents 

Cocaine business controls America 

Ganja business controls America 

KRS-One come to start some hysteria 

Illegal Business controls America 

Yeah, illegal business controls America 

(What can we get for sixty-three cents?) 

Yeah, KRS-One comes to start some hysteria 

(What can we get for sixty-three cents?) 

Yeah, BDP takin' over America 

(What can we get for sixty-three cents?) 

Ganja business controls America 

(What can we get for sixty-three cents?) 

Cocaine, sensi, aspirin, coffee, morphine, sugar, tobacco 

Got to go 

(What what what what can we get?) 

Illegal business controls America 

(What what what can we get?) 

Yeaaah (what what what what?) 

Ganja business controls America 

(What what what can we get for sixty-three cents?) 

Yeaaah, cocaine business controls America 

(What what what what can we get?) 

Illegal business controls America