Rise Lyrics - Rebirth Of A Nation - Public Enemy

[Flavor Flav] 

Yeah that's right Chuck man, that's what you gotta do 

You got to tell 'em JUST LIKE THAT, you know what I'm sayin? 

Cause yo, man let me tell you a little somethin man 

All these brothers around here fiendin for that crack-a-lack-a-lack 

You dig what I'm sayin? Yo man, all they wanna do is get what you got 

But when you ain't got nuttin, then they wanna cut you off 

So what you gotta do, you gotta play 'em long distance 

You know what I'm sayin? I mean long distance 

They think we takin shorts, show 'em this is Cold Medina man 

C'mon, kick it! 

[Chuck D] 

Back one more time, here to put the message in a rough rhyme 

It's important that you knowin the time 

Cause I'm seein the program, know what I know and 

until we get together we will never be up for sure 

So I wreck like I'm posessed by Malcolm X 

See the feds want us dead, we too complex 

I always speak the truth, comin from me to you 

We movin as a unit so you KNOW we refuse to lose 

I got my eyes on the lies from Washington 

I'm a survivor, I know how the West was won 

See a show and tell, the way the CoIntel 

undermind the REAL hip-hop so the cops can trail 

But know bad boys move in silence 

Save us all from the pain of a life of violence 

They tappin my phone, full grown and knowin 

And still prone to refute the lies, won't stop until we rise 

[Chorus: Chuck D + various samples] 

Rise up! "C'mon, ah-c'mon" 

Rise... rise up! "One more time" 

We rise... rise up! "C'mon, ah-c'mon" 

Rise... rise up! "To the beat y'all" 

[Chuck D] 

I'm a hard truth soldier to the bone for change 

Demonstrate and seperate the fact from strange 

Blame companies killin our children 

When the villain's on the record never think for a second that's the way we live 

Wanna squeeze on the fleas at MTV 

We quiz knots for the cops at BET 

Seize the time, always rhymin combinin the antidote 

for dope Interscope and fake gangster quotes 

Cause I can recollect times when records set 

Collect a dead brother you mind if you silence it yet 

Rest the program, defeat the beastie 

Cause on the street they do as we influenced by what we see 

And yes it "Weighs a Ton" I say it once again 

That's why the Enemy is down with Paris and KAM 

It's all fam, we collide we live 

Better decide on which side you ride, won't stop until we rise 

[Chorus] 

[Flavor Flav] 

Y'all don't know, y'all don't know uhh [x4] 

[Chuck D] 

I know the power of fame, ain't never playin no games 

Never croonin is provin, that we ready for change 

Never simpin but they pimpin my people, for the dollars 

So I holla back it keep us from EVIL 'til them devils are collared 

And like I said it's on, I say it once again 

Better know the plan to keep us ignorant 

Brother to brother, ain't no other can smother 

Or erase my case, we marry words with BASS 

Just another wicked rhyme that I'm rappin on 

S1's got my back if the clappin come 

Pass on the work, makin sure the words are known 

Keep 'em nervous, make 'em understand we servin foes 

Keep it goin strong, nevertheless, know the enemy 

And never back down, you can take it to press 

'Less the mic like the art dart told you before 

We for the prize emphasis the fight, now c'mon and rise 

[Chorus] 

[ad libs of Chorus to fade]