Rhyme Pays
Squeeze the Trigger
Ice-T
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Squeeze the trigger✦
Got 'im!
"Violence✦ erupts✦ at a Los Angeles✦ hip-hop concert. Rap music✦ is blamed✦ for violence✦
Violence✦ erupts✦ at a New York hockey✦ game. Hockey✦ is blamed✦ for violence✦
Violence✦ breaks out at a European soccer✦ game. Soccer✦ is blamed✦ for violence✦
Violence✦ breaks out at a nuclear peace rally.✦ Peace is blamed✦ for violence."✦
I've been dogged✦ out by cops, shackled and socked✦
Paid my dues to the streets, took my hard knocks
Disrespected by snobs, damn near trampled by mobs
Persecuted by squares workin'✦ nine to five jobs
But like a panther I prowl, like a lion I growl
Learn to see behind my back like the head of an owl
I'm the voice of the youth, the prophet of truth
What I speak is reality✦ though some may say ruth-
-less tactics are takin'✦ by me to awaken✦
People to life but I feel no fakin'✦
No jivin',✦ no lyin', no frontin', no playin'
Say exactly what's up, understand what I'm sayin'
Ban me, try it, you might cause a riot
What the radio✦ won't play, the underground will supply✦ it
I'm an MC pirate✦ that's loud, not quiet
Radical as they make'em, make a rule I'll defy✦ it
Critics may say I'm wise, some may call my words lies
I've lived✦ more in one day than they will in their lives✦
With most due respect the words I inject
Kick credit for realism and the truth I project
Because✦ I could bust rhymes✦ for fun, or cut MC's like a knife
But the topic✦ I love is the drama✦ of life
So don't diss me don't dare, I feel you should care
You may think I'm soft but you're just unaware✦
Of the wrath of the Ice enraged, prepare✦
For a true nightmare✦
Squeeze the trigger✦
Cops hate kids, kids hate cops, cops kill kids with warnin'✦ shots
What is crime and what is not? What is justice?✦ I think I forgot✦
We buy weapons to keep us strong
Reagan✦ sends guns where they don't belong✦
The controversy is thick and the drag is strong
But no matter✦ the lies we all know who's wrong
Homeless sleep on the city✦ streets
Waitin'✦ to die with nothin'✦ to eat
While rich politicians soak their feet
In the pools at their ten million✦ buck retreats
People hate people for color✦ of face
No one had a choice in the race we were placed✦
A brother in Queens was beaten✦ and chased✦
Murdered cold in the streets, a goddamn disgrace
Just because✦ of his race, his life went to waste
And not one went to jail when the court heard the case
Justice✦ or corruption?✦ It's all interlaced
How can you swallow this? I can't stand the taste
Squeeze the trigger✦
"L.A. drug war continues. Three killed✦ in execution✦ style murders. Film at eleven."✦
"All flights are delayed✦ at LAX, due to terrorist bombings. Five adults and two children are dead."
I get paid for illin',✦ cold makin'✦ a killin'✦
My pockets keep fillin',✦ I got dollars to the ceilin'✦
Got a safe in my floor, car got bullet-proof doors
Every✦ time I rock the mic I leave you wishin'✦ for more
'Cause my raps ain't bull, got cold stupid✦ pull
You wanna✦ eat my rhymes✦ like candy,✦ 'til your mind's over✦ full
But most MC's today✦ ain't got nothin'✦ to say
A to the motherfuckin' K
Get him!
Yo E, man, i'm tired✦ of this, let's call up the posse, let's end this noise, word
Now you think you know what time it is? Word, we out of here
"Los Angeles✦ rapper✦ Ice-T's✦ records✦ banned✦ because✦ of his blatant use of reality"✦
[Outro]
This album is dedicated to Rhyme Syndicate
They hear my records✦ before✦ they're made
When they're just on paper,✦ when they're demos✦ laid
At 6am when the cops run their raid
We don't worry✦ about✦ suckas 'cause they will get sprayed
PEACE
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