Put It Up - Public Enemy

Can’t understand some of these

Rhymin in circles

Now patroitic emcees

On bent knees

By six degrees

Lord have mercy

Even the voice of god rehearses

Attack of the 50 ft verses

Supermama this time around gotta few curses

Papa gotta new bag of can’t get

Worse comes to worse

Can’t get enough

Of tryin it

Sayin nothing goin noplace no time soon

But buyin it

Like gettin in a car without drivin it

Still black rock the wax like stax

I rip, i mix

Full screen like imax

So i max

Relax

Off the deep end

Get deep in the record

100 beats per second

Cut down the like rhymes

Cause they get redundant

Refuse to stoop to stupid

Cause they dumbed it

Down

Like motown

Say it loud

Damn

Like im the new james brown uh

Put it up (repeat)

Rocked the concoction

A potion of too much emotion

Uh, im a keep it in motion

Call it whatcha wanna

Bus stop, lectric slide cha cha

Funky 16 corners

Hot like jill scotts blues

But damn too old for 22s

But i can still move

Groove

Lets roll

You can’t do your thing

If your things the wrong thing

Tax the payers

Stack paper

But you failed as an eighth grader

Dumb ass

Failed every math class

Plus i know this like otis

I like to know

Are you ready for some super dynamite soul

F -it thats how it gos?

Beyond the cornrows

If i can’t talk, get to steppin

Tougue can be a tool and weapon

Listen

Put it up (repeat)

Tycoons

Damn im tired of these coons

Rhymin in circles

Words can either help or hurt you

Or be neutral

Cats still might shoot you

What suits you

If you gots issues

A thousand tatoos

Confused in 200 dollar gym shoes

Spendin more than u got

2002 blues

Give it up turn it loose

Ain’t no use

Rest of you

Screamin rescue me from the residue

Fast break 5s on 2

Us against you

So what you gonna do?

Put it up (repeat)