Stop the Violence-Boogie Down Productions

[ti:Stop The Violence] [ar:Boogie Down Productions] [al:By All Means Necessary] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Stop the Violence - Boogie Down Productions [00:01.76]Worldwide bdp are the freshest [00:05.50]Worldwide worldwide worldwide [00:08.50]One two three the crew is called bdp [00:22.10]And if you want to go to the tip top [00:24.85]Stop the violence in hip-hop y-o [00:26.72]Time and time again as I pick up the pen [00:42.26]As my thoughts emerge these are those words [00:44.38]I glance at the paper to know what's going on [00:46.94]Someones doing wrong the story goes on [00:49.68]Mary lues had a baby someone else decapitated [00:51.81]The drama of the world shouldnt keep us so frustrated [00:55.05]I look but it doesn't coincide with my books [00:57.67]Social studies when I speak upon political crooks [00:59.98]Its just the presidents and all the money they spent [01:03.47]All the things they invent and how the house is so immaculate [01:06.03]They paid missiles my familys eating gristle [01:07.66]Then they get upset when the press blows the whistle [01:11.59]Of course the main profiles are kept low [01:13.65]You temper with some jobs now the press is controlled [01:16.70]Not only newspapers but every single station [01:19.50]You only get to hear the president is on vacation [01:21.69]But ehrm stay calm theres no need for alarm [01:24.56]You say go back to your mom and you're off to vietnam [01:27.11]You shoot to kill come back and you're a veteran [01:29.67]But how many veterans are out there pedaling [01:31.67]Theres no telling cause they continue selling [01:34.60]As quiet as its kept I won't go into depth [01:37.72]You can talk about nigeria people used to laugh at ya [01:40.84]Now I take a look I say usa for africa [01:43.15]Huh [01:54.45]What's the solution to stop all this confusion [01:56.50]Rewrite the constitution change the drug which you're using [01:58.38]Rewrite the constitution or the emancipation proclamation [02:00.12]We fight inflation yet the presidents still on vacation [02:03.93]Bdp posse [02:13.91]I say: one two three the crew is called bdp [02:17.47]And if you wanna go to the tip top [02:20.84]Stop the violence in the hip-hop y-o [02:24.15]This might sound a little strange to you [02:27.46]Well heres the reason I came to you [02:29.89]We gotta put our heads together and stop the violence [02:32.26]Cause real bad boys move in silence [02:35.19]When you're in a club you come to chill out [02:38.06]Not watch someones blood just spill out [02:40.81]Thats what these other people want to see [02:43.06]Another race fight endlessly [02:44.68]You know were being watched you know were being seen [02:48.42]Some wish to destroy this scene called hip-hop [02:51.11]But I won't drop [02:53.85]Not I or scott larock [02:55.85]Now here is the message that we bring today: [02:58.59]Hip-hop will surely decay [03:01.59]If we as a people don't stand up and say: [03:04.77]Stop the violence [03:06.39]Stop the violence [03:09.58]Stop the violence [03:12.20]Stop the violence [03:14.75]Stop the violence [03:17.44]I say: one two three the crew is called bdp [03:20.75]And if you wanna go to the tip top [03:24.18]Stop the violence in the hip-hop y-o [03:27.30]Bdp and me [03:35.47]We step into the party top celebrity [03:37.28]Say when were coming to dance we never have to pay a fee [03:41.15]Cause thats where we got r-e-s-p-e-c-t [03:42.59]I have this one wife her name is miss melody [03:45.77]I know I'm from the bronx she from the brooklyn posse [03:49.14]I tell ya look a little like this then I tell you some that i [03:53.82]Sometimes I got my gear on sometimes I wear a hat [03:56.50]Sometimes I'm in a mercedes and sometimes I'm in a plain [03:59.37]Sometimes I find myself upon the number two train [04:01.80]Some people look at me and see negativity [04:03.74]Some people look at me and see positivity [04:06.11]But when I see myself I see creativity [04:07.36]So if I can create well then I make some money [04:09.79]Sha man just put your hands up if you're out here gettin paid [04:12.66]Sha man just put your hands up if you're out here gettin paid [04:15.41]One two three the crew is called bdp [04:19.28]And if you wanna go to the tip top [04:22.58]Stop the violence in the hip-hop y-o