Stop The Violence (Original Massive 12" Extended Version)-Boogie Down Productions

[ti:Stop The Violence (Original Massive 12" Extended Version)] [ar:Boogie Down Productions] [al:Criminal Minded Deluxe Edition] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.45]Stop The Violence (Original Massive 12" Extended Version) - Boogie Down Productions [00:01.43]Written by：Lawrence Krsone Parker [00:01.77] [00:40.57]Stop the violence [00:41.90] [00:42.90]Stop the violence [00:44.28] [00:45.34]Stop the violence [00:47.04] [00:50.48]One two three the crew is called BDP [00:54.51]And if you want to go to the tip top [00:57.11]Stop the violence in hip-hop Y-O [01:00.27] [01:11.47]Time and time again as I pick up the pen [01:13.74]As my thoughts emerge these are those words [01:16.42]I glance at the paper to know what's going on [01:19.15]Someone's doing wrong the story goes on [01:21.70]Mary Lue's had a baby someone else decapitated [01:24.50]The drama of the world [01:25.63]Shouldn't keep us so frustrated [01:27.15]I look but it doesn't coincide with my books [01:29.49]Social studies when I speak upon political crooks [01:31.93]It's just the presidents and all the money they spent [01:34.68]All the things they invent [01:36.02]And how the house is so immaculate [01:37.78]They create missiles my family's eating gristle [01:40.30]Then they get upset when the press blows the whistle [01:42.96]Phone calls are made profiles are kept low [01:45.71]You temper with some jobs [01:46.80]Now the press is controlled [01:48.19]Not only newspapers but every single station [01:50.82]You only get to hear the president is on vacation [01:53.33]But uh stay calm there's no need for alarm [01:55.94]You say goodbye to your mom [01:57.47]And you're off to Vietnam [01:58.93]You shoot to kill come back and you're a veteran [02:01.35]But how many veterans are out there pedaling [02:04.49]There's no telling cause they continue selling [02:06.89]As quiet as it's kept I won't go into depth [02:09.07]You can talk about Nigeria [02:10.84]People used to laugh at ya [02:12.16]Now I take a look I say USA for Africa [02:14.81] [02:46.77]What's the solution to stop all this confusion [02:49.04]Rewrite the constitution [02:50.17]Change the drug which you're using [02:51.79]Rewrite the constitution [02:52.80]Or the emancipation proclamation [02:54.65]We fight inflation yet the president's still on vacation [02:57.32] [03:18.35]One two three the crew is called BDP [03:22.55]And if you wanna go to the tip top [03:25.11]Stop the violence in the hip-hop Y-O [03:28.21] [03:29.25]This might sound a little strange to you [03:31.09] [03:31.63]Well here's the reason I came to you [03:33.58]We gotta put our heads together [03:35.28]And stop the violence [03:36.98]Cause real bad boys move in silence [03:39.37]When you're in a club you come to chill out [03:42.40]Not watch someones blood just spill out [03:44.83]That's what these other people want to see [03:46.98] [03:47.68]Another race fight endlessly [03:49.93]You know we're being watched [03:51.35]You know we're being seen [03:52.86]Some wish to destroy this scene called hip-hop [03:56.00] [03:56.55]But I won't drop [03:57.61] [03:58.32]Not I or Scott LaRock [04:00.42]Now here is the message that we bring today [04:02.87] [04:03.47]Hip-hop will surely decay [04:05.79]If we as a people don't stand up and say [04:08.24] [04:09.23]Stop the violence [04:10.63] [04:11.63]Stop the violence [04:13.34] [04:14.43]Stop the violence [04:15.94] [04:16.61]Stop the violence [04:18.51] [04:32.06]BDP and me [04:34.11]We step into the party top celebrity [04:36.73]Say when we're coming to dance [04:37.71]We never have to pay a fee [04:39.33]Cause that's where we got R-E-S-P-E-C-T [04:42.15]I have this one girl her name is Miss Melody [04:44.74]I know I'm from the Bronx [04:45.96]She from the Brooklyn posse [04:47.21]I tell ya look a little like this [04:48.45]Then I tell you some that I [04:50.00]Sometimes I got my gear on [04:51.35]Sometimes I wear a hat [04:52.60]Sometimes I'm in a Mercedes [04:53.91]And sometimes I'm in a plain [04:55.31]Sometimes I find myself upon the number two train [04:57.97]Some people look at me and see negativity [05:00.56]Some people look at me and see positivity [05:03.31]But when I see myself I see creativity [05:05.87]So if I can create well then I make some money [05:08.47]Sha man just put your hands up [05:09.76]If you're out here getting paid [05:11.06]Sha man just put your hands up [05:12.40]If you're out here getting paid