This One's for Me-ICE-T/Ice-T

[ti:This One's For Me] [ar:Ice-T] [al:The Complete Sire Albums 1987 - 1991] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]This One's for Me - ICE-T [00:01.63]Yo yo whassup Ice man [00:02.83]You look upset brother [00:03.73]Yo man I got a lot of things [00:05.31]On my mind man [00:05.86]But I don't know if I should [00:07.13]Put it on this record [00:07.79]Yaknahmsayin' [00:07.95] [00:08.62]Man go ahead and kick it man [00:09.80]Let the people know [00:10.69]What's happenin' man [00:11.51]You know brothers out [00:12.21]There sellin' out man [00:12.89]Why they goin' out like that man [00:14.26] [00:14.92]Yo sellin' out like it ain't nothin' man [00:17.17]I ain't with it [00:18.04] [00:18.79]Dig it I'm just a brother from L A [00:21.34]South Central I live life the fly way [00:23.38]Used to bang and hustle but [00:24.40]I traded for the big game [00:25.89]Infamy got dumped for fame [00:27.75]Now I'm known and respect as [00:29.05]Creator of the crime rhyme [00:30.41]But my lyrics are deeper [00:31.57]Because I'm the one that makes [00:32.88]You think before make a move [00:34.49]I wrote 'Pusher' 'High rollers' [00:35.42]And 'Colors' just to prove [00:36.84]That I could kick game and drop [00:38.32]Knowledge at the same time [00:39.42]But one L A station wouldn't [00:40.39]Play my records one time [00:41.64] [00:42.36]I'm tryin' to save my community [00:43.75]But these bourgeoisie blacks [00:45.01]Keep on doggin' me [00:46.19]They don't care about violence [00:47.38] [00:47.90]Drugs and gangs [00:48.54]K J L H you ain't about nuttin' [00:51.08]You just a bunch of punk [00:52.28]Bourgeoisie black suckers [00:54.16]And this one's for me [00:55.23] [00:56.22]You won't play no Public Enemy [00:57.55]You ain't playin' no Boogie Down Productions [00:59.89]You ain't tryin' to represent [01:01.15]The black community [01:01.90]You just carin' about your little ol' R&B bull [01:04.61]You play all day and night [01:06.14]I represent Los Angeles [01:07.62]All over the United States [01:08.82]And you ain't did nothin' for me [01:10.40] [01:11.07]Think about it [01:11.68] [01:13.80]Hold up I ain't finished on the diss tip [01:16.44]There's a few more punks that I got to rip [01:18.68]All you chump MC's who sell out quick [01:20.77]When P E was on the top [01:22.16]You rode the tip [01:23.04]But now they got problems [01:24.09]And you suckers run [01:25.10]Who's Chuck's real friends [01:26.06]Does he really have one [01:27.20] [01:27.87]You yell P E this P E that [01:29.98]Fist in the air proud to be black [01:32.33]Now they got static and you run like punks [01:34.50]I haven't heard an MC stand up for him once [01:36.78]Maybe you suckers are just [01:38.33]Hopin' that they fall off [01:39.58]So you can fill their shoes nope sorry boss [01:41.81]That's what the matter with [01:42.72]Black people anyway [01:43.40] [01:43.93]We ain't down with nothin' [01:45.38]I don't care what you say [01:46.55]Yell or lie don't even bother [01:48.36]How low will a brother go for a dollar [01:50.76]Public Enemy broke a new rap age [01:53.15]And now you rappers [01:53.97]Ain't got nothin to say [01:55.27]Yo it's their problem [01:56.34]Griff shouldn'ta said it [01:57.73]E where's my pistol Yo I'll go get it [01:59.98]'Cause it's time for me to [02:01.00]Enforce some discipline [02:02.37]Are you down or not are you out or in [02:04.82]Chuck Flav and Griff are my true friends [02:06.67]I got their backs if it means my career ends [02:09.10] [02:09.92]All you so-called down [02:11.27]MC's with Public Enemy [02:12.84]I ain't heard nobody out there [02:14.42]Tryin' to help my man out [02:15.74]YouknowhatI'msayin' [02:15.90] [02:16.42]Griff is my man [02:17.22]I don't care what he said [02:18.44]YouknowhatI'msayin' [02:19.35]And I ain't gon' let them go out like that [02:21.34]YouknowhatI'msayin' [02:22.15]Chuck Ice got your back [02:23.77]Anybody out there got problems [02:25.30]With Public Enemy come talk to me [02:27.53]Once again I'm back in the diss mode [02:30.10]I gotta speak my mind it's time to unload [02:32.30]On this so-called government we've got [02:34.38]If I lied like them [02:35.43]I think I'd get shot [02:36.70]They sell drugs to kids and say it's us [02:39.24]And when the cops are crooks [02:40.42]Who can you trust [02:41.55]You only see young brothers [02:42.87]In a drug bust [02:43.88]Ashes to ashes [02:44.61]And dust to dust [02:45.40] [02:46.06]My homey got a year for [02:47.38]An ounce of w**d [02:48.57]While Bush sells weapons to the enemy [02:50.71]You gotta be stone blind not to see [02:52.86]Our government is honest ni**a please [02:54.93] [02:55.67]Coc*ine can't be made in the United States [02:57.81]Kickin' facts like this our government hates [02:59.93]The young kids on the streets ain't the enemy [03:02.19]They're just ghetto youth after money [03:04.39]They sell drugs but who sells drugs to them [03:06.35] [03:06.86]Try the C I A my friend [03:08.36] [03:09.41]Or the F B I or even Bush [03:11.47]Somebody's gettin' rich damn sure ain't us [03:13.70]We're just killin' ourselves while others laugh [03:16.11]Look at the street [03:17.01]It's a coc*ine bloodbath [03:17.87] [03:18.38]We gotta realize d**e is pure death [03:20.40]Mess with drugs [03:21.53]You're breathin' your last breath [03:22.91]Sellin' drugs is straight up genocide [03:25.10]They're gonna laugh while we all die [03:27.47] [03:28.40]Sittin' up there thinkin' you're makin' that money [03:30.23]Hustlin' and all that [03:31.37]You're killin' your brothers [03:32.32]YouknowhatI'msayin' [03:32.51] [03:33.51]You just stupid straight up stupid [03:35.79]Puttin' d**e into your body c'mon [03:38.10]YouknowhatI'msayin' [03:38.81]You gotta get somethin' goin' out there [03:40.58]Get some brains youknowhatI'msayin' [03:42.57]We are just playin' ourselves [03:44.19]Cold out of the pocket [03:45.14] [03:46.15]This one's for me I make records for you [03:48.40]But this cut I straight out had to do [03:50.58]There's topics in my mind I have to break [03:52.73]'Cause so many of you out [03:53.89]There are so damn fake [03:55.20]If ya ain't know they're no-one cutthroats [03:57.35]Back stabbers scheamin' for banknotes [03:59.41]And all of you out there [04:00.96]Know what I'm talkin' 'bout [04:01.97]If you claim you're down then never sell-out [04:03.84] [04:05.39]Never sell out youknowhatI'msayin' [04:07.04]You gotta stay down for yours [04:08.36] [04:09.22]You know I want it sure as I'm Ice-T [04:11.39]I make records for you but this one's for me [04:13.87] [04:14.42]You know what I'm talkin' 'bout out there [04:16.17]There's ways to sell out left and right [04:17.81]But you ain't got to do that [04:19.39]There's thing's more important than money [04:21.01]I'm talkin' 'bout pride [04:22.06]I'm talkin' 'bout dignity [04:23.18]You got it out there [04:24.31]All you got to do is stand on your own two feet [04:26.85]Don't go out like no sucker [04:28.92]Stay down you know what I'm sayin' Peace