Public Enemy - Game Face

[00:00.80] (Intro: Flava Flav) [00:09.97] Hey yo, Chuck, yo the world if sleepin', G [00:12.63] We got to wake everybody up yo [00:14.46] Hey yo, it's goin' down, baby [00:16.26] Let everybody know how it's goin' down, baby [00:18.92] (Verse 1: Chuck D) [00:19.90] The way this goes down is simple, from this day forth [00:21.73] Anything to deal with rap, STAY OFF [00:24.42] It's just the players, no pay offs, strictly skills (uh) [00:26.27] If you're brain's the same you'll stick to your deals [00:28.92] And this field ain't about sellin' a mil' [00:30.73] With the run of the mill, so just be tellin' the real [00:33.44] It ain't like a third time fella's appeal [00:36.13] 'Til the GOD scolds him and tells him to deal [00:38.00] I'll allow you to write, maybe allow you to bite [00:40.79] If you're down to fight the power here's the power to fight [00:43.49] Overpower the mic, hit the crowd with the bomb diggy [00:46.16] Ring the alarm, now the squads with me [00:48.86] From way back I show now weakness when I speak this [00:50.63] Mentally strong to keep this hit in my speeches given [00:53.44] Now listen from the beginnin' 'til I reach the endin' [00:55.24] My short stories winnin' and keep the beats spinnin' [00:57.92] (Chorus: Public Enemy) [00:58.87] You know the name, P.E.! [00:59.78] You know the game, P.E.! {*scratches*} [01:01.50] We ain't for the game [01:03.34] We for the change [01:06.01] I wake up everyday with my game face on [01:07.97] You know the name, P.E.! [01:08.86] You know the name, P.E.! {*scratches*} [01:12.47] Yeah we ain't for the fame [01:14.27] We for the change [01:16.03] I wake up everyday with my game face on [01:16.90] (Verse 2: Chuck D) [01:17.93] Break harder than ever, follow my lead [01:19.71] Through the fast lane in the game, they follow my speed [01:22.42] Either ease off the gas or floor it [01:24.23] You ain't ready to get it, I dunno why they keep askin' for it [01:27.84] This the real P.E., ain't no castin' for it [01:29.74] Cop lights, news camera, no action for it [01:32.41] Get the uncut raw, we somewhat sure [01:34.26] Hip hop's like a chess game, discussin' the war [01:36.98] Strategize, move like masterminds [01:39.66] When it's your go and your do', just cash mine [01:42.39] Last time we welcomed y'all to the Terrordome [01:44.17] Used the mic to reach out and touch, instead of the phone [01:46.95] I appear from the rear, stayin' from clear [01:49.68] Nobody can say if I'm here so they play it by ear [01:51.44] But here's the way I lay the idea [01:53.22] From this point on, the rest of '98, put it in high gear [01:55.92] (Chorus: Public Enemy) [01:56.98] You know the name, P.E.! [01:57.87] You know the game, P.E.! {*scratches*} [02:00.54] We ain't for the fame [02:01.46] We for a change [02:04.15] I wake up everyday with my game face on [02:06.94] You know the name, P.E.! [02:07.80] You know the game, P.E.! {*scratches*} [02:10.56] We ain't for the fame [02:12.31] We for a change [02:14.17] I wake up everyday with my game face on [02:15.93] (Verse 3: Professor Griff) [02:16.88] I saw it comin', premeditated world domination hesitated [02:19.51] Rough this nuclear war head, detonate it [02:21.35] I'm forbidden, so I stay hittin' up forgiven [02:24.12] For givin' the livin' the truth, 360 proof [02:25.91] So world look before this world's took [02:28.66] I curl books under my arm [02:29.56] Smoke charm and learn about this world's (?) [02:31.35] Revelation the world cooks [02:33.12] I spit gold versus the pearl hooks [02:34.98] The first album made the world crooks [02:35.82] Got 'em snatchin', robbin', thievin', stealin' ideas [02:38.59] Believe in pleadin' reason for treason, conceal it for years [02:41.23] My criminal (?) attract an accomplice to grub something [02:44.02] Results DRASTIC MEASURES [02:44.97] And the death of joy, the death of casket treasure [02:47.69] From the abyss, the greatest trick I played on the world [02:49.40] Was leadin' them to believe my mother's clit didn't exist [02:52.11] Then I extended the list [02:53.02] Revolutioned every flag raised by a clenchin' fist [02:54.82] (Outro: Flava Flav) [02:56.70] Yeah that's right, once again [02:57.69] Smooth the Hustler, and he ain't no crowd buster [03:00.36] Straight up Iceberg Slim [03:02.16] Yo, baby, you need to get with him [03:04.84] Flava Flav, Chuck D, Public Enemy, Smooth the Hustle [03:08.41] We out the backdoor, baby [03:12.97]