FUGEES - The Beast lyrics
rate me[chorus]<br>Warn the town the beast is loose,<br>Word 'em up y'all<br>C'mon<br>[lauryn]<br>Conflicts with night sticks<br>Illegal sales districts,<br>Hand-picked lunatics, keep poli-trick-cians rich<br>Heretics push narcotics amidst it's risks and frisks,<br>Cool cliques throw bricks but seldom hit targets<br>Private-dic sell hits, like porno-flicks do chicks.<br>The 666 cut w.i.c. like newt gingrich sucks dick<br>[clef]<br>Meanwhile the government brings star wars from glocks to glockers<br>C.o.p. has an apb out on chewbacca<br>Mista mayor, can I say something in yo honor<br>Yesterday in central park they got the jogger<br>Okay, okay.<br>Let's get the confusion straight in ghetto gotham<br>The man behind the mask you thought was batman is bill clinton.<br>Who soon retire, the roof is on fire<br>Connie chung brung the bomb as it comes from oklahoma<br>Things are getting serious, kuumbaya,<br>On a mountain satan offered me, manhattan help me jah jah<br>[clef]<br>You can't search me without probable cause<br>Or that proper ammunition they call reasonable suspicion<br>Listen I bring friction to your whole jurisdiction<br>You planted seeds in my seat when I wasn't lookin.<br>Now you ask me for my license/registration<br>What the fuck is my name<br>What the fuck is my occupation<br>Well I'm an mc, I'm down with the fugees<br>Mother mary caught a flashback like rodney now the cops got lolly.<br>[lauryn]<br>The subconscious psychology that you use against me,<br>If I lose control will send me to the penetentiary<br>Such as alcatraz, or shot up like al hajj malik shabazz<br>High class get bypassed while my ass gets harrassed.<br>And the fuzz treat bruh's like they manhood never was,<br>And if you too powerful, you get bugged like peter tosh and marley<br>Was.<br>And my word does nothing against the feds,<br>So my eyes stay red as I chase crazy bald heads, word up.<br>[chorus]<br>Warn the town the beast is loose, ah - ah, ah - ah<br>Word 'em up y'all<br>[clef]<br>The chase is on I feel like the bad guy<br>Fifth gear 125 like new jersey drive<br>Looked in my rear view mirror<br>Police was getting closer<br>Heard a roar in the sky,<br>Looked up and saw the blue thunder.<br>My inner conscious says throw your handkerchief and surrender,<br>But to who? ? ? <br>The star spangled banner ooh.<br>Say can't you see cops more crooked than we<br>By the dawn's early night robbin' niggas for kis.<br>Easy low key crooked military<br>Pay taxes out my ass but they still harrass me.<br>[praz]<br>The streets of corruption got me bustin and cussin' in the concrete<br>Jungle<br>Thoughts being dribbled like that tall kid mutumbo<br>Handled by hannibal<br>Soon I'm gonna be a fugitive like dr. kimble.<br>[clef]<br>Hey yo should I slow down? <br>[praz]<br>Nah kid go faster,<br>Just cause they got a badge, they could still be impostors.<br>Probable cause, got flaws like dirty draws<br>Meet me at the corner store so we can start the street wars.<br>[chorus]<br>Warn the town the beast is loose, ah - ah, ah - ah,<br>Word 'em up y'all
