I testified my mama cried   Black people died when the other man lied   See the TV, listen to me double trouble   I overhaul and I'm comin' from the lower level      I'm takin' tabs sho'nuff stuff to grab   Like shirts it hurts wit a neck to wreck   Took a poll 'cause our soul   Took a toll      From the education of a TV station   But look around   Hear go the sound of the wreckin' ball   Boom and pound when I shut 'em down      I shut 'em down   (Shut 'em down shut 'em, shut 'em down)   I shut 'em down   (Shut 'em down shut 'em, shut 'em down)   I shut 'em down   (Shut 'em down shut 'em, shut 'em down)      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 what I use in the battle for the mind?   I hit it hard like it supposed   Pullin' no blows to the nose   Like uncle L said I'm rippin' up shows      Then what it is only 5 percent of the biz   I'm addin' woes that's how the way it goes   Then you think I rank never drank, point blank   I own loans suckers got me runnin' from the bank      Civil liberty I can't see to pay a fee   I never saw a way to pay a sap to read the law   Then become a victim of a lawyer   Don't know ya, never saw ya      Tape cued gettin' me sued   Playin' games wit' my head   What the judge said put me in the red   Got me thinkin' 'bout a trigger to the lead      No no my education mind say   Suckers gonna pay anyway   There gonna be a day   'Cause the troop they roll in      To posse up whole from the ground   Ready to go throw another round   Sick of the ride it's suicide   For the other side of town   When I find a way to shut 'em down      I shut 'em down   (Shut 'em down shut 'em, shut 'em down)   I shut 'em down   (Shut 'em down shut 'em, shut 'em down)   I shut 'em down   (Shut 'em down shut 'em, shut 'em down)      Who count the money in the neighborhood   But we spendin' money to no end lookin' for a friend   In a war to the core rippin' up the poor in the stores   Till they get a brother kickin' down doors      Then I figure I kick it bigger look 'em dead in the eye   And they wince defense is pressurized   They don't want it to be another racial attack   In disguise so give some money back      I like Nike but wait a minute   The neighborhood supports so put some money in it   Corporations owe they gotta give up the dough   To the town or else we gotta shut 'em down      I shut 'em down   (Shut 'em down shut 'em, shut 'em down)   I shut 'em down   (Shut 'em down shut 'em, shut 'em down)   I shut 'em down   (Shut 'em down shut 'em, shut 'em down)