Squeeze The Trigger

Album: Rhyme Pays (1987)
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  • Squeeze the trigger

    Rampage on stage,my crews in a rage
    Searched my posse,found the Uzi but missed the 12 gauge
    Maniac,I'm a rhyme brainiac,livin' on the edge of a razor
    Remember that
    Cold rollin' thick as a shake,I'm rockin' hard as a quake
    I can't live on bread and water or lobster and steak
    My mino's a riot gun,there ain't none bigger
    About to unload the ammo,"E" squeeze the trigger

    They say I'm violent,they should watch their T.V.
    They say I'm brutal,they should check their P.D.
    You made me,now your kids rave me
    I rap about the life that the city streets gave me
    Murder,intrigue,somebody must bleed
    Miami Vice is small time,L.A's the big league
    From the rollin' 60's to the nickerson "G"
    Pueblos,grape street,this is what I see
    The jungle,the 30's,the V.N.G.
    Life in L.A. ain't no cup of ter

    Squeeze the trigger

    I've been dogged out by cops,shackled and socked
    Paid my dues to the streets,took my hard knocks
    Disrespected by snobs,damn near trampled by mobs
    Persecuted by squares workin' nine to five jobs
    Like a panther I prowl ,like a lion I growl
    Learn to see behind my back like the head of an owl
    I'm the voice of the youth,the prophet of truth
    What I speak is really though some
    May say ruthless tactics are takin' by me to awaken
    People to life but I feel no fakin'
    No jivin',no lyin',no frontin',no playin'
    Say exactly what's up,understand what I'm sayin'
    Ban me,try it,you might cause a riot
    What the radio won't play,the underground will supply it
    I'm a MC pirate that's loud not quiet
    Radical as they make'em,make a rule I'll defy it
    Critics may say I'm wise,some may call my words lies
    I've lived more in one day than they will in their lives
    But most do respect the words I inject
    Kick credit for realism and the truth I project
    Because I could bust rhymes for fun,or cut MC's like a knife
    But the topic I love is the drama of life
    So don't diss me don't dare,I feel you should care
    You may think I'm soft but you're just unaware
    Of the wrath of the Ice enraged prepare
    For a true nighmare

    Squeeze the trigger

    Cops hate kids,kids hate cops,cops kill kid's with warnin' shouts
    What is crime and what in not?what is justice?I think I forgot
    We buy weapons to keep us strong
    Reagan sends guns where they don't belong
    The controversy is thick and the drag is strong
    But no matter the lies we all know who's wrong
    Homeless sleep on the city streets
    Waitin' to die with nothin' to eat
    While rich politicians soak their feet
    In the pools at their ten million buck retreats
    People hate people for color of face
    No one had a choice in the race we were placed
    A brother in queens was beaten and chased
    Murdered cold in the streets, a goodamn disgrace
    Just because of his race,his life went to waste
    And no one went to jail when the court heard the case
    Justice or corruption?it's all interlaced
    How can you swallow this?I can't stand the taste

    Squeeze the trigger

    I get paid for illin',cold makin' a killin'
    My pockets keep fillin',I got dollars to the ceilin'
    Got a safe in my floor,car got bullet proof doors
    Every time I rock the mic I leave you wishin' for more
    Because my raps ain't bull,got cold stupid pull
    You want to eat my rhymes like candy,till your mind's over full
    But most MC's today ain't got nothin' to say
    "A" to the mother fuckin' "K"

    Squeeze the trigger Writer/s: CHARLES ANDRE GLENN, TRACY MARROW
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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