Give The People
EPMD

Chorus: *sung hook from an R&B record*
Got to give the people
Give the people what they want
Ladies and Gentlemen
(repeat 2X)
Verse One: Erick Sermon
When I came out with my first rap jam
I had no idea that the record would slam
It did real good without radio play
Maybe at night but no airplay in the day
I couldn't understand why to be exact
Our music was good and I was far from wack
Then came the answer, commercial was the key
To get airplay and a spot on TV
Like Ed Lover and Doctor Dre from Yo! MTV Raps
A show, mainly for the black
And still we can't ill, cause to them that's wrong
Cause like P.E. said, we're too black and too strong
But hey, what can I say
(Brothers and sisters) that's a price a rapper must pay
Chorus
Verse Two: PMD
As airwaves collapse rap shows at a standstill
Some racial circuits the frequencies can't handle
The funk tracks produced by EPMD
But it's a fat jam, that will never win a grammy
Unless we sellout and kill the black movement dead
Which means swallow our pride and become flunkies instead
And stop the rap about freedom, thoughts of a black president
And rap about a black crack, the mayor in our residence
Give me a break brothers, it's time to take a stand
And kill that no sir, yes sir, and thank you ma'am
Cuz the word is a luxury a black man can't afford
That's why poverty's on the rise and we still ignored
And it's a setback and yet the clock still ticks
And if we let it, rap would be run by politics
I read it somewhere that every man's created equal
But not in this day and age, maybe in the sequel
Which means next time, so observe these rhymes
And take a stand and go for yours cause I'm going for mine
That's why I
Chorus
Verse Three: Erick Sermon, PMD
Why is that when wrong is done by the black
It's blown out of proportion and immediately attacked
By the press and yes, conflict is caused
By the kids at concerts who bumrush the doors
One child gets hurt, the press gets pesty
But what about the Beatles, G, and Elvis Presley
Same stuff was rough, rap does not cause violence
So (Fight the Power) and make them understand
But too much power and you might get banned
So if you want airplay
You can't be too black and hey, watch what you say, but ayo
Chorus: to fade


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  D.J. K La Boss   Actin' Up   All In The Mind   Apollo Interlude   Bac Stabbers   Back To The Rap   Blow   Bomdigi   Boon Dox   Boy Meets World   Brothers from Brentwood L. I.   Brothers From Brentwood L.I.   Brothers On My Jock   Business as Usual   Can't Hear Nothing But The Music   Can't Hear Nothing But The Music   Check 1 2   Check 1, 2   Check 1, 2   Chill   Crossover   Cummin' At Cha   Cummin' At Cha   Da Joint   Danger Zone [Instrumental]   Do It Again   Do It Up   Do Your Thing   Draw   Draw   Dungeon Master   Erick Sermon   Female Species   For My People   Freak Out   Funky Piano   Get Off The Bandwagon   Get the Bozack   Get The Bozack *   Get Wit This   Gold Digger   Gold Digger [Explicit Version]   Hardcore   Head Banger   Headbanger   Hit Squad Heist   Hittin' Switches   Hittin' Switches   Hold Me Down   Hold Me Down   Hostile   House Party   House Party   Housing   I Saw It Cummin'   I Saw It Cummin'   I'm Housin   I'm Housin'   I'm Mad   I'm Housin'   I'm Mad   Imma Gitz Mine   Intrigued   Intro   Intro - Back In Business   Intro - Out of Business   It Wasn't Me It Was The Fame   It Wasn't Me, It Was The Fame   It Wasn't Me, It Was The Fame   It's Going Down   It's Going Down *   It's My Thing   It's My Thing *   It's Time 2 Party   It's Going Down   It's My Thing *   It's Time 2 Party   Jane   Jane 3   Jane 5   Jane 6   Jane 6   Jane II   K. I. M.   K.I.M.   Knick Knack Patty Wack   Last Man Standing   Left 4 Dead   Let The Funk Flow   Lil Crazy   Listen Up   Maintain   Man Above   Manslaughter   Many Often Wonder   Move On   Mr. Bozack   Never Defeat Em   Never Seen Before   Never Seen Before (Remix)   Never Seen Before [Remix]   Never Seen Before *   Nobody's Safe Chump   Nobody's Safe Chump   Open Fire   Payback Ii   Pioneers   Pioneers   Play The Next Man   Please Listen to My Demo   Please Listen To My Demo *   Put On   Puttin Work In   Rampage   Rap Is Outta Control   Rap Is Still Outta Control   Rap Is Still Outta Control   Rap Is Still Outta Control (Ft. Busta Rhymes)   Respect Mine   Richter Scale   Right Now   Right Now   Roc-Da-Spot   Rugged-N-Raw   Rugged-N-Raw (remix)   Run It   Safe Sex   Scratch Bring It Back   Scratch Bring It Back (Part 2 Mic Doc)   Scratch Bring It Back (Part 2 - Mic Doc)   Set It Off   Shad\u00eb Business   Shadbusiness   Shade Business   Skit   So Wat Cha Sayin'   So What Cha Sayin   So Whatcha Sayin'   So Whatcha Sayin' *   Stay Real   Steppin' Thru Hardcore   Strictly Business   Strictly Business *   Strictly Snappin' Necks   Strictly Snappin' Necks   Swing It Over Here   Swing Your Own Thing   Symphony   Symphony   Symphony 2000   Symphony 2000   Symphony featuring MOP   Tell Em   The Big Payback   The Fan   The Fan   The Funk   The Funk   The Game   The Hype   The Ill Shit   The Joint   The Steve Martin   They Tell Me   Total Kaos   U Got Shot   U Got Shot   U Got Shot (Ft. 8 Off Agallah & 215)   Underground   What You Talkin   Who Killed Jane   Who's Booty   Who's Booty   Yo   You Gots 2 Chill '97   You Gots 2 Chill '97   You Gots To Chill   You Gots To Chill '97   You Had Too Much To Drink   You're A Customer   You're A Customer

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