Yo man there's a lot of brothers out Flaking and perpetrating but scared to kick
Man, you been all this dope producing You ain't had a chance to show 'em time it is
So you want me to do? (Express yourself!)
I'm expressing with my capabilities And now I'm in correctional facilities some don't agree with how I do this I get straight and meditate a Buddhist I'm dropping flavor, my is hereditary But my is very necessary Blame it on Ice Cube, because he said it funky When you got a subject and a Add it on a dope beat, and it'll make you Some suckers just tickle me pink, to my Cause they don't flow this one You know what? I won't to diss one Or two before I'm through, so don't try to sing Some drop science, while I'm dropping if Yella, makes it a-capella I still express, yo, I don't smoke or sess Cause it's known to give a brother damage And damage on the mic don't manage, nothing But making a sucker and you Don't be another (Express yourself!)
(Express yourself!) (Go on and do it) (Express yourself!) (Express yourself!) (Go on and do it)
Now, getting to the PG That's program, and it's Dre is back, new jacks are hollow ain't their subject because they like to follow The words, the style, the trend; the records I and again and again, yo, you're on the other end Watch a brother dope rhymes, with no help There's no fessing or guessing while I'm expressing It's to see people be society wants them to be, but not me Ruthless, is the way to go, know Others say rhymes which to be original Or they kill where the hip-hop Forget the ghetto, and rap for the pop charts musicians cuss at home But to use profanity when upon the microphone Yeah, they want reality, but you will hear They'd exaggerate a little fiction Some say no to drugs, and take a But after the show, go looking for the "Dopeman" Or they ban my group from the N.W.A. and say, "Hell no!" But you it ain't all about wealth As as you make a note to (Express yourself!)
(Express yourself!) (Go on and do it) (Express yourself!) (Express yourself!) (Go on and do it)
(Express yourself!) the heart Cause if you want to start to up the chart Then expression is a big of it You efficient when you flow, you ain't swift like a tortoise, full of rigor mortis There's a bit more to show I got rhymes in my mind, embedded an embryo Or a lesson, all of 'em And if you start fessing, I got a Smith and for ya I might ignore your record it has no bottom I get in the summer winter spring and autumn It's Dre on the mic, physical the job, N.W.A is the lynch mob! Yes I'ma climb, but you you need this And the knowledge is growing like a fetus Or a tumor, but is the rumor Dre is in the neighborhood and up to no good When I start myself, Yella, slam it Cause if I stay like this I'm doing damage Or I'ma be too hyped, and need a jacket I got knowledge, and other suckers it So, you see Dre, a DJ on the mic Ask what it's like, it's like we're getting tonight Cause if I strike, it ain't for good health But I won't if you just (Express yourself!)
(Express yourself!) (Go on and do it) (Express yourself!) (Express yourself!) (Go on and do it) (Express yourself!) (Go on and do it) (Go on and do it)