"Industry Shakedown" I call one The Shakedown up Uh huh "Industry Shakedown" Now the I call it... the Industry Shakedown Is alot of niggas have fucked up "Word up, Shakedown" Now what I by fucked up is They don't wanna see the played right "Word up, up" So me and my nigga Pete gon show how to play the game right "Get for the Industry Shakedown" "Word up, up" Word up, up"
1] Uh, uh I can't stop rockin I was to keep it hot Fought through miles of just to get what I got crying, took mad shots without dying Man they know I'm in town mad heads start flyin Who ever thought that I be dealt the hand That make me the most feared lyrical man Ask how it feel not to be able to sleep I was layin on him in his dream squeezing on the I kept the pressure on him, now, I'm Now he this money game called hand, reversal I remember when I thought that I rock at Def Jam I was watching other niggas caught up in a def scam I remember when I to Lyor, I should've blown him 'cause cracker been a crook, ever since I first known him Thought I'd to Atlantic But there's niggas workin for 'em sink the whole label Like the Titanic What I do is run some dick up in Sylvia Rhone So she can hear Bumpy rockin on microphone I can Elektra - fy her brain Show her how I take love and it to pain I never been an ass I it if it's right, if rappers aint gay or dikes Then they unpluggin mic My shit is cordless, I'm thugged out and wild as And I'm comin for my crown, it's Knuckles baby And it's... The Shakedown
"Word up, up" Ha! "Word up, up" "Ready for the Shakedown" Yeah! "Word up, up" "Industry Shakedown" "Word up, up" right nigga Me and my nigga Rock gon show you motherfuckers how to shake it down You ready for this Check it out
2] When I hot potato, I was peepin Tommy Boy But didn't wanna be the the act that they would destroy See labels be all on your dick, when see you have some paper But I the game, 'cause I pull the capers Got way more nut, than date You better be to get yourself an office Way on top of skyscraper I bring the ruckus, your money lookin Have you been stuck up by a hardcore hip hopper Forgot ya to Cappa, a real Donnie Brasco A wit mics and tape recorders, all up in his asshole of police, I found a Interscope And when I looked the hole what I saw was dope I saw a new nigga, sittin a big desk Wit a big head and a big And a big belly, talkin on a Hatin real players, niggas throats he was tryin to be the mayor Then some niggas in, punched him in his mouth Threw him down on the floor and stompin him out Screamin Steve Stoute, serve street justice Cryin on the floor wit lip all busted You went out a pussy, fuck the dough you got 'cause wit all that money nigga, you still buy a heart Only gangstas play the I'm still around, to bring you, the Industry
Ha! "Word up, up" To the Pete Rock, and you stop To the Pete Rock, and you stop My Pete Rock, and you don't stop
3] I never felt like I should have to back anything I say So I make the records Red Alert don't play I flow too hard, my voice is penetratin Or maybe crate needs renovatin, I'm used to hatin That's why I'm hockey on you niggas, and skatin I heard about the Blaze Battle, they me to be in it But to not consider me one of the 50 So I reviewed my tapes, figured my Sat and thought for a minute, grabbed the phone and said I sell less records than some out wit a deal Gettin more cash and all my diamonds is And you want me to for a Rolie, that I'ma take anyway Better leave me the fuck Bumpy Knucks don't play It made me laugh when I think how Gary Harris Tried to play me than got and all fuckin embarrassed Fly shit is he saw me, wit a smile, at a club Reached to shake my fuckin hand and, brought a nub All temporary spots will be filled time again You can hate me now but I rhyme again Fall down climb again, more wild, corrupt Still spittin more shit, more fire, abrupt And I'll put my two guns down Why's 'cause I need 'em... for the Industry
"Word up, up" C'mon! "Word up, up" Yeah! "Industry Shakedown" right That's what the fuck I call, a Industry "Word up, up" And it's a lotta motherfuckers out there that I name in this Motherfucking song but I tell you this "Get for the Industry Shakedown" Don't think I motherfuckers, 'cause I reserve my options Bumpy Knuckles baby, ha "Word up, up" And the Chocolate Boy I show you a fast way, to six feet