"Industry Shakedown" I this one The Shakedown up Uh huh "Industry Shakedown" Now the reason I it... the Industry Shakedown Is 'cause alot of niggas fucked up "Word up, Shakedown" Now I mean by fucked up is They don't wanna see the game right "Word up, up" So me and my Pete Rock gon y'all how to play the game right "Get for the Industry Shakedown" "Word up, up" up, word up"
1] Uh, uh I can't rockin I was born to keep it hot Fought through miles of pain to get what I got Without crying, took mad shots without Man they know I'm in town mad heads start flyin Who ever thought that I would be the hand would make me the most feared lyrical man Ask Tone how it feel not to be able to I was layin on him in his squeezing on the heat I the pressure on him, now, I'm Universal Now he played money game called hand, reversal I when I thought that I could rock at Def Jam While I was watching other niggas up in a def scam I remember when I to Lyor, I should've blown him that cracker been a crook, ever since I first known him Thought I'd sale to But there's niggas workin for 'em sink the whole label Like the Titanic What I gotta do is run 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 an ass kisser I call it if it's right, if rappers aint gay or Then unpluggin your mic My shit is cordless, I'm out and wild as shit And I'm for my crown, it's Bumpy 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 Pete Rock gon you motherfuckers how to shake it down You ready for one? Check it out
2] When I spit hot potato, I was Tommy Boy But didn't wanna be the the act that they would destroy See labels be all on dick, when they see you have some paper But I the game, 'cause I pull the capers Got way nut, than date rapers You be tryin to get yourself an office Way on top of skyscraper I bring the ruckus, your money proper Have you been stuck up by a hardcore hip hopper Forgot ya signed to Cappa, a Donnie Brasco A nigga wit and tape recorders, all up in his asshole of police, I found a Interscope And when I looked through the 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, cuttin throats Like he was to be the mayor Then niggas rushed in, punched him in his mouth Threw him on the floor and started stompin him out Screamin fuck Stoute, serve street justice Cryin on the wit your lip all busted You out like a pussy, fuck the dough you got 'cause wit all money nigga, you still can't buy a heart gangstas play the part I'm still around, to bring you, the Industry
Ha! "Word up, up" To the Rock, and you don't stop To the Pete Rock, and you don't My nigga Pete Rock, and you stop
3] I never felt I should have to hold back anything I say So I make the kinda Red Alert don't play Because I too hard, my voice is penetratin Or your crate needs renovatin, I'm used to hatin why I'm hockey on you niggas, stickin and skatin I heard about the Battle, they asked me to be in it But to not consider me one of the 50 So I my tapes, figured my position Sat and thought for a minute, grabbed the phone and said I sell less records than some out wit a deal Gettin cash and all my diamonds is real And you want me to battle for a Rolie, that I'ma take Better leave me the fuck alone Bumpy Knucks don't It made me laugh when I about how Gary Harris Tried to play me than got fired and all fuckin Fly shit is that he saw me, wit a smile, at a Reached to shake my fuckin hand and, brought a nub All them temporary spots will be filled again You can hate me now but I will again Fall climb again, more wild, more corrupt Still spittin shit, more fire, more abrupt And I'll put my two guns down that 'cause I need 'em... for the Shakedown
"Word up, up" C'mon! "Word up, up" Yeah! "Industry Shakedown" That's That's what the fuck I call, a Industry "Word up, up" And it's a lotta motherfuckers out there that I didn't name in Motherfucking song but I tell you this "Get for the Industry Shakedown" Don't think I forgot motherfuckers, 'cause I reserve my Bumpy Knuckles baby, ha "Word up, up" And the Chocolate Boy I show you niggas a fast way, to six