"Industry Shakedown" I call one The Shakedown up Uh huh "Industry Shakedown" Now the reason I it... the Industry Shakedown Is 'cause alot of have fucked up "Word up, Shakedown" Now what I mean by up is They don't wanna see the played right "Word up, up" So me and my nigga Rock gon show y'all how to the game right "Get for the Industry Shakedown" "Word up, up" Word up, up"
1] Uh, uh I can't rockin I was born to keep it hot Fought through miles of just 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 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 squeezing on the heat I kept the pressure on him, now, I'm Now he this money game called hand, reversal I remember when I that I could rock at Def Jam While I was other niggas caught up in a def scam I remember I stepped to Lyor, I should've blown him 'cause that cracker been a crook, since I first known him I'd sale to Atlantic But there's niggas workin for 'em that'll sink the label Like the fucking What I gotta do is run some dick up in Rhone So she can hear Bumpy on this microphone Maybe I can - fy her brain her how I take love and turn it to pain I been an ass kisser I call it if it's right, if rappers aint gay or Then they your mic My shit is cordless, I'm thugged out and as shit And I'm comin for my crown, it's Bumpy Knuckles 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" That's right Me and my nigga Pete Rock gon you motherfuckers how to shake it down You ready for this one? it out
2] When I spit hot potato, I was Tommy Boy But didn't be the the next act that they would destroy See labels be all on your dick, they see you have some paper But I flip the game, 'cause I pull the Got way more nut, than date You better be tryin to get yourself an Way on top of that I bring the ruckus, your money lookin Have you ever been stuck up by a hardcore hip ya signed to Cappa, a real Donnie Brasco A nigga wit mics and recorders, all up in his asshole Speakin of police, I found a 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, cuttin niggas he was tryin 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 Steve Stoute, street justice Cryin on the wit your lip all busted You went out like a pussy, the dough you got 'cause wit all that nigga, you still can't buy a heart Only gangstas the part I'm around, to bring you, the Industry Shakedown
Ha! "Word up, up" To the Pete Rock, and you stop To the Pete Rock, and you stop My nigga Rock, and you don't stop
3] I never felt like I should have to back anything I say So I make the kinda records Red Alert don't Because I too hard, my voice is penetratin Or maybe your 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 me one of the 50 great So I reviewed my tapes, figured my Sat and thought for a minute, the phone and said listen I sell less than some niggas out wit a deal Gettin more and all my diamonds is real And you want me to battle for a Rolie, I'ma take anyway Better me the fuck alone Bumpy Knucks don't play It me laugh when I think about how Gary Harris Tried to play me than got fired and all embarrassed Fly shit is that he saw me, wit a smile, at a to shake my fuckin hand and, brought back a nub All them spots will be filled time again You can me now but I will rhyme again down climb again, more wild, more corrupt Still spittin more shit, fire, more abrupt And I'll never put my two guns Why's '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 name in this song but I tell you this much "Get ready for the Shakedown" Don't think I forgot motherfuckers, 'cause I reserve my It's Knuckles baby, ha "Word up, up" And the Chocolate Boy I show you niggas a way, to six feet