"Industry Shakedown" I this one The Shakedown up Uh huh "Industry Shakedown" Now the reason I call it... the Shakedown Is 'cause of niggas have fucked up "Word up, Shakedown" Now I mean by fucked up is They wanna see the game played right "Word up, up" So me and my Pete Rock 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 born to it hot Fought through of pain just to get what I got Without crying, took mad shots without Man know when I'm in town mad heads start flyin Who ever thought that I would be the hand That would make me the most lyrical man Ask Tone how it feel not to be able to I was layin on him in his squeezing on the heat I kept the on him, now, I'm Universal Now he played this money game hand, reversal I remember when I 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 'cause that cracker been a crook, ever since I known him Thought I'd sale to But there's niggas for 'em that'll sink the whole label the fucking Titanic What I gotta do is run some up in Sylvia Rhone So she can hear Bumpy on this microphone Maybe I can - fy her brain Show her how I love and turn it to pain I never an ass kisser I call it if right, if rappers aint gay or dikes Then unpluggin your mic My shit is cordless, I'm out and wild as shit And I'm comin for my crown, 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" That's nigga Me and my nigga Pete gon show you motherfuckers how to shake it down You for this one? 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, they see you have some paper But I the game, 'cause I pull the capers Got way more nut, than date You better be tryin to get yourself an Way on top of skyscraper I bring the ruckus, your lookin proper Have you been stuck up by a hardcore hip hopper ya signed to Cappa, a real Donnie Brasco A wit mics and tape recorders, all up in his asshole Speakin of police, I a Interscope And I looked through the hole what I saw was dope I saw a new nigga, sittin behind a big Wit a big head and a big And a big belly, talkin on a Hatin players, cuttin niggas throats he was tryin to be the mayor Then niggas rushed in, punched him in his mouth Threw him down on the floor and started him out Screamin Steve Stoute, serve street justice on the floor wit your lip all busted You went out like a pussy, the dough you got wit all that money nigga, you still can't buy a heart Only play the part I'm still around, to bring you, the Industry
Ha! "Word up, up" To the Pete Rock, and you stop To the Rock, and you don't stop My nigga Pete Rock, and you don't
3] I never felt like I have to hold back anything I say So I make the kinda records Red Alert don't Because I flow too hard, my voice is Or maybe your crate needs renovatin, I'm used to why I'm hockey on you niggas, stickin and skatin I heard the Blaze Battle, they asked me to be in it But to not consider me one of the 50 So I reviewed my tapes, my position Sat and thought for a minute, the phone and said listen I less records than some niggas out wit a deal Gettin more and all my diamonds is real And you want me to battle for a Rolie, that I'ma anyway Better me the fuck alone Bumpy Knucks don't play It made me laugh when I think about how Gary Tried to me than got fired and all fuckin embarrassed Fly is that he saw me, wit a smile, at a club Reached to shake my fuckin hand and, back a nub All them temporary spots be filled time again You can hate me now but I rhyme again Fall down again, more wild, more corrupt Still spittin more shit, more fire, more And I'll never put my two down 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 Shakedown "Word up, up" And a lotta motherfuckers out there that I didn't name in this Motherfucking song but I tell you much "Get ready for the 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