"Industry Shakedown" I this one The Industry up Uh huh "Industry Shakedown" Now the reason I call it... the Industry Is 'cause alot of niggas have up "Word up, Shakedown" Now what I by fucked up is They don't see the game played right "Word up, up" So me and my Pete Rock gon show y'all how to the game right "Get ready for the Shakedown" "Word up, up" Word up, up"
1] Uh, uh I can't stop rockin I was born to it hot Fought miles of pain just to get what I got Without crying, took mad shots without Man they know I'm in town mad heads start flyin Who thought that I would be dealt the hand That would make me the feared lyrical man Ask Tone how it feel not to be to sleep I was layin on him in his dream squeezing on the I kept the pressure on him, now, I'm Now he played money game called hand, reversal I remember when I thought I could rock at Def Jam While I was watching other niggas caught up in a def I remember I stepped to Lyor, I should've blown him 'cause that cracker been a crook, ever I first known him Thought I'd to Atlantic But there's niggas workin for 'em that'll the whole label Like the fucking What I gotta do is run some up in Sylvia Rhone So she can hear Bumpy rockin on this Maybe I can - fy her brain Show her how I take love and turn it to I never an ass kisser I call it if right, if rappers aint gay or dikes Then they unpluggin 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 Industry
"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 show you motherfuckers how to shake it You ready for this Check it out
2] When I spit hot potato, I was Tommy Boy But didn't wanna be the the next act that they 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 rapers You better be tryin to get yourself an Way on top of that I bring the ruckus, your money proper Have you ever been stuck up by a hardcore hip ya signed to Cappa, a real Donnie Brasco A wit mics and tape recorders, all up in his asshole of police, I found a Interscope And I looked through the hole what I saw was dope I saw a new nigga, behind a big desk Wit a big head and a big And a big belly, on a celly Hatin real players, cuttin throats Like he was to be the mayor Then some niggas rushed in, punched him in his Threw him down on the floor and stompin him out Screamin fuck Stoute, serve street justice Cryin on the wit your lip all busted You went out a pussy, fuck the dough you got 'cause wit all that nigga, you still can't buy a heart Only gangstas 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 Rock, and you don't stop My nigga Pete Rock, and you stop
3] I never felt like I should have to hold back I say So I make the kinda records Red don't play Because I flow too hard, my is penetratin Or maybe your crate needs renovatin, I'm used to That's why I'm hockey on you niggas, stickin and 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, my position Sat and thought for a minute, the phone and said listen I less records than some niggas out wit a deal Gettin cash and all my diamonds is real And you want me to battle for a Rolie, that take anyway Better leave me the fuck Bumpy Knucks don't play It made me laugh when I about how Gary Harris Tried to play me than got fired and all fuckin Fly is that he saw me, wit a smile, at a club Reached to shake my hand and, brought back a nub All them spots will be filled time again You can me now but I will rhyme again Fall down again, more wild, more corrupt spittin more shit, more fire, more abrupt And never put my two guns 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 I call, a Industry Shakedown "Word up, up" And it's a lotta out there that I didn't name in this song but I tell you this much "Get for the Industry Shakedown" Don't think I forgot motherfuckers, I reserve my options Bumpy Knuckles baby, ha "Word up, up" And the Chocolate Boy I show you niggas a fast way, to six