Public Enemy - Rebel without a pause (Lyrics)

Public Enemy - Rebel without a pause
Album - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
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Yes - the rhythm, the rebel
Without a pause - I'm lowering my level
The hard rhymer - where you never been I'm in
You want stylin' - you know it's time again
D the enemy - tellin you to hear it
They praised the music - this time they play the lyrics
Some say no to the album, the show
Bum rush the sound I made a year ago
I guess you know - you guess I'm just a radical
Not a sabbatical - yes to make it critical
The only part your body should be parting to
Panther power on the hour from the rebel to you

Radio - suckers never play me
On the mix - just O.K. me
Now known and grown when they're clocking my zone it's known
Snakin' and takin' everything that a brother owns
Hard - my calling card
Recorded and orderd - supporter of Chesimard
Loud and proud kickin' live next poet supreme
Loop a troop, bazooka, the scheme
Flavor - a rebel in his own mind
Supporter of my rhyme
Designed to scatter a line of suckers who claim I do crime

Terminator X

From a rebel it's final on black vinyl
Soul, rock and roll comin' like a rhino
Tables turn - suckers burn to learn
They can't dis-able the power of my label
Def Jam - tells you who I am
The enemy's public - they really give a damn
Strong Island - where I got 'em wild and
That's the reason they're claimin' that I'm violent
Never silent - no dope gettin' dumb nope
Claimin' where we get our rhythm from
Number one - we hit ya and we give ya some
No gun - and still never on the run
You wanna be an S.1 - Griff will tell you when
And then you'll come - you'll know what time it is
Impeach the president - pullin' out the ray-gun
Zap the next one - I could be you're Sho-gun
Suckers - don't last a minute
Soft and smooth - I ain't with it
Hardcore - rawbone like a razor
I'm like a lazer - I just won't graze ya
Old enough to raise ya - so this will faze ya
Get it right boy and maybe I will praise ya
Playin' the role I got soul too
Voice my opinion with volume
Smooth - no what I am
Rough - cause I'm the man

No matter what the name - we're all the same
Pieces in one big chess game
Yeah - the voice of power
Is in the house - go take a shower boy
P.E. a group, a crew - not singular
We were black Wranglers
We're rap stranglers
You can't angle us - I know you're listenin'
I caught you pissin' in you're pants
You're scared of us dissin' us
The crowd is missin' us
We're on a mission boy

Terminator X

Attitude - when I'm on fire
Juice on the loose - electric wire
Simple and plain - give me the lane
I'll throw it down your throat like Barkley
See the car keys - you'll never get these
They belong to the 98 posse
You want some more son - you wanna get some
Rush the door on a store - pick up the album
You know the rhythm, the rhyme plus the beat is designed
So I can enter your mind - Boys
Bring the noise - my time
Step aside for the flex - Terminator X

[rdminstr]

One of the best rap songs ever written imo

[disco]

Ya'll don't understand how DOPE this song was in 87'!

[MrLanzie]

One of he greatest if not THE greatest hip-hop track ever.

[BiggJay]

Radio - suckers never play me
#greatesthiphoplyrics  

[jasonlashley]

Yall dont understand how dope this song still is now. Only true legends still bumping this classiv

[MrBlactye]

Chuck D is so underrated. He don't get the recognition like the other rappers get. They need to put some respect on his name.

[kings.]

IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THIS THROUGH SOME 12 INCH WOOFERS THEN YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THIS! ...BRINGS BACK GOOD TEENAGE MEMORIES...

[raystudevent]

From beginning to end the coldest rap ever. Chuck gave them the business from A to Ask anybody who think they can rap to bust this joint out! Then go get a job because this boy Chuck was straight up on another level!!!

[EGYNAPALM]

this still gets played... long live the classics

[vhrysho]

Simply one of the greatest groups ever!

[breakthrough]

Timeless classic. Pumps u up everyrime u listen. Great workout tune

[johnclark]

If you’re starting your day with a workout on the treadmill at 4:30am before jam will get you going.

[robs]

surely the dopest track EVER laid down on wax

[frostyfreezyfreeze]

And with this one song, the sound of hip-hop changed forever.

[Ozziemints]

"Radio... suckas never play me."

[johnmonkan]

This whole sound could never be duplicated truly a musical masterpiece!

[iambryn]

2020 and this song/beat is still progressive

[thomaslippiatt]

As a white Kid from London public Enemy taught me more about black history and the struggle than anything else incredible the hip hop clash

[troyevans]

No record made it touching this!!! not the then not

[francisfrougfrogs]

80's and 90's rap are so much better then so called "Today's hits"