Express Yourself - N.W.A.

[00:01.9]Flakin and perpetratin but scared to kick reality
[00:04.56]Man you been doin all this d**e producin
[00:05.99]You ain't had a chance to show them what time it is
[00:08.5]So what you want me to do Express yourself
[00:10.74]I'm expressin with my full capabilities
[00:13.09]And now I'm livin' in correctional facilities
[00:15.61]Cause some don't agree with how I do this
[00:18.1]I get straight and meditate like a Buddhist
[00:20.62]I'm droppin flava my behavior is hereditary
[00:23.27]But my technique is very necessary
[00:25.55]Blame it on Ice Cube because he said it gets funky
[00:28.74]When you got a subject and a predicate
[00:30.58]Add it on a d**e beat and it'll make you think
[00:33.37]Some suckers just tickle me pink to my stomach
[00:36.17]Cause they don't flow like this one
[00:38.28]You know what I won't hesitate to diss one
[00:40.68]Or two before I'm through so don't try to sing this
[00:43.41]Some drop science while I'm droppin English
[00:45.75]Even if Yella makes it acapella
[00:48.41]I still express yo I don't smoke w**d or sess
[00:51.33]Cause it's known to give a brother brain damage
[00:53.49]And brain damage on the mic don't manage nuthin
[00:56.42]But makin a sucka and you equal
[00:58.63]Don't be another sequel express yourself
[01:01.76]Ah ah ah yeah
[01:05.36]Express yourself
[01:08.01]Go on and do it
[01:10.3]Express yourself
[01:15.5]Express yourself
[01:18.19]Go on and do it
[01:21.05]Now gettin back to the PG
[01:23.92]That's program and it's easy
[01:26.09]Dre is back new jacks are made hollow
[01:28.55]Expressin ain't their subject because they like to follow
[01:30.89]The words the style the trend the records I spin
[01:33.56]Again and again and again yo you are on the other end
[01:36.259995]Watch a brother blend d**e rhymes with no help
[01:38.990005]There's no fessin or guessin while I'm expressin myself
[01:41.53]It's crazy to see people be
[01:43.41]What society wants them to be but not me
[01:46.34]Ruthless is the way to go they know
[01:48.770004]Others say rhymes which fail to be original
[01:51.71]Or they kill where the hip hop starts
[01:53.759995]Forget about the ghetto and rap for the pop charts
[01:56.66]Some musicians cuss at home
[01:58.759995]But scared to use profanity when up on the microphone
[02:01.49]Yeah they want reality but you will hear none
[02:04.19]They'd rather exaggerate a little fiction
[02:06.45]Some say no to drugs and take a stand
[02:08.95]But after the show they go lookin for the dopeman
[02:11.87]Or they ban my group from the radio
[02:14.06]Hear NWA and say hell no
[02:16.82]But you know it ain't all about wealth
[02:19.08]As long as you make a note to express yourself
[02:26.2]Express yourself
[02:28.91]Go on and do it
[02:31.24]Express yourself
[02:36.4]Express yourself
[02:38.97]Go on and do it
[02:41.31]Express yourself
[02:42.25]From the heart cause
[02:42.95]If you wanna start to move up the chart
[02:44.79001]Then expression is a big part of it
[02:47.22]You ain't efficient when you flow you ain't swift
[02:49.43]Movin like a tortoise full of rigor mortis
[02:52.24]There's a little bit more to show
[02:54.0]I got rhymes in my mind embedded like an embryo
[02:57.29001]Or a lesson all of them expression
[02:59.4]And if you start fessin I got a Smith & Wesson for ya
[03:02.21]I might ignore your record because it has no bottom
[03:04.76]I get loose in the summer winter spring and autumn
[03:07.44]It's Dre on the mic gettin physical
[03:09.64]Doin the job NWA is the lynch mob
[03:12.35]Yes I'm a calm but you know you need this
[03:14.87]And the knowledge is growin just like a fetus
[03:17.33]Or a tumor but here is the rumor
[03:19.76]Dre is in the neighborhood and he's up to no good
[03:22.41]When I start expressin myself Yella slam it
[03:24.86]Cause if I stay funky like this I'm doin damage
[03:27.25]Or I'm a be too hyped and need a straight jacket
[03:29.85]I got knowledge and other suckers lack it
[03:32.34]So when you see Dre a DJ on the mic
[03:35.29001]Ask what it's like it's like we're gettin hyped tonight
[03:37.62]Cause if I strike it ain't for your good health
[03:40.06]But I won't strike if you just express yourself
[03:46.99]Express yourself
[03:49.67]Go on and do it
[03:52.07]Express yourself
[03:57.2]Express yourself
[04:00.05]Go on and do it
[04:02.12]Express yourself
[04:04.65]Go on and do it
[04:09.82]Go on and do it