Chuck D Quotes

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These days you can't see who's in cahoots,
Cause now the KKK wears three-piece suits.

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All I got is genes and chromosomes
Consider me Black to the bone
All I want is peace and love
On this planet.
(Ain't that how God planned it?)

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Here is a land that never gave a damn
About a brother like me and myself
Because they never did.

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The minute they see me, fear me
I'm the epitome—a public enemy
Used, abused without clues
I refused to blow a fuse
They even had it on the news
Don't believe the hype!

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Bass! How low can you go?
Death row...what a brother know.
Once again, back is the incredible,
The rhyme animal, the uncannable "D!"
Public Enemy Number One.
Five-O said, "Freeze!" and I got numb.
Can I tell 'em that I really never had a gun?
But it's the wax that the Terminator X spun.

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Burn, Hollywood, burn, I smell a riot goin' on,
First they're guilty, now they're gone!

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Our freedom of speech is freedom or death,
We got to fight the powers that be!

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No matter what the name, we're all the same pieces in one big chess game.

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Cause I'm Black and I'm proud
I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped
Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps

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And when I say it, they get alarmed...
'Cause I'm louder than a bomb.

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It's weak to speak and blame somebody else
...When you destroy yourself.

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Rap music is the invisible TV station that black people never had.

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I got a letter from the government the other day
I opened and read it...it said they were suckers.

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Comin' from the school of hard knocks,
Some perpetrate...they drink Clorox.
Attack the black, cause I know they lack exact
The cold facts, and still they try to Xerox.

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Many have forgotten what we came here for,
Never knew or had a clue, so you're on the floor.
Just growin' not known' about your past...
Now you're lookin' pretty stupid while you're shakin' your ass.

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Excuse us for the news,
You might not be amused;
But did you know White comes from Black?
No need to be confused.

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All I want is peace and love on this planet.
Ain't that how God planned it?

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I never live alone,
I never walk alone.
My posse's always ready
And they're waitin' in my zone.

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