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Spearhead
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Every woman every man want to move dem feet
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every woman every man love a Spearhead beat!
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Police in the city
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is shuttin all the clubs down
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it's lookin like a ghost town
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ya know Mary- what we gotta do?
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Hell Yeah!
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we gotta go underground"
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To da place -from which we all came from
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house parties-they was always fun
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remember tryin to rig a sound system
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everybody- would bring a donation
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when we needed- to get a turn table
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my man Zulu
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would borrow one from aunt Mable
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set it up in the corner-
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turn the lights down until the mornin'
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(chorus)
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But the party ain't started till the speaker's blown
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NO! NO! NO!
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Run fa ya life!
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The party ain't started 'till the speaker's blown
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While he was settin up camp
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someone else would bring a home stereo amp
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with a note from they mama-
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"don't turn it up loud or it's a goner"
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sorry mama- there's no chance
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cause if the shit ain't bumpin'
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people ain't gonna dance
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"know what I'm sayin'" ("Turn that shit up")
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everybody in the place would bring a few speakers
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string em all togetha like they was sneakers
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and say a prayer- before we turn it on
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hopin that the amp- wouldn't get blown.
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I asked Mary watcha think of it
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"now we need a D.J. to work this shit"
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so everybody- would bring a few singles- get
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the beat bumpin
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and then start to mingle
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(chorus)
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Every woman every man want to move dem feet
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every woman every man love a Spearhead beat!
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Every brother and every sister
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would pay respect up to the ancestors
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we would dance and we would celebrate
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even though we live in a police state
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then the pigs- would try to make a statement
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with a ticket- for noise abatement
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but we kept it pumpin' -till the braekadawn
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then we told the cops
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they gotta break the door down
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and today -across the nation- don't ya know
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it's the same situation
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alotta cities lookin like a ghost town
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but the house party will never be shut down
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no no no!
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(chorus)
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Every woman every man want to move dem feet
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every woman every man love a Spearhead beat!
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(repeat)
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This one's dedicated to all the DJ's, rappers,
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Promoters, producers who continue to throw
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jams in the face of adversity. Peace
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Peace to the informal nation. Word Up!
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