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Gang Starr
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{*DJ Premier scratches children laughing and yelling*}
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[Chorus: Guru]
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Riot act, this is where we really prepare
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Riot act, out here we show no fear
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RIOT ACT, time to protect our communities
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Riot act, real criminals get immunity
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RIOT ACT, eye for an eye - so yo who want it?
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RIOT ACT, rushin all you cowards who fronted
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Riot act, let's bring the power to the people
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RIOT ACT, no justice then we gotta come see you
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[Verse One: Guru]
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Just like a thunderous gun clap, you wonder who done that
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Put you under with one rap, me and the brothers have come back
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We'll lash you for tryin that, we know you been lyin cat
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So now you be lyin flat, we'll read you the riot act
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Whassup you little fuck, get your life right
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Cause there's too much goin in the world, and shit ain't quite right
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See you're just addin to the problem
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Young gun, high-strung, ready to trey-eight revolve 'em
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Knot nearly in your waist, you step up in the place
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Catch one off guard, he lookin silly in the face
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But hear they come with the M-16's
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They got teargas, helmets and clubs - knahmean?
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It's martial law in these streets
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It's like Afghanistan man, it's gettin raw in the streets
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Still you demand your rights, I understand your plight
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But do the knowledge if you plan to fight
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[Chorus]
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[Verse Two: Guru]
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So realize what it is to be oppressed and afflicted
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Subjected to sick shit, knowin others live different
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FUCK THAT, the streets about to blow again
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They forgot, so we gotta let 'em know again
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Huh, we'll blast you for tryin that, we know you been lyin cat
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So now you be lyin flat, we'll read you the riot act
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Soldiers, let's show these cowards what's up
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The hood ain't goin for it, let's get ours, that's what's up
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Be sure to keep a balance to your fight
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And do the math, figure how to use your talents in a fight
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Ain't nuttin worse than a rebel without a cause
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Ain't nuttin worse than a people without laws
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200 million square miles under attack
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Reperations for us blacks, hell yeah, they need to come with that
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Who's gonna take the weight, and erase the hate
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All I know is when we come through, better make some space
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[Chorus]
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[Verse Three: Guru]
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A lot of people ain't happy you can tell by their ways
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It's growin tense okay, I can smell it today
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Tenement buildings house the next killers
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While rich diplomats, are purchasin their next villas
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But for the scrilla and power, uhh
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They'll send some killers to their hood, that are iller than ours
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Still niggaz settle beef, with the metal piece
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And every block stays hot, like the devil's feet
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Incarceration of the mind, police brutality and poverty
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These are realities of mankind
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And we can't win nigga, if we keep shuckin and jivin
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In a minute, they gon' have us duckin and divin
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They got bullets for us {*automatic fire*} yeah, uh-huh
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They got jail cells and graveyards, they the bullies, not us
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We'll blast you for tryin that, we know you been lyin cat
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So now you be lyin flat, cause this is the riot act
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[Chorus]
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