Express Yourself

Yo, man, it's a lot of brothers out there flakin' and perpetratin'

But scared to kick reality

Man, you've been doing all this dope producing

You ain't had a chance to show 'em what time it is

So what you want me to do?

Express yourself

I'm expressing with my full capabilities

And now I'm living in correctional facilities

'Cause some don't agree with how I do this

I get straight, meditate like a Buddhist

I'm dropping flavor, my behavior is hereditary

But my technique is very necessary

Blame it on Ice Cube because he said it gets funky

When you got a subject and a predicate

Add it on a dope beat and it'll make you think

Some suckers just tickle me pink

To my stomach, 'cause they don't flow like this one

You know what? I won't hesitate to diss one or two

Before I'm through, so don't try to sing this

Some drop science, well, I'm dropping English

Even if Yella makes it a cappella

I still express, yo, I don't smoke weed or sess

'Cause it's known to give a brother brain damage

And brain damage on the mic don't manage nothing

But making a sucker and you equal

Don't be another sequel

Express yourself

Express yourself

Come on and do it

Express yourself

Express yourself

Come on and do it

Now, gettin' back to the PG

That's program, and it's easy

Dre is back, new jacks are made hollow

Expressin' ain't the subject because they like to follow

The words, the style, the trend

The records I spin

Again and again and again

Yo, you're on the other end

Watch a brother blend dope rhymes with no help

There's no fessin' or guessin' while I'm expressin' myself

It's crazy to see people be what society wants them to be

But not me

Ruthless is the way to go, they know

Others say rhymes but fail to be original

Or they kill where the hip hop starts

Forget about the ghetto, and rap for the pop charts

Some musicians cuss at home

But scared to use profanity when up on the microphone

Yeah, they want reality, but you will hear none

They'd rather exaggerate a little fiction

Some say no to drugs and take a stand

But after the show, they go lookin' for the dope man

Or they ban my group from the radio

Hear N.W.A and say, "Hell no"

But you know it ain't all about wealth

As long as you make a note to

Express yourself

Express yourself

Come on and do it

Express yourself

Dr. Dre, N.W.A

Express yourself

Come on and do it

Express yourself

From the heart, 'cause if you want to start to move up the chart

Then expression is a big part of it

You ain't efficient when you flow, you ain't swift

Movin' like a tortoise, full of rigor mortis

There's a little bit more to show

I got rhymes in my mind, embedded like an embryo

Or a lesson, all of them expression

And if you start 'fessin', I got a Smith & Wesson for ya

I might ignore your record because it has no bottom

I get loose in the summer, winter, spring, and autumn

It's Dre on the mic gettin' physical

Doin' the job, N.W.A is the lynch mob

It's so macabre, but you know you need this

And the knowledge is growin' just like a fetus

Or a tumor, but here is the rumor

Dre's in the neighborhood and he's up to no good

When I start expressin' myself, Yella, slam it

'Cause if I stay funky like this, I'm doin' damage

Or I'ma be too hyped and need a straight jacket

I got knowledge and other suckas lack it

So when you see Dre, a DJ on the mic

Ask what it's like, it's like we're gettin' hyped tonight

'Cause if I strike, it ain't for your good health

But I won't strike if you just

Express yourself

Yeah, this record's almost over, gotta get hyped up

Express yourself

Do it, do it

Come on and do it

Do it, do it, do it

Express yourself

Compton's in full effect, yeah

Express yourself

Come on and do it

Do it, do it

Express yourself

Come on and do it

Express yourself, express yourself

Come on and do it

Come on and do it