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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Chuck D
Performer
Eric Sadler
Programming
Flavor Flav
Performer
Keith Shocklee
Programming
Paul Shabazz
Programming
Professor Griff
Performer
Terminator X
Scratches
Wizard K-Jee
Scratches
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Carlton Ridenhour
Composer
Eric Sadler
Composer
Keith Shocklee
Composer
The Bomb Squad
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Bomb Squad
Producer
Alan Plotkin
Recording Engineer
Chris Champion
Assistant Recording Engineer
Chris Shaw
Mixing Engineer
Dan Wood
Mixing Engineer
Dave Harrington
Assistant Recording Engineer
Dave Patillo
Assistant Recording Engineer
James Staub
Assistant Recording Engineer
Jody Clay
Assistant Recording Engineer
Kamarra Alford
Assistant Recording Engineer
Kirk Yano
Recording Engineer
Mike Bona
Mixing Engineer
Nick Sansano
Mixing Engineer
Paul Eulin
Mixing Engineer
Rod Hui
Mixing Engineer
Steve Loeb
Recording Engineer
Tom Conway
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Drop it
[Verse 1]
When I'm talkin' rhyme time, it's blow your mind time
Some say it's nothing worse than a verse to hear some **** curse
They call me rude, some dude's fiery attitude
Claimin' I boast, smoke, sometimes sing the blues
Twang metal and settle, try to never backpedal
From the power some got to get a **** shot
The null and void I avoid, I test the paranoid
I never had to be bad, my mama raised me mad
So what I got is hot, love my life a lot
I'm never sad, just glad, that's why I thank my dad
[Refrain]
Nah, I ain't with this
I ain't with it
I ain't with it
[Chorus]
This is what I mean, a anti-**** machine
[Verse 2]
Instead of peace, the police just wanna wreck and flex
On a kid, what I did was try to be the best
And so they fingered the trigger, figure I was a bigger ****
And they started to search me, so I headed west
Went to Cali, a rally was for a brother's death
It was the fuzz who shot him and not the Bloods or Cuzz
Who wondered what I was like, so I just held my mic
But in my mind, I was blind, so I just tried to find
A reason we was just the way that we was
So I just stayed in the crib until I got a buzz
Written by: Carlton Ridenhour, Eric Sadler, Keith Shocklee