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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Public Enemy
Performer
Ice Cube
Performer
Big Daddy Kane
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Antonio M. Hardy
Composer
Carlton Ridenhour
Composer
Eric Sadler
Composer
George Clinton
Composer
Keith Shocklee
Composer
O'Shea Jackson
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Bomb Squad
Producer
Rod Hui
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
(Have me love, who's ya, man?)
(It's K.G.)
(Yeah, K, what's up, G?)
(Yo man, me and Ice Cube got this news that it's still in effect)
(You wit' it?)
(Yeah, man, yo talk, man, check this out, man)
(K and I, you wanna fall, they wan' blow the movies, man)
(You wit' it, man? C'mon, get down out the stairs)
(Let's go, man)
Burn, Hollywood, burn, I smell a riot goin' on
First, they're guilty, now they're gone
Yeah, I'll check out the movie
But it'll take a Black one to move me
Get me the hell away from this TV
All this news and views are beneath me
So, all I hear about is shots ringin' out
About gangs puttin' each other's head out
So, I'd rather kick some slang out
All right, fellas, let's go hang out
Hollywood or would they not
Make us all look bad like I know they had
But some things I'll never forget, yeah
So step and fetch this ****
For all the years we looked like clowns
The joke is over, smell the smoke from all around
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn, burn, burn)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
Ice Cube is down with the P.E.
Now every single **** wanna see me
Big Daddy is smooth, word to mother
Let's check out a flick that exploits the color
Roamin' through Hollywood late at night
Red and blue lights, what a common sight
Pulled to the curb, gettin' played like a sucker
Don't fight the power, the ****
As I walk the streets of Hollywood Boulevard
Thinkin' how hard it was for those who starred
In the movies portrayin' the roles
Of butlers and maids, slaves, and hoes
Many intelligent Black men seemed
To look uncivilized when on the screen
Like, I guess I figure you to play some jigaboo
On the plantation, what else can a **** do?
And Black women in this profession
As for playin' a lawyer, out of the question
For what they played, Aunt Jemima is the perfect term
Even if now she got a perm
So, let's make our own movies like Spike Lee
'Cause the roles bein' offered don't strike me
As nothin' that the black man could use to earn
Burn, Hollywood, burn
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn, burn, burn)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn, burn, burn)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
(Burn Hollywood)
Now we're considering you for a part in our new production
How do you feel about playing a controversial negro?
Yeah, I'm wit' it
You mean somebody like Huey P. Newton or H. Rap Brown, right?
Well, it's a servant author that shuffles a little bit and sings
Yo, man, what? ****
Burn Hollywood
Get down with the P.E.
Hollywood Boulevard
Exploits the color
Of many intelligent Black men
I smell a riot goin' on
I smell a riot goin' on
I smell a riot goin' on
Fight the power
Gettin' down with the P.E.
A controversial negro
Controversial negro
Yo man, what?
I'm fightin' down
Cube, Kane, Flav, listen
I hope you ain't wastin' my time
You know how I feel about givin' these movies my money
You know what I'm sayin'? I work hard for it
C'mon man, it's gonna be dope, man
The movie's chill, man, trust me
I'm still chill man, but you know what I'm sayin'
I just don't wanna, I can't go for this Steel Magnolia ****, know what I'm sayin'?
Be cool, man, it's cool
Ladies and gentlemen, today's feature presentation, Driving Miss Daisy
****, just what I'm talkin' about
All this Terms of Endearment ****
I'm outta here, man, it's ****
Yo, check it out, man I got Black Caesar at the crib, man
Y'all want to go check that out?
That's the idea, we could have rolled with that from the get-go!
Where the can?
**** Hollywood, man
Written by: Ahmir Thompson, Antonio M. Hardy, Carlton Ridenhour, Eric Sadler, James Henry Boxley III, Tariq Trotter, Zack de la Rocha