Harder Than You Think

Yo, Chuck, bust a move, man

I was on my way up here to the studio

Ya know what I'm sayin'?

And this brother stopped me and asked me

"Yo, wassup with that brother, Chuckie D? He swear he nice"

I said "Yo, the brother don't swear he nice, he knows he's nice"

Ya know what I'm sayin'?

So Chuck, I got a feelin you turning into a Public Enemy, man

Now remember that line you was kicking to me

On the way out to LA, Laurelton, Queens

While we was in the car on our way to the shop?

Well yo, right now kick the bass for them brothers

And let 'em know

What goes on!

Rolling Stones of the rap game, not bragging

Lips bigger than Jagger, not saggin'

Spell it backwards, I'ma leave it at that

That ain't got nothing to do with rap

Check the facts, expose those cats

Who pose as heroes, take advantage of blacks

Your government's gangster, so cut the crap

A war going on, so where y'all at?

"Fight the Power" comes great responsibility

"F the Police" but who's stopping you from killing me?

Disaster, fiascos, a loop by P.E.

If it's I instead of we believing TV

Spitting riches, bitches, this new thing about snitches

Watch them asses move as the masses switches

System dissed them but barely missed her

My sole intention to save my brothers and sisters

Hard

Get up

Just like that

Hard

Get up

Just like that

Hard

Get up

Just like that

Hard

Get up

Just like that

Yeah that's right, Chuck, man

That's what you gotta do

You got to tell them just like that

You know what I'm saying?

'Cause, yo, let me tell you a little somethin' man

These brothers runnin' around

Hard-headed

They get a little jealous

You know what I'm saying?

Just like that

You know they try to bring you down with 'em

But yo, Chuck, you got to tell 'em

Just like that

Screaming gangsta, twenty years later

Of course, endorsed while consciousness faded

New generations believin' them fables

Gangster Boogie on two turntables

Show no love so it's easy to hate it

Desecrated while the coroner waited

Any given Sunday, so where y'all rate it?

With slavery, lynching and them drugs infiltrated

I'm like that doll Chucky, baby

Keep coming back to live, love life like I'm crazy

Keep it moving, Rising to the Top

Doug Fresh clean living, you don't stop

Just like that

Revolution means change, don't look at me strange

So I can't repeat what other rappers be sayin

If you don't stand for something, you fall for anything

Harder than you think, it's a beautiful thing

Hard

Get up

Just like that

Hard

Get up

Just like that

Hard

Get up

Just like that

Hard

Get up

Just like that

Yeah, that's right, Chuck, man

That's what you gotta do

You got to tell them just like that

You know what I'm saying?

'Cause, yo, let me tell you a little somethin' man

These brothers runnin' around

Hard-headed

They get a little jealous

You know what I'm saying?

Just like that

You know they try to bring you down with 'em

But yo, Chuck, you got to tell 'em

Just like that

So it's time to leave you a preview

So you too can review what we do

Twenty years in this business, How You Sell Soul?

G-Wiz, people bear witness

Thank you for letting us be ourselves

So don't mind me if I repeat myself

These simple lines be good for your health

To keep them crime rhymes on the shelf

Live, love life like you just don't care

Five thousand leaders never scared

"Bring the Noise," it's the moment they feared

Get up! Still a beautiful idea

Get up

Throw your hands in the air

Get up and show no fear

Get up if y'all really care

P.E. twenty years, now get up

Yeah, that's right

We're Public Enemy #1 in New York

Public Enemy #1 in Philly

It's a beautiful thing

Public Enemy #1 in D.C

Public Enemy #1 in Cleveland, Ohio

We're harder than you think

Also we're Public Enemy #1 in St. Louis

It's a beautiful thing

Public Enemy #1 in New Jersey

And bust it

We're harder than you think

We also Public Enemy #1 in Cincinnati

And Atlanta, even Public Enemy #1 in Chicago

Public Enemy #1 in Detroit

It's a beautiful thing

Public Enemy #1 in Oakland

We're harder than you think

Public Enemy #1 in Baltimore

Public Enemy #1 in Miami

Public Enemy #1 in Indiana

Also Public Enemy #1 in L.A.

It's a beautiful thing, indeed

Also Public Enemy #1 in Alabama, y'all

We're harder, than you think

Public Enemy #1 in Tennessee

Public Enemy #1 in Mississippi

The Carolinas

Just like that

Just like that

Just like that