Stop the Music

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Macho] Leverage control sold sold for record gold Death toll still soar but record labels want more Hard core young life child wife and baby's father Baby as a mother hit song still smother with gunfire Run for your life take cover Claim to love God but have hate for your brother Homeless shameless uncontrolled untamed John doe at cemetery shall remain un-named Priceless righteousness shall remain un-claimed Valley of the dry bones spiritually mundane No fame fortune changing the misfortune Born in "75" so missed the torchin and burnin Virtuos women keep learning and growing Pimps keep pimpin hoes hoing in America Showin documentaries on thuggin A generation expected to cease lovin Drug and alcohol abuse is let loose The spirit of a man cause decisions that he choose Music - background pumps loud words spoken Yo we don't need words when on thoughts choking Charts smokin - all makin money havin parties But shorty from 'round the way got shot Stop the music [Hook] I hear the sound of a young nation They lift their voices in frustration Don't speak or think while your people sink into the boom Of the drum or the barrel of a gun (stop the music!) I hear the sound of a young nation They lift their voices in frustration Don't speak or think while your people sink into the boom Of the drum or the barrel of a gun [Verse 2a: Elsie] Broken and busted how could you have trusted So called saint after the flesh is what he lusted In secret - open - after the scripture quotin Wwas spotted at the party with bacardi herb smokin Hypocrite backstabber backslider backbiter Form of Godliness deny the power rap writer We got a pimp - hooker- crack cocaine cooker (the industry that stole hip hop and then) [Verse 2b: Macho] Took her for themselves And made sails by the billions while the children that they're building on No understanding of what's real or wrong Killers of praise from the mouths of babes To the masters of slaves still locked in a cage Listen everywhere I turn to the things that I see There be signs that significantly seperate we As people from a God who is equal to none The plan was to reunite the seperated through the Son (But my ears clogged - fears clog mind when my tears drop Tears blur vision what I see make my heart throb Heart stop beating to the rhythm that's playin But it's playin so loud you can't hear what I'm sayin Stop the music) [Hook] I hear the sound of a young nation They lift their voices in frustration Don't speak or think while your people sink into the boom Of the drum or the barrel of a gun (stop the music!) I hear the sound of a young nation They lift their voices in frustration Don't speak or think while your people sink into the boom Of the drum or the barrel of a gun [Verse 3a: Elsie] If I gotta battle with the bass I kill the kick If me and the snare got beef I shoot the drummer If me and the sound man just can't agree The system sound whack then I rap acappella Static air hand clap it just don't matter When I speak the truth everything fake scatter Days of the former won't be like the latter Watch for false prophets and lips that flatter [Verse 3b: Macho] If I gotta battle with the bass I kill the kick If me and the snare got beef I shoot the drummer If me and the sound man just can't agree The system sound whack then I rap acappella Static air hand clap it just don't matter When I speak the truth everything fake scatter Days of the former won't be like the latter Watch for false prophets and lips that flatter [Hook] I hear the sound of a young nation They lift their voices in frustration Don't speak or think while your people sink into the boom Of the drum or the barrel of a gun (stop the music!) I hear the sound of a young nation They lift their voices in frustration Don't speak or think while your people sink into the boom Of the drum or the barrel of a gun (stop the music!)