Down By Law

Lyrics

[Hook: Pharoahe Monch, Clinton Sparks, DJ tags] Yeah, yeah Yeah yeah yeah, yeah-yeah yeah yeah yeah (Woo) Yah, yah Yah yah yah, y-y-yah yah yah (Get familiar) If you don't love real hip hop This shit ain't for you People come on now gather round I'm down by law and by law I'm down People come on now gather around I'm down by law and by law I'm down [Verse: 1 Pharoahe Monch] It's like, I'ma have take wha'ts mines its seems 'Cause I'ma make it to the big time, big screens (Ugh) Divine intervention, big rhymes, big dreams Without fake images and quick, get-rich schemes Here's a quote from a movie now—pic quick scene: "What am—What am I, funny? Huh? Funny how? Huh? Like a fucking clown?" ("Huh? Huh?") Like i'm here to amuse you whenever i'm around Do the math: Who is our draft pick to kick a sick sixteen bars quick and get this cream? You might end up on a milk carton, missing Y'all ain't heard a n* from the streets this mean Since Mike Tyson knocked out Mitch Green [?] you couldn't [?] Shit, get with this team: Pharoahe, Megahertz mixes his shit clean I'm gon spit this verse; he gon twist this green, liike [Hook: Pharoahe Monch] Yeah, yeah Yeah yeah yeah, yeah-yeah yeah yeah yeah (Woo, ugh) Yah, yah (Come on) Yah yah yah, y-y-yah yah yah (Oh, keep going) People (Ah) come on now gather round I'm down by law and by law I'm down People come on now gather around I'm down by law and by law I'm down [Verse 2: Pharoahe Monch] Even before I penetrated the egg, wanted to be in a band(?) It's in my blood and quoted in DNA strands It's from the heart like it's a part of being a man It's outlandish when I touch the stage and do damage Bananas with the crowd, lights, cameras But treason the reason they be cheating they fans Defeating they plans, after these bucks (Woo) That shit'll burn your heart like acid reflux (Reflux) But that's exactly what it's meant to do When you're fronting on the left and right ventricle (Ugh) Technically, it's not even economically sensible for you to fuck with a force unseen, invincible Let words of the sensei center you (Huh) 'Cause I'ma answer life's toughest questions like a interview (Come on) And school y'all motherfucking students like a principal [Hook: Pharoahe Monch] Yeah, yeah Yeah yeah yeah, yeah-yeah yeah yeah yeah Yah, yah Yah yah yah, y-y-yah yah yah People come on now gather round I'm down by law and by law I'm down People come on now gather around I'm down by law and by law I'm down [Outro: Pharoahe Monch] Now I don't know What you been told But the laws have changed And we're bout to explode So we gon change the game We gon change the game So we gon change the game 'Cause we're bout to explode