The Beast

<br>[chorus]<br><br>Warn the town the beast is loose,<br><br>Word em up yall<br><br>Cmon<br><br>[lauryn]<br><br>Conflicts with night sticks<br><br>Illegal sales districts,<br><br>Hand-picked lunatics, keep poli-trick-cians rich<br><br>Heretics push narcotics amidst its risks and frisks,<br><br>Cool cliques throw bricks but seldom hit targets<br><br>Private-dic sell hits, like porno-flicks do chicks.<br><br>The 666 cut w.i.c. like newt gingrich sucks dick<br><br>[clef]<br><br>Meanwhile the government brings star wars from glocks to glockers<br><br>C.o.p. has an apb out on chewbacca<br><br>Mista mayor, can I say something in yo honor<br><br>Yesterday in central park they got the jogger<br><br>Okay, okay.<br><br>Lets get the confusion straight in ghetto gotham<br><br>The man behind the mask you thought was batman is bill clinton.<br><br>Who soon retire, the roof is on fire<br><br>Connie chung brung the bomb as it comes from oklahoma<br><br>Things are getting serious, kuumbaya,<br><br>On a mountain satan offered me, manhattan help me jah jah<br><br>[clef]<br><br>You cant search me without probable cause<br><br>Or that proper ammunition they call reasonable suspicion<br><br>Listen I bring friction to your whole jurisdiction<br><br>You planted seeds in my seat when I wasnt lookin.<br><br>Now you ask me for my license/registration<br><br>&quot;what the fuck&quot; is my name<br><br>&quot;what the fuck&quot; is my occupation<br><br>Well Im an mc, Im down with the fugees<br><br>Mother mary caught a flashback like rodney now the cops got lolly.<br><br>[lauryn]<br><br>The subconscious psychology that you use against me,<br><br>If I lose control will send me to the penetentiary<br><br>Such as alcatraz, or shot up like al hajj malik shabazz<br><br>High class get bypassed while my ass gets harrassed.<br><br>And the fuzz treat bruhs like they manhood never was,<br><br>And if you too powerful, you get bugged like peter tosh and marley<br><br>Was.<br><br>And my word does nothing against the feds,<br><br>So my eyes stay red as I chase crazy bald heads, word up.<br><br>[chorus]<br><br>Warn the town the beast is loose, ah - ah, ah - ah<br><br>Word em up yall<br><br>[clef]<br><br>The chase is on I feel like the bad guy<br><br>Fifth gear 125 like new jersey drive<br><br>Looked in my rear view mirror<br><br>Police was getting closer<br><br>Heard a roar in the sky,<br><br>Looked up and saw the blue thunder.<br><br>My inner conscious says throw your handkerchief and surrender,<br><br>But to who? ? ? <br><br>The star spangled banner ooh.<br><br>Say cant you see cops more crooked than we<br><br>By the dawns early night robbin niggas for kis.<br><br>Easy low key crooked military<br><br>Pay taxes out my ass but they still harrass me.<br><br>[praz]<br><br>The streets of corruption got me bustin and cussin in the concrete<br><br>Jungle<br><br>Thoughts being dribbled like that tall kid mutumbo<br><br>Handled by hannibal<br><br>Soon Im gonna be a fugitive like dr. kimble.<br><br>[clef]<br><br>Hey yo should I slow down? <br><br>[praz]<br><br>Nah kid go faster,<br><br>Just cause they got a badge, they could still be impostors.<br><br>Probable cause, got flaws like dirty draws<br><br>Meet me at the corner store so we can start the street wars.<br><br>[chorus]<br><br>Warn the town the beast is loose, ah - ah, ah - ah,<br><br>Word em up yall