By Any Means Necessary

Worldwide BDP are the freshest!<br>Worldwide! Worldwide! Worldwide!<br><br>One two three, the crew is called BDP<br>and if you want to go to the tip top<br>stop the violence in hip-hop, Y-O<br><br>Time and time again, as I pick up the pen<br>as my thoughts emerge, these are those words<br>I glance at the paper to know what`s going on<br>someone`s doing wrong, the story goes on<br>Mary Lue`s had a baby someone else decapitated<br>the drama of the world shouldn`t keep us so frustrated<br>I look, but it doesn`t coincide with my books<br>social studies when I speak upon political crooks<br>It`s just the presidents, and all the money they spent<br>all the things they invent and how the house is so immaculate<br>They paid missiles, my family`s eating gristle<br>then they get upset when the press blows the whistle<br>Of course the main profiles are kept low<br>you temper with some jobs, now the press is controlled<br>Not only newspapers, but every single station<br>you only get to hear the president is on vacation<br>But ehrm, stay calm, there`s no need for alarm<br>You say "go back" to your mom, and you`re off to Vietnam<br>You shoot to kill, come back and you`re a veteran<br>but how many veterans are out there pedaling?<br>There`s no telling, `cause they continue selling<br>As quiet as it`s kept, I won`t go into depth<br>You can talk about Nigeria, people used to laugh at ya.<br>Now I take a look, I say "USA for Africa?!"<br><br>Huh.<br>What`s the solution, to stop all this confusion?<br>Rewrite the constitution, change the drug which you`re using<br>Rewrite the constitution or the emancipation proclamation<br>we fight inflation, yet the president`s still on vacation<br><br>BDP posse!<br>I say: one two three, the crew is called BDP<br>And if you wanna go to the tip top<br>stop the violence in the hip-hop, Y-O<br><br>This might sound a little strange to you<br>well here`s the reason I came to you<br>We gotta put our heads together, and stop the violence<br>Cause real bad boys move in silence<br>When you`re in a club, you come to chill out<br>not watch someones blood just spill out<br>That`s what these other people want to see<br>another race fight endlessly<br>You know we`re being watched, you know we`re being seen<br>Some wish to destroy this scene called hip-hop<br>But I won`t drop<br>not I or Scott LaRock<br>Now here is the message that we bring today:<br>hip-hop will surely decay<br>if we as a people don`t stand up and say:<br>"Stop the violence!"<br>"Stop the violence!"<br>"Stop the violence!"<br>"Stop the violence!"<br>"Stop the violence!"<br><br>I say: one two three, the crew is called BDP<br>And if you wanna go to the tip top<br>stop the violence in the hip-hop, Y-O<br><br>BDP and me<br>we step into the party top celebrity<br>Say when we`re coming to dance, we never have to pay a fee<br>Cause that`s where we got R-E-S-P-E-C-T<br>I have this one wife, her name is Miss Melody<br>I know I`m from the Bronx, she from the Brooklyn posse<br>I tell ya look a little like this, then I tell you some that I<br>Sometimes I got my gear on, sometimes I wear a hat<br>Sometimes I`m in a Mercedes and sometimes I`m in a plain<br>Sometimes I find myself upon the number two train<br>Some people look at me and see negativity<br>some people look at me and see positivity<br>But when I see myself I see creativity<br>So if I can create, well then I make some money<br>Sha man, just put your hands up if you`re out here gettin` paid<br>Sha man, just put your hands up if you`re out here gettin` paid<br>One two three, the crew is called BDP<br>And if you wanna go to the tip top<br>stop the violence in the hip-hop, Y-O