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"Express Yourself" by N.W.A.

8/14/2015

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"Express Yourself"
Written by Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson) and MC Ren (Lorenzo Patterson)
I'm expressin' with my full capabilities
And now I'm livin' in correctional facilities
'Cause some don't agree 

With how I do this
I get straight, meditate like a Buddhist
I'm droppin' flava

My behaviour is heriditery
But my technique is very necessary
Blame it on Ice Cube
Because he said it gets funky
When you got a subject and a predicate
Add it on a dope beat
And it'll make you think
Some suckaz just tickle me pink
To my stomache 
'Cause they don't flow like this one
You know what

I won't hesitate to dis one
Or two before I'm through
So don't try to sing this
Some drop science
While I'm droppin' English
Even if Yella makes it a-capella
I still express
Yo, I don't smoke weed or sess
'Cause its known to give a brother 

Brain damage
And brain damage on the mic 

Don't manage nuthin'
But makin' a sucker and you equal
Don't be another sequel

Express yourself
Do it good
Express yourself
Oh, do it

Ice Cube is not for the pop chart
So where should a brother like you start
Expressin' yourself 
My boy'll show you how
Yo, Dre
What up?
Drop English right about now

Gettin' back to the PG
That's program, and it's easy
Dre is back, new jacks are made hollow
Expressin' ain't their subject
Because they like to follow
The words, the style, the trend,
The records I spin
Again and again and again
Yo, you on the other end
Watch a brother playin' dope rhymes 

With no help
There's no fessin' or guessin'
While I'm expressin' myself
It's crazy to see people be
What society wants 'em to be
But not me

Ruthless is the way to go, they know
Others say rhymes that fail to be original
Or they kill where the hip-hop starts
Forget about the ghetto 

And rap for the pop charts
Though some musicians cuss at home
But scared to use profanity
When up on the microphone
Yeah, they want reality

But you won't hear none
They rather exaggerate, a little fiction
Some say no to drugs and take a stand
But after the show 

They go lookin' for the dopeman
Oh, they ban my group from the radio
Hear N.W.A. and say "Hell no!"
But you know it ain't all about wealth
As long as you make a note to

Express yourself
Do it good
Express yourself
Oh, do it

A lyricist, yo, Dre is the name for it
To make something dope on a record
That's what he came for
Kickin reality, yo, but stayin' hisself
But it's important that you 

Keep it in mind to
Express yourself

From the heart
'Cause if you wanna start 

To move up the chart
Then expression is a big part of it
You ain't efficient when you flow
You ain't swift, movin' like a tortoise
Full of rigor mortis
There's a little bit more to show
I got rhymes in my mind

Embedded like an embryo
Or a lesson, all of them expression
And if you start fessin' 

I got a Smith & Wesson for you
I might ignore your record 

Because it has no bottom
I get loose in the summer

Winter, spring and autumn
It's Dre on the mic, gettin' physical
Doin' the job, NWA is the lynch mob
Yes, I'm macabre

But you know you need this
And the knowledge is growin' 

Just like a fetus, or a tumor
But here's the rumor
Dre is in the neighborhood 

And he's up to no good
When I start expressin' myself

Yella, slam it
'Cause If I stay funky like this

I'm doin' damage
Or I'mma be too hyped

Need a straight jacket
I got knowledge and other suckaers lack it
So, when you see Dre, a DJ on the mic
Ask what it's like
It's like we gettin' hype tonight
'Cause if I strike
It ain't for your good health
But I won't strike if you just

Express yourself
Do it good
Express yourself
Oh, do it

Express yourself
Express yourself
Express yoursef
Express yourself
Express yourself
Express yourself
Oh, do it
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