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Artist: Public Enemy
Album:  Fear Of A Black Planet
Song:   Brothers Gonna Work It Out
        - Shocklee - Sadler - Ridenhour -

        Uh, your bad self
        Help me break this down from off the shelf
        Here's a music servin' you so use it
        Papa's got a brand new funk
        Get down (party for your right)
        Huh, let's get it on
        Like we said before
        They say the brothers causin' trouble
        Hate to bust their bubble
        'Cause we rumble
        From our lower level
        To condition your condition
        (We're gonna do a song)
        That you never heard before
        Make you all jump along to the education
        Brothers gonna work it out
        And stop chasin'
        Brothers, brothers gonna work it out

        Chorus

        You got it...what it takes
        Go get it...where you want it?
        Come get it...get involved
        'Cause the brothers in the street are willing to work it out

        So many of us in limbo
        How to get it on, it's quite simple
        3 stones from the sun
        We need a piece of this rock
        Our goal indestructible soul
        Answers to this quizzin'
        To the Brothers in the streetSchools and the prisons
        History shouldn't be a mystery
        Our stories real history
        Not his story
        We gonna work it one day
        Till we all get paid
        The right way in full, no bull
        Talkin', no walkin', drivin', arrivin' in style
        Soon you'll see what I'm talkin' 'bout
        'Cause one day
        The brothers gonna work it out
        Brothers, brothers gonna work it out

        Chorus

        You got it ... what it takes
        Go get it... where you want it?
        Come get it...get involved
        'Cause the brothers in the street
        Are willing to work it out
        Let's get it on... we are willin'
        Let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'
        Let's get it on, let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'

        Now we are ready if you are ready

        In 1995, you'll twist to this
        As you raise your fist to the music
        United we stand, yes divided we fall
        Together we can stand tall
        Brothers that try to work it out
        They get mad, revolt, revise, realize
        They're super bad
        Small chance a smart brother's
        Gonna be a victim of his own circumstance
        Sabotaged, Shellshocked, rocked and ruled
        Day in the life of a fool
        Like I said before to live it low
        Life take you time, time yo go slow
        Look here, not a thing to fear
        Brother to brother not another as sincere
        Teach a man how to be father
        To never tell a woman he can't bother
        You can't say you don't know
        What I'm talkin' 'bout
        But one day ... brothers gonna work it out

        You got it ... what it takes
        Go get it ... where you want it?
        Come get it ... get involved
        'Cause the brothers in the street
        Are willing to work it out

        Let's get it on... we are willin'
        Let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'
        Let's get it on, let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'
        Now we are ready if you are ready