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Artist: Public Enemy
Album:  It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Song:   Louder Than a Bomb

        This style seems wild
        Wait before you treat me like a stepchild
        Let me tell you why they got me on file
        'Cause I give you what you lack
        Come right and exact
        Our status is the saddest
        So I care where you at, black
        And at home I got a call from Tony Rome
        The FBI was tappin' my telephone
        I never live alone
        I never walk alone
        My posses always ready, and they're waitin' in my zone
        Although I live the life that of a resident
        But I be knowin' the scheme that of the president
        Tappin' my phone whose crews abused
        I stand accused of doing harm
        'Cause I'm louder than a bomb
        C'mon C'mon louder etc...

        I am the rock hard trooper
        To the bone, the bone, the bone
        Full grown - consider me - stone
        Once again and
        I say it for you to know
        The troop is always ready, I yell `geronimo'
        Your CIA, you see I ain't kiddin'
        Both King and X they got ridda' both
        A story untold, true, but unknown
        Professor Griff knows...
        "I ain't no toast"
        And not the braggin' or boastin' and plus
        It ain't no secret why they're tappin' my phone, although
        I can't keep it a secret
        So I decided to kick it, yo
        And yes it weighs a ton
        I say it once again
        I'm called the enemy - I'll never be a friend
        Of those with closed minds, don't know I'm rapid
        The way that I rap it
        Is makin' 'em tap it, yeah
        Never servin 'em well, 'cause I'm an un-Tom
        It's no secret at all
        Cause I'm louder than a bomb

        Cold holdin' the load
        The burden breakin' the mold
        I ain't lyin' denyin', 'cause they're checkin' my code
        Am I buggin' 'cause they're buggin' my phone - for information
        No tellin' who's sellin' out - power buildin' the nation so...
        Joinin' the set, the point blank target
        Every brothers inside - so least not, you forget, no
        Takin' the blame is not a waste, here taste
        A bit of the song so you can never be wrong
        Just a bit of advice, 'cause we be payin' the price
        'Cause every brother mans life
        Is like swingin' the dice, right?
        Here it is, once again this is
        The brother to brother
        The Terminator, the cutter

        Goin' on an' on - leave alone the grown
        Get it straight in '88, an' I'll troop it to demonstrate
        The posse always ready - 98 at 98
        My posse come quick, because my posse got velocity
        Tappin' my phone, they never leave me alone
        I'm even lethal when I'm unarmed
        'Cause I'm louder than a bomb

        'Cause the D is for dangerous
        You can come and get some of this
        I teach and speak
        So when its spoke, it's no joke
        The voice of choice
        The place shakes with bass
        Called one for the treble
        The rhythm is the rebel
        Here's a funky rhyme that they're tappin' on
        Just thinkin' I'm breakin' the beats I'm rappin' on
        CIA FBI
        All they tell us is lies
        And when I say it they get alarmed
        'Cause I'm louder than a bomb