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[00:00.41]Yo man there's a lot of brothers out there
[00:02.15]Flaking and perpetrating but scared to kick reality
[00:04.68]Man, you been doing all this dope producing
[00:06.43]You ain't had a chance to show 'em what time it is
[00:08.76]So what you want me to do?
[00:10.06](Express yourself!)
[00:11.09]I'm expressing with my full capabilities
[00:13.12]And now I'm living in correctional facilities
[00:15.66]Cause some don't agree with how I do this
[00:18.38]I get straight and meditate like a Buddhist
[00:20.75]I'm dropping flavor, my behavior is hereditary
[00:23.56]But my technique is very necessary
[00:25.80]Blame it on Ice Cube, because he said it gets funky
[00:29.47]When you got a subject and a predicate
[00:31.13]Add it on a dope beat, and it'll make you think
[00:33.50]Some suckers just tickle me pink, to my stomach
[00:36.37]Cause they don't flow like this one
[00:38.75]You know what? I won't hesitate to diss one
[00:41.32]Or two before I'm through, so don't try to sing this
[00:43.90]Some drop science, while I'm dropping English
[00:46.45]Even if Yella, makes it a-capella
[00:49.01]I still express, yo, I don't smoke weed or sess
[00:51.77]Cause it's known to give a brother brain damage
[00:53.71]And brain damage on the mic don't manage, nothing
[00:56.76]But making a sucker and you equal
[00:59.18]Don't be another sequel (Express yourself!)
[01:21.59]Now, getting back to the PG
[01:24.67]That's program, and it's easy
[01:27.10]Dre is back, new jacks are made hollow
[01:29.53]Expressing ain't their subject because they like to follow
[01:31.11]The words, the style, the trend; the records I spin
[01:34.41]Again and again and again, yo, you're on the other end
[01:37.18]Watch a brother blend dope rhymes, with no help
[01:39.70]There's no fessing or guessing while I'm expressing myself
[01:42.35]It's crazy to see people be
[01:43.65]What society wants them to be, but not me
[01:46.85]Ruthless, is the way to go, they know
[01:49.55]Others say rhymes which fail to be original
[01:52.28]Or they kill where the hip-hop starts
[01:54.52]Forget about the ghetto, and rap for the pop charts
[01:57.02]Some musicians cuss at home
[01:59.83]But scared to use profanity when upon the microphone
[02:02.38]Yeah, they want reality, but you will hear none
[02:05.03]They'd rather exaggerate a little fiction
[02:07.40]Some say no to drugs, and take a stand
[02:10.02]But after the show, they go looking for the "Dopeman"
[02:12.63]Or they ban my group from the radio
[02:15.08]Hear N.W.A. and say, "Hell no!"
[02:17.48]But you know it ain't all about wealth
[02:20.26]As long as you make a note to (Express yourself!)
[02:42.09]From the heart
[02:43.43]Cause if you want to start to move up the chart
[02:45.47]Then expression is a big part of it
[02:47.96]You ain't efficient when you flow, you ain't swift
[02:50.45]Movin like a tortoise, full of rigor mortis
[02:53.03]There's a little bit more to show
[02:55.35]I got rhymes in my mind, embedded like an embryo
[02:58.24]Or a lesson, all of 'em expression
[03:00.60]And if you start fessing, I got a Smith and Wessun for ya
[03:02.76]I might ignore your record because it has no bottom
[03:05.37]I get loose in the summer winter spring and autumn
[03:07.91]It's Dre on the mic, getting physical
[03:09.88]Doin' the job, N.W.A is the lynch mob!
[03:12.65]Yes I'ma climb, but you know you need this
[03:15.41]And the knowledge is growing just like a fetus
[03:17.73]Or a tumor, but here is the rumor
[03:20.11]Dre is in the neighborhood and he's up to no good
[03:22.87]When I start expressing myself, Yella, slam it
[03:25.49]Cause if I stay funky like this I'm doing damage
[03:28.09]Or I'ma be too hyped, and need a straight jacket
[03:30.89]I got knowledge, and other suckers lack it
[03:33.42]So, when you see Dre, a DJ on the mic
[03:36.03]Ask what it's like, it's like we're getting hyped tonight
[03:38.68]Cause if I strike, it ain't for your good health
[03:40.65]But I won't strike if you just (Express yourself!)
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