Lyrics Public Enemy Number Won - Public Enemy, Mike D, Ad-Rock

Public Enemy Number Won

Yo, Mike D
Yo, what up Ad-Rock
Remember that time in '85 when we were in our van, we were driving through
Cleveland and…
Oh, oh, you had that weird rash all over your body
No!
I mean yes, but no-
I’m talking about when Rick gave us the demo tape for Public Enemy
Yo, we played that shit back and forth like about a million times
That shit was nice
So nice, you know I’ve been thinking
We should call Chuck D on the phone right now and ask him
What goes on?
I’m all in, put it up on the board
Another rapper shot down from the mouth that roared
1, 2, 3, down for the count
The result of my lyrics, oh yes no doubt
Cold rock-rap, forty-niner supreme
It’s what I choose and I use I never lose to a team
I can go solo like a Tyson bolo
Make a fly girl wanna have my photo
Run in their room hang it on the wall
In remembrance that I rocked them all
Suckers, ducks, ho-hum MC’s
You can’t rock the kid, so go cut the cheese
Take this application of rhymes like these
My rap’s red hot, hundred ten degrees
So don’t start bassin', I’ll start pushing
Bets on that you’ll be disgracin'
You and your mind for a beat in a rhyme
A time for a crime that I can’t find
I show you my gun, my Uzi weighs a ton
Because I’m Public Enemy number one
From the tippy tippy top
Never taking a L
Nobody rocks so hot, so well
Like the rugged D, the man you see
Rock it to the rhythm of the sure-shot beat
Say one for the treble, two for the bass
Rhyme for the mind, shine on your face
Three for the reign, and four for the two
Five cuz I’m live, it’s straight from the crew
Six for my game, nah I ain’t no stylist
Got my whole swag from two fifth and Hollis
Run got the wisdom, D got the knowledge
Straight from the dome, airtight and polished
Seven to the eight and nine times I say
Run gon' be great top ten today
Eleven emcees they all try to flex
When Run grab the mic and took flight in steps
There was a time when I was losing it
Alcohol I was abusing it
The wealth of health I wasn’t choosing it
To help myself I wasn’t doing it
Mom and dad, they mean a lot to me
They helped me get where I got to be
But they told me they adopted me
To help me fulfill prophecy
I did not know how I have enemy
Named Jack and Jim and Hennesey
They came with a smile befriending me
With the intent of ending me
Taking my power like Kryptonite
Cause it is known when I get to mic
I go into a zone and I rip the mic
Just like this rhyme that I spit tonight
You can’t understand how much it took
To kick their asses and leave 'em shook
Kill all the clowns and crush the crooks
Cuz I’m a superhero in the comic books
My make believe is your reality
I’m everything I pretend to be
Everything I need is inside of me
And anything else is the enemy
Terminator X
Before we get started
Now here’s a little story we got to tell
About a sound so def, you know so well
It started way back in history
With the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J
Run-DMC and Public Enemy
Rick was a label with two turntables
And a mic, MC’s do what you like
'83 beats in the place to be
'84 rhyming to open doors
Def to the Jam and know who I am
Stand 'till they jump and I crack the floors
I got a posse of force that back me up
Watch out we got rhythm to match
Ambush attack on my team, double team you get creamed
You got it so you don’t catch
Wanna hear it again
We got a force, Def Jam down
The OG circuit sound, Public Enemy
LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Flav, Run-DMC
Check out the protection
Rock The Bells in the section
Kicking like Bruce Lee’s Chinese Connection
All stereo never ever mono
All wax, yes I’m talking about vinyl
The world said freeze, we unfrozen
They got me
Public Enemy number one!
I’m like this y’all, I’m like this and this and this and this y’all
Check this y’all, I’m like this y’all
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to be a witness
To the one and only to DJ Lord
Public Enemy number one
We’re gonna let you hear that a little bit later
We’re gonna hear some words from some the Public Enemy
You stay tuned for that
'Cause we got a whole lot more in store