Public Enemy - Say It Like It Really Is [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Introduction]
Sometimes men take matters into their own hands
Public Enemy

[Hook]
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is
Say it like it really is, do it like it really is

[Verse 1]
Get up back atcha gettin' it on
Still wide awake, 6 in the morning
Still comin atcha till the break of dawn
This revolution goes on and on
Stop that askin' do we still rap?
Do y'all still scream? And y'all still clap?
Who that gonna tell y'all we too old
But we still bold, plus I got soul
Its my birthday and I'm fifty years...
Quiet as kept
All them vjs and djs be old
Their jobs sell the young
Don't tell em what needs to be told
When they made PE, they broke the mold
Didn't quit nothin', I just hit the road
I just got back from Soweto
You only know half of what y'all say you know
I know this record's too hot for the radio
Did y'all hear what I said if you did, lets go
Im'ma say it and do like it really is, come on

[Hook]

[Verse 2]
Knock knock, we still here doing our thing
(Public Enemy) Yeah, doing the right thing
We ain't just say any ol thing
Just to get those out there, material things
I ain't sayin' we ain't bought anything
Stuck with the rapping, never tried to sing
Bring The Noise, Raise The Roof, they afraid of the youth
Look out, duck down (You can't handle the truth)
Now the club ain't no church and the church ain't no club
Check them DJ's mixin' up murder and love
Who shoulders the burden Of all that murderin'
The people, love spelled backwards is evol
Misspelled what the hell the people get pain
Dumbed from Another marketing campaign
Its my birthday and We still killin the stage
I don't give a damn about poppin' champagne
Say what y'all wanna say about change
Revolution Im'ma say what I'm saying

[Hook]

[Refrain]
But the revolution goes on and on
Still wide awake like 6 in the morning
Had to get it out to the break of dawn
We still sayin' what we sayin' and not playin'

[Verse 3]
Rather be stuck up than stuck down
Here's the difference where I pick up the black and brown
Against mr man informants and government
While real people starve and can't pay their rent
They say you seriously don't mean what you meant
I ain't tricked deceived paid off in agreement
Somebody planned it Glad yall understand it
Those that don't hardheaded like granite
We look out for them too and don't take em for granted
Like said, I said somebody planned it
If I see one more person gonna ask me again
Y'all still making music where I begin
Now y'all know you don't buy no records no more
No tapes, no CD's, no record store
Got download zones and sold ringtones
But yo mama and them can't work them cell phones
But the revolution goes on and on
Still wide awake like 6 in the morning
Had to get it out to the break of dawn
We still sayin' what we sayin' and not playin'

[Hook]