Boogie Down Productions - Illegal Business

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 [Hook:]
Cocaine business controls America
 Ganja business controls America
 KRS-One come to start some hysteria
 Illegal business controls America

 [KRS-One]
 One afternoon around eleven o'clock
 It was freezin cold, he was standing on the block
 Sellin cheeba, nick's and dimes
 Sayin a rhyme just to pass the time
 The cops passed by, but he stayed calm
Cause the leather trench coat was keepin him warm
But this time they walked by real slowly
 He thought to himself, "They look like they know me"
 They drove away, but he didn't stay
 He jumped in the cab and he paid his tab
 But guess who he saw when he hit the block
It was the same cop car, the same two cops
 They jumped out quick, they pulled a gun
They said, "Don't try to fight and don't try to run
 Cooperate and we will be your friend
 Non-cooperation will be your end"
He jumped in the car, and while they rode
 They ran down the list of things he owed
 They said, "You owe us some money, you owe us some product
Cause you could be right in the river tied up"
He thought for a second and he said, "What is this?
 You want me to pay you to stay in business?"
They said, "That's right, or you go to prison
 Cause nobody out there is really gonna listen
To a hood," so he said, "Good!
 I'll pay you off for the whole neighborhood"
 Because

 Cocaine business controls America
 Ganja business controls America
 KRS-One come to start some hysteria
 Illegal business controls America

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 [KRS-One]
A guy named Jack, is sellin crack
 The community, doesn't want him back
 He sells at work, he sells in schools
 He's not stupid, the cops are the fools
Cause everyone else seems to go to jail
 But when it comes to Jack, the cops just fail
 They can't arrest him, they cannot stop him
 Cause even in jail the bail unlocks him
 So here is the deal, and here is the facts
 If you ever wonder why they can't stop crack
The police department, is like a crew
 It does whatever they want to do
 In society you have illegal and legal
 We need both, to make things equal
 So legal is tobacco, illegal is speed
 Legal is aspirin, illegal is weed
 Crack is illegal, cause they cannot stop ya
But cocaine is legal if it's owned by a doctor
 Everything you do in private is illegal
 Everything's legal if the government can see you
 Don't get me wrong, America is great place to live
 But listen to the knowledge I give

 Cocaine business controls America
 Ganja business controls America
 KRS-One come to start some hysteria
 Illegal business controls America

 {*DJ scratches "What can we get for 63 cents?"*}
 Illegal business controls America
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 Illegal business controls America
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 Illegal business controls America
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 KRS-One come to start some hysteria
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 What can we get for 63 cents?"*}

 Cocaine business controls America
 Ganja business controls America
 KRS-One come to start some hysteria
 Illegal business controls America

 {*DJ scratches "What can we get for 63 cents?"*}
 Yeah, illegal business controls America
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 Yeah, KRS-One come to start some hysteria
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 Yeah, BDP takin over America
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 Ganja business controls America

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