B-Boy Destruction Lyrics

Repeating tonight's top news stories

Eight people have been hospitalized

As a result of rioting and violence

Stemming from last night's

Hip-hop concert-fest eighty-eight

The incident marks

The third consecutive

Hip-hop concert hall show

Ending violently

Police are now toying with threats

Of cancelling next weekend's

Rap Attack concert

Due to threats of continuing violence

Listen all you dissin', I got somethin' to say

There's a better way and it goes this way

Terminate all violence in the world of hip-hop

Keep it up suckers and the whole damn scene will stop

Shut down, the parties are over

You can't bring em back with a five leaf clover

No more hip hop in this town

The weekend comes around and you wanna hear my sound

But there's nowhere to go, excitement is low

A hip-hop show in Buffalo is too far

When you got no car

You can't see the star cause of this damn war, breakdown

You think of past times when T.O. was shocking

Ron Nelson on the wheels, he had the crowd rocking

Michie Mee, Kenne Krush, Run-Dmc

MC Rumble, Jam-On-Strong, and Public Enemy

LL Rocked the bells, he was harder than hell

T.O. was kicking, everybody could tell

The city was live, respected on the map

Until one day when you posse attacked

Violence started, there was corruption

The end result, B-boy destruction

Party after party, jam after jam

The weak would hang, surrounded by the gang

Violent times and corrupted minds

In my pledge for peace, I've written these lines

I must emphasize, there are no lies

If you close your eyes, somebody may die

This is a warning, don't ignore

Though I told you before, I'll repeat it once more

Open your mind so that you aren't blind

Now is the time, to listen to my rhyme

Saturday night, a thousand people in the place

The party was kicking with pounding bass

The people said ho!

Cause I said so

You are my fan standing in the front row

Eric B on the cut, rocking with power

Rakim broke the mic, the party went sour

Possies clashing, rope chains snatching

B-Boys battling, danger unraveling

All of this fighting, leading to rioting

Sucker home boys on the floor perpetrating

The music stopped and they've called the cops in

A show which was rocking has now stopped

Instead of ignoring, you are roaring

Bum rush, they've kicked the back door in

B-boys burst in, tempers flaring

The innocent cursing, vengeful hurting

War erupting, enemies brawl

Head bang against the wall at the concert hall

Faces getting smashed, while bottles getting broken

Listen to my words cause wisdom has spoken

When you lack logic, circumstances can be tragic

There will be no magic when a gun is the gadget

Or knives or sticks or bottles or stones

They'll break you bones so leave them alone

You know who you are, and yes I'm blaming ya

You want hysteria, see wrestle-mania

All the posies in effect, hold tight, y'all chill

The jam, it's yours, don't come here to kill

Just let the party rock and the people have fun

Forget about the violence, knives and guns

You must be mad, or mentally minded

You have been blinded, don't get excited

By this fighting, battling, ruling

Better yourself, boy just go to school'n

Learn about Apartheid and South Africa

Reagan, Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela

Overpopulation, Exploitation

Deprived Nation in starvation

No education, just devastation

Human rights in condemnation

World destruction, the system of corruption

World war three, nuclear combustion

Socialism, communism, klu klux klan

Martin Luther King, Iraq and Iran

Man, do you understand why a persona is a sexist

A rapist, a racist, I am just your lyricist

Resist and you will miss a message that's so clear

So clean out your ear, put an end to the fear

Educate yourself, boy, learn the ways of the wise

If you look at all the signs, you can read between the lines

Just open your eyes and don't chastise

All the people want peace, not violent cries

Hip hop is vital, please don't ruin it

Your excitement is why I keep doing it

Terminate it, it's just not fair

Put your hands in the air, to end warfare

I'm a black man, yes I'm Jamaica

Speaking to this nation with an expectation

End frustration in the hip hop nation

And peace to all the patrons, of my generation