[Run] I would like to throw ";Rock Box"; in the start of this one..



{*Jam Master Jay obliges with the cut..

";Run.. Dee.. Run.. D.. M.. C..";

";Here we go again!"; -> Chuck D*}



";What's it all about?"; (4X with stutter repeats)



[Run]

Livin in the city - the crack the mack and all that

Easy does it, is it was it

the black or white that Friday night

in those racist places - let's get it right

Ah to the maximum, and keep askin 'um

when the city gonna fix where the BLACKS are from

And every day around the way another one got

bucked in his head - from a gunshot

No chance in advance for the ambulance

Cause he was just another victim of the circumstance

A brother died, the mother cried, it was a pity

But that's how it goes down when you're livin in the city



{*Jam Master Jay cuts ";What's it all about?"; samples*}



[D.M.C.]

Just a hard rock, call him a hard rock

in the metropolis there's no stoppin this

Can't agree with society poppin this

Disagree with the plea when they coppin it

Some men pretend the end will come soon

They gather what they can and them BOOM

You played yourself, you made your wealth;

the deal was dealt - now your health is in question

Three Card Molly, hoodlums - who are we?

Pollution, prostitution, In God We -

- need a solution, revolution, substitution

for the thing's that we're abusing

Pity the city, for the people livin out on the streets

Yo we homeless, the homeless need to eat

There's no progress for the rest

God bless for less



{*Jam Master Jay cuts ";What's it all about?"; samples*}

(*musical breakdown*}



[Run] What it is?

[DMC] What's it all about?

[Run] Whassup