You shoot to kill, come back and you're a veteran
Stop the violence, stop the violence
Some people look at me and see positivity
B.D.P. posse I say "One two three, the crew is called B.D.P.
Now I take a look, I say U.S.A. for Africa?
Mary Lue's had a baby someone else decapitated
You can talk about Nigeria, people used to laugh at ya
But how many veterans are out there pedaling?
We fight inflation, yet the president's still on vacation
And if you wanna go to the tip top
Of course the main profiles are kept low
Hip-hop will surely decay
Rewrite the constitution or the emancipation, proclamation
Not watch someones blood just spill out
They paid missiles, my family's eating gristle
You say go back to your mom, and you're off to Vietnam
Time and time again, as I pick up the pen
Well here's the reason I came to you
What's the solution, to stop all this confusion?
Sometimes I got my gear on, sometimes I wear a hat
Then they get upset when the press blows the whistle
Not only newspapers, but every single station
If we as a people don't stand up and say
You temper with some jobs, now the press is controlled
So if I can create, well then I make some money
And if you wanna go to the tip top
All the things they invent and how the house is so immaculate
But when I see myself I see creativity
Now here is the message that we bring today
There's no telling, 'cause they continue selling
'Cause real bad boys move in silence
Stop the violence in the hip-hop, Y O"
As my thoughts emerge, these are those words
It's just the presidents, and all the money they spent
Rewrite the constitution, change the drug which you're using
Sometimes I find myself upon the number two train
I know I'm from the Bronx, she from the Brooklyn posse
Some people look at me and see negativity
I tell ya look a little like this, then I tell you some that I
'Cause that's where we got R E S P E C T
Some wish to destroy this scene called hip-hop
Stop the violence, stop the violence
One, two, three, the crew is called B.D.P.
That's what these other people want to see
I look, but it doesn't coincide with my books
B.D.P. and me we step into the party top celebrity
Stop the violence
When you're in a club, you come to chill out
I glance at the paper to know what's going on
You only get to hear the president is on vacation
But ehrm, stay calm, there's no need for alarm
As quiet as it's kept, I won't go into depth
One, two, three, the crew is called B.D.P.
The drama of the world shouldn't keep us so frustrated
Sha man, just put your hands up if you're out here gettin' paid
You know we're being watched, you know we're being seen
We gotta put our heads together, and stop the violence
Sometimes I'm in a Mercedes and sometimes I'm in a plane
Social studies when I speak upon political crooks
Say when we're coming to dance, we never have to pay a fee
And if you wanna go to the tip top
Sha man, just put your hands up if you're out here gettin' paid
This might sound a little strange to you
Another race fight endlessly
But I won't drop not I or Scott LaRock
I say, "One two three, the crew is called B.D.P.
Someone's doing wrong, the story goes on
Stop the violence in hip-hop, Y O
Stop the violence in the hip-hop, Y O"
And if you want to go to the tip top
I have this one wife, her name is Miss Melody
