They just can't stand the reign, or the occasional pain From a man like me, who goes against the grain Sometimes I do it in vain, so with a little bass and treble Hey Mister! It's time for me to explain that I'm the rebel Cold as the devil Straight from the underground, the rebel, a lower level They came to see the maniac psychopath The critics heard of me, and the aftermath I don't give a damn and it shows And when I do a stage show I wear street clothes So they all know me The lyrical lunatic, the maniac emcee I give a shout out to your homies And maybe then, the critics'll leave your boy alone, G On the streets or on TV It just don't pay to be, a truth telling MC They won't be happy till I'm banned The most dangerous weapon: an educated black man So point blank in your face, pump up the bass And join the human race I throw peace to the Bay Cause from the Jungle to Oaktown, they backin' me up all the way You know you gotta love the sound It's from the rebel, the rebel of the underground
Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground
Now I'm face to face with the devils Cause they breeding more rebels than the whole damn ghetto And police brutality **** it put you in the nip and call it technicality So you reap what you sow So reap the wrath of the rebel, jacking em up once mo' Now the fox is in the hen house, creeping up on your daughter While you sleep I got her sneaking out Tupac ain't nothing nice I'll be nothing how I wanna, and doing what I'm gonna Now I'm up to no good The mastermind of mischief moving more than most could So sit and slip into the sound Peep the rebel, the rebel of the underground
Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground
They say they hate me, they wanna hold me down I guess they scared of the rebel, the rebel of the underground But I never let it get me I just make another record bout the punks trying to sweat me In fact, they trying to keep me out Try to censor what I say Cause they don't like what I'm talking bout So what's wrong with the media today? Got brothers selling out cause they greedy to get paid But me, I'm coming from the soul And if it don't go gold, my story still getting told And that way they can't stop me And if it sells a couple of copies, the punks'll try to copy It's sloppy, don't even try to I'm a slave to the rhythm, and I'm about to fly through So yo to the people in the ghetto When ya hear the bass flow, go ahead and let go Now everybody wanna gang bang They talking street slang, but the punks still can't hang They making records bout violence But when it comes to the real, some brothers go silent It kinda make you wanna think about That ya gotta do some selling out, just to get your record out But 2Pacalpyse is straight down So feel the wrath of the rebel. the rebel of the underground
Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground
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