Public Enemy # 1, Pt. 1

Lyrics for Public Enemy # 1, Pt. 1

You know what, this is James Brown I'm such a lover of people Because people did so much for me I'm a lover of all humanity, all mankind And I feel that he who has been successful Should look out for his fellow man, his brother I feel that's my role, that's my job I know, and when I was a kid... You see, I was gonna be a preacher, huh, ay Maybe I am, but to me, I feel like I'm a teacher, somewhat 'Cause I've been able to experience things that most poor... A lot of people haven't been able to, even the rich So I'll start by preaching right here 'Cause I want to preach to you one more time about heroin I talked once before, now I want to preach I want to start by saying I heard heroin talking one more time, and said "From where I came, nobody knows I come from a land where the poppy seed grows A whole nation gathered, to plot my destruction Because I'm a breeder of crime and wholesale corruption You say, I'm pure and then I'm dilutable And once I'm in your blood I'll make it pursuitable" And I heard her only to say, "Sing it on son" She says, "Sing it on son", she says, "I've lost my son, he's gone on away Sing it on, so you might save a life" I said, "Madam, just looka here I say, own a record and make all men That dare to use it wallow in sin" Driven them to commit a world of crime Captured their will and destroy their mind They changed their lives and destroyed the meek Misused the fools and made the strong men weak Hallo, wait a minute, looka here They take gold from the rich and made them poor Take a young foolish maiden and made her a whore Look at that" And then I heard, by that time I heard a man over in the corner He was sitting down with his head hanging low I noticed him when I first walked in And he was addicted to drugs but he said, "I feel it And brother, I want to get up and testify" So everybody started screaming and hollering and crying I saw a little tears coming from my eye 'cause I know I felt it And this brother got up and said, "Let me have it I want to tell you everything Talk to a man that knows" He said, "Some will sell me, and some will buy For a state of affection and they cause high But regardless of the position, reason of use You control my addiction and I give nothing but abuse" He said, "Let me tell you about heroin With a full cause of torment For it's pleasures and pain It will take all of your money and poison your brain" Lord, I started singing, I said... mmm The place started to kinda rocking a little bit I heard somebody pat their foot and say, "Sing on, brother" I started humming a little bit in the background And then that brother said, "Wait a minute" He said, "Beware of the sharp needle brother, it'll make you sick Annoyed, anguished, and won't let you kick It'll make you hustle, steal, borrow and beg I'm still talking about that bad thing, King Heroin When you want to look for a vein in your arm or your leg" I felt so bad I didn't know what to do He said, "More priceless than diamond, more treasured than gold More important than whiskey, more deadly than wine It'll just give you discomfort and no peace of mind" "And when you come out the nod", he said, "you'll always be aware You've shot every drop of your heart and it's full of fear Now you must rush out and hit another sting Praise me as Old Heroin, the King" But he said, "Be quick, my friend and get off your knees, I can't"