Cypress Hill — Shut Em Down

[Interludes:] [Male News Archors #1:] Breaking news story! Just bringing you up to date... [Female News Archors #1:] ... across the US, as the country's economy continues to plunge [Male News Archors #2:] Now some are so outraged, they are doing something about it! [Female News Archors #1:] The Congress is proposing new taxes... [Male News Archors #2:] Symbols remind you of the toll the ongoing wars are taking on our country! [Female News Archors #1:] CEO's [Hook 1: B-Real (Sen Dog)] We shut 'em down, we shut 'em down (shut 'em down) We shut 'em down, yeah, we shut 'em down (shut 'em down) We shut 'em down, we shut 'em down (shut 'em down) We shut 'em down, yeah, we shut 'em down [Sen Dog:] Somethin' getting down from the motherfuckin' get go Hands around your neck and I'm refusing to let go I'm like a down south, crooked-ass police Get me some of everything, down to your show biz See? They got me straight going off, G Going buck wild, swinging on a paparazzi We not done, this shit ain't over 'Cause we're back with a nation of soldiers And we ain't havin' it, we takin' over, kid Coming through with the cannabis potent shit I'm thinkin', "Oh, no! We rock the good show" Hand over the mic like Billy Boddy in a fist show [Hook:] (Bailouts) Shut 'em down (Wall Street) Shut 'em down (???) Shut 'em down Yeah, we shut 'em down (Cold wars) Shut 'em down (Politicians) Shut 'em down (Quiet Tax) Shut 'em down Yeah, we shut 'em down [B-Real:] Going down the crossroads, feeling kinda lost no Way to make it forsaken and taken for a lost soul I don't want your sympathy, I don't need your hand out Never had it planned out, system cut your man out Wars on the newscast! - Caught it on a news flash Heard about a new tax What if I refuse that? I don't want your promises, I don't need your bullshit I don't need you telling me the answers at the pulpit Setup for the meltdown, hunted by the hellhounds Spiders got you spellbound, get up if you fell down I don't hate your slick talk, I don't seek your point of view I'm the fucking thorn your side that keeps annoying you [Hook:] (Crooked cops) Shut 'em down (Drug lords) Shut 'em down (Higher tax) Shut 'em down Yeah, we shut 'em down (False media) Shut 'em down (A common enemy) Shut 'em down (Hypocrites) Shut 'em down Yeah, we shut 'em down [Hook:] (Politicians) Shut 'em down (War criminals) Shut 'em down (This is a fixed show) Shut 'em down Yeah, we shut 'em down (Corruption) Shut 'em down (No surrender) Shut 'em down (By any means) Shut 'em down Yeah, we shut 'em down [Hook 1] We shut 'em down, we shut 'em down (shut 'em down) We shut 'em down, yeah, we shut 'em down (shut 'em down) We shut 'em down, we shut 'em down (shut 'em down) We shut 'em down, yeah, we shut 'em down