Public Enemy — Raise the Roof

[Intro: Chuck D] Testing, one-two Testing, one-two The house is now on fire Spread the walls y'all Everybody get somebody we don't want anybody let fuck nobody 'Cause you know what time it is It's time to get busy And when it's time to get busy You know what you gotta do You gotta [Verse 1] Raise the roof because it's all on fire Not done by the sun or electrical wire Not done by sons striking matches with daughters But done by scratches so save that water This jam is packed so I just figure All we need is the house to get bigger So startin' with the roof down to the base We're at your service to burn the place, come on! [Hook: Flavor Flav] "Come on" Come on, raise the roof That's right, raise the roof "Come on" [Verse 2] With the spot as hot as it can get And the roof's on fire, you're soakin' wet The puzzle on your face shows as you sweat But your body keeps movin' with no regret Chandeliers shake, swing from front to back Left to right all night, and the lights don't crack Your mind's on the time, hopin' it don't end 'Cause it's time to get stupid, here we go again, come on [Hook: Flavor Flav] Come on" Come on, raise the roof "Come on" That's right, raise the roof y'all "Come on" [Verse 3] Stare at the strobe, pull your earlobe For the sights and sounds clear across the globe This jam might hit or miss the charts But the style gets wild as state of the art Dazzling in science, bold in nerve But givin' my house what it deserves Served on the floor 'cause I got paid Make the fans that left, wished they had'a stayed Realize my friend, ain't this a trip As your body gets railed when you do the flip And your mind gets rocked when we're on the roll Then the freak of the week makes you lose control A Swatch for a watch, so you'll know the time Your crowd gets loud and you clock my rhyme The messiah's on fire and I'm living proof I'll quench your desire and raise your roof [Hook: Flavor Flav] Come on, raise the roof "Come on" Raise the roof, come on "Come on" "Come on" "Come on-come on-come on, c-come on, c-" "C-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-come on" [Verse 4] In school I'm cool throughout the week When the weekend comes, I'm down with the Greeks Frat brothers known across the seven seas Fly ladies of the 80's, sororities The Zetas, Deltas, the AKA's Women that keep me in a daze The A Phi A, Sigma boys on the move With the Kappas and the Q's, and of course the Grooves And for real it's the deal and the actual fact It takes a nation of millions to hold me back Rejected and accepted as a communist Claimin' fame to my name as a terrorist Makin' money in corners that you'll never see Dodgin' judges and the lawyers and the third degree Nothin' wrong with a song to make the strong survive Real eyes gave me five 'cause I kept 'em alive Mislead what you read about my devilish deeds Misled what I said so you're better off dead Make 'em hear it and see it for the deaf and blind And command it and we'll plan it for incapable minds Take for granted and demand it from the wave of my hand Make the jealous understand it and just say damn When they see me, ask a question, "How the hell can it be?" When they watch me pull a serpent straight from out of the sea Turn the winter into summer, then from hot to cold Expand my power on the hour, make you all behold From the slammer swing a hammer like the mighty Thor God of thunder, you'll go under, then you'll all applaud And fathom that distance, the mad must reap Meet Namor sea lord, Prince of the deep Here for you to fear at any cost Tellin' you to get busy or you better get lost Livin' lives civilized from the lessons I taught Cities buried underground just because I went off My friends' enemies, better be my friend Is question people guessin' is this the end? End of the world, are you guessin' yes? Just say don't delay it, get it off your chest Houses of crack, I've seen too much I go ready, aim, fire, then I'll blow 'em up