Public Enemy — Rest In Beats Parts 1 & 2

[Verse 1: Chuck D] Rest in beats from Heavy D to Eazy-E The Notorious B.I.G., we have lost so many Still wonder in my Adidas why Jam Master Jay had to die And Lisa Left Eye Off top no rehearsal R.I.B. salute Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal, my man... Still in shock at the loss of Afeni and Pac His spirit lives on, it won't ever stop Scott La Rock, heard a dope story about him from the Blastmaster Out west RIB Mac Dre and The Jacka When we die it plants new seeds For new Big Bank Hanks And new MC Breed's, remember? And the Sean P's that spit that raw J Dilla got all the beatmakers still in awe I'm not a pimp but Pimp C forever, UGK Rest In Beats is the way that we say Salute! [Hook] Salute in tribute, light a candle, play a song As the legacy continue, on and on and on (Rest In Beats!) Salute in tribute, light a candle, play a song As their legacies continue on and on and on (Rest In Beats!) Salute in tribute, light a candle, play a song As their legacies continue, on and on and on Salute in tribute, light a candle, play a song As their legacies continue, on and on and on Salute in tribute, light a candle, play a song As their legacies continue on [Verse 2: Chuck D] Now we lost some other things Besides just life and hip hop We lost brick and mortar record stores And really dope diverse tours R.I.B. Rest In Beats Original flavor and more We lost the art of everyone being in the same studio Rest In Beats The love of the art now dipped in the dough We lost real flows to mumbles and memes We've seen the loss of ideas that we were kings and queens Where are the groups? Too many going solo We lost street teams and promo, to YouTube and Vevo Man, I miss the time when you really had to rhyme When lines weren't reduced to ghetto, studio and crime For all that we lost, still the essence is preserved Through beats, sound stages, dope energy and words "Everybody listen to this!" [Hook] Rest In Beats! [Verse 3: Marcus J & CM aka Creative] Never cared how doves cry til I heard you die Now I wanna forget and God knows I've tried I wished you heaven, I hope that you heard me We were undisputed there was no controversy Tired of the changes that life seems to bring Never feared for silence, the dead still sing And we can celebrate by dancing in the streets Your music, your legacy, Rest In Beats! I'm sick of the scenario man I'm buggin' out So let's go, let's get loud, let's shout Nothing but love, yes the good die young Forever finds a way, your songs will be sung September now, always got me thinking of you Remembering the hard times you helped me through It wasn't your move, but the way you moved me Your music, your legacy, Rest In Beats! [Outro: C-Doc] Apache, Baatin, Big Bank Hank Big D The Impossible, Big DS Big L, Big Pun, Buffy from The Fat Boys Camu Tao, Capital STEEZ, Charizma Chris Lighty, Cowboy, DJ Crazy Toones DJ Screw, DJ Train, DTTX Eazy E, Educated Rapper, Eyedea Fat Pat, DJ Father Shaheed, Freaky Tah Frosty Freeze, Guru, Heavy D, Hussein Fatal The Jacka, Jam Master Jay, J Dilla Johnny "J", KMG, Kool DJ AJ Scratch Larry Smith, Left Eye, Lord Infamous Mac Daddy, Chris Kelly, Mac Dre, Mark B Master Don, Mausberg, MC Breed MC Supreme, MC Trouble, MCA Mike Ski, Mixmaster Spade, DJ Mr. Magic Ms. Melodie, Nate Dogg The Notorious B.I.G., Nujabes Ol' Dirty Bastard Party Arty, Paul C, Phife Dawg Pimp C, Prince B, Prodigy, Professor X The Overseer Proof, Pumpkinhead, Rammellzee, DJ Roc Raida Scott La Rock, Sean Price, Shawty Lo Special One, Stretch, Subroc, Sugar Shaft Sylvia Robinson up at Sugar Hill Tim Dog, Tony D, Too Poetic Trouble T-Roy, 2Pac and Yusef Afloat My brother DLX Teena Marie, Lonnie Lynn, Jimmy Castor Gil Scott-Heron, James Brown David Bowie, Gary Shider Prince, Isaac Hayes Yo, rest in beats Mrs. Anna Drayton Mr. Lorenzo Ridenhour... That's why you wanna...