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Nighttrain

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Hip-Hop/Rap

Nighttrain was released on October 1, 1991 by Def Jam Recordings as a part of the album Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (Deluxe Edition)

Song Details

AlbumApocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (Deluxe Edition)

Release DateOctober 1, 1991

LabelDef Jam Recordings

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM107

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Public Enemy

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Carlton Ridenhour

Carlton Ridenhour

Songwriter

Hank Shocklee

Songwriter

Keith M Boxley

Songwriter

Gary Rinaldo

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

The Bomb Squad

Producer

Stuart Robertz

Producer

Cerwin Depper

Producer

Gary G-Wiz

Producer

The Jbl

Producer

Lyrics

Land of the free, but the skin I'm in identifies me

So the people around me energize me

Callin' all aboard this train ride

Talk about raw hardcore, leavin' frauds on the outside

But the bad thing is anyone can ride the train

And the reason for that is 'cause we look the same

Lookin' all around at my so called friend

Light skin to the brown, the black, here we go again

Homie over there knows Keithan, but he be thiefin'

I don't trust him, rather bust 'em up

Out goes his hand and I cough

He once stole from me, yeah, I wanna cut it off

The black thing is a ride I call the nighttrain

It rides the good, the bad, we call the monkey trained

Trained to attack the black and it's true

'Cause some of them lookin' just like you

Ya'll look out for the nighttrain

Ya'll look out for the nighttrain

Stayin' on the scene, sittin' on the train

See all the faces look about the same

There go the sell out who's takin' a ride like Cargo

'Cause he deal the keys from Key Largo

Runnin' Nat narcotic, by George he got it

Takin', makin' the G's erotic

And the fiends they scheme, so he can put 'em down

But his method is wreck 'em, I put 'em in the ground

Got the nerve as hell to yell brother, man

He ain't black man, better yet he's Pac Man

Known to murder his own, traitor on the phone

Ridin' the train, self-hater trained to sell pain

The master's toy, his little boy

Hard to avoid he look with it, but he null and void

'Cause he ridin' the train you think he down for the cause

'Cause his face lookin' just like yours

Ya'll look out for the nighttrain

Ya'll look out for the nighttrain

More of the same, insane, who sayin'?

I'm flowin' like nighttrain, runnin' the pain of the black reign

You look, you laugh, you doubt and go out

And I'm gone, but the bass goes on

To talk the talk, walk the walk, the king of New York

Crack a lack, attack the black, to crack the back

Once again I test a friend with sincerity

Or consider him an enemy

Who am I to tell a lie? Rather push the Bush

Hope the cracker gets crushed, I'm rollin' with Rush

Leader of the bum rush

Russian, I ain't, spreadin' like paint

Lookin' at the pot I got and it's kickin'

But it ain't chicken, but it's livin' for a city

So sick and tired of a scene buckwild

Piled in a file, senile or child

They said it never been no worser than this

I'm on the nighttrain, they hope you don't miss it

Give you what they got to give you, just go

You musn't just put your trust in every brother, yo

Some don't give a damn, 'cause they the other man

Worse than a bomb, posin' as Uncle Tom

Disgracin' the race and blowin' up the whole crew

With some of them lookin' just like you

Written by: Carlton Ridenhour, Gary Rinaldo, Hank Shocklee, Keith M Boxley

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