Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Slow down, don't rush
I'm here to keep the peace, but I'm prepared to say, aye
Slow down, don't rush
I'm here to keep the peace, but I'm prepared, now I say
[Verse 2]
Yeah, I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop
Yeah, I pledge allegiance to it non-stop
What, I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop
Yeah, I pledge allegiance to it non-stop
[Verse 3]
Meditation, equality
It keeps me level-headed, the mentality
Cool, calm, pose hypnotic with suggestion
Never stressin', heat chambers never sweatin'
Honey's cryin' 'cause her man, she caught cheatin'
Mothers eyein' sons cut down like bushes
Daddy's sicker then the landlord, just evicted
Stressed to death, month to month until he kicked it
I seen you hustlin' on the dark streets, the mental
Look what you been through, you just escaped reality
Now what you're into is just a technicality
Check it, deep inside of my head like TV
The lifestyle I live so crooked you won't believe me
Lessons learned that I could walk a tight rope
Even though I toke and choke, don't provoke
Uh, now you can call me Afu-Rasta-hood
'Cause I rob from the rich, and I give to the good
Even though it's for the money B, I'm droppin' knowledge, G
Straight shots in the head, peep the summary
Wake up in the mornin' got me yearnin' for food
Yeah, yeah what, huh, I'm that type a dude
Pledge allegiance, pay attention, payin' homage
So much time held in my hand, none for college
[Verse 4]
I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop
What, I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop
Yeah, I pledge allegiance to it non-stop
What, I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop
What, I pledge allegiance to it non-stop
Yeah
[Verse 5]
Slow down, don't rush
I'm here to keep the peace, but I'm prepared to bust
They want to cut my meditation with their crooked laws
Say I can't hold a vibe and smoke my la
But if it's war that they want, we already are registered
The king, it is he, who defends me
So when it's time for the showdown
We'll march in the soldiers, Babylon get throwed down
When the war is over we run up the whole town
And my spiff will stay lit from sun up to sun down, aye
Aye, Afu
Slow down, don't rush
I'm here to keep the peace, but I'm prepared to bust, Afu
Slow down, don't rush
I'm here to keep the peace, aye
Aye, Afu
Slow down, don't rush
[Verse 6]
Stimulating, verses like blood working
Paper hits then pen like the needle to your skin
Blow your blood up, Xena, heroin
More contagious than sex, nobody flex
Dangerous minds, little kids throw gang signs
Treacherous times, too many can't press rewind
Stress the elevation, wrap my thoughts like a mummy
It's funny, how sometimes some smart one's a dummy
Scorin' a million, forget the S.A.T.
Now I lean more towers than Pisa, peep the ether
Wrap it in a scroll, pass it off to Carmani
Lessons of exquisiteness verses poetry
[Verse 7]
Aye, Afu
Slow down, don't rush
I'm here to keep the peace, but I'm prepared to bust
They want to cut my meditation with their crooked laws
Say I can't hold a vibe and smoke my la
But if it's war that they want, we already are registered
The king, it is he, who defends me
So when it's time for the showdown
We'll march in the soldiers, Babylon get throwed down
When the war is over we run up the whole town
And my spiff will stay lit from sun up to sun down, aye
Aye, Afu
Slow down, don't rush
I'm here to keep the peace but I'm prepared to say, aye
Slow down, don't rush
I'm here to keep the peace, aye
Aye, Afu
Slow down, don't rush
[Verse 8]
Yeah, I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop
Yeah, I pledge allegiance to it non-stop
What, I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop
Yeah, I pledge allegiance to it non-stop
Yeah, I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop
Yeah, I pledge allegiance to it non-stop
What, I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop
Yeah
Written by: Afu-Ra, Cut Killer


