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Industry was released on September 8, 2003 by J Records as a part of the album Industry - Single

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AlbumIndustry - Single

Release DateSeptember 8, 2003

LabelJ Records

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM96

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Lyrics

Yeah, I want to dedicate this to everybody that love hip hop music

'Cause without hip hop music I wouldn't be here today

Preacher's son, yeah

Imagine if Biggie and Pac never got shot

And they both still was rulers of hip hop

And Puffy and Suge was roommates from college

And Big L never got found in the alley

And Nas and Jay-Z they were still homies

Squashed the beef with Ja Rule and 50

And Benzino shook hands with Eminem

And on the same record I heard Eve, Fox, and Kim

And sometimes when I dream, that's when I wake up

I kind of hope that the Fugees didn't break up

And when they walked into the studio I pray they didn't spray

'Cause I miss that scratch from Jam Master Jay

Shots go off, mothers cry

Hearses ride, homicide

Black on black crime needs to stop

Y'all can't blame it on hip hop

'Cause what we said is what we see

And what we see is reality

The ghetto's the ghetto, you got them living in sorrow

So they won't live to see tomorrow

Imagine if Big Pun was still alive

I could see Fat Joe screaming "Terror Squad!"

Imagine if there was four survivors still in Destiny's Child

And TLC never lost their left eye

Imagine refugees never needing a passport

And John Forté never at Newark airport

The Million Man March man, that was just start

Now I need a million more to meet me at Central Park

When the revolution start, y'all gon' have to play this

Imagine Slick Rick not getting deported

Shots go off, mothers cry

Hearses ride, homicide

Black on black crime needs to stop

Y'all can't blame it on hip hop

'Cause what we said is what we see

And what we see is reality

The ghetto's the ghetto, you got them living in sorrow

So they won't live to see tomorrow

In the club I never thought Shyne shot the gun

But in the limousine J-Lo had to run

Paparazzi snapping shots, through the mirror

That's when I saw a smile from Princess Diana

Back and forth and forth and back

Like Michel'le, yeah, man do I miss her

The war goes on with the Roc and The Lox

Murder Inc., G-Unit, it's a fight to the top

Stop, we lost too many soldiers like Freaky Tah

Why to get the cover of a magazine we gotta die?

Shots go off, mothers cry

Hearses ride, homicide

Black on black crime needs to stop

Y'all can't blame it on hip hop

'Cause what we said is what we see

And what we see is reality

The ghetto's the ghetto, you got them living in sorrow

So they won't live to see tomorrow

Yeah, peace be with y'all

Written by: James Dean, Jerry Duplessis, Paul Riser, William Weatherspoon, Wyclef Jean

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