Ogee1523, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz, Art-I-Streets, Mighty Mike C and Shelt La Rock - Guns Down Life Up Anthem

Black man with a gun he won’t run, we run.
But a black man with a mind becomes world enemy number one.
Gangbanging got our young kids' brains hanging.
We must form gangs to heal each other, not gangs to kill each other.
It's time to put the guns down, because if Black Lives Matter,
Then we gotta form a black love movement and prove it.

Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up)
That’s how (that’s how) we give it up, (give it up)
Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up)
Street life (street life) Give it up (give it up)

Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up)
That’s how (that’s how) We give it up, (give it up)
Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up)
Street life (street life) Give it up (give it up)

They taking them shots like it’s tequila, Covered in red like sangria
While everybody that's black and brown like Henny, throwing Down like remy
While you look the other way, like a face on a penny.
Who shot cha, You hate the cops and ops
Everybody that ain’t that, can’t wait to take the block
Even old heads, are blooding and cripping
So it’s all your fault, when you get caught slipping (slipping)

What I’m about to mention, I think y’all should listen
This is your life, that your out here risking
Your body bag, is slowly zipping
Think about it kid, before you put that clip in
Guns down, life up HipHop boulevard
Those with guns, it’s time to get rid of y’all
I love my city, so it’s time to attack
So I called the OG’s, to bring New York back

Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up)
That’s how (that’s how) we give it up, (give it up)
Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up)
Street life (street life) Give it up (give it up)

Things done changed, a lot of things is different
Seen gangs and what so strange, Youngins is with it
See I’m a cat, strictly a OG
Never ever cared about, what nobody told me
When I had a son, throw away my gun
Reverse the curse, because it had to be done
I reevaluate my life, then I turned it around
Now my family’s good and I put my gun down

Guns down life up and that’s my story
Only guns I deal with, is Peter and Cory
I ain’t trying kill nothing or watch nothing die
It’s more productive to build something then to - kill something
HIP HOP was alternative on corners and blocks
Escape from the drugs and the guns and the cops
Competition on this mic was your only ops
You get props when the killing stops (Yo life up with it)

Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up)
That’s how (that’s how) we give it up, (give it up)
Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up)
Street life (street life) Give it up (give it up)

Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up)
That’s how (that’s how) We give it up, (give it up)
Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up)
Street life (street life) Give it up (give it up)

Written by:
Curtis Brown, Gerard Allen, Melvin Glover, Michael Clee

Publisher:
Lyrics © Too Lost LLC

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