Bring The Noise
Public Enemy w/ Anthrax Lyrics

Bass! How low can you go?
How low can the music go?

Death row, what a brother knows
A brother knows what it feels like to be on death row.

Once again, back is the incredible
The incredible is back once again.

The rhyme animal
Referring to a rapper who is like an animal when it comes to rhyming.

The uncannable D, Public Enemy Number One
Public Enemy is known as Uncannable D and number one public enemy.

Five-O said, "Freeze!" and I got numb
After being told by the police to freeze, the person felt numb.

Can I tell 'em that I never really had a gun?
Is it alright to tell them that I never really had a gun?

But it's the wax that the Terminator X spun
The success is attributed to the music that Terminator X has made.

Now they got me in a cell cause my records, they sell
Being in jail for the records that were sold.

Cause a brother like me said, "Well
Me saying 'well' caused this problem.

Farrakhan's a prophet and I think you ought to listen to
Farrakhan is a prophet and you should listen to him.

What he can say to you, what you wanna do is follow for now"
Listen and follow Farrakhan, for now.

Power of the people, say, "Make a miracle, D, pump the lyrical"
The public is saying that D should make a miracle happen with his lyrics.

Black is back, all in, we're gonna win
The black community is united and they will win.

Check it out, yeah y'all, here we go again
Here we go again, everyone.

Turn it up! Bring the noise!
Increase the volume of the music and bring on the energy!

Never badder than bad cause the brother is madder than mad
He's angrier and madder than ever before.

At the fact that's corrupt as a senator
Referring to the corrupt nature of a senator.

Soul on a roll, but you treat it like soap on a rope
The soul music is valuable and should be treated as such.

Cause the beats and the lines are so dope
The beats and lyrics are amazing.

Listen for lessons I'm saying inside
Listen closely to the lessons being spoken.

Music that the critics are blasting me for
The music that is being criticized by the critics.

They'll never care for the brothers and sisters
The critics will never care for the black community.

Mow, cause the country has us up for the war
The country is forcing them into a war.

We got to demonstrate, come on now, they're gonna have to wait
They need to demonstrate and the country will have to wait for it.

Till we get it right
They need to persist and try again until they get it right.

Radio stations I question their blackness
He questions the blackness of the radio stations.

They call themselves black, but we'll see if they'll play this
If they play this music, then we can call them truly black.

Get from in front of me, the crowd runs to me
The crowd follows him wherever he goes.

My deejay is warm, he's X, I call him Norm, ya know
The deejay is really good and he calls him Norm.

He can cut a record from side to side
Referring to the deejay's skill of cutting a record back and forth.

So what, the ride, the glide should be much safer than a suicide
The music should take people to a better place, not a dangerous one.

Soul control, beat is the father of your rock'n'roll
The beat plays a vital role in rock and roll music.

Music for whatcha, for whichin', you call a band, man
Music that feels good and makes you call them a band.

Making a music, abuse it, but you can't do it, ya know
Abuse music, but you can't create it like they do.

You call 'em demos, but we ride limos, too
You call them demos, but we have a lot of success and ride in limos.

Whatcha gonna do? Rap is not afraid of you
What will you do? Rap is not scared of you.

Beat is for Sonny Bono, beat is for Yoko Ono
The beat is for Sonny Bono and Yoko Ono also makes music.

Run-DMC first said a deejay could be a band
Run-DMC were the first to say that a deejay itself could function like a whole band.

Stand on its feet, get you out your seat
The beat should be so good, it gets you out of your seat.

Beat is for Eric B. and LL as well, hell
Eric B. and LL also own the beat so well.

Wax is for Anthrax, still it can rock bells
Even though wax is not the usual medium for rock, Anthrax can still make it happen.

Ever forever, universal, it will sell
This music will sell forever and appeal to all kinds of people.

Time for me to exit, Terminator X-it
It's time for Terminator X to leave.

From coast to coast, so you can stop being like a comatose
This music is all over the country and you shouldn't be so unaware of it.

"Stand, my man? The beat's the same with a boast toast"
The beat will work the same whether you're standing or not.

Rock with some pizzazz, it will last. Why you ask?
Make rock music great and it will be appreciated. Why wouldn't you?

Roll with the rock stars, still never get accepted as
Being included among rock stars would be great but acceptance is still far away.

We got to plead the Fifth, we can investigate
They need to use the 5th amendment in the investigation.

Don't need to wait, get the record straight
Don't wait and set the records straight now.

Hey, posse's in effect, got the Flavor, Terminator
The posse is out in full force, with Flavor and Terminator.

X to sign checks, play to get paid
X is in charge and gets paid to play music.

We got to check it out down on the avenue
They need to go and investigate it themselves down on the avenue.

A magazine or two is dissing me and dissing you
A magazine or two is criticizing both him and the community.

Yeah, I'm telling you
He's telling them all about it.