D.O.W.N. - Dead Prez

RBGs, RBG.

Nigga, it’s that RBGs

RBGs, RBG.

Nigga, this that RBG

Tell me: are you down?

When it’s goin' down

You got to hold it down—don't talk it, put it down

Homie, tell me: are you down?

When it’s goin' down

You got to hold it down—don't talk it, put it down

Homie, tell me: are you down?

Have you ever had a lesson from a OG?

From a nigga that’s been in the war?

Been locked up longer than I’ve been on the earth, finished crime and defendin'

the poor

And they can tell you ‘bout death and tell you ‘bout life

But most of all, they tell you ‘bout sacrifice

And they can tell if a woman ain’t with you when you down ‘cause she never

really could be your wife

What it mean to be D-O-W-N?

Is ya homies still down when it’s trouble you in?

You wanna have a good time, make it hot when the pigs come down on the

block—would they fuck with you then?

Then you wanna get high with me?

Nigga, organize with me

Start a clothes drive.

Then, maybe we can start a fire

Where my RBGs?

My guerillas with a G-U-E

Don’t got a I-Ching, homie, get free

Rule number one: when we ride, we follow the plan—there's a role for every man

With a chain of command, even when the shit hit the fan, anything get outta

hand, we still stand

To me, bein' down mean more than bein' friends or kin

We comrades, we struggle through any trouble

Sacrifice my life in combat for ya

So you know I gotta love ya, I’m down for my brothas

And sistas.

Fuck the system, bust ya pistols.

Nigga, I’m with ya

Just put a rag on ya face when you ride—you don’t want them satellites to take

ya picture

We gotta have a lot of discipline to win and it comes from within—it's not

somethin' you pretend, homie

A lot of niggas be talkin' that shit.

When it really goes down, they be gone

with the wind, homie

Can’t be no coward.

Gotta get this power by any means

Gotta know yaself and ya enemy when you puttin' it down for ya family

Can’t tell by no tattoo, can’t tell by no handshake

It start with the heart, bein' down is an attitude—doin' what you gotta do for

the crusade

My definition of a soldier: revolutionary, military-minded, and ready for

whatever

Nigga, hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

Stay aware, be alert,

bomb first, don’t tear

Tell me: are you down?

When it’s goin' down

You got to hold it down—don't talk it, put it down

Homie, tell me: are you down?

When it’s goin' down

You got to hold it down—don't talk it, put it down

Homie, tell me: are you down?