Dead Prez: Down

RBGs, RBGs, Nigga it's dat RBGs RBGs, RBGs, Nigga it's dat RBGs Tell me are you down? when it's goin down You got to hold it down, don't talk it hold it down Tell me are you down? when it's goin down You got to hold it down, when it's goin 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 been on the earth And his crime is defendin the poor And they can tell you bout death, tell you bout life But most of all they tell you bout sacrifice And they can tell if a woman aint with you when you down cuz 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 wit you then? Now you wanna get high wit me, organize wit me Start a clothes drive then maybe we can start a fire Where my RBGs? My guerillas wit a G-U-E Don't got a I-Ching homey get free Who number 1 when we ride? We follow the plan and 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 and it comes from within It's not somethin you pretend, homey A lot of niggas be talkin that shit when it really goes down it be gone with the wind, homey Can't be no tower(?), 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's scarred in the heart(?), bein down is an attitude Doin what you gotta do, for the crew's sake My definition of a soulja, 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 tell me Tell me are you down? when it's goin down You got to hold it down, don't talk it hold it down Homey tell me are you down? when it's goin down You got to hold it down, don't talk it hold it down Homey tell me are you down?