Let′s go back to eighty-eight

Violence startedThere was corruption

The end result

B-boy Destruction

Listen all u dissin'

I got something you been missing

I got lyrics you should listen

Rewritten with precision

Thirty-five years ago

I wrote those rhymes

Hip-hop′s still plagued

By violent times

B-boy destruction

It's a real story

Just like today

Sometime kinda gorey

Thuggies and the crew

They loved Hip-hop too

This story's all true

I was there

Where were you

Repeating tonight′s top news stories

Eight people has been hospitalized

As a result of rioting and violence

Stemming from last night′s

Hip-hop concert-fest eighty-eight

The incident marks

The third consecutive

Hip-hop concert hall show

Ending violently

Police are now toying with threats

Of cancelling next weekend's

Rap Attack concert

Due to threats of continuing violence

Violence started

There was corruption

The end result

B-boy Destruction

B-boys getting blown away

It′s a moral disgrace

I'm talking to you

Brothers and sisters

There′s got to be a better way

Peace

I'm talking to you Listen up

Back in the days

I had the crowd rocking

Parties every block

Hip-hop to the top

Two in the morning

The crowd fills the space

Chic and Sunshine

That pounding bass

Michie Mee, Maestro

Run-DMC

Rumble, Jam-On-Strong

Public Enemy

LL rocked the bells

Hard like hell

Hip-hop was kickin′

Everybody could tell

The city loved Rap

Respected on the map

Yo, remember that day

When that posse attacked

Violence started

There was corruption

The end result

B-boy Destruction

Party after party

Jam after jam

The weak would hang

Surrounded by the gang

Dangerous times

And corrupted minds

My pledge for peace

I wrote those lines

I must emphasize

That there were no lies

You close your eyes

Somebody may die

B-boys getting blown away

It's a moral disgrace

I'm talking to you

Brothers and sisters

There′s got to be a better way

Peace

I′m talking to you

Listen up

No more

Hip-hop in this town

The weekend comes around

And you wanna hear my sound

Nowhere to go,

Excitement is low

No show in T.O.

Can't we go to Buffalo

No, its too far

When you got no car

Can′t see the star

Cause of this damn war

Shut down

The party's over

Can′t bring em back

With a clover

All of this fighting

Leading to rioting

Sucker home boys

On the floor perpetrating

Posses clashing

Rope chains snatching

B-boys battling

Danger unraveling

The music's stopped

And they′ve called the cops

A show that was rockin'

Has now stopped

The B-boys burst in

Tempers flaring

Innocent cursing

Some running down the stairs

Instead of ignoring

You are supporting

Bum-rush

They kicked the back door in

War erupting

Enemies brawl

Heads bang against the wall

At the concert hall

Violence started

There was corruption

The end result

B-boy Destruction

B-boys getting blown away

It's a moral disgrace

I′m talking to you

Brothers and sisters

There′s got to be a better way

Peace

I'm talking to you

Listen up

You must be mad

Or mentally minded

You have been blinded

Don′t get excited

By this fighting

Battling, ruling

Better yourself, boy

Just go to school'n

Learn about Apartheid

And South Africa

Regan, Gorbachov

Nelson Mandela

World destruction

The system of corruption

World War Three

Nuclear destruction

Socialism, communism

Captured land

Martin Luther King

Ukraine and Putin

I′ll never understand

Why a person is a sexist

A racist, a rapist

I am just your lyricist

Open your mind, man

So you aren't blind

Now is the time

To listen to my rhyme

Another brother dies

Media telling lies

People want peace

Not violent cries

Let the party rock

And the people have fun

Forget about the shootings

Forget about the guns

Too much violence

In the world of Hip-hop

Keep it up suckers

And the whole damn scene will stop

Terminate it

That′s just not fair

Put your hands in the air

To end warfare

B-boys getting blown away

It's a moral disgrace

I'm talking to you

Brothers and sisters

There′s got to be a better way

Peace

I′m talking to you

Listen up

B-boys getting blown away

It's a moral disgrace

I′m talking to you

Brothers and sisters

There's got to be a better way

Peace

I′m talking to you

Listen up