[00:00.460]Yo, man. There's a lot of brothers
[00:01.770]out there flakin' and perpetratin
[00:02.700]But scared to kick reality.
[00:04.510]Yo Dre, you've been doing all this dope producing.
[00:06.630]You had a chance to show 'em what time it is
[00:08.030]So, what you want me to do?
[00:10.390]Express Yourself...
[00:11.360]I'm expressin' with my full capabilities,
[00:13.220]And now I'm livin' in correctional facilities,
[00:15.740]Cause some don't agree with how I do this.
[00:18.340]I get straight, meditate like a Buddhist
[00:21.290]I'm droppin' flava, my behaviour is heriditery,
[00:23.450]But my technique is very necessary.
[00:26.010]Blame it on Ice Cube... Because he says it gets funky
[00:29.100]When you got a subject and a predacit.
[00:31.200]Add it on a dope beat
[00:32.200]And that'll make you think.
[00:33.780]Some suckaz just tickle me pink
[00:35.730]To my stomache. 'Cause they don't flow like this one.
[00:37.920]You know what? I won't hesitate to dis one
[00:40.980]Or two before I'm through.
[00:42.340]So don't try to sing this!
[00:43.690]Some drop science
[00:44.900]While I'm droppin' English.
[00:45.920]Even if Yella
[00:47.300]Makes it a-capella
[00:48.630]I still express, yo, I don't smoke weed or a sess.
[00:51.550]Cause its known to give a brother brain damage.
[00:53.770]And brain damage on the mic don't manage
[00:56.250]Nuthin'
[00:56.820]But makin' a sucker and you equal.
[00:58.750]Don't be another sequel...
[01:00.580]Express Yourself...
[01:05.750]Express Yourself...
[01:08.270]Come on and do it...
[01:10.820]Express Yourself...
[01:15.560]Express Yourself...
[01:18.790]Come on and do it...
[01:21.650]Now, gettin' back to the PG.
[01:24.040]That's program, and it's easy.
[01:26.720]Dre is back. Newjacks, I mean hollow,
[01:29.010]Expressin' ain't their subject
[01:31.120]Because they like to follow
[01:32.290]The words, the style, the trend,
[01:33.660]The records I spin.
[01:34.740]Again and again and again
[01:36.120]Yo, you on the other end.
[01:37.290]Whatch a brother playin' dope rhymes with no help.
[01:39.740]There's no fessin' and guessin'
[01:41.640]While I'm expressin myself.
[01:42.280]It's crazy to see people be
[01:44.320]What society wants them to be. But not me!
[01:47.040]Ruthless...
[01:48.130]Is the way to go
[01:49.260]They know.
[01:49.950]Others say rhymes that fail
[01:51.520]To be original.
[01:52.550]Or they kill where the hiphop starts,
[01:54.520]Forget about the ghetto
[01:55.990]And rap for the pop charts.
[01:57.500]Some musicians curse at home
[01:59.720]But scared to use profanity
[02:01.180]When up on the microphone.
[02:02.520]Yeah, they want reality.
[02:03.760]But you won't hear none.
[02:05.070]They rather exaggerate, a little fiction.
[02:07.440]Some say no to drugs and take a stand,
[02:09.890]But after the show they go lookin' for the dopeman.
[02:12.410]Or they ban my group from the radio.
[02:15.050]Hear NWA and say "Hell no!".
[02:17.660]But you know it ain't all about wealth.
[02:20.030]As long as you make a note to...
[02:21.920]Express Yourself...
[02:26.310]Express Yourself...
[02:30.060]Come on and do it...
[02:32.450]Express Yourself...
[02:36.590]Express Yourself...
[02:39.970]Come on and do it...
[02:42.360]Express Yourself...
[02:43.660]From the heart.
[02:44.070]Cause if you wanna start to move up the chart
[02:45.840]Then expression is a big part of it.
[02:48.060]You ain't efficient when you flow
[02:49.840]You ain't swift, movin' like a tortoise.
[02:51.860]Full of rigor mortis.
[02:53.110]There's a little bit more to show
[02:55.170]I got rhymes in my mind, and better like an embryo.
[02:57.840]Or a lesson - all of 'em expression
[03:00.530]And if you start fessin' -
[03:01.770]I got a Smith and Wessun For you.
[03:03.190]I might ignore your record
[03:04.700]Because it has no bottom.
[03:05.990]I get loose in the summer. When in spring and autumn
[03:08.430]It's Dre on the mic, gettin' physical.
[03:10.490]Doin' the job
[03:11.540]NWA is the lynch mob!
[03:13.240]Yes, I'm a cob?
[03:14.400]But you know you need this.
[03:15.880]And the knowledge is growin'
[03:17.570]Just like a foetus, or a tumor.
[03:19.540]But here's the rumor:
[03:20.730]Dre is in the neighborhood
[03:22.170]And he's up to no good.
[03:23.310]When I start expressin' myself,
[03:24.500]Yella, slam it!
[03:25.830]Cause If I stay funky like this I'm doin' damage.
[03:28.150]Or I'mma be too hyped,
[03:29.660]And need a straight jacket.
[03:31.060]I got knowledge and other suckaers lack it.
[03:33.200]So, when you see Dre, a DJ on the mic,
[03:35.910]Ask what it's like.
[03:37.050]It's like we gettin' hype tonight.
[03:38.240]Cause if I strike
[03:39.610]It ain't for your good health.
[03:41.090]But I won't strike if you just...
[03:42.840]Express Yourself...
[03:46.970]Express Yourself...
[03:50.140]Come on and do it...
[03:53.230]Express Yourself...
[03:57.170]Express Yourself...
[04:00.170]Come on and do it...
[04:03.300]Express Yourself...
[04:06.060]Come on and do it...
[04:08.750]Come on and do it...
[04:14.060]Come on and do it...
[04:15.290]Come on and do it...