Public Enemy - Brothers Gonna Work It Out Lyrics

Pure genius. Was a huge influence on my when I was 18. Sounds great 32 years later. I love this album. "Not HIS story,"

LYRICS:
Uh, your bad self
Help me break this down from off the shelf
Here's a music servin' you so use it
Papa's got a brand new funk
Get down (party for your right)
Huh, let's get it on
Like we said before
They say the brothers causin' trouble
Hate to bust their bubble
'Cause we rumble
From our lower level
To condition your condition
(We're gonna do a song)
That you never heard before
Make you all jump along to the education
Brothers gonna work it out
And stop chasin'
Brothers, brothers gonna work it out

[Chorus]
You got it...what it takes
Go get it...where you want it?
Come get it...get involved
'Cause the brothers in the street are willing to work it out

So many of us in limbo
How to get it on, it's quite simple
3 stones from the sun
We need a piece of this rock
Our goal indestructible soul
Answers to this quizzin'
To the Brothers in the streetSchools and the prisons
History shouldn't be a mystery
Our stories real history
Not his story
We gonna work it one day
Till we all get paid
The right way in full, no bull
Talkin', no walkin', drivin', arrivin' in style
Soon you'll see what I'm talkin' 'bout
'Cause one day
The brothers gonna work it out
Brothers, brothers gonna work it out

[Chorus]
You got it ... what it takes
Go get it... where you want it?
Come get it...get involved
'Cause the brothers in the street
Are willing to work it out
Let's get it on... we are willin'
Let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'
Let's get it on, let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'

Now we are ready if you are ready

In 1995, you'll twist to this
As you raise your fist to the music
United we stand, yes divided we fall
Together we can stand tall
Brothers that try to work it out
They get mad, revolt, revise, realize
They're super bad
Small chance a smart brother's
Gonna be a victim of his own circumstance
Sabotaged, Shellshocked, rocked and ruled
Day in the life of a fool
Like I said before to live it low
Life take you time, time yo go slow
Look here, not a thing to fear
Brother to brother not another as sincere
Teach a man how to be father
To never tell a woman he can't bother
You can't say you don't know
What I'm talkin' 'bout
But one day ... brothers gonna work it out

You got it ... what it takes
Go get it ... where you want it?
Come get it ... get involved
'Cause the brothers in the street
Are willing to work it out

Let's get it on... we are willin'
Let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'
Let's get it on, let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'
Now we are ready if you are ready



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Best rap/hiphop band everrrrr

Let's get it on =//= Let's get it on

A crazy good album!

This is metal no doubt

Indeed...WE ARE WILLING!

terminator X.

the best very important music and just awesome

There's no bling bling or poppin booty in the back seat shit.... this is rap with a message.... it ain't done this way no more....

Yes sir,classic,shut it down

YOU GOT ITTTTTT

One of the supergroups regardless of genre!!, long live public enemy!!!

awesome public enemy # 1

This album was revolutionary.

Καλοστους

simply untouchable even today, surely today they blow everyone away

This is sad this message not getting to this generation.😥 wow Chuck D was way ahead of his time.

Terminator was bad by his damn self ...X wise

They predicted The Million Man March on this track.

they still fearing the Black Planet...

How is Chuck D never mentioned in the GOAT conversation. P.E spoke to us and for us. What does that say about us?

That we don't pay attention and that people don't listen to the lyrics.

........... Drop the rhyme on overtime G 😜😜😜😜😜. Need I say any more Homes

the sampling is unreached by all means...

Our story is real history, not HIS-story.

B1 ADOS BLACK FBA' EVOLUTION!! REPARATIONS 20/20

silly foon

Make you all jump along to the education

This paved the way for a lot of the current music y'all listen to. Do the knowledge!

Perfect UFC entrance music... All black hoodie and shadowboxing while reciting the lyrics

I love the fact that they sampled Prince Public Enemy was one of Prince's favorite rap group even Flavor Flav said losing Prince was like losing an arm

like number 666..... our "likes" list is only music, it's the best of the best youtube has to offer & this has made the cut! Best playlist ... ever.

In 1990, as a dorky, white 6th grader, I loved this. I could tell this was "angry", and it shaped how I felt about "real music"...

In 2019, as a still dorky, mostly metal guy. I would put this album up against any metal album. This is "metal".
It's abrasive, dissonant, angry, and just pure.

And I still think HOW?! HOW WAS THIS RECORDED IN 1990. This could have been made this year...
The production, the layers, the samples. It's so layered, I'm still finding samples in it to this day.

This is one of the greatest albums ever made. Period.

Speaking the truth bro...... ;-)

You Better Believe They Fear Of A Black Planet!!!! PRAISE YAHWEH!!

black planet my be Saturn. check out a man named Norman Bergrun on youtube, and the book The Ring makers of Saturn !

I'm 45 and have known this album front to back since 17 and it still makes me emotional but fuck it, life is hard....

👊👊🤘🤘

I Miss THIS Hip Hop! Public Enemy WAS Da TRUTH!!!

Needs to be so much louder !!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank god we didn't get a black planet, we'd have to listen to this all the time lol

Gazza daxbot fuck off troll!!!!

Awesome Beat!

Hell Yeah ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

The Prince sample was genius.

OMG yes
I so much agreee 🔥🔥🔥🔥

sonically, this whole album is nuts. in the most wonderful way.

F your top 10 if Chuck ain't in it......

Undeniably revolutionary!

I'm white so do I get points?

Vince Baker no..

LOL uhhh, so you're an ally? Okay

I'm willing to work it out in 2019 , are you ?

Hell yeah. I can't say the same about all the selfish tough guy wannabes these days.

Nah, blame biology.

Who the fuck are the 25 people who didn't like this?!?!?!?

Damn I forgot how great this song is

Those people who thums down this song there is something wrong with you to black for you reperatstion think about it and the beat extremely black

Ay man,I thought "Cant Truss It" was on this LP...

Chuck is legend

Samples:
"Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren (1982)

"Atomic Dog" by George Clinton (1982)
"Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss (1973) (Drums)
"Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" by James Brown (1970)
"Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy (1987)
"Don't Believe the Hype" by Public Enemy (1988)
"Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy (1987)
replay of "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud" by James Brown (1968)
"Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and the The Revolution (1984)
"Bad Tune" by Earth, Wind & Fire (1971)

"Too Hot to Stop (Part 1)" by Bar-Kays (1976)
"Good to Be" by Otis Redding (1966)

"Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone (1969) (vocals)

"Brother Green (The Disco King)" by Roy Ayers Ubiquity (1976)

"Rappin' Ain't No Thing" by The Boogie Boys feat. Disco Dave, Kid Delight, and Kool Ski (1981)
"Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie" by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore and The Fantastic Five (1983)
"Let a Man Be a Man and Let a Woman Be a Woman" by Dyke & the Blazers (Drums) (1969)


There's one thing that baffles me with this tune: Earth, Wind & Fire's "Bad Tune" (1971), Dyke & the Blazers's "Let a Man Be a Man and Let a Woman Be a Woman" (1969) (Drums) and Malcolm McLaren's "Buffalo Gals" (1985) "which is not on the Who Sampled website for the track. Can someone help?

Whoever put a thumbs down, take all the thumbs up and jam them up your ass 😂👍

This album was from the future when it dropped in 1990... at the time producers were using a 24 track or less, Public Enemy were using a 48 track when this album was made... INSTA CLASSIC!!!

Uh, your bad self
Help us break this down from off the shelf
Here's a music servin' so you should use it
Papa's got a (brand new funk)
Get down (party for your right)
Huh, let's get it on
Like we said before
They say the brothers causin' trouble
Hate to bust their bubble
'Cause we rumble
From our lower level
To condition your condition
(We're gonna do a song)
That you never heard before
Make you all jump along to the education
Brothers gonna work it out
And stop chasin'
Brothers, brothers gonna work it out

[Chorus]
You got it...what it takes
Go get it...where you want it?
Come get it...get involved
'Cause the brothers in the street are willing to work it out

So many of us in limbo
How to get it on, it's quite simple
3 stones from the sun
We need a piece of this rock
Our goal indestructible soul
Answers to this quizzin'
To the Brothers in the Street Schools and the prisons
History shouldn't be a mystery
Our stories real history
Not his story
We gonna work it one day
Till we all get paid
The right way in full, no bull
Talkin', no walkin', drivin', arrivin' in style
Soon you'll see what I'm talkin' 'bout
'Cause one day
The brothers gonna work it out
Brothers, brothers gonna work it out

[Chorus]
You got it ... what it takes
Go get it... where you want it?
Come get it...get involved
'Cause the brothers in the street
Are willing to work it out
Let's get it on... we are willin'
Let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'
Let's get it on, let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'

Now we are ready if you are ready

In 1995, you'll twist to this
As you raise your fist to the music
United we stand, yes divided we fall
Together we can stand tall
Brothers that try to work it out
They get mad, revolt, revise, realize
They're super bad
Small chance a smart brother's
Gonna be a victim of his own circumstance
Sabotaged, Shellshocked, rocked and ruled
Day in the life of a fool
Like I said before to live it low
Life take you time, time yo go slow
Look here, not a thing to fear
Brother to brother not another as sincere
Teach a man how to be father
To never tell a woman he can't bother
You can't say you don't know
What I'm talkin' 'bout
But one day ... brothers gonna work it out

You got it ... what it takes
Go get it ... where you want it?
Come get it ... get involved
'Cause the brothers in the street
Are willing to work it out

Let's get it on... we are willin'
Let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'
Let's get it on, let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'
Now we are ready if you are ready

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Legendary #blackexcellence 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 incredible sound and music 4 times traveler's 2055 👁️🔝🔝🔝👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿💯💯💯

LOL but serious, this Album is what connected my son's dad and me. I was graduating and I would BANG this entire Album... I know they had a tremendous amount of influence w me being for our people. Night of Living Baseheads, put me in labor w our first son!!!! I WAS A DANCING MACHINE AND THEY REMOVED ALL OF OUR CONSCIOUS RAP AND REPLACED IT W EVERYTHING TO NUMB, DUMB, DESENSITIZE US!!!!

Minister Angela Walker interesting...

*ANTI* BROTHER BLACKMAN GANG WARING WITH EACH OTHER SONG... TOGETHER THE BLACKMAN WILL RISE AND *NOT* SUCCUMB TO THE ENEMY'S MORTAL POISONS....

To all thumbs down go jamn ya mumble rap bullshit this right here is 🔥🔥🔥

This is classic rap with a message that doesn’t entail poppin bottles, cars and sex. I love some rap that’s out now but Damn! Every song can’t be about mindless stupidity. Chuck D is rap royalty!

Today's hip hop is so superficial

People need to wake up and listen to this album in its entirety. PE wasn't doing nothing but telling. the. truth.

FACTS ! 🙌

This album is a classic i say Got Damm😳

Just remember: It's CLASS and not just RACE...Chuck is my hero because he's seriously literate, please don't buy into the nonsense that we can't work it out...even if I'm not your "brother"...

abdsolutely still my fave hip album of all time. STILL sounds amazing

@DJAnthrocide you are my brother! Eat the rich

Best Public Enemy album ever 👌

i've met chuck, & he agrees, this is his fave p.e. album.

Nope, "Nation of Millions"

In my mind it sure was and always will be...Grabbed a vinyl pressing in 2019.
Cheers from Australia.

Masterpiece!!

It certainly is

P.E sample Prince let go crazy...nobody did it better than the bomb squad...so sick....

Bet! They straight dissected The Grunt by the JBs like a frog in lab class 👨🏾‍🔬🧬🔬

@Philip James In this song too?? i'm in the search of the origin of the bass/bell sound on this amazing track.

The BEST!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥♥️

Substitution beat with riff from Prince: CLASSIC!

also "Get up, Get into it and get involved" by James Brown, "Bad Tune" by EWF, "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton", "Brother Green" by Roy Ayers, "Too hot to stop" by Bar-Kays, "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & The Family Stone .. many Samples!

MxdAzn 9 Yeah the Bomb Squad was in full effect during this time period!!!!!

Arguably one of the greatest hip hop classics👏

Hands Down!!!

Who's arguing?

It may not be arguable!

i would listen to a 10 hour version of just the instrumental

Chuck D is one of the only interesting poets America has produced in 40+ years....Gil Scot, Bukowski, Chuck...the man is a GOD of the English Language...

Man *CHUCK D* is so underrated!

Not in my book Chuck d in my top 5

Kool Moe Dee has Chuck ranked #8 of his Top 50 emcees. KMD's Top 10:

1. Melle Mel
2. Rakim
3. KRS 1
4. Big Daddy Kane
5. Kool Moe Dee
6. Grandmaster Caz
7. LL Cool J
8. Chuck D
9. Biggie Smalls
10. Lauryn Hill

That a good list .. my list 1.Rakim 2.Big daddy kane 3.Kool g rap 4.Krs1 5.Chuck D 6.Melle Mel 7. Kool moe dee.8.Nas 9.Jay Z.10 Caz ... but that's just my opinion who influenced me in hip hop

Zoomie (Gen Z) niggaz bein fed this soy rap aka mumble and emo rap shizz.

Anybody know where the guitar sample is from?

"Let's Go Crazy" by Prince

@Chris Lehman thanks bro!

Chuck D was friends with Prince.

Actually, "When doves cry" by Prince.

@John Brown It actually was "Let's Go Crazy"...check out the end of that song.

freakin awsome hell yeah