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DMX – Shut Em Down lyrics
[Intro:]
Straight up nigga
Motherfuckin' South side nigga
Brooklyn what!
Word up
Yeah
Shut 'em down!
Yeah
Shut 'em Down
Shut 'em Down
Yeah
Onyx featuring dmx

[Hook:]
Shut 'em down
Shut 'em down
Shut 'em down [4x]

[Verse 1:]

Yo shut 'em down start the violence
We wilin' wilin' sling back his body found
Washed up on Coney Island
When I rolled up, this niggas heart slowed up
That killa froze up, when I pulled up jumped out with the pump-pump
Thirty-two shots and ducked out
So look out
Left that cat for dead his body smoked out
Cause when I fall y'all killas a kill me kid
I'm goin' all out
Lifes a bitch, fuck it, got the gun bust it
Gmae play, gotta play by the rules or your own cannot be trusted
Don't try to test, abide your chest, put five inside your vest
Have you layin' with a dead rest
Shoulda known when you was lookin' in the eyes a death
And I swore forgiveness when I did this
There was not no witness but he should understand
Cause even God got a shit list

[Verse 2:]
Beat downs anonymous
I spit like a shiny silver nanabus(?)
Niggas fond of us
We the kind that rush, those that hold back
Takin' your whole stack
Grimy street cats
Niggas bald head like Kojak
Go gat for gat
Coat that
You could smoke that
Or cut black dust
Makin' your whole fuckin' stove crack
Betta know me
1-3, one and only could be never phoney in any ceremony
I'l tear you homey
Shut 'em down, Shut 'em down, Shut 'em down
Shun sees takin' your time
Makin' your mind
Got this nigga on the low
Defecatin' with rhymes
Breakin' your spine
Got you movin' from the flurry, time to worry
I'ma bury the bullshit
I'ma bury the bullshit
I'ma bury the bullshit
Feel my full clip

[Hook:]

[Verse 3: dmx]
Aiyyo I bet you this muthafuckin' double barrel will blast his face
Be on the look out for a basket case
Niggas pumped you up to watch you get beat
Had you thinkin' s***s sweet
Now you up shit's creek
Cause your s***s weak
How mich is your life worth to someone important
Cause I be extortin'
Kidnap for ransom is some shit you don't want to get caught in
From back in the days of Gordon
Niggas was gettin' robbed
The guy from Rikers Height stayed on his job
With his own little mob
Was it worth goin back to the Earth so soon
Worth makin' my shit go boom
To your own doom, from the graveyards
Till there's no room
Fuck you know about a pine box
Money goin' out with nine Glocks
On top of that same nigga when they pull with they nine shots
Feel like killin' for your crew
I ain't gon' rest
It gonna take a whole lot to put up your best
Then watch your loins spill out your vest
You best get on some act your age shit
You a little kid
That run for faces
More niggas get killed like that

[Verse 4: Sticky Fingaz]

Mad man Sticky F-I-N-G-A-Z
The crazy cajun blazin' bullets for days and days
Grazin' amazin' I'm the glazin' ason purple hazin'
Hard to be pahsin' Lord with all this hell I'm raisin'
God of the Underground, I'm gunnin' 'em down with a thunder pound
We gonna shut 'em down
We turn we gonna shut 'em down
We turn we gonna shut 'em down
We turn shit dumb quick gun click
Lyin' in the vine
Persed the line on your dick
In the morgue admit it dogs
I'm the Rottweiler my Glock holler
Fuck cocaine killer I sniff gun powder
So all you real willies throw your Roleys in the sky
And all the crooks rob the place outside
I'm so hype, I tkae your life, betta have my doe right
Fuck my life, I don't need no mic!

The new album
Bring it
Motherfuckin' May

[Hook 2x]

That's that shit

Bring me on point
About to shut down the whole industry
Official nasty
Dmx
We wreckin' everything

So shut up, or you get shut down like the rest of them
Pussy
×

[Intro:] Straight up nigga Motherfuckin' South side nigga Brooklyn what! Word up Yeah Shut 'em down! Yeah Shut 'em Down Shut 'em Down Yeah Onyx featuring dmx [Hook:] Shut 'em down Shut 'em down Shut 'em down [4x] [Verse 1:] Yo shut 'em down start the violence We wilin' wilin' sling back his body found Washed up on Coney Island When I rolled up, this niggas heart slowed up That killa froze up, when I pulled up jumped out with the pump-pump Thirty-two shots and ducked out So look out Left that cat for dead his body smoked out Cause when I fall y'all killas a kill me kid I'm goin' all out Lifes a bitch, fuck it, got the gun bust it Gmae play, gotta play by the rules or your own cannot be trusted Don't try to test, abide your chest, put five inside your vest Have you layin' with a dead rest Shoulda known when you was lookin' in the eyes a death And I swore forgiveness when I did this There was not no witness but he should understand Cause even God got a shit list [Verse 2:] Beat downs anonymous I spit like a shiny silver nanabus(?) Niggas fond of us We the kind that rush, those that hold back Takin' your whole stack Grimy street cats Niggas bald head like Kojak Go gat for gat Coat that You could smoke that Or cut black dust Makin' your whole fuckin' stove crack Betta know me 1-3, one and only could be never phoney in any ceremony I'l tear you homey Shut 'em down, Shut 'em down, Shut 'em down Shun sees takin' your time Makin' your mind Got this nigga on the low Defecatin' with rhymes Breakin' your spine Got you movin' from the flurry, time to worry I'ma bury the bullshit I'ma bury the bullshit I'ma bury the bullshit Feel my full clip [Hook:] [Verse 3: dmx] Aiyyo I bet you this muthafuckin' double barrel will blast his face Be on the look out for a basket case Niggas pumped you up to watch you get beat Had you thinkin' s***s sweet Now you up shit's creek Cause your s***s weak How mich is your life worth to someone important Cause I be extortin' Kidnap for ransom is some shit you don't want to get caught in From back in the days of Gordon Niggas was gettin' robbed The guy from Rikers Height stayed on his job With his own little mob Was it worth goin back to the Earth so soon Worth makin' my shit go boom To your own doom, from the graveyards Till there's no room Fuck you know about a pine box Money goin' out with nine Glocks On top of that same nigga when they pull with they nine shots Feel like killin' for your crew I ain't gon' rest It gonna take a whole lot to put up your best Then watch your loins spill out your vest You best get on some act your age shit You a little kid That run for faces More niggas get killed like that [Verse 4: Sticky Fingaz] Mad man Sticky F-I-N-G-A-Z The crazy cajun blazin' bullets for days and days Grazin' amazin' I'm the glazin' ason purple hazin' Hard to be pahsin' Lord with all this hell I'm raisin' God of the Underground, I'm gunnin' 'em down with a thunder pound We gonna shut 'em down We turn we gonna shut 'em down We turn we gonna shut 'em down We turn shit dumb quick gun click Lyin' in the vine Persed the line on your dick In the morgue admit it dogs I'm the Rottweiler my Glock holler Fuck cocaine killer I sniff gun powder So all you real willies throw your Roleys in the sky And all the crooks rob the place outside I'm so hype, I tkae your life, betta have my doe right Fuck my life, I don't need no mic! The new album Bring it Motherfuckin' May [Hook 2x] That's that shit Bring me on point About to shut down the whole industry Official nasty Dmx We wreckin' everything So shut up, or you get shut down like the rest of them Pussy Explain Request ×



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