Toxic[Verse 1: Chuck D]Can't sing a song to save your lifeBut can you sing a song to save a lifeCan a song save the world in this time of 4545 beyond askin'Can hip hop survive?Over a million rappers spittin' nowWhat we the people be gettin'Forgettin' armaggedonLook out love is the message you can bet onCan culture save humanity when the name of the gameIs narcissism, yo how can musicians get paid?Curator, caretaker, this creatorServicing purpose to other creatorsRhymers and beat makersBlessed by the internetSo I'mma start this war of artBefore they rip this world apartToxic[Chorus: Chuck D and Flavor Flav]Toxic, see emSell it and box itSavage, theySay we can't stop itFlav, PE, rock itAntetokounmpoNo, Mutombo I blocks itToxic, see emSell it and box itSavage, theySay we can't stop itFlav, PE, rock itAntetokounmpoNo, Mutombo I blocks it[Verse 2: Chuck D]Looks like 45 done lied againGrabbin' planets, territoriesNot to mention womenThose who voted this POTUSKillin' kin for the winCitizens sufferin'While he be ballin'If a mule die, they used to sayBuy another oneIf a nigga die, they used to sayTry another oneFifty years we were broke, not brokenTake me to your leaderEven aliens spoke itEvery treaty signedTheir fuckery broke itWonder why only a few of usThrive as their tokensToke this toke thatNo joke cause I wrote itThe only thing I hit is the stage, and I smoke itYo thatThat shit sounded good on the record, what you just did, ahah[Chorus: Chuck D and Flavor Flav]Toxic, see emSell it and box itSavage, theySay we can't stop itFlav, PE, rock itAntetokounmpoNo, Mutombo I blocks itToxic, see emSell it and box itSavage, theySay we can't stop itFlav, PE, rock itAntetokounmpoNo, Mutombo I blocks it[Verse 3: Chuck D]Hindsight 57So I'm stayin' in my laneAs the young think in hellAnd the old prey to painThis shit is classic like the resurgenceOf the dope on plasticVinyl bats backin' the tracksThe millennium's drasticSynthetic bullshit smokin' up the hoodBear witness cause y'all know the government's up to no goodYou can't drift away from the problems of todayIf you're grown 21 and over, tell me where the hell you goin'Suicidal with an open BibleLockdown friendly fireOr HBO, Home Boys Only, I really never really dug the WireThey do no hirin'He keep on firin'We keep dyin'The aftermathDo the mathToxic!
