MOTHERFUCK HIM AND JOHN WAYNE: the FIGHT THE POWER poll

If anyone has the version with Branford I would much appreciate it if they shared.

votes for most of heroes don't appear on no stamps

^^^ftw, surely.

"sound of the funky drummer" is totally valid too

and lots of other awesome lines

SOUND of the funky drummer.

"Elvis was a hero to most" is a pretty sweet line when taken out of context. Whooo Elvis!

Chuck D was fibbing, as expounded further down on Taking Sides: Public Enemy Vs Sleeper

herostamps, hell yeah

ftw otm, tho it's not my choice

"Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check" is an awesome line

"Don't worry be happy was a number one jam" also awesome

Mental self defensive fitness

SOUND of the funky drummer v. Heroes/stamps v. I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped

just cause i use that last one in conversation

ready & hyped + amped is a very hoos line

"from the heart" = very romantic.

There's a free Chuck D lyrics booklet free in tomorrow's Guardian, UK peeps.

No shit. Today's was Joni Mitchell and yesterday was Morrissey.

'If anyone has the version with Branford I would much appreciate it if they shared.'

ditto to this

i got that hold on lemme find it

mine's just instrumental tho i think its actually called like POWERSAXXX or some such goofy shit

here it is str8 off the cant do nuttin for ya man 12"

http://www.zshare.net/audio/14153111494c25bc/

i'll zshare the extended mix of burn hollywood burn if yall want that too

http://www.shutemdown.com/pebtn2000.htm

Plenty of all that stuff here already.

Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps

is "the version with Branford" the video version?

the version with Branford

not a P.E. song, tho :)

I've been trying to work 'bum rush' into my daily vernacular. So far, no bite.
There's a free Chuck D lyrics booklet free in tomorrow's Guardian, UK peeps
For reals?
Thats actually worth buying the Guardian for!

My baloney lets get down to business!

http://www.classictvquotes.com/images/gallery/tracy-jordan_230x250.jpg

jaja I voted for the stamp line before I read anything by anyone else

damn I remember how I felt leaving the theater after this movie, I wanted to go burn boston down

Music hittin' your heart cause I know you got sould!!!!

I'm ready I'm hyped plus I'm amped

Stamp line here. It's gonna rule this poll.

You know what it is about that line? Three things:

1. The dactyls in the previous line lag just enough to set things up for the volleyball spike of this line.

2. Amazing internal vowel sound of "heroes" and "appear", just thrilling.

3. It's true god damn it.

the line is an entertaining way to sum up so much

as the rhythm's designed to bounce what counts is that the rhyme's designed to fill your mind

i always loved that, the rhythm-rhyme/bounce-counts/designed-mind. chuck's dexterity is underappreciated. he can seem like sort of a monochromatic declaimer, but he's a lot nimbler than that.

http://www.brothermalcolm.net/2002/stamps/images/stamp.jpg

It's still the best line though.

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That's a 33-cent stamp, i.e. it didn't exist in 1989.

"That's a 33-cent stamp, i.e. it didn't exist in 1989."

I know that. Still, it's interesting that some of his heroes do now appear on stamps.

went with Elvis line cos it's the one I remember the most, and anyway I love Elvis and think Chuck D is wrong about what he says but damn that line pops

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Don't worry be happy 1

Was a #14 line.

As the rhythm's designed to bounce what counts
Is that the rhyme's designed to fill your mind

Elvis was a hero to most
But he never meant shit to me

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" was a number-one jam
Damn if I say it you can slap me right here

Music hittin' your heart cause I know you got sould!!!!

― PappaWheelie V, Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:57 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark

sould

prepare yr quarter-century thinkpieces

ffs

Wow, just started playing Fear of a Black Planet ten minutes before seeing this

If anyone has the version with Branford I would much appreciate it if they shared.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:32 AM (5 years ago)

bro I had that cassingle lol

25 years? now i feel so old

just wanted to add to this that john wayne sucks. thanks