Public Enemy Can't Truss It

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Public Enemy Can't Truss It
[Break: Flavor Flav] Can't truss it Yo, let them know Can't truss it Yo, let them know Can't truss it Yo, let them know Can't truss it, can't truss it Can't truss it, can't truss it Can't truss it, can't truss it [Chuck D] And I'll judge everyone, one by the one Look here comes the judge, watch it here he come now (Don't sentence me judge, I ain't did nothin' to nobody) I can only guess what's happenin' Years ago he woulda been the ship's captain Gettin' me bruised on a cruise, what I got to lose Lost all contact, got me layin' on my back Ugh, rollin' in my own leftover When I roll over, I roll over in somebody else 90 damn days on a slave ship Count them fallin' off 1, 2, 3, 4 hundred at a time Blood in the wood and it's mine I'm chokin' on, spit, feelin' pain Like my brain bein' chained Still gotta give it what I got But it's hot in the day, it's cold in the night But I thrive to survive, I pray to god to stay alive Attitude boils up inside And that ain't it, you think I ever quit Still I plan to get my hands around the neck of the man with the whip 3 months passed, they brand a label on my ass To signify I'm owned, I'm on the microphone Sayin' 1555, how I'm livin' We been livin' here, livin' ain't the word, I been givin' Haven't got, classify us in the have-nots Fightin' haves cause it's all about money "damn" When it comes to Armageddon mean I'm getting mine Here I am turn it over Sam 427 to the year, do you understand That's why it's hard for the black to love the land
[Chuck D] Once again, bass in your face, not an eight track Gettin' it good to the wood So the people give you some of that reactin' to the facts That I kick and it stick and it stay around Pointin' to the joint, put the Buddha down Goin, goin, gettin' to the roots Ain't givin' it up, so turn me loose But then again I got a story that's harder than the hardcore Cost of the holocaust, I'm talkin' 'bout the one still goin' on I know where I'm from, not dum diddie dum From the base motherland, the place of the drum Invaded by the wack diddie wack And fooled the black, and left us faded King and chief, probably had a big beef Because of that now I grit my teeth So here's a song to the strong Bout the shake of the snake and the smile went along With that, can't truss it [Outro: Flavor Flav] Can't truss it, can't truss it You can't truss it, you can't truss it You can't truss it, you can't truss it You can't truss it, you can't truss it You can't truss it, you can't truss it [Chuck D] Watch him, here he comes now Watch him, here he comes now
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In a 1991 interview with Melody Maker, Chuck D of Public Enemy explained:
‘Can’t Truss It’ is about how the corporate world of today is just a different kind of slavery. We don’t control what we create. And because of the media, we don’t control the way we think or run our lives. We’ve got to limit working for a situation that’s other than ours. We have no ownership of anything. If you don’t own business, then you don’t have jobs. White people have jobs because they have business. They have institutions that teach them how to live in America. Black people don’t have institutions that teach them how to deal with s–t. The Number One institution that teaches you how to deal is the family, but slavery f–ked that up. So the song is about the ongoing cost of the holocaust. There was a Jewish holocaust, but there’s a black holocaust that people still choose to ignore."

Album: Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black ( 1991 )
In a 1991 interview with Melody Maker , Chuck D of Public Enemy explained: "'Can't Truss It' is about how the corporate world of today is just a different kind of slavery. We don't control what we create. And because of the media, we don't control the way we think or run our lives. We've got to limit working for a situation that's other than ours. We have no ownership of anything. If you don't own business, then you don't have jobs. White people have jobs because they have business. They have institutions that teach them how to live in America. Black people don't have institutions that teach them how to deal with s--t. The Number One institution that teaches you how to deal is the family, but slavery f--ked that up. So the song is about the ongoing cost of the holocaust. There was a Jewish holocaust, but there's a black holocaust that people still choose to ignore." In later years, rappers took much more control of their marketing and business opportunities, becoming so opportunistic that they would even get paid to mention products in their lyrics. Jay-Z is probably the best example, giving rap product placement to Motorolla on his 2000 track "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)," in the lyrics, "Motorolla, two way page me." By the end of the decade, he had interests in a record company, a clothing line, nightclubs and an NBA basketball team.
Like many rap songs from the early '90s, this was built on samples. The sampled tracks are: "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone, "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" by James Brown, "Hihache" by Lafayette Afro Rock Band, "Bicentennial Ni--er" by Richard Pryor, "I'm Nin'Alu: by Ofra Haza, "It's Yours" by T La Rock and Jazzy Jay, and "Dumb Girl" by Run-D.M.C.
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