Guns Don’t Kill People, Rappers Do Lyrics

[Spoken Intro]
Come out with your hands on your head
Turn the Rap music off and step away from the stereo
Put the Rap album down
Leave MC Hammer alone
Turn it off


[Verse 1]
Guns don't kill people, rappers do
Ask any politician and they tell you it's true
It's a fact, music makes you violent
Like Michael Jackson telling Little Timmy to be silent
You don't believe me? Here's my hype
Offer me the record and I'll show you the type
Of criminal this Rap shit is breeding
It's a fact that MC Hammer left me bleeding
Vanilla Ice made my mother say "Fuck"
If I'd stuck with UB40 then I would have been in luck
But I didn't, I got it wrong
Cypress fucking Hill told me to make a fucking bong
Well I started, I bought another tape
"The Power" by Snap made my cock and balls ache
So remember, kids, to the head double tap
Guns don't kill people. It's just Rap

[Chorus]
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do
Sound of the police. Woo-oo-oo
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do
Sound of the police. Woo-oo-oo
[Verse 2]
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do
I seen it in a documentary on BBC2
Shot to death outside Hyper value
Guns blazing like Michael Caine in "Zulu"
Government statistic are sometimes misleading
The type of criminal Rap is breeding
Shot in the chest? No wonder you stopped your breathing
Two for the bass, over, are you receiving?
Remember Rap tracks in '87?
Scott LaRock's up in Hip Hop heaven
Biggie and 2Pac, R.I.P
Even Jam Master Jay's in the cemetery

[Chorus]
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do
Sound of the police. Woo-oo-oo
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do
Sound of the police. Woo-oo-oo

[Verse 3]
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do
I'm a fucking Rapper and I might kill you
As a rapper I'm teaching you a lesson
AK47 to Smith and Wesson
Just say "No", just like Zammo
Bullet-proof vest to guns and ammo
Hip hop Gangsta tripping
Even Eminem's into pistol whipping
It's like Cluedo. Murder One
P. Diddy, J Lo in a nightclub with a gun
Heard Snoop Dog, now wants to bust a cap
Guns don't kill people. It's just Rap
One, two, your face, my shoe
My name's Mike Balls and I'm coming through
Gun crimes, stabbings and burglarisation
It's on a rise all across the nation
The safety's off and the pistol's aimed
The Yardies and the Mafia always get blamed
Politicians are shamed, and they haven't got a clue
Rap is more deadly that fucking Kung Fu
[Chorus]
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do
Sound of the police. Woo-oo-oo
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do
Sound of the police. Woo-oo-oo

[Verse 4]
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do
From Bristol Zoo to B&Q
I want to Rap, I want to Rhyme
Heard it in a song, now I'm into gun crime

It's a sign of the times, like Prince changing his name
Got to have a shooter to be in the Rap game
Like Michael Ryan, about to snap
Guns don't kill people. It's just Rap

[Chorus]
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do
Sound of the police. Woo-oo-oo
Guns don't kill people, Rappers do
Sound of the police. Woo-oo-oo

[Outro]
Guns
Rappers
Guns
Rappers
Guns
Rappers
Guns
[Spoken Outro]
I love you, Mum
I love you, Dad

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2004 single by the Newport (South Wales) rappers. It reached No.3 in the UK Singles Chart.

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