MC Hammer

Released: August 13, 1986

Songwriter: MC Hammer

Yo man, what's going on, man?
I keep seeing all these brothers killing each other
We ain’t gon' make it like this, man, something's got to change

[Chorus]
(Brothers versus brothers!)
(Yeah) we got to change
(Start to unite!)
(Yeah) [?]
(Brothers versus brothers!)

[Verse 1]
[?] to the show, and don’t you know
I see every day, road to road
[?] he shot him
And then you say the problem is [?]
[?] mistaking and I'm shaking
And in my head, my mind is breaking
My heart is torn apart
You killed a brother, boy, you have no heart!

[Chorus]
(Brothers versus brothers!)
(Yeah) we got to change
(Start to unite!)
(Yeah) [?]
(Brothers versus brothers!)

[Verse 2]
[?] that's where I start
To give you words straight from my heart
I can't take it, you can't fake it
You killed a brother, boy, you won't make it!
In a world where we try to [?]
You're just a sucker being used by the system
No tears, so don't cry
Another brother has just been [?]

[Chorus]
(Brothers versus brothers!)
(Yeah) we got to change
(Start to unite!)
(Yeah) [?]
(Brothers versus brothers!)

It’s so serious

[Verse 3]
Serious, delirious and then you change
Hit the pipe, megahype, it’s not strange
Suckers like you [?] a dime a dozen
Kill a friend and then your mother, and then your cousin
[?] just like these [?]
[?] fact [?] high
Poverty [?] just like a dream
But I can take any way it makes it seem

[Chorus]
(Brothers versus brothers!)
(Yeah) we got to change
(Start to unite!)
(Yeah) [?]
(Brothers versus brothers!)

[Verse 4]
Ambulances [?] on my street
Red lights everywhere, to the beat
It gets loud, it's not my style
To kill a brother, man, yo, that’s wild!
[?] so I was saying
[?] praying
[?] thrill
Live a life, never die, and that's ill

[Marvin Gaye sample]
War is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some loving here today

[Chorus]
(Brothers versus brothers!)
(Yeah) we got to change
(Start to unite!)
(Yeah) [?]
(Brothers versus brothers!)

Man, it's deep
It’s real deep, man

[Verse 5]
[?]
[?]
[?] turn
Beat down to the ground, he didn't learn
[?] man who was a brother
Shot him in his head, sorry brother
It's time to change, it better stop
No more brothers means no more pops

[Chorus]
(Brothers versus brothers!)
(Yeah) we got to change
(Start to unite!)
(Yeah) [?]
(Brothers versus brothers!)
(Brothers versus brothers!)
(Brothers versus brothers!)
(Brothers versus brothers!)

Stanley Kirk Burrell (born 30 March 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer, is an American rapper, dancer, entrepreneur, spokesman and occasional actor from Oakland, California. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s until the late 1990s. Remembered for his rapid rise to fame, Hammer is known for his hit records (such as “U Can’t Touch This” and “2 Legit 2 Quit”), flashy dance movements, choreography and his trademark Hammer pants. Hammer’s superstar-status and entertaining showmanship made him a household name and Hip-Hop icon. He has sold more than fifty million records worldwide.

A multi-award winner, MC Hammer is considered a pioneer and innovator of pop rap, and is the first Hip-Hop artist to achieve diamond status for an album. Hammer was later considered a sellout due in part to overexposure as an entertainer, and as a result of being too “commercial” when Rap was “hardcore”, then his image later becoming increasingly “gritty” to once again adapt to the ever-changing landscape of rap. Burrell became a preacher during the late 1990s with a Christian ministry program called MC Hammer and Friends. Additionally, he starred in a Saturday morning cartoon called Hammerman in 1991 and was executive producer of his own reality show called Hammertime which aired during the summer of 2009. Prior to becoming ordained, Hammer signed to Suge Knight’s Death Row Records in 1995.

Throughout his career, Hammer has managed his own recording business. As a result, he has created and produced his own acts including Oaktown’s 3.5.7, Common Unity, Special Generation, Analise, One Cause One Effect, Teabag, Dom Kimberley, Geeman, DRS, Pleasure Ellis, B Angie B, Stooge Playaz, Ho Frat Hoo! and Wee Wee, among others. A part of additional record labels, he has collaborated and has been associated with 2Pac, Teddy Riley, Felton Pilate, Tha Dogg Pound, The Whole 9, Deion Sanders, and Big Daddy Kane, as well as others.

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