Public Enemy Lyrics

Public Enemy Info:

Also known as:
P.E.

From:
Long Island, New York, U.S.

Genres:
Hip hop

Years active:
1982–present

Members:
Chuck D (Carlton D. Ridenhour) - MC

Flavor Flav (William Drayton) – hype man, occasionally lead vocals

Khari Wynn – guitars

DJ Lord (Lord Aswod) – DJ

Professor Griff (Richard Griffin) - Minister of Information

Past Members:
Terminator X (Norman Rogers) - DJ, Producer

Sister Souljah (Lisa Williamson) - Minister of Information
(took over Richard Griffin's place while Griffin left group)

Did You Know:
• They were inducted into the 2013 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

• in 2005 they received the Mobo Award for Outstanding Contribution To Black Music

Public Enemy Quotes::
Let me hear ya'll say 'Yeeeeeeaaaaaah, booooooyyyyyeeeee'!
Flavor Flav

You can go and sneak up on Brigitte cause she be having the knockers laying down on her chest, kid. For real.
Flavor Flav

Flavor Flavvvvvv!
Flavor Flav

"I ain't scared to do it again but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on TV. I'm ready to spread my wings and go down other avenues. I don't want to just stay stuck on one page 'cause you don't make it to the end of the book [that way]."
Flavor Flav

A lot of times black folks look for love in all the wrong places. You're always looking for somebody to love you, be accepted, and there's the insecurities that are even transmitted through rap. Everyone is trying to aim to please too much.
Chuck D.

I think governments are the cancer of civilization.
Chuck D.

I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things.
Chuck D.

I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what I've said lyrically, than a million people all raising their hand on the first day.
Chuck D.

If they can send you to war at 18, maybe it's beneficial for some people to think that most of us gotta go to war for our own existence.
Chuck D.

Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That's stupid.
Chuck D.

There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.'
Chuck D.

We don't see the people who are doing real things getting enough props. We often see politicians who are everywhere but nowhere at the same goddamn time. You know the kind of person: You see them everywhere on television but nowhere in front of your face.
Chuck D.

You have to wait for people to program you. The only difference is the amount of people that you're going to reach but that's going to even out in the next two or three years anyway. Computers are being bought faster than televisions right now.
Chuck D.