Harder Than You Think by Public Enemy (2007)
Harder Than You Think is the first single by Public Enemy as their 20th anniversary album How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul? and released on August 13, 2007, produced by Gary G-Wiz. The hip hop song attained popularity during 2007 late summer, and became the group’s highest-charting single on the August 2012’s UK Single Chart. [1]
Key Lyrics
WHAT, GOES, ON!
Rolling Stones of the rap game, not bragging
Lips bigger than Jagger, not saggin'
Spell it backwards, I'ma leave it at that
That ain't got nothing to do with rap
Check the facts, expose those cats
Who pose as heroes and take advantage of blacks
Your government's gangster, so cut the crap
A war going on so where y'all at?
"Fight the Power" comes great responsibility
'F the Police' but who's stopping you from killing me?
Disaster, fiascos over a loop by P.E
If it's an I instead of we believing TV
Spitting riches, bitches, and this new thing about snitches
Watch them asses move as the masses switches
System dissed them but barely missed her
My sole intention to save my brothers and sisters [2]
Black Empowerment
Public Enemy is dedicated to creating the songs which contain political and social messages, helping those who cannot voice their thoughts and speak for themselves. On Jan 13, NBC chose the song to debut as a Super Bowl XLIX commercial. [3]