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Shame Lyrics by System of a Down
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- Recording: “Shame” is credited to System of a Down.
- Released: 2001 on “Know Your Enemy”.
- Length: The recording runs 2:39.
- Genre: Filed under Rock.
- Lyrics: This page has 66 lyric lines and 67 timed cues.
- Chart: No dated chart rank is attached yet.
- Karaoke: Timed playback is ready on this page.
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Shame lyrics by System of a Down
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0:08I fuck yo ass up
0:10I fuck yo ass up (fuck him up son)
0:12I fuck yo ass up (fuck him up son)
0:14I fuck ya ass up (Wu for life) (fuck him up)
0:16Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
0:18Wu buck wild with the trigger
0:20Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
0:23Yo, I'll fuck your ass up
0:24(Hut one, hut two, hut three, hut)
0:26S-O-A-D, live and uncut, styles unbreakable, shatterproof
0:30To the young youth, you wanna get gun? Shoot
0:32Blaow, how you like me now? Don't fuck the style, ruthless wild
0:35Do you wanna get your teeth knocked the fuck out?
0:38Wanna get on it like that, well then shout, come on
0:41Lazers and blazers, hit me with the major
0:43The damage, my Clan understand it be flavor
0:44Gunning, humming coming at ya
0:46First I'm gonna get ya, once I got ya, I gat ya
0:48You could never capture a nigga man's stature
0:50For rhyme and for rapture, got niggas resigning, now master
0:53My style? Never! I put the fucking buck in the wild kid
0:55Let's get together!
0:56Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
1:01Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
1:05Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
1:07Wu buck wild with the trigger
1:08Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
1:10Yo, I'll fuck your ass up!
1:12I bought like 20 white boys in the back of a pickup truck
1:15With hockey pucks and skateboards on the way to Woodstock
1:18Leave home the Glock, I have a gun the size of a black hole
1:21Shoot planets, don't get frantic, throw your hands up in the air, don't panic
1:24Supreme arm, leg, leg, arm, head
1:26Wu-Tang Clan, tight as long dreads
1:28Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
1:32Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
1:36Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
1:38Wu buck wild with the trigger
1:40Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
1:42Yo, I'll fuck your ass up!
1:43I come with that loco style from my vocal
1:45Couldn't peep it with a pair of bi-focals
1:48I'm no joker, play me as a joker
1:50Be on you like a house on fire, smoke ya
1:52Crews be acting like they gangs, anyway
1:53Be like, "Warriors, come out and play"
1:56Burn me, I get into shit, I let it out like diarrhea
1:58Got burnt once, but that was only gonorrhea
2:00Dirty, I keep shit sticks in my drawers, so I can get fuzzy-funky for you
2:03Murder, taste the flame of the Wu-Tang (ra-)
2:06Here comes the Tiger versus Crane (-aa)
2:08I'll be like wild with my style (-aa)
2:09Punk, you play me chump, you get dumped (-aa)
2:11Wu is coming through at a theatre near you (-aa)
2:13And get funk like a shoe (-aah)
2:15Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
2:19Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
2:23Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
2:25Wu buck wild with the trigger
2:27Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga
2:29Yo, I'll fuck your ass up!
2:31I'll fuck your ass up!
2:33I'll fuck your ass up!
2:35I'll fuck your ass up!
2:37I'll fuck your ass up, bitch!
2:39Fuck his ass up
2:40♪
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The stored record for “Shame” credits System of a Down and connects the lyric timeline with release and chart metadata. Continue with more System of a Down lyrics and songs, or compare this recording with other Rock song lyrics.
- 2001Released
- 2:39Length
- 66Lyric lines
- 67Timed cues
- 152sTimed span
- Lyric record matched as “Shame” by System Of A Down
- 67 ordered lyric timestamps verified
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Release record
The release record places this version on “Know Your Enemy.” Available release data dates this recording to 2001. This matched version has a duration of 2:39.
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This transcription is organized into 11 text sections with 66 readable lines. Its 67 lyric timestamps cover roughly 152 seconds of the matched recording. The text repeats 5 line patterns; those returns are tracked as structure, not padded with an invented interpretation. The player compares the current video time with each cue and applies the reviewed synchronization offset.
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- Album / release
- Know Your Enemy
- Released
- 2001
- Length
- 2:39
- Recording source
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