Harder Than You Think Lyrics

Lyric discussion by bmack1 

Cover art for Harder Than You Think lyrics by Public Enemy

To me this song clearly goes after gangsta rap and takes on NWA directly. (F the police reference). Also while at the end he promotes PE (PE 20 years), earlier he addresses (possibly) what’s left of NWA (Dre, Cube, et al) they they’re

“Screamin' gangsta 20 years later Of course endorsed while consciousness faded New generations believing them fables”

Essentially saying they’re still spitting gangsta while signing endorsements for big money all the while the consciousness of their initial message (of institutional racism and the subsequent life it created for them)has been lost.