[00:00.46]I don't care who's first and who last
[00:02.28]But I know that y'all just better
[00:04.11]Rock this at the drop of a dime baby
[00:06.59]I don't know what y'all gon' do with this, but it got to be funky
[00:11.54]It got to be funky if you're gonna be on it
[00:14.35]I don't care who start
[00:15.67]I don't care what y'all do
[00:17.12]But you got to be finished
[00:18.60]Before the music is through
[00:20.46]Listen closely, so your attention's undivided
[00:25.39]Many in the past have tried to do what I did
[00:27.83]Just the way I came off then, I'm gonna come off
[00:30.70]Stronger and longer, even with the drum off
[00:32.93]I keep on goin' and flowin' just like a river
[00:35.20]I got a whole lot to give so I'm-a give a
[00:37.79]Little at a time, new trails are blazin'
[00:40.26]Action is in effect, and always stays in
[00:42.85]Yeah, just like a shot from a cannon
[00:45.30]I am the man in charge and I've been plannin'
[00:48.00]A jam strong enough that it can lift your soul
[00:50.32]I'm the originator, and my rhymes are made of gold
[00:52.79]Once you hear the capital "A" rap, it'll stay
[00:55.66]With you for awhile, it won't go away
[00:57.76]Unless you force it, because it stays with you, my friend
[01:00.39]And if you toss it away, I'm-a hit ya again
[01:02.84]I project my voice so it's right in the crowd
[01:05.42]There's a sign at the door: no bitin' allowed
[01:07.91]And if you didn't read it I suggest you do so
[01:10.64]Or you'll be stranded, just like Crusoe
[01:13.38]Sleep if ya wanna, go 'head, get some shut-eye
[01:15.96]A man broke his jaw tryin' to say what I
[01:18.29]Say on the microphone, you shoulda left it alone
[01:21.11]Just for the record, let it be known
[01:23.10]That my ego's only partially grown
[01:24.94]And never will I ever condone biting in any form, yo I'm only warm
[01:29.31]That verse was the calm, now here's the storm
[01:33.76][Hook:]
[01:33.97]Next up (Yo, I believe that's me)
[01:36.07]Craig G, light up the mic for the Symphony
[01:38.05][Verse 2: Craig G]
[01:38.30]This jam is dedicated to all un-optimistics
[01:41.20]That thought I wasn't coming out with some exquisite rhymes
[01:43.82]But that's alright, cuz now I'm back
[01:46.10]To kill all the rumors and straighten the facts of me
[01:48.62]Not rockin' rhymes like I always used to
[01:51.54]But you jumped on the tip when you heard me and the Juice Crew
[01:53.73]You said, "Mmm mmm mmm, ain't that somethin?
[01:56.59]Yo Craig, I heard you in that jam, and it's pumpin'!
[01:59.14]I apologize. Oh yeah, and uh, can I have your autograph for me and my grandma?"
[02:02.81]That's how I'm livin': on surprise mode
[02:06.86]Don't even sleep, try not to keep your eyes closed
[02:09.24]Cuz if you do, when you awaken, your so-called spot will be taken
[02:13.48]I'll take you over like a greedy executive, cuz on the mic my prospective is
[02:18.30]To be the best in all rap events, and since I have a call, I call experience
[02:23.92][Hook:]
[02:24.13]Next up...(Yo, I believe that's me)
[02:26.67]Kool G Rap, light up the mic for the Symphony
[02:29.49][Verse 3: Kool G. Rap]
[02:29.70]Yo, Marley gives the slice, I get nice
[02:31.83]And my voice is twice as horrifying as Vincent Price
[02:34.53]Goes deep, till you fell in a spell of a sleep
[02:37.23]And while I'm countin' the money, you count sheep
[02:39.68]When G Rap strikes the mic, I recite the type of hype that you like
[02:42.20]That make the people unite
[02:44.61]I grip up hips and zip up lips, step on reps, you flip and wanna sip on my tip
[02:48.75]Take a deep breath, because you don't have another left
[02:52.74]Comin' back like I'm avengin' my brother's death
[02:55.19]Makin' veterans run for medicine
[02:57.10]Cuz I put out more lights in a fight than Con Edison
[02:59.77]Rip the damn cage like I'm on a rampage
[03:02.41]So if you want rage, I'mma make front page
[03:04.97]Read the headlines, suckers, todays the deadline
[03:07.83]Your head is way past bedtime
[03:09.75]Can't kill though. Solo. Cuz you're still all...soft like a pillow
[03:13.42]My rap is rougher than Brillo
[03:15.25]So fear me, don't dare dare me
[03:17.54]And don't compare me to him when you hear me
[03:20.07]Talk about a battle but you ain't yet ready for war
[03:23.07]Your metaphor sucks more than a whore
[03:25.10]You can't replace me, ice me or ace me
[03:26.51]Bass me, face me, slice me or race me
[03:30.25]Bite me or taste me -- I'll show you that I got force
[03:33.25]My rap burns your mouth like hot sauce
[03:35.50]Run for water while I break your tape recorder
[03:38.11]Serve the sucker: the order is manslaughter
[03:40.71]Another rapper, G Rap wrecks
[03:42.76]He's rated X, that means the boy is sex. Next
[03:45.51]The amplifier gets used and abused
[03:47.84]Pumps so loud, we might blow a fuse
[03:50.24]This is anger, madness, ready to hang a rapper or singer
[03:53.88]I'm puttin' up my middle finger
[03:55.64][Hook:]
[03:55.87]Next up... (I believe that's me)
[03:57.82]Big Daddy Kane, get on the mic for the Symphony
[04:00.32][Verse 4: Big Daddy Kane]
[04:00.54]Settin' it off, lettin' it off, beginnin'
[04:03.17]Rough to the endin', you never been in
[04:05.78]To move the groove with the smooth rap lord;
[04:08.28]Like a bottle of juice, rhymes are being poured
[04:10.86]Down your ear, crisp and clear
[04:12.83]As I prepare to wear, tear and smear -- then I'm outta here
[04:16.16]With a mark left that you can all cling
[04:18.77]Cause rockin' a party? Yo, it's a small thing
[04:21.13]I rip many places on regular basis, and broken down mics were the only traces
[04:25.82]That I'd been there and there at the party
[04:28.49]The mic had my prints, and on it was a body
[04:31.21]So take caution. I'm not horsin' around in a throwdown, clown
[04:36.13]I'm takin' yours son
[04:36.82]So just acknowledge the way that I kicked it
[04:38.53]Cause if rap was a house, you'd be evicted
[04:41.23]And dismissed from the microphone, chokin' on a bone, cause Daddy's home
[04:45.28]And battlin' me is hazardous to your health
[04:48.56]So put a quarter in your arse, cause ya played yourself
[04:51.21]Like a game in the arcade. You need a far aid
[04:54.10]I'm walkin' the path that Allah made
[04:56.42]I'll attend and then begin to send a speech to reach and teach
[04:59.78]So just say when
[05:01.51]So I can let lyrics blast like a bullet
[05:03.80]My mouth is the gun; on suckers I pull it
[05:06.33]The trigger, ya figure, my pockets gettin' bigger
[05:09.04]Cause when it comes to money, yo, Grant's my nigga!
[05:11.55]You've got the groove, emcees, freeze, stand still, nobody move
[05:16.34]It's a sabotage, as I take charge. Don't barge, cause goddamn, I'm livin' large
[05:21.59]Like a giant. You're nothin' but a midget, a small digit
[05:24.78]You ain't hit it, forget it, quit it
[05:26.87]I reign superior, always takin' care o'ya
[05:29.34]No-frill rappers, you will evaporate, disintegrate, deflate to your fate
[05:33.28]As the great will dominate straight to the state
[05:37.08]Of reignin', gainin'. So put Kane in, that category
[05:41.97]Period. End of story
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