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Lord finesse and blastmaster krs-one |
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Lyrical styles weigh a ton |
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Lord finesse, we know you got skills |
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Come into the cypher and build |
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Chill out, all mc i kill |
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Come down |
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[ verse 1: lord finesse ] |
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Check it out, come on, here's your chance to swing |
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With some ill mutha****as, we don't dance and sing |
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In '95 we out-jinglin |
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Servin 'poetic justice' without that nigga john singleton |
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I do my thing while the fans be jealin |
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Hey yo, i'm so dope, you better tap your man and tell him |
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I don't fake moves, i scrape crews, i make brothers break fool |
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Just give me a beat with a bass groove |
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I'm mad funky, ask the experts |
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Cause i make you bob your head until your mutha****in neck hurt |
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So don't ask me to match, gee |
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Cause if you ain't real, i'm bringin it to your face like acne |
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Now rappers run scams and flim-flams |
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On how they be gettin loose when they rusty like a tin man |
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They rap fast, tryin to stack cash |
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But on the reel to reel, yo, they still soundin half-assed |
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Yellin and screamin like they got somethin |
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When they don't got nothin, so them niggas need to stop frontin |
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Talkin how they be raggin shit |
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When i don't know if them niggas are rappin or talkin mutha****in arabic |
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They act so ill, they no frills |
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They should go chill, they all mouth with no skills |
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When i'm around y'all feel funny |
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Cause i'm young makin funds like shaquille o'neal, money |
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You want any drama? you better wear plenty armor |
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I cut that ass like the chef at benny harner's |
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The funky man's in it to win it |
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We gotta keep it real yo, no mutha****in gimmicks |
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Whoever make a hit they the best (that's a gimmick) |
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You sell records based on how you dress (that's a gimmick) |
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Hey yo, that tongue-twistin shit, that's kinda fresh (that's a gimmick) |
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What's when you're soft but you're frontin like you're stressed? (that's a gimmick) |
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What's when you're only into rap to get paid? (that's a gimmick) |
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What's when you're yellin and screamin up on stage? (that's a gimmick) |
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When your career is numbered by days? (that's a gimmick) |
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What's when your lyrical style is just a faze? (that's a gimmick) |
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[ verse 2: krs-one ] |
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I guess yes y'all, to the beat y'all, bring in the street |
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Let me put my beeper on 'vibrate', so won't hear it beep |
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Representin the street, concrete what i speak, yeah, i live it |
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Let it be known, krs is not about a gimmick |
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I grab the mic and rip it, meanwhile they stallin |
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I raise the mic stand, because i'm tall and i keep the crowd callin |
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I'm not like those other rappers talkin about the caps they peel |
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Punk, i battle mc's for real |
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**** a record deal when you're still into hip-hoppin |
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With your country ass, sound like you're still pickin cotton |
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You get thrown across the room in that direction, listen |
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The lyrical teacher's not the one you should be checkin |
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This is my eara, or era or eera, whatever, i'm mad clever |
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I shoop, you doop, you doop like salt-n-pepa |
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Lyrical terror, you should never ever come for mine |
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When i rhyme i clean up mc's with the fresh smell of pine |
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I got skills, and it shows |
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You could slow or speed up the tempo, your style is fake like janet jackson's nose |
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I'm sellin that real live shit, and you could get hurt |
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You're sellin that fake shit like the home shopping network |
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You got a lotta rhymes to battle in a second |
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But frankly the bottom line is: where's your hit record? |
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You claim i'm jockin, you claim i'm on your dick, where's your witness? |
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If i'm on your dick, my name has got to be syphilis |
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I come with lyrical physical fitness |
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Two months from now you will have bit this |
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Watch me light that ass up like christmas |
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Don't let me come out on that ass |
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Start flippin the lyrics i be kickin |
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Be hotter than curry chicken |
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So whether from the east or from the west |
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There's no other krs |
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I got force |
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I came to your town to set it off |
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So when finesse goes 'hit it' |
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I'll never mimick |
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Krs-one could never use a gimmick |
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When you're ridin the next rapper's dick (that's a gimmick) |
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When you're r&b, and then you cold flip (that's a gimmick) |
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Start rhymin hardcore just to get a hit (that's a gimmick) |
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When yout get over, but your skills ain't shit (that's a gimmick) |
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When you rap, but you don't have soul (that's a gimmick) |
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When you cross over just to go gold (that's a gimmick) |
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When you're not a gangster, but portrayin a role (that's a gimmick) |
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What's when you shape in somebody else's mould? (that's a gimmick) |
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[ verse 3: lord finesse ] |
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Man your station, cause the clan you're facin |
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Is steppin to you trash mutha****as like sanitatian |
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I shoot and throw rhymes, the whole nine when it's showtime |
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(what up, kid?) brothers know i can hold mine |
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On the real i got rhymes skills |
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When the time's ill i'm blowin up spots like a minefield |
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Brothers front with they chest out |
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But words from finesse's mouth'll leave them niggas stressed out |
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They make me sick to my stomach |
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(so put it on em, kid!) them mutha****as don't want it |
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They can't see me, believe me |
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They all phoneys, like them niggas that be wrestlin on tv |
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Yo, they're nowhere near pro |
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And niggas couldn't hang if they was mutha****in scarecrows |
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Nowadays a lotta rappers sound fake |
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Talkin that gangster shit, when they're softer than a poundcake |
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So why you're frontin with the burner, kid |
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When you done took more ass-whippins than ****in tina turner did |
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You wanna front? so be it |
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But **** beatin around the bush, i just speak how i see it |
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Me fall off? that shit's dead |
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That's not happenin, kid, so get that shit through your thick head |
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I'll never sellout (what?) you head right |
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I'll never cross over (aight!) word life |
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So when i said it, peep the method |
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If i never go gold but get credit, i won't sweat it |
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In '95 we all in it |
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We gotta keep it real, yo, no mutha****in gimmicks |
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What's when you rap and don't appreciate the art? (that's a gimmick) |
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What's when you sell out just to get a start? (that's a gimmick) |
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What's when you make bullshit just for the charts? (that's a gimmick) |
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What's when you rap, but it's not from the heart? (that's a gimmick) |
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What's when you're hardcore, then you turn pop? (that's a gimmick) |
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When you steal ideas to get props? (that's a gimmick) |
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When you sell out to be on top? (that's a gimmick) |
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What's when you front like you're hard, but you're not? (that's a gimmick) |
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[ krs-one ] |
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Now let this be a lesson to all mc's |
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And dj's |
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Anyone that come across the line will have to pay |
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Real hip hop is in effect |
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Real hip-hop is in effect |
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Real hip-hop is in effect |
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Give it respect |
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We catch wreck |
