| Welcome to | |
| Exit thirteen | |
| I am your host | |
| LL Cool JYou said | |
| I was finished | |
| And Father | |
| Time was the blame | |
| You disrespected my legacy | |
| And threw dirt on my name | |
| Told DJs he's over | |
| He ain't spittin' the same | |
| What he says is irrelevant | |
| Hip-Hop culture has changed | |
| When I walk in the room | |
| Young boys look at me strange | |
| As if I am a relic | |
| From some long forgotten game | |
| It makes my blood boil | |
| Turns my eyes to flames | |
| I built an empire | |
| They tried to kick me out in the rain | |
| So I called on an inner power | |
| It's hard to explain | |
| It's like a holy spirit | |
| Utilizing | |
| Hip-Hop slang | |
| I'm beyond the gold grills | |
| And logos on chains | |
| You see I changed rap forever | |
| I elevated the game | |
| Launched the greatest label | |
| In the history of rap | |
| And for twenty four years | |
| I carried it on my back | |
| I've always shined brighter | |
| When I'm under attack | |
| I might be down for a moment | |
| But I always come back | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war(Uh, yeah) | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war(Check it) | |
| It's time for war | |
| This is a resurrection | |
| I'm back from the dead | |
| They told me to quit a long time ago | |
| But I conquered instead | |
| I had dreams and visions | |
| Swirlin' around in my head | |
| I had this hunger deep inside of me | |
| That has to be fed | |
| Hip-Hop will respect | |
| All the blood that | |
| I shedI have a covenant with | |
| GodI have swallowed the bread | |
| Hip-Hop my co-defendant | |
| With this mic | |
| I thee wed | |
| I made an entire generation | |
| Obey what we said | |
| I'm talkin' | |
| France to | |
| GermanyFrom | |
| Italy to Japan | |
| From London to | |
| BelgiumTo | |
| Afghanistan | |
| From Farmers | |
| BoulevardSmokin' a blunt with my man | |
| To writin' rhymes on a ironin' board | |
| To build Def | |
| JamYou see, | |
| I'm the undisputed | |
| King of all | |
| Hip-HopEverythin' after is my legacy | |
| Like it or not | |
| And I will keep makin' history | |
| I can't stop | |
| LL Cool JEternally hot | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war(Uh) | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| Look at how easily | |
| I flipped it | |
| And switched the style around | |
| Competition losin' their footin' | |
| I see them fallin' down | |
| They will plot against me | |
| It kills them because | |
| I'm ballin' now | |
| Some of y'all didn't pick up the phone | |
| But I got you callin' now | |
| This is a job that must get done | |
| Even if I become public | |
| Enemy number one | |
| If I had to pick up an | |
| UziThat weighs over a ton | |
| I will attack | |
| Hip-HopUntil competition is none | |
| Nobody on | |
| God's earth wants it with | |
| LYou end up tortured | |
| And trapped in psychological hell | |
| And this is the beginnin' | |
| Of a new era in rap | |
| LL Cool J, feel the impact | |
| It's okay if you call it a comeback | |
| And let them know | |
| I'm ready for combat | |
| Tell those dumb motherfuckers to fall back | |
| The crown looks wrong on your head | |
| I want that | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war | |
| It's time for war |