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yo |
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watch as the room rocks |
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mentally moonwalk |
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mixed media slang banging in your boombox |
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verbal violence |
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lyrical stylist |
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in a time when rock/hip-hop rhymes are childish |
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you can't tempt me with rhymes that are empty |
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rappin' to a beat doesn't make you an emcee |
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with your lack of skill and facility you're killing me |
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and a DJ in the group just for credibility |
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i heard that some of you are gettin' help with your rhymes |
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you're not an emcee if someone else writes your lines |
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rappin' over rock doesn't make you a pioneer |
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cuz rock and hip-hop have collaborated for years |
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but now they're getting randomly mixed and matched up |
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all after a fast buck |
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and all the tracks suck |
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so how does it stack up? |
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none of its real |
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you wanna be an emcee? |
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you gotta study the skill |
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who can rock a rhyme like this |
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bring it to you every time like this |
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who can rock a rhyme like this |
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step, step up, step, step up |
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so you pick up a pen and write yourself a new identity |
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but mentally you don't have the hip-hop energy |
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with a tendency to make up stories |
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it sounded like the only hip-hop you've heard is top-40 |
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and your record company's completely missed it |
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and all the kids are dissin' it for not being legitimate |
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so in a battle, you can't hack it |
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react with whack ***t, and get smacked with verbal backflips |
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get your ass kicked, i'm a fabulous battle catalyst |
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it's taken decades for emcees to establish this |
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you're new to hip-hop and welcome if you're serious |
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but not on a mike, leave that to the experienced |
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(using waves of sound the true master paralyzes his opponent |
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leaving him vulnerable to attack) |
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who can rock a rhyme like this |
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bring it to you every time like this |
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who can rock a rhyme like this |
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step, step up, step, step up |
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who can rock a rhyme like this |
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bring it to you every time like this |
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who can rock a rhyme like this |
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step, step up, step, step up, step up |
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(after years of painstaking research by the world's leading |
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sound scientists |
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we here at the sound institute have invented a reliable |
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audio weapon system |
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actual movement of musical sound in space is used to |
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carefully attack |
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and neutralize the cellular structure of the human body |
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so the question must be asked) |
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who can rock a rhyme like this |
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bring it to you every time like this |
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who can rock a rhyme like this |
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step, step up, step, step up |
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who can rock a rhyme like this |
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bring it to you every time like this |
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who can rock a rhyme like this |
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step, step up, step, step up, step up |
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step up to the microphone |
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and you do it like this |
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and you do it like this |
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step up to the microphone |
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and you do it like this |
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step up to the microphone |
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and you do it like this |
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step up to the microphone |
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and you do it like thiisss....) |