I Ain't No Joke Lyrics

Song	I Ain't No Joke
Artist	Eric B. & Rakim
Album	NBA 2K13
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	[ti:I Ain’t No Joke]
	[ar:Eric B. & Rakim]
	[al:Paid In Full]
[00:00.82]	I Ain’t No Joke - Eric B & Rakim
[00:03.36]
[00:08.59]	I ain't no joke I used to let the mic smoke
[00:11.60]	Now I slam it when I'm done
[00:12.80]	And make sure it's broke
[00:13.91]	When I'm gone no one gets on cause I won't let
[00:16.11]	Nobody press up and mess up the scene I set
[00:18.38]	I like to stand in a crowd
[00:19.61]	And watch the people wonder damn
[00:21.40]	But think about it then you'll understand
[00:23.53]	I'm just an addict addicted to music
[00:25.70]	Maybe it's a habit I gotta use it
[00:27.88]	Even if it's jazz or the quiet storm
[00:29.89]	I hook a beat up convert it into hip-hop form
[00:32.40]	Write a rhyme in graffitti in every show you see me in
[00:34.94]	Deep concentration cause I'm no comedian
[00:37.11]	Jokers are wild if you wanna be tamed
[00:39.22]	I treat you like a child then you're gonna be named
[00:41.79]	Another enemy not even a friend of me
[00:44.09]	Cause you'll get fried in the end
[00:45.51]	When you pretend to be
[00:46.32]	Competing cause I just put your mind on pause
[00:48.40]	And I can beat you
[00:49.30]	When you compare my rhyme with yours
[00:50.70]	I wake you up and as I stare in
[00:52.08]	Your face you seem stunned
[00:52.94]	Remember me the one you got your idea from
[00:55.08]	But soon you start to suffer
[00:56.62]	The tune'll get rougher
[00:57.62]	When you start to stutter
[00:58.84]	That's when you had enough of
[01:00.09]	Biting it will make you choke you can't provoke
[01:02.34]	You can't cope you should have broke
[01:03.95]	Because I ain't no joke
[01:06.56]
[01:22.92]	I got a question as serious as cancer
[01:25.30]
[01:25.88]	Who can keep the average dancer
[01:27.74]	Hyper as a heart attack nobody smiling
[01:30.07]	Cause you're expressing the rhyme that I'm styling
[01:32.45]	This is what we all sit down to write
[01:34.39]	You can't make it so you take it home break it and bite
[01:36.90]	Use pieces and bits of all the hip-hop hits
[01:39.04]	Get the style down pat then it's time to switch
[01:41.28]	Put my tape on pause and add some more to yours
[01:43.65]	Then you figure you're ready for the neighborhood tours
[01:46.15]	The E-M-C-E-E don't even try to be
[01:48.54]	When you come up to speak don't even lie to me
[01:50.90]	You like to exaggerate dream and imaginate
[01:53.11]	Then change the rhyme around
[01:54.61]	That can aggravate me
[01:55.75]	So when you see me come up freeze
[01:57.76]	Or you'll be one of those seven emcees
[01:59.90]	They think that I'm a new jack but only if they knew that
[02:02.31]	They who think wrong are they who can't do that
[02:04.49]	Style that I'm doing they might ruin
[02:07.11]	Patterns of paragraphs based on you and
[02:09.30]	Your offbeat DJ if anything he play
[02:11.56]	Sound familiar I'll wait til E say
[02:13.88]	Play 'em so I'm a have to dis and broke
[02:16.22]	You could get a smack for this
[02:17.44]	I ain't no joke
[02:19.36]
[02:36.97]	I hold the microphone like a grudge
[02:39.12]	B'll hold the record so the needle don't budge
[02:41.29]	I hold a conversation cause when I invent
[02:43.50]	I nominated my DJ the president
[02:45.67]	When I emcee I'll keep a freestyle going steadily
[02:48.43]	So pucker up and whistle my melody
[02:50.59]	But whatever you do don't miss one
[02:53.11]	They'll be another rough rhyme after this one
[02:55.46]	Before you know it you're following and fiending
[02:57.52]	Waiting for the punchline to get the meaning
[02:59.71]	Like before the middle of my story I'm telling
[03:01.99]	Nobody beats the R so stop yelling
[03:04.50]	Save it put it in your pocket for later
[03:06.61]	Cause I'm moving the crowd and B a record fader
[03:09.05]	No interruptions and the mic is broke
[03:11.18]	When I'm gone then you can joke
[03:13.57]	Cause everything is real on a serious tip
[03:15.64]	Keep playing and I get furious quick
[03:17.96]	And I'll take you for a walk through hell
[03:20.02]	Freeze your dome then watch your eyeballs swell
[03:22.80]	Guide you out of triple stage darkness
[03:24.92]	When it get dark again then I'm a spark this
[03:27.47]	Microphone cause the heat is on you see smoke
[03:30.02]	And I'm finished when the beat is gone
[03:31.76]	I'm no joke

	ti: I Ain' t No Joke
	ar: Eric B. amp Rakim
	al: Paid In Full
[00:00.82]	I Ain' t No Joke Eric B amp Rakim
[00:03.36]
[00:08.59]	I ain apos t no joke I used to let the mic smoke
[00:11.60]	Now I slam it when I apos m done
[00:12.80]	And make sure it apos s broke
[00:13.91]	When I apos m gone no one gets on cause I won apos t let
[00:16.11]	Nobody press up and mess up the scene I set
[00:18.38]	I like to stand in a crowd
[00:19.61]	And watch the people wonder damn
[00:21.40]	But think about it then you apos ll understand
[00:23.53]	I apos m just an addict addicted to music
[00:25.70]	Maybe it apos s a habit I gotta use it
[00:27.88]	Even if it apos s jazz or the quiet storm
[00:29.89]	I hook a beat up convert it into hiphop form
[00:32.40]	Write a rhyme in graffitti in every show you see me in
[00:34.94]	Deep concentration cause I apos m no comedian
[00:37.11]	Jokers are wild if you wanna be tamed
[00:39.22]	I treat you like a child then you apos re gonna be named
[00:41.79]	Another enemy not even a friend of me
[00:44.09]	Cause you apos ll get fried in the end
[00:45.51]	When you pretend to be
[00:46.32]	Competing cause I just put your mind on pause
[00:48.40]	And I can beat you
[00:49.30]	When you compare my rhyme with yours
[00:50.70]	I wake you up and as I stare in
[00:52.08]	Your face you seem stunned
[00:52.94]	Remember me the one you got your idea from
[00:55.08]	But soon you start to suffer
[00:56.62]	The tune apos ll get rougher
[00:57.62]	When you start to stutter
[00:58.84]	That apos s when you had enough of
[01:00.09]	Biting it will make you choke you can apos t provoke
[01:02.34]	You can apos t cope you should have broke
[01:03.95]	Because I ain apos t no joke
[01:06.56]
[01:22.92]	I got a question as serious as cancer
[01:25.30]
[01:25.88]	Who can keep the average dancer
[01:27.74]	Hyper as a heart attack nobody smiling
[01:30.07]	Cause you apos re expressing the rhyme that I apos m styling
[01:32.45]	This is what we all sit down to write
[01:34.39]	You can apos t make it so you take it home break it and bite
[01:36.90]	Use pieces and bits of all the hiphop hits
[01:39.04]	Get the style down pat then it apos s time to switch
[01:41.28]	Put my tape on pause and add some more to yours
[01:43.65]	Then you figure you apos re ready for the neighborhood tours
[01:46.15]	The EMCEE don apos t even try to be
[01:48.54]	When you come up to speak don apos t even lie to me
[01:50.90]	You like to exaggerate dream and imaginate
[01:53.11]	Then change the rhyme around
[01:54.61]	That can aggravate me
[01:55.75]	So when you see me come up freeze
[01:57.76]	Or you apos ll be one of those seven emcees
[01:59.90]	They think that I apos m a new jack but only if they knew that
[02:02.31]	They who think wrong are they who can apos t do that
[02:04.49]	Style that I apos m doing they might ruin
[02:07.11]	Patterns of paragraphs based on you and
[02:09.30]	Your offbeat DJ if anything he play
[02:11.56]	Sound familiar I apos ll wait til E say
[02:13.88]	Play apos em so I apos m a have to dis and broke
[02:16.22]	You could get a smack for this
[02:17.44]	I ain apos t no joke
[02:19.36]
[02:36.97]	I hold the microphone like a grudge
[02:39.12]	B apos ll hold the record so the needle don apos t budge
[02:41.29]	I hold a conversation cause when I invent
[02:43.50]	I nominated my DJ the president
[02:45.67]	When I emcee I apos ll keep a freestyle going steadily
[02:48.43]	So pucker up and whistle my melody
[02:50.59]	But whatever you do don apos t miss one
[02:53.11]	They apos ll be another rough rhyme after this one
[02:55.46]	Before you know it you apos re following and fiending
[02:57.52]	Waiting for the punchline to get the meaning
[02:59.71]	Like before the middle of my story I apos m telling
[03:01.99]	Nobody beats the R so stop yelling
[03:04.50]	Save it put it in your pocket for later
[03:06.61]	Cause I apos m moving the crowd and B a record fader
[03:09.05]	No interruptions and the mic is broke
[03:11.18]	When I apos m gone then you can joke
[03:13.57]	Cause everything is real on a serious tip
[03:15.64]	Keep playing and I get furious quick
[03:17.96]	And I apos ll take you for a walk through hell
[03:20.02]	Freeze your dome then watch your eyeballs swell
[03:22.80]	Guide you out of triple stage darkness
[03:24.92]	When it get dark again then I apos m a spark this
[03:27.47]	Microphone cause the heat is on you see smoke
[03:30.02]	And I apos m finished when the beat is gone
[03:31.76]	I apos m no joke

	ti: I Ain' t No Joke
	ar: Eric B. amp Rakim
	al: Paid In Full
[00:00.82]	I Ain' t No Joke Eric B amp Rakim
[00:03.36]
[00:08.59]	I ain apos t no joke I used to let the mic smoke
[00:11.60]	Now I slam it when I apos m done
[00:12.80]	And make sure it apos s broke
[00:13.91]	When I apos m gone no one gets on cause I won apos t let
[00:16.11]	Nobody press up and mess up the scene I set
[00:18.38]	I like to stand in a crowd
[00:19.61]	And watch the people wonder damn
[00:21.40]	But think about it then you apos ll understand
[00:23.53]	I apos m just an addict addicted to music
[00:25.70]	Maybe it apos s a habit I gotta use it
[00:27.88]	Even if it apos s jazz or the quiet storm
[00:29.89]	I hook a beat up convert it into hiphop form
[00:32.40]	Write a rhyme in graffitti in every show you see me in
[00:34.94]	Deep concentration cause I apos m no comedian
[00:37.11]	Jokers are wild if you wanna be tamed
[00:39.22]	I treat you like a child then you apos re gonna be named
[00:41.79]	Another enemy not even a friend of me
[00:44.09]	Cause you apos ll get fried in the end
[00:45.51]	When you pretend to be
[00:46.32]	Competing cause I just put your mind on pause
[00:48.40]	And I can beat you
[00:49.30]	When you compare my rhyme with yours
[00:50.70]	I wake you up and as I stare in
[00:52.08]	Your face you seem stunned
[00:52.94]	Remember me the one you got your idea from
[00:55.08]	But soon you start to suffer
[00:56.62]	The tune apos ll get rougher
[00:57.62]	When you start to stutter
[00:58.84]	That apos s when you had enough of
[01:00.09]	Biting it will make you choke you can apos t provoke
[01:02.34]	You can apos t cope you should have broke
[01:03.95]	Because I ain apos t no joke
[01:06.56]
[01:22.92]	I got a question as serious as cancer
[01:25.30]
[01:25.88]	Who can keep the average dancer
[01:27.74]	Hyper as a heart attack nobody smiling
[01:30.07]	Cause you apos re expressing the rhyme that I apos m styling
[01:32.45]	This is what we all sit down to write
[01:34.39]	You can apos t make it so you take it home break it and bite
[01:36.90]	Use pieces and bits of all the hiphop hits
[01:39.04]	Get the style down pat then it apos s time to switch
[01:41.28]	Put my tape on pause and add some more to yours
[01:43.65]	Then you figure you apos re ready for the neighborhood tours
[01:46.15]	The EMCEE don apos t even try to be
[01:48.54]	When you come up to speak don apos t even lie to me
[01:50.90]	You like to exaggerate dream and imaginate
[01:53.11]	Then change the rhyme around
[01:54.61]	That can aggravate me
[01:55.75]	So when you see me come up freeze
[01:57.76]	Or you apos ll be one of those seven emcees
[01:59.90]	They think that I apos m a new jack but only if they knew that
[02:02.31]	They who think wrong are they who can apos t do that
[02:04.49]	Style that I apos m doing they might ruin
[02:07.11]	Patterns of paragraphs based on you and
[02:09.30]	Your offbeat DJ if anything he play
[02:11.56]	Sound familiar I apos ll wait til E say
[02:13.88]	Play apos em so I apos m a have to dis and broke
[02:16.22]	You could get a smack for this
[02:17.44]	I ain apos t no joke
[02:19.36]
[02:36.97]	I hold the microphone like a grudge
[02:39.12]	B apos ll hold the record so the needle don apos t budge
[02:41.29]	I hold a conversation cause when I invent
[02:43.50]	I nominated my DJ the president
[02:45.67]	When I emcee I apos ll keep a freestyle going steadily
[02:48.43]	So pucker up and whistle my melody
[02:50.59]	But whatever you do don apos t miss one
[02:53.11]	They apos ll be another rough rhyme after this one
[02:55.46]	Before you know it you apos re following and fiending
[02:57.52]	Waiting for the punchline to get the meaning
[02:59.71]	Like before the middle of my story I apos m telling
[03:01.99]	Nobody beats the R so stop yelling
[03:04.50]	Save it put it in your pocket for later
[03:06.61]	Cause I apos m moving the crowd and B a record fader
[03:09.05]	No interruptions and the mic is broke
[03:11.18]	When I apos m gone then you can joke
[03:13.57]	Cause everything is real on a serious tip
[03:15.64]	Keep playing and I get furious quick
[03:17.96]	And I apos ll take you for a walk through hell
[03:20.02]	Freeze your dome then watch your eyeballs swell
[03:22.80]	Guide you out of triple stage darkness
[03:24.92]	When it get dark again then I apos m a spark this
[03:27.47]	Microphone cause the heat is on you see smoke
[03:30.02]	And I apos m finished when the beat is gone
[03:31.76]	I apos m no joke

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