| Song | I Ain't No Joke |
| Artist | Eric B. & Rakim |
| Album | NBA 2K13 |
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| [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 |