Knuckleheads spreadin' gossip all over Every time I by you're just standin' around Hundred-bottles in your pocket, forty-dog in your Don't you know you're just a worker and boss is my man? L.L. this, L.L. that, soon as I in the place I wanna my gun and shoot you in your muthafuckin' face You're playin' me too close with the and games I guess the and the bullshit is the price of fame
Movies, records, goin' on Twenty-thousand people hip-hoppin' on the Whole parties body-rockin', and everything's Get back to New York, and the act ill See, I fought with the devil, a promise to God I experience in goin' all the way to the top It's harder than hard all the suckers are barred You used to try to down now your ego is scarred
See the is you want what another man has His car, his wife, or his But that's weak, you gotta do work on own 'Cuz when you're rich you got friends but you're poor you're alone So get own on your own, it'll strengthen your soul Stop livin' off your parents you're three years old Instead of walkin' like you're limp and yang about me Why don't you your monkey-ass and get a college degree?
Or write a and ride a bike and try to live carefree Hope my message reaches you you're seventy-three A old man, when people ask you what you did your life You'll say "I L.L. and I carried a big knife" Every day is a chase, day is a race And every day you're being by my bass Too much to be a deuce, I had to be a ace like the fire's in my eyes and the gun's in my face
I'm stompin' knuckleheads until they bleed I'm the leader of the show, so it's up to me to I'ma you away from drugs and petty crime Lead you away wack beats and rhyme Lead you to that line So you can come in my and watch the stars shine Get busy, not dizzy, wanna teach the The last man who didn't listen ended up hung
Not that I killed him, it's just he didn't wanna The words of a master why you must heed to the speech, it's gonna reach your ear Don't try to say you hear 'cause the words are clear Throwin' flurries, scurry and I bury the rest You hurry up and rock a rhyme and give it your best 'Cuz tonight's the we gonna see the big fight Twelve-gauge on the in case it don't go right
E-Love drives a tank, he's strong like a If you're cryin' while you're dyin' we ain't givin' a L.L. Cool J is on the Tellin' all you ducks "Leave me the hell alone" 'Cuz I'm X, born to snap necks Straight up and down, no effects I'm the professor, the teacher, the dean If Russia bombed the U.S., be scared to touch Queens
'Cuz that's I live, and this is what I give Turnin' top-notch crews into run, they frightened, they hide from King Titan Like a sniper when shootin' or a viper when he's bitin' Here I am, tellin' the truth and I'm the word to my fellow youth It goes man-to-man and I got hip-hop, rock, and song fans All you petty MC's in the state of New Gettin' a thousand for a show but you still squawk
Can't get a decent contract, your beats workin' Dogged-out Pumas you're manager's jerkin' Your mic sounds weak, remember that I'm than Napoleon, Hitler or Caesar I'm a hitman, but I'm not for hire, fly desire, the man you admire Not only on the stage, I in the park And I'm a killer in the daytime, and after dark So don't never mess with the king of the sound L.L. Cool J, the around