Knuckleheads spreadin' gossip all over Every time I drive by you're just around in your pocket, forty-dog in your hand Don't you know you're a worker and your boss is my man? L.L. this, L.L. that, as I walk in the place I wanna take my gun and shoot you in muthafuckin' face You're playin' me too with the schemin' and games I guess the beef and the bullshit is the price of
Movies, records, on tour people hip-hoppin' on the floor Whole body-rockin', and everything's chill Get to New York, and the suckers act ill See, I fought with the devil, made a to God I have experience in 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 problem is you what another man has His car, his wife, or his But that's weak, you gotta do on your own 'Cuz when you're you got friends but when you're poor you're alone So get your own on your own, strengthen your soul Stop livin' off your like you're three years old Instead of like you're limp and talkin' yang about me Why don't you take monkey-ass and get a college degree?
Or write a rhyme and ride a bike and try to carefree Hope my message reaches you you're seventy-three A old man, when people ask you what you did with your You'll say "I hated L.L. and I a big knife" day is a chase, every day is a race And day you're being overpowered by my bass Too juice 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 stupid knuckleheads until they bleed I'm the of the show, so it's up to me to lead I'ma lead you away drugs and petty crime Lead you away from wack beats and Lead you to ticket line So you can in my show and watch the stars shine Get busy, not dizzy, teach the young The last man who listen ended up gettin' hung
Not that I killed him, it's just he didn't trust The of a master that's why you must Take to the speech, it's gonna reach your ear Don't try to say you can't hear the words are clear Throwin' flurries, punks and I bury the rest You better hurry up and a rhyme and give it your best 'Cuz tonight's the night we gonna see the big Twelve-gauge on the stage in case it go right
E-Love drives a tank, he's strong like a If cryin' while you're dyin' we ain't givin' a fuck L.L. J is on the microphone Tellin' all you punk "Leave me the hell alone" 'Cuz I'm rated X, born to snap Straight up and down, no special I'm the professor, the teacher, the hip-hop If bombed the U.S., they'd be scared to touch Queens
'Cuz that's where I live, and is what I give Turnin' top-notch crews fugitives They run, frightened, they hide from King Titan Like a sniper when he's shootin' or a when he's bitin' Here I am, tellin' the truth and I'm spreadin' the 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 ain't workin' Pumas plus 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 ever mess with the of the sound L.L. Cool J, the around