Knuckleheads spreadin' gossip all town Every I drive by you're just standin' around Hundred-bottles in your pocket, in your hand Don't you know you're just a worker and 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 close with the schemin' and I guess the beef and the is the price of fame
Movies, records, goin' on people hip-hoppin' on the floor Whole body-rockin', and everything's chill Get back to New York, and the act ill See, I with the devil, made a promise to God I have in goin' all the way to the top It's harder harder than hard all the suckers are You to try to talk down now your ego is scarred
See the problem is you want what man has His car, his wife, or his But that's weak, you do work on your own when you're rich you got friends but when you're poor you're alone So get your own on own, it'll strengthen your soul Stop livin' off your parents like you're years old Instead of walkin' you're limp and talkin' yang about me Why don't you your monkey-ass and get a college degree?
Or a rhyme and ride a bike and try to live carefree Hope my message you before 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 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 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 and rhyme Lead you to ticket line So you can come in my show and the stars shine Get busy, not dizzy, wanna the young The last man who didn't ended up gettin' hung
Not I killed him, it's just he didn't wanna trust The words of a that's why you must heed to the speech, it's gonna reach your ear Don't try to say you can't hear 'cause the are clear Throwin' flurries, punks scurry and I 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 stage in it don't go right
E-Love drives a tank, he's strong a truck If you're cryin' while you're dyin' we givin' a fuck L.L. J is on the microphone all you punk 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 hip-hop If Russia bombed the U.S., be scared to touch Queens
'Cuz that's I live, and this is what I give Turnin' crews into fugitives They run, they frightened, they hide from King Like a sniper when he's shootin' or a viper when bitin' Here I am, tellin' the truth and I'm spreadin' the word to my youth It goes man-to-man and I got hip-hop, rock, and love fans All you petty MC's in the of New York Gettin' a for a show but you still wanna squawk
Can't get a decent contract, your beats workin' Dogged-out Pumas plus manager's jerkin' Your mic weak, remember that skeezer I'm badder than Napoleon, Hitler or I'm a hitman, but I'm not for hire, fly girl's desire, the man you Not on the stage, I rock in the park And I'm a killer in the daytime, and worse dark So don't never ever mess with the of the sound L.L. Cool J, the around