[ ] finesse and blastmaster krs-one Lyrical weigh a ton finesse, we know you got skills Come into the and build Chill out, all mc I Come
[ verse 1: finesse ] Check it out, come on, here's your to swing With some ill muthafuckas, we don't dance and In '95 we Servin 'poetic justice' without that john singleton I do my thing while the fans be Hey yo, I'm so dope, you tap your man and tell him I don't moves, I scrape crews, I make brothers break fool Just me a beat with a bass groove I'm mad funky, ask the Cause I make you bob your until your muthafuckin neck hurt So ask me to match, gee Cause if you ain't real, I'm bringin it to face like acne Now rappers run scams and On how they be gettin loose when they like a tin man They rap fast, tryin to cash But on the reel to reel, yo, still soundin half-assed Yellin and screamin like got somethin they don't got nothin, so them niggas need to stop frontin Talkin how be raggin shit When I don't know if them niggas are rappin or talkin muthafuckin act so ill, they no frills They should go chill, they all mouth no skills When I'm y'all feel funny Cause I'm young makin funds shaquille o'neal, money You want any you better wear plenty armor I cut that ass like the at benny harner's The man's in it to win it We keep it real yo, no muthafuckin gimmicks
Whoever make a hit the best (that's a gimmick) You sell based on how you dress (that's a gimmick) Hey yo, that tongue-twistin shit, kinda fresh (that's a gimmick) What's when you're soft but you're frontin you're stressed? (that's a gimmick) What's when only into rap to get paid? (that's a gimmick) What's when you're and screamin up on stage? (that's a gimmick) When career is numbered by days? (that's a gimmick) What's your lyrical style is just a faze? (that's a gimmick)
[ 2: krs-one ] I guess yes y'all, to the beat y'all, bring in the Let me put my beeper on 'vibrate', so hear it beep Representin the street, what I speak, yeah, I live it Let it be known, krs is not a gimmick I grab the mic and rip it, meanwhile they I raise the mic stand, because I'm and I keep the crowd callin I'm not like those other rappers talkin the caps they peel Punk, I battle for real Fuck a record deal when you're still hip-hoppin With country ass, sound like you're still pickin cotton You get thrown the room in that direction, listen The teacher's not the one you should be checkin is my eara, or era or eera, whatever, I'm mad clever I shoop, you doop, you doop like Lyrical terror, you should never come for mine When I rhyme I clean up mc's with the fresh of pine I got skills, and it You could slow or speed up the tempo, your style is fake like jackson's nose I'm that real live shit, and you could get hurt You're that fake shit like the home shopping network You got a rhymes to battle in a second But frankly the bottom line is: your hit record? You claim I'm jockin, you claim I'm on your dick, where's your If I'm on your dick, my name has got to be I with lyrical physical fitness Two months from now you will have bit Watch me light ass up like christmas let me come out on that ass Start flippin the I be kickin Be hotter than curry So whether the east or from the west no other krs I got I to your town to set it off So finesse goes 'hit it' never mimick Krs-one could use a gimmick
When you're ridin the next rapper's (that's a gimmick) When you're r&b, and then you cold (that's a gimmick) Start rhymin just to get a hit (that's a gimmick) When yout get over, but your skills shit (that's a gimmick) When you rap, but you don't have (that's a gimmick) you cross over just to go gold (that's a gimmick) When you're not a gangster, but a role (that's a gimmick) What's when you shape in somebody mould? (that's a gimmick)
[ 3: lord finesse ] Man your station, the clan you're facin Is steppin to you trash muthafuckas sanitatian I shoot and throw rhymes, the whole nine when it's (what up, kid? ) brothers know I can mine On the I got rhymes skills When the time's ill I'm blowin up like a minefield Brothers front with chest out But words from mouth'll leave them niggas stressed out make me sick to my stomach (so put it on em, kid!) them muthafuckas don't it They can't see me, me They all phoneys, like them niggas be wrestlin on tv Yo, they're nowhere pro And niggas couldn't if they was muthafuckin scarecrows Nowadays a lotta rappers fake Talkin that gangster shit, when they're softer than a So why you're with the burner, kid you done took more ass-whippins than fuckin tina turner did You front? so be it But fuck beatin around the bush, I speak how I see it Me fall off? shit's dead That's not happenin, kid, so get that shit through thick head I'll never (what? ) you head right I'll never over (aight!) word life So I said it, peep the method If I never go gold but get credit, I sweat it In '95 we all in it We keep it real, yo, no muthafuckin gimmicks
What's when you rap and appreciate the art? (that's a gimmick) What's when you out just to get a start? (that's a gimmick) What's when you make bullshit just for the (that's a gimmick) What's when you rap, but it's not the heart? (that's a gimmick) What's when you're hardcore, then you turn (that's a gimmick) When you steal ideas to get (that's a gimmick) When you out to be on top? (that's a gimmick) when you front like you're hard, but you're not? (that's a gimmick)
[ ] Now let be a lesson to all mc's And Anyone that come the line will have to pay Real hip hop is in Real is in effect Real hip-hop is in Give it We catch