[ ] finesse and blastmaster krs-one Lyrical styles a ton finesse, we know you got skills Come into the cypher and out, all mc I kill Come
[ verse 1: finesse ] Check it out, on, here's your chance to swing some ill muthafuckas, we don't dance and sing In '95 we Servin 'poetic justice' without nigga john singleton I do my thing while the fans be Hey yo, I'm so dope, you better tap your man and him I fake moves, I scrape crews, I make brothers break fool Just give me a with a bass groove I'm mad funky, ask the Cause I make you bob your head until your muthafuckin hurt So ask me to match, gee Cause if you real, I'm bringin it to your face like acne Now run scams and flim-flams On how they be gettin loose they rusty like a tin man They rap fast, tryin to stack But on the reel to reel, yo, they still soundin Yellin and like they got somethin When they got nothin, so them niggas need to stop frontin Talkin how they be shit When I don't know if niggas are rappin or talkin muthafuckin arabic act so ill, they no frills They should go chill, they all with no skills When I'm around feel funny Cause I'm young makin funds like o'neal, money You want any drama? you wear plenty armor I cut that ass like the at benny harner's The man's in it to win it We gotta keep it real yo, no gimmicks
Whoever make a hit they the (that's a gimmick) You sell records based on how you (that's a gimmick) Hey yo, that tongue-twistin shit, that's fresh (that's a gimmick) when you're soft but you're frontin like you're stressed? (that's a gimmick) What's you're only into rap to get paid? (that's a gimmick) What's you're yellin and screamin up on stage? (that's a gimmick) When your career is numbered by (that's a gimmick) when your lyrical style is just a faze? (that's a gimmick)
[ 2: krs-one ] I yes y'all, to the beat y'all, bring in the street Let me put my beeper on 'vibrate', so hear it beep Representin the street, concrete what I speak, yeah, I it Let it be known, krs is not about a I grab the mic and rip it, meanwhile stallin I raise the mic stand, because I'm tall and I keep the callin I'm not like those other rappers about the caps they peel Punk, I battle for real a record deal when you're still into hip-hoppin With your country ass, sound you're still pickin cotton You get thrown across the room in direction, listen The lyrical teacher's not the one you should be is my eara, or era or eera, whatever, I'm mad clever I shoop, you doop, you doop salt-n-pepa terror, you should never ever 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 janet nose I'm sellin that real live shit, and you get hurt You're sellin that fake shit like the home shopping You got a lotta rhymes to in a second But frankly the bottom line is: where's hit record? You claim I'm jockin, you claim I'm on your dick, where's witness? If I'm on your dick, my has got to be syphilis I come with lyrical fitness Two months from now you have bit this Watch me light ass up like christmas Don't let me out on that ass Start flippin the lyrics I be Be hotter curry chicken So whether the east or from the west no other krs I got I came to your to set it off So finesse goes 'hit it' I'll never Krs-one could never use a
When you're ridin the next dick (that's a gimmick) When you're r&b, and then you cold (that's a gimmick) Start hardcore just to get a hit (that's a gimmick) yout get over, but your skills ain't shit (that's a gimmick) When you rap, but you don't soul (that's a gimmick) When you cross over 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)
[ verse 3: lord ] Man your station, the clan you're facin Is steppin to you muthafuckas like sanitatian I shoot and throw rhymes, the whole nine when it's (what up, kid? ) brothers know I can mine On the real I got skills When the time's ill I'm up spots like a minefield front with they chest out But words from finesse's mouth'll leave niggas stressed out They me sick to my stomach (so put it on em, kid!) them muthafuckas want it can't see me, believe me They all phoneys, like them niggas that be on tv Yo, they're nowhere pro And niggas couldn't if they was muthafuckin scarecrows a lotta rappers sound fake Talkin that gangster shit, they're softer than a poundcake So why frontin with the burner, kid When you done took more ass-whippins than fuckin tina did You wanna so be it But fuck beatin around the bush, I just how I see it Me fall that shit's dead That's not happenin, kid, so get shit through your thick head I'll never sellout (what? ) you head I'll never cross over (aight!) word So I said it, peep the method If I never go gold but get credit, I won't it In '95 we all in it We gotta keep it real, yo, no gimmicks
What's when you rap and appreciate the art? (that's a gimmick) What's when you sell out 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 from the (that's a gimmick) What's you're hardcore, then you turn pop? (that's a gimmick) When you steal to get props? (that's a gimmick) When you out to be on top? (that's a gimmick) What's when you like you're hard, but you're not? (that's a gimmick)
[ ] Now let this be a 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