[ ] Lord finesse and blastmaster styles weigh a ton Lord finesse, we know you got Come the cypher and build Chill out, all mc I down
[ verse 1: finesse ] Check it out, come on, your chance to swing some ill muthafuckas, we don't dance and sing In '95 we Servin 'poetic justice' without that nigga 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 fake moves, I scrape crews, I make brothers break Just give me a with a bass groove I'm mad funky, ask the Cause I make you bob your head until muthafuckin neck hurt So ask me to match, gee Cause if you ain't real, I'm 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 cash But on the to reel, yo, they still soundin half-assed Yellin and screamin like they got When they got nothin, so them niggas need to stop frontin Talkin how be raggin shit When I don't know if niggas are rappin or talkin muthafuckin arabic They act so ill, they no They should go chill, they all mouth no skills When I'm y'all feel funny Cause I'm young makin funds like o'neal, money You want any drama? you better wear plenty I cut that ass the chef at benny harner's The funky in it to win it We gotta keep it yo, no muthafuckin gimmicks
Whoever make a hit the best (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) What's when soft but you're frontin like you're stressed? (that's a gimmick) What's when 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) What's when your lyrical is just a faze? (that's a gimmick)
[ 2: krs-one ] I guess yes y'all, to the beat y'all, in the street Let me put my on 'vibrate', so won't 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 the crowd callin I'm not those other rappers talkin about the caps they peel Punk, I battle for real Fuck a record deal you're still into hip-hoppin With your country ass, sound like you're still pickin You get thrown across the room in direction, listen The lyrical teacher's not the one you be checkin This is my eara, or era or eera, whatever, I'm mad I shoop, you doop, you doop like Lyrical terror, you should never ever for mine When I rhyme I clean up mc's the fresh smell of pine I got skills, and it You could slow or up the tempo, your style is fake like janet jackson's nose I'm sellin that real live shit, and you get hurt You're sellin fake shit like the home shopping network You got a rhymes to battle in a second But frankly the bottom line is: where's your hit You claim I'm jockin, you claim I'm on dick, where's your witness? If I'm on your dick, my has got to be syphilis I come with lyrical fitness Two months from now you will have bit Watch me light that ass up like Don't let me come out on ass Start flippin the lyrics I be Be hotter curry chicken So whether from the east or the west There's no krs I got I came to town to set it off So when goes 'hit it' never mimick Krs-one never use a gimmick
you're ridin the next rapper's dick (that's a gimmick) When you're r&b, and then you cold (that's a gimmick) Start rhymin hardcore to get a hit (that's a gimmick) When get over, but your skills ain't shit (that's a gimmick) you rap, but you don't have soul (that's a gimmick) When you cross just to go gold (that's a gimmick) When not a gangster, but portrayin a role (that's a gimmick) What's when you shape in somebody else's (that's a gimmick)
[ verse 3: lord ] Man your station, cause the clan you're Is to you trash muthafuckas like sanitatian I shoot and throw rhymes, the whole when it's showtime (what up, kid? ) brothers know I can hold On the real I got rhymes the time's ill I'm blowin up spots like a minefield Brothers front with chest out But words finesse's mouth'll leave them niggas stressed out They make me to my stomach (so put it on em, kid!) muthafuckas don't want it can't see me, believe me They all phoneys, like niggas that be wrestlin on tv Yo, they're nowhere pro And niggas couldn't hang if they was muthafuckin Nowadays a rappers sound fake Talkin that gangster shit, when they're softer a poundcake So why frontin with the burner, kid When you done took more than fuckin tina turner did You front? so be it But fuck around the bush, I just speak how I see it Me fall off? that dead That's not happenin, kid, so get shit through your thick head I'll never sellout (what? ) you head I'll cross over (aight!) word life So when I 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
when you rap and don't appreciate the art? (that's a gimmick) What's when you out just to get a start? (that's a gimmick) when you make bullshit just for the charts? (that's a gimmick) What's when you rap, but not from the heart? (that's a gimmick) What's when you're hardcore, then you pop? (that's a gimmick) you steal ideas to get props? (that's a gimmick) When you sell out to be on (that's a gimmick) What's when you front like hard, but you're not? (that's a gimmick)
[ ] Now let this be a to all mc's And Anyone come across the line will have to pay Real hip hop is in hip-hop is in effect Real hip-hop is in it respect We wreck