[ ] finesse and blastmaster krs-one Lyrical styles a ton Lord finesse, we know you got into the cypher and build Chill out, all mc I Come
[ 1: lord finesse ] Check it out, come on, your chance to swing With some ill muthafuckas, we dance and sing In '95 we Servin 'poetic justice' without that nigga john I do my while the fans be jealin Hey yo, I'm so dope, you tap your man and tell him I don't fake moves, I scrape crews, I make brothers fool Just give me a beat a bass groove I'm mad funky, ask the Cause I make you bob your head until your 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 rusty a tin man They rap fast, tryin to cash But on the reel to reel, yo, they still soundin Yellin and screamin like they got When don't 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 act so ill, they no frills They should go chill, they all mouth no skills When I'm around y'all feel Cause I'm makin funds like shaquille o'neal, money You any drama? you better wear plenty armor I cut ass like the chef at benny harner's The man's in it to win it We gotta it real yo, no muthafuckin gimmicks
Whoever a hit they 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 kinda (that's a gimmick) What's when you're soft but frontin like you're stressed? (that's a gimmick) when you're only into rap to get paid? (that's a gimmick) What's when you're yellin and up on stage? (that's a gimmick) When your career is by days? (that's a gimmick) What's when your lyrical is just a faze? (that's a gimmick)
[ verse 2: ] I yes y'all, to the beat y'all, bring in the street Let me put my beeper on 'vibrate', so won't it beep the street, concrete what I speak, yeah, I live it Let it be known, krs is not a gimmick I grab the mic and rip it, they stallin I raise the mic stand, because I'm and I keep the crowd callin I'm not like other rappers talkin about the caps they peel Punk, I mc's for real Fuck a record deal when you're into hip-hoppin With your country ass, sound like still pickin cotton You get across the room in that 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 like salt-n-pepa Lyrical terror, you never ever come for mine I rhyme I clean up mc's with the fresh smell of pine I got skills, and it You could or speed up the tempo, your style is fake like janet jackson's nose I'm sellin that live shit, and you could get hurt You're sellin that fake shit the home shopping network You got a lotta 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 your dick, where's your If I'm on your dick, my has got to be syphilis I come with physical fitness Two months from now you have bit this Watch me light that ass up christmas Don't let me out on that ass flippin the lyrics I be kickin 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' I'll mimick Krs-one could use a gimmick
you're ridin the next rapper's dick (that's a gimmick) When r&b, and then you cold flip (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 have (that's a gimmick) you cross over just to go gold (that's a gimmick) When not a gangster, but portrayin a role (that's a gimmick) What's you shape in somebody else's mould? (that's a gimmick)
[ verse 3: finesse ] Man your station, cause the you're facin Is to you trash muthafuckas like sanitatian I shoot and rhymes, the whole nine when it's showtime (what up, kid? ) brothers know I can hold On the real I got skills When the time's ill I'm up spots like a minefield Brothers front with chest out But words from finesse's leave them niggas stressed out They me sick to my stomach (so put it on em, kid!) them muthafuckas don't it can't see me, believe me They all phoneys, like them that 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, they're softer than a poundcake So why you're frontin the burner, kid When you done took more ass-whippins than fuckin turner did You wanna so be it But fuck around the bush, I just speak how I see it Me fall that shit's dead not happenin, kid, so get that shit through your thick head I'll sellout (what? ) you head right I'll cross over (aight!) word life So I said it, peep the method If I never go but get credit, I won't sweat it In '95 we all in it We gotta it real, yo, no muthafuckin gimmicks
What's you rap and don't appreciate the art? (that's a gimmick) when you sell out just to get a start? (that's a gimmick) What's when you bullshit just for the charts? (that's a gimmick) What's when you rap, but not from the heart? (that's a gimmick) when you're hardcore, then you turn pop? (that's a gimmick) When you ideas to get props? (that's a gimmick) you sell out to be on top? (that's a gimmick) What's when you front you're hard, but you're not? (that's a gimmick)
[ ] Now let this be a lesson to all And Anyone that across the line will have to pay hip hop is in effect Real hip-hop is in Real hip-hop is in Give it We wreck