[ ] Lord finesse and krs-one Lyrical styles a ton Lord finesse, we you got skills Come into the cypher and Chill out, all mc I Come
[ 1: lord finesse ] Check it out, come on, here's your to swing With some ill muthafuckas, we dance and sing In '95 we 'poetic justice' without that nigga john singleton I do my thing while the be jealin Hey yo, I'm so dope, you tap your man and tell 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 I make you bob your head until your 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 when they like a tin man They rap fast, tryin to stack But on the reel to reel, yo, still soundin half-assed Yellin and screamin like got somethin When don't got nothin, so them niggas need to stop frontin Talkin how they be raggin When I don't know if them niggas are or talkin muthafuckin arabic act so ill, they no frills They should go chill, all mouth with no skills When I'm around y'all feel Cause I'm makin funds like shaquille 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 they the (that's a gimmick) You sell records based on how you (that's a gimmick) Hey yo, tongue-twistin shit, that's kinda fresh (that's a gimmick) What's when you're but you're frontin like you're stressed? (that's a gimmick) What's when you're only rap to get paid? (that's a gimmick) What's when you're yellin and screamin up on (that's a gimmick) When your career is by days? (that's a gimmick) What's when your lyrical style is a faze? (that's a gimmick)
[ verse 2: ] I guess yes y'all, to the beat y'all, bring in the Let me put my beeper on 'vibrate', so hear it beep the street, concrete what I speak, yeah, I live 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 like other rappers talkin about the caps they peel Punk, I battle for real Fuck a record deal when you're into hip-hoppin With your country ass, sound like you're still cotton You get across the room in that direction, listen The lyrical not the one you should 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 come for mine When I rhyme I clean up mc's with the fresh smell of 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 like the home shopping You got a lotta rhymes to battle in a But the bottom line is: where's your hit record? You claim I'm jockin, you claim I'm on dick, where's your witness? If I'm on your dick, my name has got to be I come with physical 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 the lyrics I be kickin Be than curry chicken So whether from the east or the west no other krs I got I to your town to set it off So when finesse 'hit it' I'll mimick Krs-one could never use a
When you're ridin the next rapper's (that's a gimmick) When you're r&b, and you cold flip (that's a gimmick) Start hardcore just to get a hit (that's a gimmick) When yout get over, but skills ain't shit (that's a gimmick) When you rap, but you don't soul (that's a gimmick) When you cross over just to go (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, cause the clan facin Is steppin to you trash like sanitatian I shoot and throw rhymes, the whole when it's showtime (what up, kid? ) know I can hold mine On the I got rhymes skills the time's ill I'm blowin up spots like a minefield Brothers front with they out But words from finesse's leave them niggas stressed out make me sick to my stomach (so put it on em, kid!) them muthafuckas don't it They see me, believe me They all phoneys, like niggas that be wrestlin on tv Yo, they're near pro And couldn't hang if they was muthafuckin scarecrows a lotta rappers sound fake Talkin that shit, when they're softer than a poundcake So why you're frontin the burner, kid When you took more ass-whippins than fuckin tina turner did You wanna so be it But fuck beatin the bush, I just 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 sellout (what? ) you head I'll never cross over (aight!) life So I said it, peep the method If I go gold but get credit, I won't sweat it In '95 we all in it We gotta keep it real, yo, no muthafuckin
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) What's when you make bullshit just for the (that's a gimmick) What's you rap, but it's not from the heart? (that's a gimmick) What's when hardcore, then you turn 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 you're hard, but you're (that's a gimmick)
[ ] Now let be a lesson to all mc's And Anyone that come across the will have to pay hip hop is in effect Real hip-hop is in Real hip-hop is in Give it We catch