[ ] Lord finesse and blastmaster Lyrical weigh a ton Lord finesse, we know you got into the cypher and build Chill out, all mc I down
[ 1: lord finesse ] it out, come on, here's your chance to swing With some ill muthafuckas, we 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 better tap your man and him I don't fake moves, I scrape crews, I brothers break fool Just me a beat 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 bringin it to your face like Now rappers run and flim-flams On how they be gettin loose when rusty like a tin man They rap fast, tryin to cash But on the reel to reel, yo, they soundin half-assed Yellin and screamin like they got When don't got nothin, so them niggas need to stop frontin how they be raggin shit When I don't know if them niggas are rappin or 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 makin funds like shaquille o'neal, money You want any drama? you better plenty armor I cut that ass like the chef at harner's The funky 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, tongue-twistin shit, that's kinda fresh (that's a gimmick) What's when you're soft but 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 when you're and screamin up on stage? (that's a gimmick) your career is numbered by days? (that's a gimmick) What's when your lyrical style is just a (that's a gimmick)
[ 2: krs-one ] I guess yes y'all, to the beat y'all, in the street Let me put my beeper on 'vibrate', so won't hear it Representin the street, concrete what I speak, yeah, I it Let it be known, krs is not a gimmick I grab the mic and rip it, meanwhile stallin I raise the mic stand, because I'm tall and I keep the crowd I'm not like those other rappers talkin the caps they peel Punk, I battle mc's for Fuck a record deal when you're into hip-hoppin With country ass, sound like you're still pickin cotton You get across the room in that direction, listen The lyrical 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 smell of I got skills, and it You could slow or speed up the tempo, your style is like janet jackson's nose I'm sellin that real shit, and you could get hurt You're sellin fake shit like the home shopping network You got a lotta rhymes to in a second But frankly the bottom is: where's 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 has got to be syphilis I come with physical fitness Two months now you will have bit this Watch me light that ass up like let me come out on that ass Start flippin the I be kickin Be hotter than chicken So whether the east or from the west no other krs I got I came to town to set it off So when finesse goes it' never mimick Krs-one could use a gimmick
When ridin the next rapper's dick (that's a gimmick) you're r&b, and then you cold flip (that's a gimmick) Start rhymin hardcore 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) When you 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 else's (that's a gimmick)
[ 3: lord finesse ] Man your station, the clan you're facin Is steppin to you muthafuckas like sanitatian I shoot and throw rhymes, the whole nine when showtime (what up, kid? ) brothers know I can hold On the real I got skills When the time's ill I'm blowin up spots like a Brothers front with chest out But words from finesse's leave them niggas stressed out They make me to my stomach (so put it on em, kid!) them muthafuckas want it They see me, believe me They all phoneys, like them niggas that be on tv Yo, they're near pro And niggas couldn't hang if they was scarecrows a lotta rappers sound fake Talkin that shit, when they're softer than a poundcake So why frontin with the burner, kid When you done took more ass-whippins than tina 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 That's not happenin, kid, so get that through your thick head I'll never sellout (what? ) you right 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
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 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 that come across the line will have to pay Real hip hop is in Real is in effect Real is in effect it respect We catch