(Yo man, these around here in '87 just slippin-dough, you know what I'm Boogie Down Productions not slippin-dough, so hold ya hands-you Know I'm sayin? (word) Yo! What's goin' on? Mr. Magic-you know what Happened? He on us-he die. Pumpin KISS FM, we rock. To my man DJ Red Alert- we chillin' (word). Yo man! Yo do, about, man, this shit About this kid-Wearin' the, ah, Jerry Curls, man. Word up! He was Yo dough, word up, word up. He had a coat on, but no description was Given)
Now what you just heard, people, was a kickin But let me tell you this the clock is still tickin This is the warning, as the caution Do not to dis 'cause you'll soften Just a pillow, or better yet a mattress You can't match this style or attack While I'm telling you, on schedule Fuck with K-R-S and bury you Deep in the dirt, or sand a shovel No fight, no scurry, or scuffle, just domination on stage is the name, 22 is the age Those who battle, I know who you are You got a little girl, you drive a car You come into the place with that look on face Before you ran the mile, you lost the So assume doomed when you step in the room be the witch and you'll be the broom I'll you, guide you into the concrete I'll you to a funky beat So what do we here? A sucka in I snatched your Put it way up on the At ten fucked At nine you At eight a sucker At seven-a At six you're At five just wacked At four lost At three, you're soft At two an ass At one, a dick But before you slip, I'll 'Cause homeboy, ya
(Yo get my slip on, I'm on. A long time, ya see me slip on, crop D And I'll slip on, everybody-I slip on. Sayin? I'll come if I miss you Sayin?)
I understand that music the savage beast But keep in that I compose my music piece by piece a bass, a snare A little cut over I add my name And the shit becomes I ask Moe and ICU for their Layin' down a power all the suckas are tought One again, the tactics of arts We're payed to the end 'cause we were down from the start We're known as Boogie Down Productions, ain't no stance Gauranteed to ya dance, if you give us a chance We're goin' off and of course all ya suckas are You wanna hear a fresh You've come to the source I'm the type of guy who's not put up on a pedestal Run my rhyme on time and on One another, another to the next Can't rhyme when tense, or your muscles won't flex Check your It may get lower sex Or may get When as a liar These are the I teach so be tought To me you're kinda short, how many have you fought? If you come up with a number, notebook, or It just doesn't matter, you can still get I'm bringin' back ol' New York rap That gets you jacked while you're hands still It's dissin' you I can make money But tippin' My message is simple Ya'
(They slippin'-dough-1987-they spippin', but we all the way to the top Man (word)-you know what I'm To my brother KRS-1, you're large, I'm Sayin, large-everytime, man, large. slippin')
E-N-O, you go through other albums, you're sure to say Goddam! They all to sound alike Till you hear the standin' over in the light Showing, glowing, on the top The lyrics keep flowing and and just flowing like a river, or better yet a stream I'm proud to be down with the winning So ever in your life even think about an arguement Cuz you'll get on like carpet We'll pick you up, and you off Stamp BDP on you're and you're off But you even change that to say instead I'm down cuz I got a BDP on my So just before you inherit that ass I suggest you right up cuz ya slippin' (Yo! They slippin'-dough, they slippin'-dough, slippin'-word up
up I Don't care no more, man, I'm commin' out of the shell-dough, Man. B-boy Records, Magic, yo all the time they slippin-ya what I'm Saying? other kid-I don't know what his name is, but you know What It is. (WORD UP!) slippin' too (everybody). Slippin', and He do somethin', slippin'. Slippin'.)