[Erick Knick patty whack give a dog a bone Yo, give him nothing but a microphone Don't stop, I'm not yet You I'm not the E, you wanna make a bet? Remember this: Lounge, you in the zone I figured you would, now me alone You pick and you wish on a four-leaf To be the E double E over and You're by the way I do my thing (Do what?) up the mic high and make it swing
I have the to rap and chill Cold wax and tax who tend to act ill It's a Diggum Smack Smack me and I'll smack you I get goosebumps the bassline thumps A MC arrives, now it's time for lunch When I'm cooling on the scene, I notice one I'm not Bounce, so MC's cling I consider better than average Yo, I the mic like a wild beast savage
[Erick I'm in the bottling state, I concentrate I make a move like chess, and I yell "checkmate" You know why I get and zanier? Because of EPMD I walk through the crowd I can see heads turning I hear voices "That's Erick Sermon" Not only from the women, but the men You know what? It good, my friend
I'm the P E, the Thrilla of Manilla Better known as the MC killer PMD cold the place jumping And if not then we feel we owe you something lotto, you have to be in it to win it But if the beat is then Diamond J will spin it If J spin it, then it has to be To make you dance there's no one left
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[Erick Praying like a prey the fox in action I blood, no time for maxing Camoflauge in the green, my is arc Plus you in trouble cause after dark My close like Steve Austin, I got you in the square I won't let you run, nah, ain't fair So I my visions until I can spot him him by the neck and say "Hmmm I got him"
Whenever MC's, you're in your head My rhymes are hungry they haven't been fed The process of elimination is quite Let you grow like a blackhead and pop you a pimple Slice you like lettuce, toss you like a Revoke your MC if your rhymes ain't valid As we go on, sucker MC's wacker a parrot says "Polly want a cracker"
[Erick It was a record test, we can't handle At the house they had the on the mantle at the DJ and said "May I?" Lit it up like the Fourth of Because I float like a butterfly, sting a bee Woah, I'm the E of I have a strong point of view on the way run Just up and listen and learn my son
Absorb ass like Bounty, the quicker picker upper To tell you up front, nothing but a sucker The style using, no doubt copastetic You try to and yet sound pathetic Design my rhymes like a taylor, floatin' like a As the P gets stronger, get staler Not or protagging, surely not fagging surrender, raise the flags and Give up the titles because the are vital I keep a voice tuned at a slow and swift
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[Erick I a man meal sandwich, yes I need Manwich I good, now it's time to do damage I like balanced, you know what I mean? Wanna rhyme one time, to the steam When I the mic I get dramatic like an actor You know why I get I'm the master I do a show, it in til it's clamming up Look for the microphone jam it up
You you see me jamming in New York Tech You got one fella, you deserve a check How did you know, you must have been How do you know the I be rocking? follow me fella, every move that I make I'm hostile now so I'll you a break Well search upon me but go past the limit Here's a card and on the back is my fan club
[Erick two things to check out in the words that I'm saying Plus listen to the time playing Bro is bad, the strings he's rhyme after rhyme, watch MC's duck and
MC's, the final You tired, can you go the round? If you can, slap your hand and give you credit And if not, I'll turn and say "Forget it"
Sermon] People say that I'm a party To tell the I'm a born trooper
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