[Intro: Wild Style sample]
"We gon' rock 'em, man, 'cause we got the fresh stuff
(You know this, man, you know this)"
[Intro: Pete Rock, Busta Rhymes sample]
Ayo, 1, 2... T3, and you don't... uh ("One-one-one-one time!")
Jay Dee, and you don't... uh, uh ("Two-two ti-times")
Baatin, and you don't... Slum Vill ("Three-three ti-times")
Pete Rock, and you can't–aiyyo ("Four times!")
[Verse 1: Pete Rock]
I'm on a mission, I hold the pen and stay twistin'
The competition; my street cats will stay listening (Word up)
Detroit to New York, I still walk the walk
Control dancehalls, chillin' in my b-boy stance, y'all
Never was known to be an emcee (Emcee, god)
I still rip and flip crowds into a frenzy (Frenzy!)
Reciting phat shit, I incite herbs to bite
Bum rush your mic check; play this only at night
Coincide with the mic, take flight above shores (Word 'em up)
I separate mines from yours
I look ya up and as I stare in your face
You bit mine's on the hum-hum
The one you got your idea from
Yeah, I'm right here, son, and straight out the slum
Makin' tracks for dough, gettin' paid to do shows
So when I blow (What?)
Y'all niggas respect my flow
Aiyyo, I'm nice with the pill when I rock with Slum Vill
So what you want, dunn?
[Scratch Break 1: Jay Dee]
"Straighten it out, y'all!"
"Ain't–" "Ain't nothin' to it"
"Eat ya ass up like a steak and take"
"And I'm not the fake" "Turn it out" ("Ha!")
"They can't deal with it, man..."
[Verse 2: Jay Dee]
Ayo, you want flows? We got tons of them
Pete, Slum, and Tim tryna bank shit like the Huntington
Get that money and dip, flash the cash in front of them
Niggas gruntin' and shit, sayin' nothin', I'm done with them
Oh, yo – peeps ain't gotta hold they gun on them
'Cause if one of them cats jump, we all jumpin' in – believe that
We got somethin' for the some dumb, Bubble Yum chewin'
That don't know what they doin'
With this rap shit, and rap tactics automatic
And the fact is – y'all know you bored with the wack shit
We got that fat shit, that 'order a NordicTrack' shit (What?)
And when you hear it, man, I don't know how to act, shit
[Scratch Break 2: Jay Dee]
"Serious, see?!"
"You know you're gonna get served"
"Turn–" "–rn it up!"
"Let me get down and blow a fuse!"
"Niggas, throw your hands up!!!"
"And I'm here to say..."
[Verse 3: T3]
It's like the first we laid the verse and now we rock with the beat
Just another casualty for The "S" and The "V"
It's like – action is what we give and receive
Best–do believe, we got some shit up our sleeve
Some shit to dance to, some shit to intrigue
Some shit if–you dyin', it'll help you breathe
Make a handicap nigga exceed with speed
It's like totally with the rhymes with The "V"
Doin' this for D-E-T in the place to be
Can't forget the rest: R-O-I and T
Mack Nicholas, baby, what else could it be?
Please, lace me with a scratch for the beat
Pete Rock!
[Scratch Break 3: Jay Dee]
"And don't stop" "Y'know I'm sayin'? Heh"
"D–" "D–" "D–" "Do it" "From state to state"
"I'm in it to win it" "From beginnin' to end"
[Verse 4: Baatin, Thunder & Lightning sample]
In the beginning, it was The "S" – never no lame shit
Motherfuckers traveled for miles to Mack Nick (Uh-huh)
We kick rhymes, you know they'll never sound like yours
"Step up!" – to the mic lookin' like cheap drawers
Fuck this rap shit, I'm too smart for that
I do this shit for kicks with my crew – believe that
The "S" is on the way to makin' emcees quit
I shoot the kinda rhymes to make the emcees duck
On the mic, I never fight, a fallen angel of war
Slice an emcee with my tongue, a lyrical sword
You really wanna battle? You must be ill (Ill... ill... ill... ill...)
Well, it's The "S" – numero uno, I mean, your favorite
The negroes makin' the music that you run out to get
Now this is – nothing for less, nuclear bomb shit
Mack Nicholas is Earnin' Money, on some Mount Vernon shit
[Scratch Break 4: Jay Dee cutting up Busta Rhymes]
"One–" "One–" "One–" "One time!"
"Two–" "T–" "Two ti–" "Times!"
"Three–" "Th–" "Three ti– "Times!"
"Four–" "Four–" "Four–" "Four times!"
"One–" "One–" "One–" "One time!"
"Two–" "T–" "Two ti–" "Times!"
"Three–" "Th–" "Three ti– "Times!"
"Four–" "Four–" "Four–" "Four times!"
[Outro: Pete Rock]
What!
Slum Vill, and we out
No doubt, for '98
Settin' ya straight
Get ya self laced
Peace... peace... peace... peace... peace...
– Segue Skit –
[Dialogue: Baatin as TV Commercial Host, Baatin as Louis Armstrong]
Enjoy all of your favorite songs
By the wonderful voice whom we all love, Louis Armstrong
"Oh... it's been so long since I had you, baby
I'ma tell you...
I'm feelin' so sorry, so sorry... shibbidy-bop, shibby-bop..."
"Missing You" by Diana Ross
"Ah, yeah...! I'm missing you!"
And The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, with "Die 4 U"
"I would die for you, yeah
Tell me if you'd do it for me!"
And his own Jazz... aaall that Jazz...
{*scatting*}
And, this one, he features Morris Day himself with, "What Do I Do?"
"(C'mon, sing it with me, Morris!)
Tell me, what do I do? (Move out the way! C'mon now!)
What... Do I do?!!"
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34031 Conant Gardens, Detroit, Michigan
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