I ain′t no joke, I used to let the mic smoke

Now I slam it when I'm done and make sure it′s broke

When I'm gone, no one gets on, 'cause I won′t letNobody press up, and mess up, the scene I set

I like to stand in a crowd, and watch the people wonder, damn

But think about it, then ya understand

I′m just a addict, addicted to music

Maybe it's a habit, I gotta use it

Even if it′s jazz, or the quiet storm

I hook a beat up, convert it into hip-hop form

Write a rhyme in graffitti and, every show you see me in

Deep concentration, 'cause I′m no comedian

Jokers are wild, if you wanna be tamed

I treat you like a child then you're gonna be named

Another enemy, not even a friend of me

′Cause you'll get fried in the end when you pretend to be

Competin', ′cause I just put your mind on pause

And I complete when, you compare my rhyme wit′ yours

I wake you up and as I stare in your face you seem stunned

Remember me, the one you got your idea from

But soon you start to suffer, the tune'll get rougher

When you start to stutter, that′s when you had enough of

Bitin', it′ll make you choke, you can't provoke

You can′t cope, you should've broke, because I ain't no joke

I got a question, it′s serious as cancer

Who can keep the average dancer

Hyper as a heart attack, nobody smilin′

'Cause you′re expressin' the rhyme that I′m stylin'

This is what we all sit down and write

You can′t make it so you take it home, break it and bite

Use pieces and bits of all the hip-hop hits

Get the style down pat then it's time to switch

Put my tape on pause and add some more to yours

Then you figured, you're ready for the neighborhood tours

A E-M-C-E-E, don′t even try to be

When you come up to speak, don′t even lie to me

You like to exaggerate, dream and imaginate

Then change the rhyme around, that could aggravate me

So when you see me come up, freeze

Or you'll be one of those 7 emcees

They think that I′m a new jack, but only if they knew that

They who think wrong, are they who can't do that

Style that I′m doin', they might ruin

Patterns and paragraphs based on you and

Your offbeat DJ, if anything he play

Sound familiar, I′ll wait 'til E say

Play 'em, so I′mma have to diss who broke

You could get a smack for this, I ain′t no joke

I hold the microphone like a grudge

B'll hold the record so the needle don′t budge

I hold a conversation, 'cause what I invent

I nominated my DJ the president

When I emcee I′ll, keep a freestyle, goin' steadily

So pucker up, and whistle my melody

But whatever you do, don′t miss one

They'll be another rough rhyme after this one

Before you know it, you're followin′ and fiendin′

Waiting for the punchline, to get the meanin'

Like before, the mural of my story I′m tellin'

Nobody beats the R so stop yellin′

Save it, put it in your pocket for later

'Cause I′m movin' the crowd, and B'll wreck the fader

No interruptions ′til the mic is broke

When I′m gone, then you can joke

'Cause everything is real on the serious tip

Keep playin′, and I get furious quick

And I take you for a walk through hell

Freeze your dome, then watch your eyeballs swell

Guide you out of triple stage darkness

When it get dark again, then I'mma spark this

Microphone, ′cause the heat is on

You see smoke, then I finish when the beat is gone, I'm no joke