I throw my tape on

And I watch ya

Three second later

I got ya shakin' your head

Dancin' instead of sittin'

The rhymes kick

The beats hittin' you

Just like a home run

Slammin' like a slam dunk

Riding the wave that James Brown gave funk

It happened to James like it happened to me

How you think I feel to see another MC

Gettin' paid usin' my rap style

And I'm playn' the background meanwhile

I ain't with that

You can forget that

You took my style

I'm takin' it back

I'm come back like "Return of the Jedi"

Sucker MC's in the place that said I

Could only rock rhymes

Only rock crowds

But never rock records

How ya like me now (x2)

Now brothers are riding me

Like a pony

I'm no phony

I'm the only real micaroni

Playin' the mic like it's supposed to be played

New jacks,you all shoulda stayed out of the business

What is this,amateur night at the Apollo?

Get off this stage,I'm in a rage

I'm like a lion that's been trapped in a cage

I'm the real king , rap is a jungle

I never understood,how could one go

To a party,watch me,stand around and jock me

Become a rapper,then try to rock me

Scheming like a demon,you're screamin' and dreamin'

I'm from the old school,I used to see men

Dies for less,but I'm not living that way

I'll let my mic do the talkin'

And let the music play

How ya like me now (x2)

Rap is an art

And I'm a Picasso

But of course

Why else would you try so

Hard to