(feat. Pete Rock and CL Smooth)
[Chorus]
down with the king for years, about ten of `em
recruiting suckers, Mac and Mike, and makin` men of `em
tears and fears for my peers, they rippin`
you think that it is, it is, if not it isn`t
race for the border my daughter, `cause beats you`re bangin` out
jeeps rockin` beats in the streets when there`s time for hangin` out
gather, or rather form a circle around a loud
`cause brothers or others could never ever rock a crowd
is it because he`s runnin` off with the mouth
or was he really clearly tryin` to play a nigga out
nope, shut him down, the king with a crown
`cause all you wanna be is dicky down
[Chorus]
[CL Smooth]
two years ago, a friend of mine
asked me to say some MC rhymes
so I said this rhyme I`m about to say
the rhyme was meeca, and it went this way
wrecka lecka mecca mic check on the windmill skills
Mac distracts, wearing Godfather hats
it`s okay to parlay to fortee better
tell `em my nigga made a sweater tougher than leather
swing another Rodney King thing in our right
but just like the white one I get no respect
money stay awake, `cause them other niggas are fake
from Hollis to the Becon, now your dumb ass is leakin`
C.L. and Run DMC so rush it
big time way before Hammer got to touch it
remember the faces in all types of places
look Ma, no shoelaces
and I`m....
[Chorus]
I`m takin` the tours, I`m wreckin` the land
I keep it hardcore because it`s dope man
these are the roughest toughest words I ever wrote down
not mean for a hoe like a slow jam, check it
sucka emcees could never swing with D
because of all the things that I bring with me
only G-O-D could be a king to me
and if the G-O-D be in me, then the king I be
the microphone is granted when it`s handed to me
I was planted on this planet and I plan to emcee
the emcee fiends only seem to agree
that I rock all the world and the society
I rages on the stages with a tune of verse
I get praises from these pages to the universe
my voice is raw, my lyrics is law
I keep it hardcore like you never saw
[Chorus]
[Pete Rock]
I`m the man you see, in the place to be
I went to John Jay University
and since kindergarten I acquired the knowledge
and after twelve grade I went straight to college
down with the kings on the mic, a full swinger
the P to the R, not an R&B singer
the R to the U-N-D-MC`n
the fly human beings, tonight I hold the key and
flowin` with the funk track, here to soul brother black
pick up the bass, better yet leave a space
so let me put my big black ?? on in to the early mornin`
had skins doanin`
mecca? (yo) you want the mecca? (yo)
I`ll make a funky beat so we can blow, check it out
Pete Rock`s the beat knock, put you in a headlock
and now all the outty out flock is down with the king
