[Run] Mic checka..
[DMC] Yes y`all, and I am..
the grand, imperial wizard.. D.M.C..
And you`re listening to the sounds..
as we take you onnnnnn down..
to the lasssssssssssst STOP!
Chorus: Run-D.M.C. (repeat 4X)
Come on everybody, let`s all get down
[Run]
K-k-k-coolin (coolin) relaxin and we`re coolin
Rulin while we`re schoolin ?? the teacher who ya foolin?
While in, trainin, your brain and foe are entranced
I talk to tiny tots and just like Watson, Elementary
[D.M.C.]
Back in eighty-two and three I made the word `DEF`
Gave life to the mic now you know liggity-left
riggity-right (RIGHT, all that, swinger)
You was crappin in your Pampers now don`t tamper with the ??
[Run]
Baddest of the bad, I think of thickness here I come
I get dumb (diddy) dumb (diddy diddy) dumb dumb
(and here we go) Here we go! HERE WE HERE WE HERE WE GO
A lot (of niggaz) bitin (off my) old style flow
But up off the subject, you know I shut em down an`
I think I seen em sinkin matter fact I seen em drownin
(Yo who kicks the flavor?) DJ Run`ll keep you guessin
Here`s a little tip, it`s the Tribe for your Quest`n
Two-seven and I`m representin, comin from HOLLIS
Queens is what I mean, Ma Dukes is cookin COLLARDS
Feelin like ??, and matched up sticks
Down With the King, and we swing it on the mix
of a funky funky (new new) b-boy sound
So come on everybody let`s all get down
Chorus
[D.M.C.]
Break backs, make tracks, take acts and wax a nigga
that lacks take gats tap at the trigga
D.M.C. you see I got a little bigga
Jam Master Jay a with the zigga-zigga
Produce, bamboost, let loose the sound
No groups or troops could boo me down
I slam and jam, command the land
Don`t give a damn they ban, my band will stand
I come to you all knew my crew is true
Do what I do, I do since eighty-two
I got the rhyme, get mine, I got to climb
I won`t retire, get higher, I won`t resign
I`m here to stay okay won`t fade away
I`m movin past the past I last all day
So here we go, I flow, you know the sound
So check the show, and yo, let`s all get down
Chorus
.. yes yes y`all, a we don`t stop (8X)
[Run]
So come on and flip for me, grip and slip into a hipper tone
Not on the dull your skull, cause Run`ll rip a dope
snare on the tear, rare you never heard this
This service served you well and I can tell you`re gettin nervous
Run, here it come, get some, it`s on the diddy-dumb
See a silly soft sucker down there ?? ?? of Run
Rowdy then you`re audi gotta go don`t want to be us
Torn then you`re gone, WORD BOND, none can see us
Hop-along on your way, skip-along little Skippy
`fore I fly that box, me bust you all upper-lippy
Chorus 2X
[Q-Tip]
Tribe Called Quest, and you don`t stop
The Midnight Marauders, yeah you don`t stop
Phife Diggidy, yeah you don`t stop
Ali Shaheed, c`mon you don`t stop
?? ??, yeah you don`t stop
Check it on out, because you don`t stop
To my niggaz out on Linden, you don`t stop
The hardheads in effect, you don`t stop
And to my niggaz in Hollis, you don`t stop
All the kids up on Farmers, you don`t stop
And to my peoples uptown, you don`t stop
And all my peoples up in Brooklyn, you don`t stop
And all my peoples in the Bronx, you don`t stop
Zulu in effect, you don`t stop
And to my people out West, you don`t stop
A Run-D.M.C., gettin mad props
Check it on out, thanks to Run
and thanks to D, and JMJ
