Watch as the room rocks
Mentally moonwalk
Mixed media slang banging in your boombox
Verbal violence
Lyrical stylist
In a time when rock/hip-hop rhymes are childish
You can't tempt me with rhymes that are empty
Rappin' to a beat doesn't make you an emcee
With your lack of skill and facility you're killing me
And a DJ in the group just for credibility
I heard that some of you are gettin' help with your rhymes
You're not an emcee if someone else writes your lines
Rappin' over rock doesn't make you a pioneer
Cuz rock and hip-hop have collaborated for years
But now they're getting randomly mixed and matched up
All after a fast buck
And all the tracks suck
So how does it stack up
None of its real
You wanna be an emcee
You gotta study the skill
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Bring it to you every time like this
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Step step up step step up
So you pick up a pen and write yourself a new identity
But mentally you don't have the hip-hop energy
With a tendency to make up stories
It sounded like the only hip-hop you've heard is top-40
And your record company's completely missed it
And all the kids are dissin' it for not being legitimate
So in a battle you can't hack it
React with whack **** and get smacked with verbal backflips
Get your ass kicked i'm a fabulous battle catalyst
It's taken decades for emcees to establish this
You're new to hip-hop and welcome if you're serious
But not on a mike leave that to the experienced
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Bring it to you every time like this
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Step step up step step up
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Bring it to you every time like this
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Step step up step step up step up
[00:28.03]Watch as the room rocks
[00:29.45]Mentally moonwalk
[00:30.33]Mixed media slang banging in your boombox
[00:32.80]Verbal violence
[00:34.10]Lyrical stylist
[00:35.18]In a time when rock/hip-hop rhymes are childish
[00:37.59]You can't tempt me with rhymes that are empty
[00:39.98]Rappin' to a beat doesn't make you an emcee
[00:42.44]With your lack of skill and facility you're killing me
[00:44.54]And a DJ in the group just for credibility
[00:46.92]I heard that some of you are gettin' help with your rhymes
[00:49.50]You're not an emcee if someone else writes your lines
[00:51.82]Rappin' over rock doesn't make you a pioneer
[00:54.06]Cuz rock and hip-hop have collaborated for years
[00:56.66]But now they're getting randomly mixed and matched up
[00:59.21]All after a fast buck
[01:00.31]And all the tracks suck
[01:01.29]So how does it stack up
[01:02.65]None of its real
[01:03.80]You wanna be an emcee
[01:04.74]You gotta study the skill
[01:06.05]Who can rock a rhyme like this
[01:08.39]Bring it to you every time like this
[01:11.18]Who can rock a rhyme like this
[01:13.55]Step step up step step up
[01:15.53]So you pick up a pen and write yourself a new identity
[01:18.32]But mentally you don't have the hip-hop energy
[01:20.72]With a tendency to make up stories
[01:22.58]It sounded like the only hip-hop you've heard is top-40
[01:25.68]And your record company's completely missed it
[01:28.11]And all the kids are dissin' it for not being legitimate
[01:30.39]So in a battle you can't hack it
[01:32.08]React with whack **** and get smacked with verbal backflips
[01:35.12]Get your ass kicked i'm a fabulous battle catalyst
[01:37.45]It's taken decades for emcees to establish this
[01:40.27]You're new to hip-hop and welcome if you're serious
[01:42.20]But not on a mike leave that to the experienced
[01:54.51]Who can rock a rhyme like this
[01:56.65]Bring it to you every time like this
[01:59.16]Who can rock a rhyme like this
[02:01.54]Step step up step step up
[02:04.05]Who can rock a rhyme like this
[02:06.21]Bring it to you every time like this
[02:08.76]Who can rock a rhyme like this
[02:11.41]Step step up step step up step up
