Sugarhill, Fatback, Run-D.M.C., EPMD
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Fat Boys, Redhead Kingpin, Cool C
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and my man Kurtis Blow, yo..
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[Chubb Rock]
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The battlefield, the synonym - call it the wax
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The recording sciences developing the tracks
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is not the essential fabric but if you have it
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might make you a household name and let you gain
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a million fans, coliseums all out sold out
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And when they call out your name you pull out fake clout
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cause you're sauerkraut, you're not really about
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nothin... you're bluffin
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But I'm callin your bluff to see if you're really tough
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Show me your stuff... enough!
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Shut up, close your mouth, put away your tap shoes
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Your feet can't say a rhyme this time, you lose
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But I respect you for what you accomplished, a great deal
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Just admit you can't handle the steel
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Gregory Hines can't take mines
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The Winans can't start rhymin
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And you're just like them, you had a top ten
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You have a rap feel, but you can't wield the steel
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It takes many many moons, to create tunes
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but loons assume that half past noon
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they'll have rap down pat, but it's wack
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You must be on crack, you're buggin cause your head is at
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a place where reality doesn't seep in
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Practice makes perfect then you might reap in
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the benefits of this respectable field
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And all respect due to the regiments of the steel
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Assemble!
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Word, this is goin out to some hip-hop greats, yaknowhatI'msayin
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Rakim and.. Chuck D
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[Chubb Rock]
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The obese boulder, will shrug your shoulder
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if you say you're a regiment and you can't hold the
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steel with some kind of appeal
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Not dealin with sex, or a bicep flex
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Has nothing to do with physical appearance
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but the way you stimulate the kids and their parents
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will fulfill the applications to be inducted
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into the regiments, respect to the veterans
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and the pioneers, with dying tears
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to see rap has survived after 15 years
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And ready to go 15 more
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Three-fourths of every store has only rap on their racks
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Rap force goin strong, on and on
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Take a few seconds, to say peace to Sarah Vaughn
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Now back to the steel that will wield a golden reel
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and when you kick it to a James Brown feel
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Field was made twenty years ago
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and not a penny-oh was saved cause the way he behaved
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was kinda ill, the regiments to his skill
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was extrordinary.. until
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he took a fall, the regiments will keep his style
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flowin for a long while
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The regiments made this artform universal
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Whether it's a street sound, or commercial
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Obstructors, are just realizing, that this is real
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Respect to the regiments of the steel
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Assemble!
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More hip-hop greats, youknowhatI'msayin?
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Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, Kool G. Rap, Super Lover Cee
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Biz Markie, Heavy D, Lady Kazaam, Special Ed
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Slick Rick, Lakim Shabazz, Queen Latifah
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[Chubb Rock]
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Sugarhill, that sold about eight mill'
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When "Rappers Delight" caused media fright
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How could a bunch of kids possibly sell more than me
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and Randy Travis kickin all that country madness?
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Failing star, failing guitar or a banjo
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Your whole artform needs to retire in Orlando
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Rap has developed in the motherland by storytellers of wisdom
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No wonder we're best-sellers
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The art was passed on from generation to generation
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Developed in the mind cause the rhyme
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The track is just a cosmetic background
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cause we all need some kind of sound..
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to complete the whole feel
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And it's wield by the regiments of the steel
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Word up, MC Lyte, my boys GangStarr
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The D.O.C., Eazy-E, Salt-n-Pepa, Whodini
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Grandmaster Flash, Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel
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Tribe Called Quest, the Jungle Brothers
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Dana Dane, Kwame, Shabba Rank'n, De La Soul
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Stetsasonic, Shinehead, Lil' Shawn
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Kid'n'Play, Rob'n'Dave, Rich Nice, Fat Doug
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Finesse'n'Synquis, Groove B. Chill
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LL Cool J, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff
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Positively Black, UTFO, Dr. Ice, ESP
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Sweet Tee, Kool Moe Dee, Fearless Four
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Cold Crush..
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The Regiments of Steel
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