* versions on "Greatest Hits" differ from the original recordings
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("Don't get too close because you might get shot")
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* a flurry of gunshots ensues *
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[Erick Sermon]
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Try to answer to the master or the MC rap God is no joke
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on the lyric - it's hard to be modest
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I knew I was the man with the master plan
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to make you wiggle and jiggle, like gelatin
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Just think while I sink, into the brain structure
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(Don't sleep on the E) You see, somethin might rupture
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I don't take time for me to blow your mind
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Take a second to wreck it because you're dumb and blind
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So just lounge.. cause you're a MC clown
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Go join the circus.. EPMD's in town
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[Parrish Smith]
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Total chaos -- no mass confusion
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Rhymes so hypnotizin known to cause an illusion
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Like a magician.. who pulls a rabbit out a hat, son
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I pull them all like a .44 Magnum
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MC freeze stop look and listen, and try to imagine
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It's travellin the speed of light, but everything's motion
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is frightening.. plus the thought you alone
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You now enter dimension, called the Twilight Zone
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You're terrified.. plus you can't bear the thought
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You and I one-on-one, in the Land of the Lost
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You start to shiver.. but then you scream, my friend
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Yo wake up Muttley, because you're dreamin again
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But next time I'm on the scene, do not try to diss us
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Keep your mouth shut sucker duck, because I'm Strictly Business
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[Erick Sermon]
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This is the rap season.. where the E starts pleasin
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Girls around the world no need to be skeezin
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When I roll I stroll, cool always pack a tool
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Just in case.. a brother acts a fool
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I've got the energy, to put the girls in the frenzy
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Put it in shock when I rock, give it up I'm not stingy
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Make sure I don't bore when I'm on the dancefloor..
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(Get busy, boy) Like you never saw before
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Rhyme flow.. good to go.. after the show.. I'll pull your hoe, boy
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Rhyme flow.. good to go.. after the show.. I'll pull your hoe, boy
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Rhyme flow.. good to go.. after the show.. I'll pull your hoe, boy
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Rhyme flow.. good to go.. after the show.. I'll pull your hoe, boy
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(Yo, you sniff blow?) .. Hell no!
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I got my whole life ahead of me, no time to be sniffin
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And my parents find out, then they start riffin
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So I stay, a-okay, cause I'm the E.. the R-I-C-K
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[Parrish Smith]
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MC's look me in my face, then their eyes get weak
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Pulse rate descends.. heart rate increases
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It's like beam me up, Scotty, I control your body
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I'm as deadly as AIDS when it's time to rock a party
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And all due respect, when I say mic check
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Let a sucker slide once -- then I break his neck
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So when I say jump, you reply, "How high?"
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Because I'm takin no prisoners, so don't play hero and die
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cause you're a soldier.. and I'm a Green Beret
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I do not think twice about the MC's I slay
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So if you want to battle, I highly recommend this:
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Bring your dog, mom, and dad.. because I'm Strictly Business
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[Erick Sermon]
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Yo yo, you're still pickin on that four-leaf clover?
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Bring in the Sandman, sucker.. because it's over
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My name is Erick Sermon and I'm back again
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I see the heads still turnin and my so-called friends
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They smile in my face -- behind my back they talk trash
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Mad and stuff -- because they don't have cash
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Like the E-Double.. or the PMD
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He drives a Corvette, I drive a Samurai Suzuki
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I'm a locksmith.. with the key to fame
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Never high on myself -- always stay the same
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Play a lot because I'm hot, like a horse I trot
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Around the track and back -- fatigued? No, I'm not
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[Parrish Smith]
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Well I'm the mellow, the fellow, the one who likes to say hello
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to a fly girl that is good to go
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With the slow tempo, and the off-beat rhyme flow
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Cause when I am in action, there is no time for maxin
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or relaxin -- just subtractin and reactin
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on a sucker MC who mouth keeps on yappin and flappin
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I lose my cool, then I'll start slappin and smackin
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You wanna roll? Then Albee start jackin and cappin
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No time to lounge, I'm packin and strappin
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At my point of attack I soar at you like an eagle
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I'm the sheriff, and bitin is illegal
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So when I'm in town, I highly recommend th |