Warning, MC's stand back
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You better take a chill and observe the skill
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of the man who can, so understand god damn
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I got a masterpiece a master plan and a brand new
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way to attack the wack cut 'em down to size
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to realize LL's back
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Don't sleep I'm too sweet to repeat a beat
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a lyric or rhyme I wouldn't waste your time
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with weak words, that's for nerds, you never heard a rhyme
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So you deserve a line rougher than rough enough is enough
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I'm, gonna slaughter choke ya smoke ya like a sauna
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You don't really wanna
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But if you wanna battle on here's a lesson: stop 'fessin
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I'm a lethal weapon, you better get to steppin
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off the stage, and outta my face
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You're too light ?? save the bass
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Why do you think they call it dope?
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Why do you why do you think they call it dope?
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It seems like people-'ll never understand
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On the microphone I'm not your average man
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I cool out sometimes, I save my best rhymes
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and then the toy boy thinks that he can come and get mine
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Let your friends gas him up, talk trash and make bets
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then gets played like those kids who tried to rob Goetz
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You don't know what I'm sayin? Yo check it
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Give me any microphone and god damnit I'll wreck it!
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I'm coldblooded I'm about to mutilate
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Last year before I left I told you to wait
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But you couldn't stay loyal started goin astray
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Thinkin Tom, Dick, and Harry can mess with Cool J
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Is you crazy? I'm boomin, got the talent of two men
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The stamina and skill in battle to kill a few men
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The heart of a lion, the loyalty of a soldier
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I wreck your whole mob then tell ya I told ya!
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Why do you think they call it dope?
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Why do you why do you think they call it dope?
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Cause I don't jab around you, I come inside
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Bob and weave, deceive until you get tongue tied
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Brawl for all give a lyrical display
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and next time you know better than to get in my way
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"Yo whassup wit LL?
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Will he ever make another 'Rock the Bells'?"
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Yo brothers is comin up, "I think he's fallin off
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I don't think he's still 'hard as hell'"
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See, this is the attitude, of ignorant ones
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cause they don't know, all them MC'sll get done
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One or two might say, "Yo L'll be back"
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but the rest they be suckin on SUGAR SMACKS
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Talkin that crap about who's better than me
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You think so? Just let a MC
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make me mad enough, to really wanna battle
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I put a L on his ass like he was cattle!
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Why do you think they call it dope?
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Why do you why do you think they call it dope?
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Just cause I make a love song, or say a simple rhyme
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"Boom, move over L, it's Miller Time"
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I don't know whether to laugh, get ill or get wild
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Cause brothers don't realize, I got so many styles
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like triplin up the words, confusin all the nerds
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Heard put my sights on mics and ?? flippin above the word
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to the mother, no other
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MC brother, can mess with Ladies Lover
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I'm original, I'm bright under color
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And when I get on the mic, yo I burn rubber
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Can't stand criticism, give 'em an exorcism
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Been rockin for years, now I have wisdom
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The way I'm kickin the lines you can hear my tongue twist
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and it'll have your neck spinnin like you're spineless
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I'm pickin 'em up, throwin 'em down
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Hypin 'em up and slowin 'em down
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All of these words with only one tongue
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Shakin 'em up and then bakin 'em up
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Smash boom bash scrapin 'em up
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Now you thought that was hard, I just begun
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Cause I'm a roll on the microphone
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And take control just like Al Capone
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I'm notorious, you're foolish if you sleep on me
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Cause I'm too slick to let a rapper get sweet on me
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Try to make a move for my heavyweight belt
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You get played like the Wizard of Oz witch, you melt
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Yo I'm crazy dope, with super hype lines
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and a lot of hype lines make one dope rhyme
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Why do you think they call it dope?
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Why do you why do you think they call it dope?
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Why do you think they call it dope?
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Why do you why do you think they call it dope?
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Cause that's what it is
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Why do you think they call it dope?
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Why do you why do you think they call it dope?
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Why do you think they call it dope?
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[cutting and scratching "Straight from Queens" to the end]
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Why Do You Think They Call It Dope?
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| LL Cool J |
