Mmm, mmm, mmm Aw Yea, I´m with this I´m just gonna sit here laid back to this nice mellow beat, you know And drop some smooth lyrics cause ´88
Time to set it straight, know what I´m saying? And ain´t no half stepping Word, I´m ready
Rappers stepping to me, they want to get some But I´m the Kane, so yo, you know the outcome Another victory, they can´t get with me So pick a B.C. date cause you are history I´m the authentic poet to get lyrical For you to beat me, it´s gonna take a miracle And stepping to me, yo that´s the wrong move So what you on, Hobbs, dope or dog food? Competition, I just devour Like a pit bull against a Chihuahua Cause when it comes to being dope, hot damn I got it good, now let me tell you who I am The B-I-G D-A-double-D-Y K-A-N-E Dramatic, Asiatic, not like many
I´m different, so don´t compare me to another Cause they can´t hang, word to the mother At least not with the principal in this pedigree So when I roll on you rappers, you better be Ready to die because you´re petty You´re just a butter knife, I´m a machete That´s made by Ginsu, wait until when you Try to front, so I can chop into Your body, just because you try to be basing Friday the 13th, I´ma play Jason No type of joke, gag, game, puzzle or riddle The name is Big Daddy, yes, Big—not little So define it, here´s your walking papers, sign it And take a walk as the Kane start to talk, cause
Ain´t no half-steppin´ I´m the Big Daddy Kane Ain´t no half-steppin´
I´m the Big Daddy Kane Ain´t no half-steppin´ I´m the Big Daddy Kane "Down the road"
My rhymes are so dope and the rappers be hoping To sound like me, so soon I´ll have to open A school of emceeing, for those who want to be in My field in court, then again on second thought To have emcees coming out sounding so similar It´s quite confusing for you to remember The originator, and boy do I hate a Perpetrator, but I´m much greater The best, oh yes, I guess suggest the rest should fess Don´t mess or test your highness Unless you just address with best finesse And bless the paragraph I manifest
Rap prime minister, some say sinister Non-stopping the groove, until when it´s the Climax, and I max, relax and chill Have a break from a take of me acting ill Brain cells are lit, ideas start to hit Next the formation of words that fit At the table I sit, making it legit And when my pen hits the paper, ah shit I stop and stand strong over emcees And devour with the power of Hercules Or Samson, but I go further the length Cause you could scalp my Cameo and I´ll still have strength And no, that´s not a myth, and if you try to riff Or get with, the man with the given gift of gab Your vocab, I´ll only ignore Be sleeping on your rhymes till I start to snore You can´t awake me, or even make me
Fear you, son, cause you can´t do me none So, think about it if you´re trying to go When you want to step to me, I think you should know that
Ain´t no half-steppin´ I´m the Big Daddy Kane Ain´t no half-steppin´ I´m the Big Daddy Kane Ain´t no half-steppin´ I´m the Big Daddy Kane "Down the road"
I appear right here and scare and dare A mere musketeer that would dare to compare Put him in the rear, back there where he can´t see clear Get a beer, idea or near stare, yeah
So on to be want to be competition Trying to step to me, must be on a mission Up on the stage is where I´ma get you at You think I´m losing? Pfft, picture that
Ain´t no half-steppin´ I´m the Big Daddy Kane Ain´t no half-steppin´ I´m the Big Daddy Kane Ain´t no half-steppin´ I´m the Big Daddy Kane Mister Cee, step to me
The name is Big Daddy, you know, as in, your father So when you hear a def rhyme, believe that I´m the author I grab the mic and make emcees evaporate
The party people say, ´Damn, that rapper´s great´ The creator, conductor of poetry Et cetera, et cetera, it ain´t easy being me I speak clearly so you can understand Put words together like Letter Man Now that´s dictation, proceeding to my innovation Not like the other emcees that are an imitation Or an animation, a cartoon to me But when I´m finished, I´m sure that you are soon to see Reality, my secret technique Because I always speak with mentality I put my title in your face, dare you to base And if you try and come get it, yo I´ma show you who´s with it So if you know like I know, instead of messing around Play like Roy Rogers and slow down
Just give yourself a break, or someone else will take Your title, namely me, cause I´m homicidal That means murder, cause I´m about to hurt a- Nother emcee, that try to get with me I´ll just break him and bake him and rake him And take him and mold him and make him Hold up the peace sign, as salaam alaikum!