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