Watch as the room rocks Mentally moonwalk Mixed media slang banging in your boombox Verbal violence Lyrical stylist In a time when rock/hip-hop rhymes are childish You can't tempt me with rhymes that are empty Rappin' to a beat doesn't make you an emcee With your lack of skill and facility you're killing me And a DJ in the group just for credibility I heard that some of you are gettin' help with your rhymes You're not an emcee if someone else writes your lines Rappin' over rock doesn't make you a pioneer Cuz rock and hip-hop have collaborated for years But now they're getting randomly mixed and matched up All after a fast buck And all the tracks suck So how does it stack up None of its real You wanna be an emcee You gotta study the skill Who can rock a rhyme like this Bring it to you every time like this Who can rock a rhyme like this Step step up step step up So you pick up a pen and write yourself a new identity But mentally you don't have the hip-hop energy With a tendency to make up stories It sounded like the only hip-hop you've heard is top-40 And your record company's completely missed it And all the kids are dissin' it for not being legitimate So in a battle you can't hack it React with whack **** and get smacked with verbal backflips Get your ass kicked i'm a fabulous battle catalyst It's taken decades for emcees to establish this You're new to hip-hop and welcome if you're serious But not on a mike leave that to the experienced Who can rock a rhyme like this Bring it to you every time like this Who can rock a rhyme like this Step step up step step up Who can rock a rhyme like this Bring it to you every time like this Who can rock a rhyme like this Step step up step step up step up
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