[00:00.86]Im the minstrel man, the cleaning man,
[00:02.42]The pole man, the shoeshine man
[00:04.16]Im a nigger man, watch me dance {unknown movie}
[00:22.20]I put the lyrics on the paper with the pen
[00:24.45]Evil e makes the records spin
[00:25.95]Islam drops the beats that you rock to
[00:27.88]Thought that I would never get you? got you
[00:30.06]Doggin the floor like you know you never done before
[00:32.37]How could a brother be so hardcore
[00:33.81]And still keep you on the floor like a maniac
[00:35.93]Thats your question? well ima answer that
[00:37.42]Im on the mic tonight Im here to do it right
[00:39.80]Ice, the capital t, airtight
[00:40.92]Coolest of the cool, a mack on a mission
[00:43.04]Step to me fool - youre missin
[00:45.04]Minus, gone, pow, youre outta here
[00:46.99]This aint no game to me, this is my career
[00:49.17]Throw me a mic, plug it in, bet!
[00:50.98]I wont be happy til the dancefloors wet
[00:52.67]I aint no rookie, Im a microphone vet
[00:54.41]Evil es on the set, hit the deck!
[00:57.59]{scratching be easy on the cut （3x）
[01:13.23]And no mistakes allowed -> rakim}
[01:14.67]E-m-c-e-e, i-c-e-t, a-n-d, dj evil e
[01:15.92]Doggin the deck like its never been done before
[01:17.79]You had enough? more!
[01:19.60]Here we go, Im about to blow up
[01:21.47]Dont you dare bite my rhymes, Ill make you throw up
[01:23.72]Poison soaked in an acid bath
[01:25.03]Swallow homeboy, your throatll need a skin graft
[01:26.84]Toss it up, while the dj known as evil cuts
[01:29.33]You wanna know whats happenin - what?
[01:31.08]The beat become my soul, Im goin out of control
[01:33.39]Look in my face as my eyeballs roll
[01:35.07]Back in my head and the mic glows red
[01:37.07]Step in my face and youll wind up dead
[01:39.32]yo, thanks, I needed that
[01:40.75]I was posessed by this treacherous track
[01:42.38]Watch out word this aint no joke
[01:44.56]A sucker tried to flex and his arm got broke
[01:46.93]Dont make a move that youll regret
[01:48.43]Evil es on the set, hit the deck!
[01:50.24]{scratched kick it （4x）}
[01:58.04]You start to think and wonder bout how its done
[02:00.03]An emcee? maybe I could be one
[02:01.85]Drop the thought, get a job, change your mind
[02:03.96]To be a dope mc takes time
[02:05.46]Eight years of mine, no time for draggin
[02:07.46]You wanna be an mc? get off the bandwagon!
[02:09.77]But if its in your heart, get a pen
[02:11.77]Dont stop writin til the inkflow ends
[02:13.33]Work and work and dont halfstep
[02:14.70]Dog the mic every chance you get
[02:16.82]Motivation must be kept
[02:18.88]Stay down and build your rep
[02:20.69]Yo so let me demonstrate, rappin as a fine art
[02:22.87]And when Im finished, you can take this rap apart
[02:25.18]Analyze my elements and tactics
[02:26.93]First Im over there, and then Im back to this
[02:29.18]I jumble topics, you wont know where Ill go
[02:31.17]Back in your face with a cold but steady flow
[02:33.42]You feel the power of the ice in the first row
[02:35.85]You already know what to say, hooooooooo!!!
[02:37.38]On the mic is a stone cold vet
[02:39.19]Evil es on the set, hit the deck
[02:40.81]{evil e scratches for a long time}
[02:42.37]Im in my mode, called the fourth episode
[03:12.70]Or the last verse, if you wanna decode
[03:14.38]So I gotta raise the heat, hype up the beat
[03:16.57]Switch the mic from airtight to elite
[03:18.07]Pounce upon the deck, it aint wet yet
[03:20.44]Let me see how hot you can get
[03:22.12]Then Ill turn up the amps, blow out the lights
[03:24.31]Youre in darkness, then the mic ignites
[03:25.87]Glowin like it did before, but even more
[03:27.74]The room is lit, the raps are hardcore
[03:29.74]Evil cuts the records like a psycho with a switchblade
[03:31.92]You see a blur -- thats the crossfade
[03:33.73]Loud and proud, words bombard the crowd
[03:35.54]Look up in the air -- you see a mushroom cloud
[03:37.97]I kick flavor to a musical track
[03:39.53]Too fast to catch, too complex to match
[03:41.53]Im gettin hyped as hype can get
[03:43.28]Evil es on the set! hit the deck