Don't get too close
Because you might get shot
Try to answer to the master on the MC rap artists
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 sing and to the brain structure
Don't sleep on the E, ya see, something might rupture
I don't take time for me to blow your mind
It takes a second to wreck it because you're dumb and blind
So just lounge 'cause you're a MC clown
Or join the circus, EPMD's in town
Total chaos, no mass confusion
Rhymes so hypnotizing, known to cause an illusion
Like a magician, he draws a rabbit out a hat, son
I'm drawin' more like a .44 Magnum
MC, please stop, look and listen and try to imagine
It's travellin' the speed of light but everything's in motion
It's frightening, plus the thought of you alone
You now enter the 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, then you scream, my friend
You 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 suckered up because I'm strictly business
Don't get too close
Because you might get shot
(Strictly business)
Don't get too close
Because you might get shot
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 2
Just in case a brother acts a fool
I've got the energy to put the girls in a frenzy
Put a shock when I rock even though I'm not stingy
Make sure I don't bore when I'm on the dance floor
Get busy, boy, like you never saw before
Wine flow, good to go
After the show, I'll pull your hoe, boy
Do you sniff blow? Hell, no
Have my whole life ahead of me, no time to be sniffin'
And if my parents find out, then they start riffin'
So I stay, A-okay 'cause I'm the E, the R I C K
MCs 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
In all due respect, when I say mike check
I 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
You're just a soldier and I'm a Green Beret
I do not think twice about the MCs I slay
So if you want to battle, I highly recommend this
Bring your dog, mom and dad because I'm strictly business
Don't get too close
Because you might get shot
(Strictly business)
Don't get too close
Because you might get shot
Yo, yo, you're still pickin' on that four-leaf clover?
Bring in the Sandman, sucker, because it's over
My name is Eric Sermon and I'm back again
I see the head's still turnin' of 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 the 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
I'm the mellow, the fellow, the one that 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 reactin' and subtractin'
On a sucker MC who's mouth keeps on yappin' and flappin'
I lose my cool, then I'll start slappin' and smackin'
You on a roll, then Albee starts jabbin' and cappin'
No time to lounge, I'm packin' and strappin'
At my point attack, I soar at you like an eagle
I'm the sheriff and bitin' is illegal
So next time in town, I highly recommend this
You gots to chill because I'm strictly business
Hey yo, E-Double man, let 'em know what time it is
Yo, I'm strictly business
You know what I'm sayin', PMD?
Yo word, EPMD is in full effect
Don't get too close
Because you might get shot
Lounge, be the E-Double, E-Double, E
In the place to be and with PMD
Know what I mean? My homeboy, Bernard on the scene
Know what I'm sayin', Mixmaster Chuck Chase?
Don't get too close
Because you might get shot
In the place
Yo, I'd like to say peace to my homey
Big Daddy Kane and Biz Markie