He's the Blade I'm the handle Mark B's the paint I'm the vandal tagging my name Riddum killer all city like I'm bombin' dem trains and plus The remedy and therapy for your pain is us The high grade, check the waves we made From the days when the flavour was the high top fade Always around the mic I blaze for sure P the old doggest and Blade the hard core is raw [Blade] Double the force, legendary rhyme writers Calculated rhythm attackers, mic snatchers Credible, gathering chemicals on a level Whatever available, to reconstruct the animals Of rhyme, extreme intelligence building the stats Go off, the understanding is you can't have it back So step in the direction of the way that you came Consider this a part of the game, whatever your name We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us. for real We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, yo We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, for real We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous You should've never played tough, 'cause you might get crushed [Blade] The fingers on the clock ticking, your ship sinking Wait a minute, listen, shhh, we're thinking It's all part of a formula, written and gone in a Flash, living legendary emcees storming the Stage area, grabbing the mic tight, give it up Rappers come a dozen a penny but you know what We are [Rodney P] Always right up in it tryin' to kill it When I build it I just build it from the heart I trust [Blade] Moonlight sort of like a spotlight shining down on us Illuminating the many mics we bust [Rodney P] And plus we stay rough 'cause we're dangerous Should've never played tough tryin' to play with us, for real! Something to think, something to feel I feel my skill killing the mic is God's will And yo while you recognise the lesson I'm stressin' Rodney P, Mark B and Blade, that's progression We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, for real We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, yo We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, for real We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous You should've never played tough, 'cause you might get crushed [Blade] Time to collect respect and plus a pay cheque Turntables rotate connected to the tape deck Whatever when you're ready, bell me, call me Tell me you're about to help me, sell me [Rodney P] Yo! I want ya free me, allow me let me be me Love is never easy, success don't come cheaply Yeah on the road we travel we do battle Tryin' to rise as we fight these snakes that do rattle With a venom that will leave you hurtin', danger lurkin' Survival of the hardest working, know you heard him Yeah, we keep goin', we keep flowin' And true we connect and build, we keep blowin' for real [Blade] Cut to the chase, me and Rodney P are on the case Like 2 sticks of dynamite placed Strategically so when the explosion occurs You'll remember us as the legends and pioneers We carry the banner with the understanding the manner We conduct the programme with is considered as raw Hard to diffuse, Mark light the fuse to conclude We destruct with the tools that we use We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, yo We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, yeah We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, for real We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us