歌曲 | Young, Gifted and Black |
歌手 | Big Daddy Kane |
专辑 | The Very Best of Big Daddy Kane |
So out of the mercy of allah | |
And the law, written in our nature | |
We call an individual, into existence | |
And when that individual, i make, no apologies | |
For what i'm about to say | |
[big daddy kane] | |
Rough, rugged and real, you're on standstill | |
To obey okay so let the man build | |
Words of rapture that you have to capture | |
And i just slapped ya | |
With the hand full of literature | |
That's dope def fresh hype choice smooth and raw | |
Rappers i replace, rub out, and erase | |
Competition you must be on freebase | |
Smokin or chokin, bound to be broken | |
Man, get your damn hands off the mic that i'm chokin! | |
Cause i got a strangehold | |
You're still cold off the road for the role you stole | |
Rhymes that you yell out, but you did sell out | |
Crossed-over, lost over here, now get the hell out | |
I'm not a pop star, rock'n'roller | |
I'm a rebel, blessed, able to hold a | |
Mic like a hammer, and drop grammar | |
Treat a rapper like a wrestler, and body slam him | |
Those who dispute get treated just like a prostitute | |
They get the boot and played like a flute | |
So just play mute, don't even whisper | |
Open your mouth to speak and i'm diss ya | |
Ragtag and dog, put you in the morgue | |
Because you're petty confetti and not ready to rock steady | |
In other words, you're half-steppin' | |
Tiptoein, get goin, because my weapon | |
Is not a nine, an uzi or a shotgun | |
But when it come to hype rhymes i got one | |
Just like the album is still the same | |
_long live the kane_ ain't a damn thing changed | |
I still get ill and kill at will and build the skill | |
To fill your grill so don't tell me you're real | |
We sample beats, you sue and try to fight us | |
*tchk* maaaan, you still be home with arthritis! | |
If we didn't revive em, bring back alive | |
Old beats that we appreciated, you wouldn't survive | |
You'd be another memory to us | |
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust | |
So understand, the way that i live | |
That's positive - and the message i got to give | |
It's a benefit for you and me | |
I'm talkin bout p.e.a.c.e. | |
The chosen one that has turned a new leaf | |
I got gold teeth, and they don't chew beef | |
No pork on my fork, strictly fish on my dish | |
The kane fallin victim? *tchk* sucker, you wish | |
I flow like water, slaughter | |
Put you out of order.. floored ya! | |
Rappers are raggin and taggin and snaggin and braggin | |
To be on the bandwagon, but i'm the last dragon | |
With the knack to attract the pack | |
So just get back, i'm young, gifted and black | |
And just go with the flow you know | |
In the place to be with my man marley marl | |
Sendin this out to divine force | |
Can't forget my main man heavy d | |
And to my good brothers epmd | |
And to my man ice-t over on the west coast | |
Can't forget kool moe dee, busy bee, mc lyte, the audio two | |
I say, peace! |
So out of the mercy of allah | |
And the law, written in our nature | |
We call an individual, into existence | |
And when that individual, i make, no apologies | |
For what i' m about to say | |
big daddy kane | |
Rough, rugged and real, you' re on standstill | |
To obey okay so let the man build | |
Words of rapture that you have to capture | |
And i just slapped ya | |
With the hand full of literature | |
That' s dope def fresh hype choice smooth and raw | |
Rappers i replace, rub out, and erase | |
Competition you must be on freebase | |
Smokin or chokin, bound to be broken | |
Man, get your damn hands off the mic that i' m chokin! | |
Cause i got a strangehold | |
You' re still cold off the road for the role you stole | |
Rhymes that you yell out, but you did sell out | |
Crossedover, lost over here, now get the hell out | |
I' m not a pop star, rock' n' roller | |
I' m a rebel, blessed, able to hold a | |
Mic like a hammer, and drop grammar | |
Treat a rapper like a wrestler, and body slam him | |
Those who dispute get treated just like a prostitute | |
They get the boot and played like a flute | |
So just play mute, don' t even whisper | |
Open your mouth to speak and i' m diss ya | |
Ragtag and dog, put you in the morgue | |
Because you' re petty confetti and not ready to rock steady | |
In other words, you' re halfsteppin' | |
Tiptoein, get goin, because my weapon | |
Is not a nine, an uzi or a shotgun | |
But when it come to hype rhymes i got one | |
Just like the album is still the same | |
_long live the kane_ ain' t a damn thing changed | |
I still get ill and kill at will and build the skill | |
To fill your grill so don' t tell me you' re real | |
We sample beats, you sue and try to fight us | |
tchk maaaan, you still be home with arthritis! | |
If we didn' t revive em, bring back alive | |
Old beats that we appreciated, you wouldn' t survive | |
You' d be another memory to us | |
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust | |
So understand, the way that i live | |
That' s positive and the message i got to give | |
It' s a benefit for you and me | |
I' m talkin bout p. e. a. c. e. | |
The chosen one that has turned a new leaf | |
I got gold teeth, and they don' t chew beef | |
No pork on my fork, strictly fish on my dish | |
The kane fallin victim? tchk sucker, you wish | |
I flow like water, slaughter | |
Put you out of order.. floored ya! | |
Rappers are raggin and taggin and snaggin and braggin | |
To be on the bandwagon, but i' m the last dragon | |
With the knack to attract the pack | |
So just get back, i' m young, gifted and black | |
And just go with the flow you know | |
In the place to be with my man marley marl | |
Sendin this out to divine force | |
Can' t forget my main man heavy d | |
And to my good brothers epmd | |
And to my man icet over on the west coast | |
Can' t forget kool moe dee, busy bee, mc lyte, the audio two | |
I say, peace! |