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Knuckleheads spreadinand' gossip all over town
Every time i drive by youand're just standinand' around
Hundred bottles in your pocket forty dog in your hand
Donand't you know youand're just a worker and your boss is my man?
L.l. this l.l. that soon as i walk in the place
I wanna take my gun and shoot you in your muthafuckinand' face
Youand're playinand' me too close with the scheminand' and games
I guess the beef and the bullshit is the price of fame
Movies, records, goinand' on tour
Twenty-thousand people hip-hoppinand' on the floor
Whole parties body-rockinand', and everythingand's chill
Get back to new york, and the suckers act ill
See i fought with the devil, made a promise to god
I have experience in goinand' all the way to the top
Itand's harder harder than hard
All the suckers are barred
You used to try to talk down now your ego is scarred
See the problem is you want what another man has
His car, his wife, or his razzamatazz
But thatand's weak, you gotta do work on your own
Cuz when youand're rich you got friends
But when youand're poor youand're alone
So get your own on your own, itand'll strengthen your soul
Stop livinand' off your parents like youand're three years old
Instead of walkinand' like youand're limp and talkinand' yang about me
Why donand't you take your monkey-ass and get a college degree?
Or write a rhyme and ride a bike and try to live carefree
Hope my message reaches you before youand're seventy-three
A old man, when people ask you what you did with your life
Youand'll say andquot;i hated l.l. and i carried a big knifeandquot;
Every day is a chase, every day is a race
And every day youand're being overpowered by my bass
Too much juice to be a deuce, i had to be a ace
Itand's like the fireand's in my eyes and the gunand's in my face
Iand'm stompinand' stupid knuckleheads until they bleed
Iand'm the leader of the show, so itand's up to me to lead
Iand'mma lead you away from drugs and petty crime
Lead you away from wack beats and rhyme
Lead you to that ticket line
So you can come in my show and watch the stars shine
Get busy, not dizzy, wanna teach the young
The last man who didnand't listen ended up gettinand' hung
Not that i killed him, itand's just
He didnand't wanna trust
The words of a master thatand's why you must
Take heed to the speech, itand's gonna reach your ear
Donand't try to say you canand't hear cuz the words are clear
Throwinand' flurries, punks scurry and i bury the rest
You better hurry up and rock a rhyme and give it your best
Cuz tonightand's the night we gonna see the big fight
Twelve-gauge on the stage in case it donand't go right
E-love drives a tank, heand's strong like a truck
If youand're cryinand' while youand're dyinand' we ainand't givinand' a fuck
L.l. cool j is on the microphone
Tellinand' all you punk ducks andquot;leave me the hell aloneandquot;
Cuz iand'm rated x, born to snap necks
Straight up and down, no special effects
Iand'm the professor, the teacher, the hip-hop dean
If russia bombed the u.s., theyand'd be scared to touch queens
Cuz thatand's where i live, and this is what i give
Turninand' top-notch crews into fugitives
They run, they frightened, they hide from king titan
Like a sniper when heand's shootinand' or a viper when heand's bitinand'
Here i am, tellinand' the truth
And iand'm spreadinand' the word to my fellow youth
It goes man-to-man and jam-to-jam
I got hip-hop, rock, and love song fans
All you petty mcand's in the state of new york
Gettinand' a thousand for a show but you still wanna squawk
Canand't get a decent contract, your beats ainand't workinand'
Dogged-out pumas plus youand're managerand's jerkinand'
Your mic sounds weak, remember that skeezer
Iand'm badder than napoleon, hitler or caesar
Iand'm a hitman, but iand'm not for hire
Fly girland's desire, the man you admire
Not only on the stage, i rock in the park
And iand'm a killer in the daytime, and worse after dark
So donand't never ever mess with the king of the sound
L.l. cool j, the baddest around.
