diff --git "a/songs/zenske/MC Lyte.txt" "b/songs/zenske/MC Lyte.txt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/songs/zenske/MC Lyte.txt" @@ -0,0 +1,7881 @@ + +************************************************** +Cold Rock A Party (Bad Boy Remix)[Intro: Puff Daddy & MC Lyte] +I thought I told you that we won't stop +I rock the party that rocks your body +I rock the party that rocks your body (Let's go) +Yeah, uh-huh, yeah +Uh-huh, yeah +Uh-huh, yeah +The remix, haha + +[Chorus: MC Lyte & Puff Daddy] +I rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +I rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) + +[Verse 1: MC Lyte] +So what's your status? +I be the baddest B to hit the scene +Since the gangsta lean, I'm all ears +So what you got to say? I hope you bubblin' it baby +Now bubblin' it my way, let it rain +Ain't no salt up in the game (Nah), still want you the same (Yeah) +Ain't a thing changed, instead of knockin' boots +We be kickin' down Gortex +Except it ain't raw sex, roughnecks (Yeah) +Throw your hands in the air, let me hear you say "Oh, yeah" +Trust you me, I'll blow up shop +About to blow the roof right off of hip-hop + +[Chorus: MC Lyte & Puff Daddy] +I rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +I rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +I rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +I rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) + +[Verse 2: Missy Elliott] +I'm the M-I-double-S-S, yo' best-best +Bitch from V-A-A, and I be smokin' hay +All day in the barn, damn it, darn, uh +Puff Daddy be my pal when I hee-hee +Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-how, I took your number one spot +I jump, skip then I hop, I'm so hot +So you can't forget-me-not (Woo) to the yes, yes, y'all +I'ma take a pause +'Cause I be "Feelin' Myself" like I was T-Boz, uh-uh +Puff Daddy makin' cream, the L-Y-T to the E make 'em scream +And I'ma sho' 'nuff be the boss on this team +Show all you MC's how Missy make the green, uh-huh, uh-huh (Uh-huh, uh-huh) + +[Chorus: MC Lyte & Puff Daddy] +I rock the party that rocks the body +You rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +I rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +I rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +I rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) + +[Verse 3: MC Lyte & Puff Daddy] +Some say I'm shady (That's right), that's me +Complicated rap star, meet Lyte the MC +You see I'm on to you baby and your mechanism +How you hit it when you're in it +So hot you keep it sizzlin', no "ooh-ah-chee-ooh" +And all of that too, keep me wetter than the waters of Kalamazoo +Nigga, who you comin' wit'? +Where your posse at? I leave the boys alone +Tell her you won't be back, I got the cheese, baby (Yeah) +My cheddar's better (Uh-huh), I got that milk +For that amaretto, trust you me, I'll blow up shop +Have a little nig' callin' the cops, watch + +[Chorus: MC Lyte & Puff Daddy] +I rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +I rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +I rock the party that rocks the body +You rock the party that rocks the body, body, body +I rock the party that rocks the body +You rock the party that rocks the body + +[Post-Chorus: MC Lyte & Puff Daddy] +I rock the party that rocks the body ('Round and 'round you're turnin' me) +You rock the party that rocks the body +Upside down you turnin' me, turnin' me +'Round and 'round you're turnin' me, turnin' me (Uh) + +[Chorus: MC Lyte & Puff Daddy] +I rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Yeah) +I rock the party that rocks the body (Uh-huh, yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Yeah) +I rock the party that rocks the body (Yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Yeah) +I rock the party that rocks the body (Yeah) +You rock the party that rocks the body (Yeah) + +[Outro: Puff Daddy & MC Lyte] +(I rock the party) Upside down you turnin' me, turnin' me +'Round and 'round you're turnin' me, turnin' me, yeah +Upside down you turnin' me, turnin' me, Bad Boy +'Round, 'round +'Round, 'round, 'round you're turnin' me, turnin' me +C'mon +************************************************** +Keep On Keepin’ On[Verse 1] +B-boy where the fuck you at +I been looking for you're ass since a quarter past +Hot peas and butter, baby come and get your supper +Before I make you suffer, that's when you had enough-a +Can I get hot when you hit the jackpot +Surely I can if you the man +I get loose and produce large amounts of juice +Can you get used to that or do you need a boost of energy +To enter me and get it on +You're getting warm +I can feel you getting closer +Now baby, down this Mimosa +You better believe it's time to give a toast to +The woman of the decade, too bad to be played +Get vexed and I'm bound to throw shade +All over your body +Whose body, your body +I can rock a party like nobody +Leaving time to take home the loot +Choosy about who I let knock my boots +Now let me take sight while your loving the Lyte +Life ain't all that unless you're doing it right + +[Hook] +Keep on, keeping on cause you came and you changed my world +Your love so brand new, keep on keep keeping on +Doin it right, right, right + +[Verse 2] +Beware of the stare when I step into peace +I come in peace but I got shit that need to be released +Now who from the chosen shall I choose +Yeah now you wish you was in his shoes +I found me a new nigga this year +That knows how to handle this here +Now I look forward to going home at night +Brother does me right under the candlelight +Wax upon my back can I handle all of that +I guess I can, can I why not +If I wanna guess I can, can I +More honey than a bumble-bee hive +Pulling sixty-nine ways in my archive +Sweet like licorice, sugar for my booga +Juicy like Hi-C or an Icee +I got shit to make your ass write a bad check +Cause like I said I ain't afraid of the sweat +Beat on my drum if you feel the need to +As I proceed to open up and feed you +I got a longing to put you where you wanna be +Been I can, I get rid of all company + +[Hook] + +Many have tried strict regulations +Lazy motherfuckers get put on probation +Those that didn't perform well +They gets no answer when they ring-a-ring-a my bell +You're playing with my time +Trying to jerk me, hurt me then dessert me +You better work me while you got the oppurtunity +To be in the midst of the L-Y-T-E +Only the strong survive, only the wise excel +Once said by my born-in-hell +Only the lonely die slowly +Left all alone try to control me +Easy does it never ask how was it +Never speak my info why my sheets in the streets +Cause that ain't cool and that ain't cute +To talk about who knocked the boots on a video shoot +But it's all good though, you gotta get it when you want it +Sight your prey, make your move and hop up on it +It's natural, never be ashamed +Fuck the fame, get the name and kick the game + +[Hook] +************************************************** +Lyte as a Rock[Hook] +I am the Lyte "a-a-a-a-a-a-as-as-a-rock" L-Y, L-L-Y-T-E +(repeat 3X) + +[Milk] +Do you understand the metaphoric phrase 'Lyte as a Rock?' +It's explaining, how heavy the young lady is +You know what I'm saying King? + +[King of Chill] +Yes my brother, but I would consider 'Lyte as a Rock' +A simile because of the usage of the word 'as' +And now... directly from the planet of Brooklyn +MC Lyte—as a Rock! + +[MC Lyte] +Must I say it again? I said it before +Move out the way when I'm coming through the door +Me, heavy? As Lyte as a Rock +Guys watch, even some of the girls clock +Step back, it ain't that type of party +No reply if you ain't somebody +Get out my face, don't wanna hear no more +If you hate rejection, don't try to score +First base? You ain't got what it takes +You smile, you wink, you big fake flake +You're so pathetic you make my stomach turn +You beg, you borrow, now you have to learn + +[Hook] +I am the Lyte "a-a-a-a-a-a-as-as-a-rock" L-Y, L-L-Y-T-E +(repeat 2X) + +[MC Lyte] +Lyte as a Rock, or I should say a boulder +Rolling down your neck, pounding on your shoulders +Never shall I be an emcee, called a wannabe +I am the Lyte, L-Y-T-E +This is the way it is, don't ever forget +Hear the rhyme by someone else and you know they bit +All in the way, just little obstacles +Chew em up, spit em out, just like popsicles +Suckers out of my way, we're not on the same wavelength +I show stability, potential and strength +On the other hand, you are weak and unruly +Could never be a spy, cause you're just a plain stoolie + +[Hook] +I am the Lyte "a-a-a-a-a-a-as-as-a-rock" L-Y, L-L-Y-T-E +(repeat 2X) + +[MC Lyte] +I'm a slave, I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm +Def rhymes on the microphone is what I'm givin +Yes I am a Rock and you are just a pebble +Milk turn up the bass, and Rock adjust the levels +If a rap can paint a thousand words then I can paint a million +Wait, Lyte is capable of painting a bazillion raps +So when I say it, this is what I mean +Audio Two an alliance on the scene +And I'd like to say whassup to my producer King of Chill +Party people are you ready, jam if you will +Never underestimate Lyte the Emcee; I am a rapper who is here +To make the things the way they're meant to be +The World Ultimate, I'm here to take the title +But I had a little trouble upon, my arrival +But I got rid of those who, tried to rock me +Lyte is here, no one can stop me + +[Hook] +I am the Lyte "a-a-a-a-a-a-as-as-a-rock" L-Y, L-L-Y-T-E +(repeat 2X) + +[MC Lyte] +There are Hip-Hop leaders, this you know +We also have, hip-hoppers that follow +By the tone of my voice, you can tell I am a scholar +I'm also the leader of the hip-hop followers +Now get this, I'm at a jam and I'm rockin it +Suckers like a checkerboard, when black is clockin it +The grace as I ease across the stage +Bars around the audience, sort of like a cage +They laugh, cause they assume I'm in prison +But in reality, they're locked in +Once again I'll state that I can't be stopped +Cause yo, I am as Lyte, as, Rock! + +[Hook] +I am the Lyte "a-a-a-a-a-a-as-as-a-rock" L-Y, L-L-Y-T-E +(repeat 6X) + +[Hook] +I am the Lyte "a-a-a-a-a-a-as-as-a-rock" L-Y, L-L-Y-T-E +(repeat 4X) + +[Hook] +I am the Lyte "a-a-a-a-a-a-as-as-a-rock" L-Y, L-L-Y-T-E +(repeat 4X to fade) +************************************************** +RuffneckGotta who? Gotta have a what? + +Gotta what? Yo, gotta get a ruffneck + +[Verse 1] +I need a ruffneck +I need a dude with a attitude +Only needs his fingers with his food +Karl Kani saggin', timbos draggin' +Frontin' in his ride with his home boys braggin' +Lying 'bout the Lyte how he knocked boots last night +But he's a ruffneck, so that's alright +Triple o baldie under the hood +Makin' noise with the boys, up to no good +C-low on the down low +Cops come around so ruffneck front like he gotta go +Evil grin with a mouth full of gold teeth +Startin' beef is how he spells relief +Actin' like he don't care +But all I gotta do is beep him 911 and he'll be there +Right by my side with his ruffneck tactics +Ruffneck attitude, the ruffneck bastard + +[Hook] +Gotta what? Yo, gotta get a ruffneck +Gotta what? Yo, gotta get a ruffneck +Gotta what? Yo, gotta get a ruffneck +I need it and I want it so I gotta get a ruffneck! + +[Verse 2] +I need a ruffneck +I need a man that's quick and swift +To put out the spliff and get stiff +Boxer shorts, everything is fitting large +But he don’t gotta be large to be in charge +Pumpin' in and out and out and in and here we go +He knows exactly how I want my flow and that's slow +Never questioning can he get buck wild +He's gotta smack it, lick it, swallow it up style +Drink a beer, sittin' his chair +Hands in his pants, fiddlin' with his dick hairs +He's a rudeboy, a raggamuf' +Ready to bag another brother that he ranks not ruff enough +Cause if it ain't ruff it ain't right +And if he ain't ruff, well then he's all wrong for the Lyte +I love my ruffneck and ain't nothing going down +Or going up if my ruffneck ain't in town + +[Hook] + +[Verse 3] +I need a ruffneck +I need a man that don't snitch like a bitch +Shed tears or switch +Doin' whatever it takes to make ends meet +But never meetin' the end cause he knows the street +He eat, sleep, shit, fuck, eat, sleep, shit +Then it's back to the streets to make a buck quick +Quick to beg even though gimme gottem here +Hit'em wit a bit a skins then he's out of there +On the avenue girls are passin' thru +Too much of ruffneck so they ain't havin' you +Hard boppin' always grabbin' his jock and braggin' about his tec +Is the wannabe ruffneck +That's the kind you gotta watch out for +Just to get a rep he'll pull the plug on the tour +Pissin' in corners, doing 80 by funeral mourners +Showing little respect, now that's a ruffneck! + +[Hook repeats] +************************************************** +10% Dis[Verse 1] +Hot damn, hot damn, hot damn, hot damn, hot damn +Hot damn, ho, here we go again +Suckers steal a beat when you know they can't win +You stole the beat—are you having fun? +Now me and the Aud's gonna show you how it's done +You are what I label as a nerver plucker +You're plucking my nerves you MC sucker +I thought I oughta tell you, better yet warn +That I am like a stock and my word is bond +Like James, killing everybody in sight +The code's three-six, the name is Lyte +After this jam, I really don't give a damn +'Cause I'mma run and tell your whole damn clan +That you're a— + +[Hook] +Beat biter, dope style taker +Tell you to your face you ain't nothing but a faker +Beat biter, dope style taker +Tell you to your face you ain't nothing but a faker + +[Verse 2] +Hit me why don't ya, hit me, why don't ya? +Milk's bodyguard is my bodyguard too +You wanna get hurt? Well, this is what you do +You put your left foot up and then your right foot next +Follow instructions, don't lose the context +Thirty days a month your mood is rude +We know the cause of your bloody attitude + +[Hook] +Beat biter, dope style taker +Tell you to your face you ain't nothing but a faker +Beat biter, dope style taker +Tell you to your face you ain't nothing but a faker + +[Verse 3] +Your style is smooth, even for a cheating mic +You shoulda won a prize as a Rakim sound-alike +Here's a Milkbone, a sign of recognition +Don't turn away, I think you should listen close +Don't boast, you said you wasn't bragging +You fucking liar, you're chasin' a chuckwagon +The only way you learn, you have to be taught +That if a beat is not for sale, then it can't be bought +When you leave the mic, you claim it's smoking +Unlike Rakim, you are a joke +And I think you ought to stop, before you get in too deep +'Cause with a sister like Lyte, yo I don't sleep + +[Hook] +Beat biter, dope style taker +Tell you to your face you ain't nothing but a faker +Beat biter, dope style taker +Tell you to your face you ain't nothing but a faker + +[Verse 4] +When I'm in a jam, with my homegirl Jill +My cousin Trey across the room with a posse of girls +So I step in the middle, shake it just a little +Wait for some female to step up and pop junk +Give my cousin a cue, treat the girl like a punk +Now I'm not trying to say that I'm into static +But, yo, if you cause it, yep, we gotta have it +'Cause I ain't going out like a sucker no way +So I sit around the way for you to make my day +We can go for the hands, better yet for the words +'Cause you'll be ignored, and at the same time I'll be heard +Throughout the city, the town and the country +The beat is funky, my rhyme is spunky +There is no delaying in the rhyme I'm saying +Neither are there flaws in what my DJ is playing + +[Break] +So sit back Jack, and listen to this, it's 10% dis +'Cause I'm just about ready to fly this fist against your lips + +[Verse 5] +But I'll wait for the day or night that you approach +And I'mma serve and burn ya like a piece of toast +Pop you in the microwave and watch your head bubble +Your skin just crumble, a battle's no trouble +Get my homegirls Joanie and Kiki to get stupid +This thing called hip-hop, Lyte is ruling it +I hate to laugh in your face, but you're funny +Your beat, your rhyming, your timing, all crummy +On the topic of rapping, I should write a pamphlet better yet a booklet +Your rap is weak homegirl, and it's definitely crooked + +[Verse 6] +Others write your rhymes while I write my own +I don't create a character when I'm on the microphone +I am myself, no games to be played +No script to be written, no scene to be made +I am the director, as far as you are concerned +You don't believe me, then you'll have to learn +This ain't as hard as MC Lyte can get +Matter of fact, you ain't seen nothing yet +So never let me step into a party hardy +Talk to some people and then hear from somebody +'You wanna battle?, 'cause you know where I am +You don't wanna come in the 90's and see me at a jam +When a mic is handy, ten feet away +I stretch my arm like elastic, hand like a magnet +Set assure, you know I don't play +When it comes down to it, the nitty gritty +For a sucker like you I feel a whole lot of pity + +[Hook] +Beat biter, dope style taker +Tell you to your face you ain't nothing but a faker +Beat biter, dope style taker +Tell you to your face you ain't nothing but a faker +************************************************** +Poor Georgie[Verse 1] +I met him in a club hangin' out one night +He said, "Hello, I'm George...hi, Lyte +How's everything going, huh? How ya doin'? +Hope everything's fine, ooh, and uh umm +Can I call you sometime? Can I get the digits? +And the address, so I can come visit?" +I gave him the digits, that wasn't a problem +'Cause if he caused any, I would have to solve them +'Cause George looked good, MMM, damn good! +And if I didn't, some other girl would +In my mind, I hope for the best +Convincing myself that this was not a test +'Cause I heard many things about Georgie +Nothing kinky, like no orgies +I heard he knows how to make love +Like an angel from the heaven above +Who was I kidding I'd give him a try +'Cause Lyte needs love too and that ain't no lie +Keep your ears open, hope that you listenin' +'Cause I'm about to take you on a George Porgie mission + +"Can it be I've stayed away too long" +"My world is empty without you, babe" +"Can it be I've stayed away too long" +"My world is empty..." + +[Verse 2] +I gave him the number, I saw it in his eyes +"She gave me the number? Hmmm I'm surprised" +Good conversation over the phone +He began to comfort me whenever I was alone +George was sweet, so nice and so neat +With any other guy he didn't have to compete +George was mature, he made sure +That he was the only man I'd ever adore +Girls, have you, ever had a friend +That you'd get with, every now and then? +I know for a fact George had a lot of girls +Spread out from state from state around the world +As long as he was smart and kept his girls in check +Made sure I never saw them and showed me respect +He didn't have to be loyal, like men should be +I don't care about the other girls, just be good to me! +But if I ever saw one, that would be the end +He couldn't kick the storyline that she was just a friend +The girls I didn't care if her ass don't lie +See 'cause Georgie was into making young girls cry + +"Kissed the girls and made them cry" +"Kissed the girls and made them cry" +"Kissed the girls and made them cry" +"Kissed the girls and made them cry" + +"Kissed the girls and made them cry" +"Can it be I've stayed away too long" +"My world is empty without you, babe" +"Kissed the girls and made them cry" +"Kissed the girls and made them cry" +"Can it be I've stayed away too long" +"My world is..." +"Kissed the girls and..." + +[Verse 3] +George was clean, no drugs and such +But once in a while, he'd drink too much +Hangin' in a club where they play rockers +Him and his friend, drinkin' vodka +I was looking for him, and I found him there +With his clothes messed up and his (fucked) up hair +I told him he was messin' up, he wouldn't go far +He got mad and asked his friend for the keys to the car +I said, "Don't drive, use your head +Drive while you're drunk and you'll kill yourself dead" +We begin to argue, bad words were said +Then he got kicked out by some long-haired dread +Ran into the car as if, in a hurry +He started the car but his vision was blurry +He didn't care, he drove off into the night +Riding for miles, without his headlights +Georgie Porgie had too much on his mind +He was still young yet running out of time +Last week he took tests and the doctor told him +George had cancer in his lungs and his colon +See when he was twelve, he started smokin' +Paid no attention when he started chokin' +Thoughts flashed through his head, there they stuck +'Til Georgie Porgie crashed into a truck +I wished I woulda told him how I liked him so much +How he made me feel with the slightest touch +Now he's gone and I can't tell him nothin' +Wish he was here so I could say somethin' +The story is not to say that I'm in sorrow +Just to say no one is promised tomorrow +If you love someone you should say it often +You'll never know when they'll be layin' in a coffin +Wake up, it's important that you know that +No one on Earth is promised tomorrow... +Believe that! And don't think that it can't happen to you + +"Kissed the girls and made them cry" +"Kissed the girls and made them cry" + +"Can it be I've stayed away too long" +"My world is empty without you, babe" +"Can it be I've stayed away too long" +"My world is empty without you, babe" +"Can it be I've stayed away too long" +"My world is empty without you, babe" +"Can it be I've stayed away too long" +"My world is..." + +"Kissed the girls and made them cry" +"Kissed the girls and made them cry" +************************************************** +Paper ThinWhen you say you love me, it doesn't matter +It goes to my head as just chit chatter +You may think it's egotistical or just worry free +But what you say I take none of it seriously +And even if I did I wouldn't tell you so +I'd let you pretend to read me + +And then you'll know +Cause I hate when one attempts to analyze +In fact, I despise those who even try +To look into my eyes to see what I am thinking +That dream is over you gotta sink it +I tell all of you like I told all of them +What you say to me is just paper thin, word + +I'm not the kind of girl to try to play a man out +I take the money and the gear and then break the hell out +No that's not my strategy, not the game I play +I admit I play game but it's not done that way +Truly when I get involved I give it my heart +I mean my mind, my soul, my body I mean every part +But if it doesn't work out, yo it just doesn't +It wasn't meant to be you know, it just wasn't +So I treat all of you like I treat all of them +What you say to me is still paper thin + +In one ear and right out the other +I heard his mumbo jumbo (eeeish) lover +I don't pay attention +I don't concentrate +You ain't got the bait that it takes to hook this +A-hah, a-hah, a-hah +Sucker you missed, I put all feelings aside I know who I am +My name is Lyte is your name Sam? +Cause if it is step off, grab your coat and get lost +Wrap your scarf around your throat and go back and catch a rope +And hit the road Sam, don't you come back +No more, no more, no more, no more +Hit the road Sam, don't you come back no more + +So now I take precaution when choosing my mate +I do not touch until the third or fourth date +Then maybe we'll kiss on the fifth or sixth +Time that we meet (mmmuaah) like this +Cause a date without a kiss is so incomplete +And then maybe I'll let you play with my feet +You could suck the big toe and play with the middle +It's so simple unlike a riddle +It's as easy as counting to 1-2-3 +In other terms, letters L-Y-T-E +I'll tell you, you, you and all of you +In the back and in the middle and the front +Yo, that's it paper thin word up +Lyte checkin out +Special dedication to my DJ K-Rock in the place to be +************************************************** +Cha Cha Cha[Kick this one here for me and my DJ] + +You can cha-cha-cha to this Mardis Gras +I'm the dopest female that you've heard thus far +And I do get better, the voice gets wetter +Nobody gets hurt (as long as you let her) +Do my thing with an '89 swing +The dopeness I write, I guarantee delight +To the hip-hop maniac, the Uptown brainiac +In full effect, MC Lyte is back +And better than before as if that was possible +My competition, you'll find them in the hospital +Visiting time, I think it's on a Sunday +But notice they only get one day to shine +The rest of the week is mine +And I'll blind you with the science that the others have yet to find +So come along and I'll lead you the right way +Just clap your hands to the words I say, come on... + +[Kick this one here for me and my DJ] + +I've got the power to spread out and devour +At the same time I'll eat you up with a rhyme +But I'll let you slide cuz you accidently hopped on the wrong side +Now come on, that's suicide +Hypothetically speaking +Ok, let's say you didn't know what you were doing +You're new in town, and you're looking around +For another name to ruin, and it's me that you're pursuing? +Well well well, I'll be damned +I might as well tell you who I am +I am the capital L-Y-T-E +And it's shocking I'm the one you're mocking +Oh yes, I've been watching you watching me +And like the fat on your back it's plain to see +That you're a wannabe, but you can't be what you're not +So you better start living with what you got + +[Kick this one here for me and my DJ] + +Yeah, DJ K-Rock when you hear a scratch +Now it's time to kick a rhyme out the batch +And you're the receiver eager as a beaver +Time to convert the non-believer +That I'm a roadrunner leaving you in the dust +I can adjust to the times and at times I might just get quicker +Than the ticker of your pacemaker +More tender than a roni but harder than a jawbreaker +So don't ever second guess me +And if you're wondering who could the best be +Think a second and recollect the worst whipping you ever had yet +And I'll bet that I did it +My fingerprints are still on you +How many times I gotta warn you +About the light? It'll blind your sight +But the rhythm will still guide you through the night + +[Kick this tip... +Kick this one here for me and my DJ] +************************************************** +Ice Cream Dream[Spoken Intro: MC Lyte] +I wish I had an ice cream that looked just like you +Sweet tasting chocolate all the way through +I'd lick you slow from head to toe… + +My ice cream, mhm +Yeah, my ice cream dream +Just the way I like it + +[Verse 1: MC Lyte] +Sweet dreams, from this don't wake me +You couldn't even if you tried to shake me +What do ya want ‘cause I’m in a deep sleep +No nightmare here, dear, I’m talking chocolate treat +Slick and slippery, thick it’s gotta be +It’s mandatory that I make him a part of me +I'll make the dream last ‘cause it seems +I can only have him, in my ice cream dream + +[Chorus: Lisa Keith] +Smooth and rich, it’s so true of us +Dreams of you, me in a... (Yeah) +Ice cream dream +Take a scoop, it's so tasty +Don't keep me waiting (My ice cream dream) +Ice cream dream (Yeah) + +[Verse 2: MC Lyte] +Sweet as candy, a physique for show +I’ma let him know we can go toe for toe +Hip to hip, lip to lip, and then lock it +Big fat feet means big fat pockets +Trick or treat, tasty like pastry +Hmm, I wonder has he had any lately +Ready to hit it if you know what I mean +‘Cause homie seems to be like an ice cream dream + +[Chorus: Lisa Keith & (MC Lyte)] +Smooth and rich, it’s so true of us +Dreams of you, me in a... +Ice cream dream +Take a scoop, it's so tasty +Don't keep me waiting (Goody, goody) +Ice cream dream (Mhm) + +[Verse 3: MC Lyte] +Dark, handsome, six feet tall +Thirty-one flavors, I believe he’s got ‘em all +Slippin’ and slidin’ and oozin’ down the cone +Hope he doesn’t melt before I get him home +Drip drop, come on, feed me, Seymour +Take some now, I know later there’ll be more +We got the best, it seems you’re the king +You’re the man in the picture of my ice cream dream + +[Chorus: Lisa Keith & (MC Lyte)] +Smooth and rich, it’s so true of us +Dreams of you, me in a... (Mmm) +Ice cream dream (My ice cream dream) +Take a scoop, it's so tasty (Goody goody, goody goody) +Don't keep me waiting +Ice cream dream +Smooth and rich, it’s so true of us +Dreams of you, me in a... +(You're the man, in the picture, of my ice cream dream) +Ice cream dream +Take a scoop, it's so tasty +Don't keep me waiting (Goody goody) +Ice cream dream + +[Interlude: MC Lyte] +Goody goody +Yeah +Uh-huh +Mmm… + +[Verse 4: MC Lyte] +Smooth and rich, he’s looking real nice +Cool as ice, but then again, not quite +This kind of honey is the type I like looking at +He could scoop me up twice ‘cause he’s all that +So I’ma ease up, no time to waste +Forget the chase, I’m prepared to get a taste +Licky here, licky there ‘cause I like it +Too much to eat so I guess I’ll…bite it + +Goody goody, goody goody +Yeah +He’s my ice cream dream + +[Chorus: Lisa Keith & (MC Lyte)] +Smooth and rich, it’s so true of us +Dreams of you, me in a... (My ice cream dream) +Ice cream dream +Take a scoop, it's so tasty +Don't keep me waiting (My ice cream dream) +Ice cream dream (Just the way I like it) +Smooth and rich, it’s so true of us +Dreams of you, me in a... +Ice cream dream +Take a scoop, it's so tasty +Don't keep me waiting (My ice cream dream) +Ice cream dream +************************************************** +I’m Not Havin’ It[Verse 1] +[P]Uhm, what's up baby? I been eyeing you +Time and time again, I been trying to +Get a little closer, but you won't let it +[L]Well if I see something I want, I just go out and get it +I'm like a fluzy I'm choosy and I don't fall for tricks +Cause guys be running games, like the New York Nicks +[P]But on the square dear, you know, your style really temps me +[L]Don't try to gas me up on a tank that is empty +[P]I'm Positive, and I'm kicking the facts +[L]Well I'm Lyte, and you got to kick it better than that +[P]But I'm all the way live, but I'm definitely not crabbing +[L]There are just certain things I'm just not having + +[Hook] +[P]Excuse me miss +[L]No, I'm not havin' it +[P]Excuse me miss +[L]No, I'm not havin' it +[P]Excuse me miss +[L]No, I'm not havin' it +[P]Excuse me? + +[Verse 2] +[P]You think you're all that [L]No you think you're all of this +With your baby, baby talk, and your "Excuse me miss" +[P]Well I smooth, and hey look, it's only right +I thought that we could get together, and maybe we can ... +[L]Yeah sounds good, but guys like you just wanna hit and run +Look, we're not the two, and I'm not the one +So if ya got some thought of taking me to bed +Kill that! And get a five dollar crack-head +[P]But I'm all the way live, but I'm definitely not crabbing +[L]There are just certain things I'm just not having + +[Hook] + +[Verse 3] +[P]I think you try to diss me or play me like I'm cooly +[L]No, matter of fact love, I think that you're a cuty +There's just certain things you don't understand baby: +Every woman wants to be treated like a lady +[P]So what? You want me to kick it as if I'm a doc? +[L]Listen to what I'm saying and shut ... +I'm just tryna put it, so I can make something happen +You just turned me off by the way that you was gabbling +[P]Look I'm all the way live and I'm definitely not crabbing +A bit of change for a woman, that's what I'm not having + +[Bridge] +[L]I keep feelings inside, I know who I am +[P]Step to yourself, cause I don't wanna hear it +[L]I keep feelings inside, I know who I am +[P]You're not getting younger, you're just getting older + +[Verse 4] +[L]What do you get when you fall in love? +You only get lots of pain and sorrow +So for at least until tomorrow +Friend. I'm never gonna fall in love again +But getting back to the topic of convo +In my book hone, you are a no-no +[P]C'mon I'm clean, cut, and dapper, you got to admit that +I don't sell drugs and I ain't with the wack track +I'm cool and calm, my phone is mine +You don't see me snatching taste, and acting wild +Excuse me miss, I think you better get with this +[L]Scan it damn, cause I'm simply not having it + +[Hook] +************************************************** +Cold Rock a Party[Intro] +(To the beat y'all! To the beat y'all! Just clap your hands, just clap your hands...) +To the L, to the Y and the T to the E +So get ready cause I want everybody to say this with me +(Rock the house, rock the house, rock the house) + +[Hook] +Now I cold rock a party in a b-girl stance +I rock on the floor make the fellas wanna dance +I be the shit and it's all good and if you understood + +[Verse 1] +Would you stop scheming and trying to look hard +I get my bodyguard, You get that booty scarred +I'm a veteran, which means that I've been +In the game too long, since the days of Paper Thin +Way back when I've been putting it down +Ask your homies who's the baddest bitch on this side of town +I flow like a butterfly, sting like a bee +Spectacular over M-I-C +I go for broke, never giving it less than the best +Lots of years in the game at your request +You like the rhyme, bite if you dare +I get the paper so I don't care +Fly that's me; the epitomy +Of what a real MC is supposed to be +Fucking you up every time that I drop +I fuck a bullet baby, I done took your spot +I guide the beat and I ride it well +And if you take a look, it ain't hard to tell that I + +[Hook x2] + +[Verse 2] +Back off me and let my skin breathe, Lyte is everlasting +It's hard to believe I shall prevail cause I'm next to none +Cause I'm claiming no set, Don't plan to get down +Just Brooklyn is where I'm from +But I'm resting in Studio City for the fun +If you don't understand then say you don't (nah!) +And don't wait for me to explain cause I won't +You see it's in my nature to be the best (say what?) +West to East, see East to West +Ready or not I have arrived and I'm live +Showing an MC how to survive +Cause it's crazy how I get you captured with my tactics +I got many witnesses that can back this +Ruffnecks, from New York to L.A +Been down with me since Poor George +It's '96 -- it's all about show and prove and I'm about to +Make the ill type moves, I guide the beat and I ride it well +And if you take a look it ain't hard to tell that I + +[Hook x2] + +[Verse 3] +Get out my shit, please let me be +I don't see why, you KGB +Why you gotta be all up on me like that +Trying to get over like a fat rat +But I understand I'm a woman in the land of hip-hop +And the shit don't stop +It goes on, on, on, on +You see, the shit don't stop till the break of dawn +And now who makes it liver than a hip-hop, scuba diver +Chilling with +A pina colada, kidada hooked me up +With Tommy now I got a lot of gear +From everywhere, that I'd like to share (yeah right!) +But I'd rather do Kani, don't ask why! 5001, my son gets shit done +All on the catwalk, what they've ever done for you? +You better get down with your real crew +'Cause I ride the beat and I ride it well +And if you take a look it ain't hard to tell that I + +[Hook x2] + +[Outro] +To the L, to the Y, and the T, to the E +(Rock the house and rock the house) +************************************************** +It’s All YoursOur love is old-school like Mary Jane's +Boston baked beans and candy canes +Exchange a look on the number two train +Run catch kiss sunshine or rain +Jackson 5, Good Times, The Jeffersons +Yeah Baby, you know I liked it better when +You lived closer, but then you moved +But that couldn't stop our groove +My magic-man, my Brooklyn-boy wonder +I rub your shoulders if pressure you was under +Late night rides out to Sunrise +Catch a flick or two and then back to Bed-Stuy +You in the bubble goose, me in the sheep skin +Cold as hell back then it wasn't mattering +Long as we were hand in hand your my man I'm your girl +Ready to conquer the world + +*Chorus* (Gina Thompson) + +This is for all the years you've been +My companion as well as my best friend +So tonight Baby I'm giving you what you want +It's all yours + +Our love is like a Romeo and Juliet flick +So surreal but yet picturesque +There were problems I can admit +But we handled it and still the candles lit +So glad that we didn't just jet +Cause now we reaping the benefits +Who would have thought? +The cute little boy from down the street +Would fall in love with me +It's like a number one dream come true +To have somebody you love, love you +And that's all that matters +Is that we grow together make sure we never shatter +You're the reason I live +Because I want you to get all that I got to give +Long as we're hand in hand you're my man I'm your girl +Ready to conquer the world + +*Chorus* + +Our love is mystical like galaxies you can't touch +Around the world and back again I love you that much +Our love is destiny like Bonnie and Clyde +We'll die of old age side by side +Throughout the days I remain truthful +I keep it tight for you sexy and youthful +I told my mom when our days are through +If you have to go first bury me next to you +What I feel is unexplainable, 'I love you' +Just ain't enough to say to you +You've been there from the beginning to the end +My companion as well as my best friend +You got my heart now, here's my life +Yes I'm ready to be your wife +From here one know that you're the one + +Everything you want it's done + +*Chorus* +************************************************** +I Cram To Understand U[Verse 1] +I used to be in love with this guy named Sam +I don't know why, cause he had the head like that of a clam +But you couldn't tell me nothin, cause Sam was number one +Cause to me, oh my gosh, he was one in a million +I shoulda knew the consequences right from the start +That he'd use me for my money, and then break my heart +But like a fool in love I fell for his game +But I got mine, so I show no shame +In Empire winked his eye, and then he kept walkin +And all of those who live in Brooklyn know just what I'm talkin +The roller disco where we all used to go +Just to have some fun back in 1981 +You know the place, Empire Boulevard +Is where I first saw the nigga, and he tried to play hard +But I knew the deal, cause I knew his brother Jerry +And Sam, he just broke up with his girlfriend Terri +So Jerry introduced Sam and I that night +He said, "Hello, my name is Sam" I said, "Hi, my name is Lyte" +We yipped and we yapped and we chit and we chat +About this and that, from sneakers to hats +He said, "Look, I'm in the mood for love +Simply because you're near me +(Let's go) To my house, lay back and get nice +Watch television, Riunite On Ice" +I said, "Slow down, I know you wanna shake me down +But I'm not one of the girls that go rippin around" + +[Hook] +Just like a test +Ju-just like a test +Ju-just like a test +I cram to understand you + +[Verse 2] +Next month I finally went to his house +I walked into the door, there was a girl on the couch +I said, "Who's the frog, the bump on the log? +You chump, you punk, how could you do me wrong? +Singing sad songs about your love is so strong" +You said, "Wait Lyte, you're confused, the girl is my cousin" +Your brother agreed, but later she said that she wasn't + +[Hook] +Just like a test +Ju-just like a test +Ju-just like a test +I cram to understand you + +[Verse 3] +Forgotten, next month we went to the Deuce +Well, I thought it kinda strange cause you had lots of juice +You knew the dopes, the pushers, the addicts, everybody +Asked ya how you met em, said you met em at a party +Then these girls tried to tell me you were sellin the stuff +I said, "It's not your business, so shut the fuck up" +They said, "Okay Lyte, think what you wanna think +But it's gon' be some shit when your man becomes a fiend" +I said, "Look, to bust a move, I don't even know you +To put it Lyte, I really don't care to" +They kinda got mad and sort of offended +They said, "We only lookin out for yo best interest" +I said, "Thanks but no thanks" in an aggravated tone +"When I wanna find out, I find out on my own" + +[Hook] +Just like a test +Ju-just like a test +Ju-just like a test +I cram to understand you + +[Verse 4] +Then my cousin said she saw you with this lady named C +Well I'm clawin my thoughts, I wonder who she could be +You're spending all your time with her and not a second with me +They say you spend your money on her and you're with her night and day +Her name starts with a C and it ends with a K +I strain my brain lookin for a name to fit this spellin +But I just couldn't do it cause my heart kept yellin +Burning, begging for affection from you, Sam +But just like a test I cram to understand you +Thought I knew you well enough to call you a man + +[Hook] +But Just like a test +Ju-just like a test +Ju-just like a test +I cram to understand you + +[Verse 5] +Then it came a time you started looking kinda thin +I asked you why, you said, "Exercise, tryina stay slim" +I bought it, even though I knew it was a lie +Cause it really didn't matter, you were still lookin fly +But oh no, oh no, you started askin me for money +Butter me up, beg me and call me your honey +So I gave you 2 yards, and then I gave you one more +You picked up your jacket and you flew out the door +You came back an hour later and you asked me for a 10 +I said, "I only got a 20", you said, "Give me that, then" +I said, "Nope, I'll tell you now, you better stop slobbin +Find you a job, or you better start robbin" +So I stepped off with a giant step +Picked up my belongings, and I just left +And now I see you in Empire every Sunday +Juicin the girls up for some money and a lay +But every time I see you doin it, I just ruin it +Tell em how ya on crack, smoke, sniff, and chewin it +And as for this girl, Miss C, oh well +I was shocked as hell when I heard, Samuel +When your homeboys told me, I almost went wack +That the girl you was addicted to, her name was Crack +************************************************** +Steady Fucking[ INTRO: KRS-One ] +Du-du-du-duuu-du-du +You wanna test Lyte? +Are you stupid? +You gotta be out of your fuckin mind! +MC Lyte is THE DON! +Come down, MC Lyte, seen + +Dirty bitch, you dirty, dirty bitch... + +(Roxanne Shanté is only good for steady fucking) (6x) +Go, go, go, go... + +(You done insulted me +And I got to kick yo ass right now) + +[ VERSE 1 ] +So what's up, Big Bahama Mama? +You know where to find me +You could never climb me +So why do you persist +To be placed upon my fuckin hit list +You a low-down dirty loser +Next time I see you, I'mma hit you with my Land Cruiser +You'se a pooh-put, Lyte don't give a fuck +I.U. sayin he laid pipe in that butt? +And in case you didn't know +I been known to fuck up a ho during a show +So now you wanna play Miss Hardrock +Don't test me, I put up career roadblocks +I heard you're smokin crack, lady +You just had a kid, I guess that makes him a - crack - baby +Whadda ya think? +The 55th nigga you fucked said your poom-poom stink +Slow down, you're movin too fast +The 56th said he stuck a curling iron up that ass +Now you think you're hot shit +Steppin to Lyte with a limp tryin to pop shit +You're still a loser +No joke, when I see you I'mma hit you with the Cruiser + +(Set the bitch on fire +Your fucking days are over) + +(Roxanne Shanté is only good for steady fucking) (4x) +Go, go, go, go... + +[ VERSE 2 ] +From upstate New York to way Down South +I heard you do a mic-a-check-a with a dick in your mouth +You're ready for the showdown, the low down +Lyte strikes again, another ho down +Fuckin to you, Shanny, is like a fad +Flippin coins with your mom to see who sucks dad +But wait a second, I heard you're kinda funky +But then again, who's heard of a clean junkie? +How funky of a smell could one woman make? +Yo fellas, I think she need a douche break +(Douche, douche it out - douche break +(Douche, douche it out - douche +(Douche, douche it out - douche break +(Douche, douche it out - douche, douche, douche +(Douche, douche it out - douche break +(Douche, douche it out - I think you need a douche) +Tisk-tisk, what a relief it is +Not to be, not to be, not to be you +Not to be, not to be, not to be you +Or one of those pussy-eatin members of your crew +'Cause if your crew was cool, they woulda schooled you +But instead, you let them fool you +Into talkin that bullshit you been talkin +Walkin that skank strut you been walkin +I don't play that, ring around the rosie +Pocket full of posie, red-rum, you dumb, dumb + +(We can all be some fightin muthafuckas in here this evening +Bring your ass, nigga, bring it on, come on) + +(Roxanne Shanté is only good for steady fucking) (4x) +Go, go, go, go... + +[ VERSE 3 ] +Now let's talk about the grill (the grill) +Now let's talk about the grill (the grill) +Now let's talk about that grill (the grill) +We'd all be dead if looks could kill (ugh) +Now let's talk about your teeth +Shits ain't been straight since you was 8 +When you bit into a bad piece of beef +And even for a small fee +You let your uncle get one off while you bounced on his fuckin knee +Now what's my fuckin name? +Left you so far behind, you can't get back into the fuckin game +You must like puttin dough in my pocket +Since '86 my career sky-rocket +Where ya at? (Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha +Ho-ho, hu-hu-hu) - Dumb ho (Ha-ha-ha) +I got this rap shit locked, sewn, hemmed +While you're hangin from a buddah stem +I do this and that, baby pop, I get residuals +I'm liable to just fuck up you schedule +You'll be sittin on your fat ass another 10 years +Until the coast is clear +So next time they push a rhyme in your hand +You better fully understand who the fuck I am + +(At least now we know...) +Dumb +(...It's all about Lyte) +Bitch + +(Roxanne Shanté is only good for steady fucking) +Go, go, go, go... +************************************************** +Shut the Eff Up! (Hoe)(I think it's time I start feeling bitchy +I've been too nice too long +Yup, it's definitely time I get nasty) + +(Gon' be some shit) +(Hot damn, ho) +(Gon' be some shit) +(Hot damn, ho) +(Gon' be some shit) +(Hot) (damn) (ho) +(Hot damn, ho) +(Gon' be some shit) +(Hot damn) + +[ VERSE 1 ] +Before this jam starts I'm simply stating +You have all waited, now you can stop waiting +Shall I ease into the disses, go 20, then 30 +Or shall I got straight to 80 percent? +Aw, it doesn't matter, when you're dissed, you're dissed +The party's not over, it's just beginning +Because Lyte is winning (What are you winning?) +Any battle in any competition +'The Gangstress'? Ha, you're on a wack journey +(Ho) Headed for nowhere, with time to spare +So I'ma kick this rhyme right now and right here +I'd tell your name, but that would give you fame +And I ain't out to give you what you don't have +So I sit back and relax, cause it makes me laugh +I could diss, call you names and make fun of you +(Ho) But me the Lyte, I'm into speakin the truth +Like a watchtower, hour by the hour +Lyte is rhymin, perfect timin +Milk keeps the beat (I keep the beat) +With the tap of his feet (With the tap of my feet) +When he count it down (When I count it down +6-7-8) Lyte'll start the debate + +[ Chorus ] +(Hot damn, ho) +(Shut the fuck up) +(Hot damn, ho) +(Shut the fuck up) +(Hot damn, ho) +(Shut the fuck up) +(Here we) (here we) +(Gon' be some shit) +(Here we go again) + +[ VERSE 2 ] +The first thing you ask yourself is why do I bother? +When you should really ask: where is the father? +(Where is the father?) of your child, aren't we wild? +You get around like a cab, now that's too bad +Everyone has been in you, isn't that sad? +Bodily you're vivacious? Don't make me laugh +Weight Watchers is waiting, here's a free pass +You ain't gettin loose, you fuckin jerk +And you ain't gettin paid, you're just gettin laid +Sexin and suckin, yeah, that is your trade +Put on this earth just to distract me +Get those to write rhymes and try to attack me +You will get nowhere, the Lyte is too blinding +Tell me, why must I keep reminding +You to step back, let the Lyte shine +Do not say shit till you write your own rhymes + +[ Chorus ] + +[ VERSE 3 ] +Your mold is fake, crayola, crayon +Don't dare to sleep or even prey on +The Lyte is too wicked, too worthy, too strong +And the rhymes I create are made to last long +Let me wise you up, rappin isn't a sport +You either have to teach yourself, or you have to be taught +And being that you are not wise enough to do it on your own +The ones that write your rhymes might as well hold your microphone +Dropped a little vinyl, now you think you're large +Step aside, Lyte Thee MC is in charge +Don't sleep on me, I'm far, far, far from dumb +So roll correctly if you decide to come +MC sucker, this is what you waited for +I'm sick of the battle, let's go to war +Why do you challenge me, Lyte Thee MC +Did not you know that I am crazy? +My screws are quite loose, in fact I don't have any +But when it comes to rhymes, I've got many +Like I said and will have to say +Over and over, cause you disobey +Here on this earth I reign superior +One of these days I will have to get with ya +Tear you up mentally, from limb to limb +Cause I am the Lyte, and you are just paperthin + +[ Chorus ] + +[ VERSE 4 ] +I sensed it, predicted it, knew it would happen +You plopped off fast on the scene and start rappin +Now it is my duty, to all MC's +To ask you to go elsewhere, pronto, please +Now I was quite polite, nice I might add +But you insist on stayin, that makes me mad +But then again I don't mind, I've got someone to pick on +Write rhymes to diss and even play tricks on +You ain't really down, you wig-wearin clown +Borrowin money to buy an outfit +Not even good enough for a Sunday picnic +I ask you: do you know who you're fuckin with? +With those Bubblegum jeans and those 2-for-1 Skips +I'm MC Lyte a.k.a. MC Payback +Payback is a bitch, and I'm givin you no slack +Unfinished Business, that shit was wack +So Lyte made no attempt to strike back +But here we go again, what is Light's Out? +Let me ask what the bomboclut you a-chat about? +Let me say next time that you feel pissed +I suggest that you don't try to diss + +[ Chorus ] + +[ VERSE 5 ] +You better watch what you say to me, cause I can get evil +The things that I'm capable of are unbelievable +In 10% I popped your head in a microwave +I'm into blenders now, so you better behave +Or put you in a toaster, because you're gettin toasted +Better yet an oven, because you're gettin roasted +Don't listen to your rhyme writers, cause yo, they souped you +You ain't dope, you can't cope, they musta dooked you +You musta had some wack crack (real wack crack) +Sent you on a mission, and now you're comin back +But let me school ya, Lyte is runnin this show +So yo, ho, I think you oughta go +Before Lyte Thee MC gets into it (into it) +But remember, you forced me to do it + +[ Chorus ] + +Yo, now you know +And knowing is half the battle +Slime +************************************************** +Fuck That Motherfucking Bullshit[Big V] +Yo Lyte, can we swing some of this? +[MC Lyte] +Nah, nah man I can't sing +[Big V] +No? What you mean, no? + +[Chorus (2x):] +[Big V] +Fuck that motherfucking bullshit +[MC Lyte] +Kiss my motherfucking ass + +[Verse 1: Big V] +People call me Strokes, a.k.a. you know the Iceman +When it comes to sex, you know my motto yes I can, can +Never will I front, pass it up or let it walk by +And if I don't get that ass, well at least I did try +I know the games p.m.s. must run through you +You set it up so no man can ever do you +But when you need your weave done, honey read my lips +You can beg all you want but you gets jack shit +I don't play, I work hard for my money +5, 6, 7 days a week, shit ain't funny +Now if sex is old fashioned and you're not selling out +If you're not giving it up, you better spit that gum out + +[Chorus (2x)] + +[Verse 2: MC Lyte] +You wanna what? You must be bugging +A minute and a half of having sex, that ain't loving +You couldn't please me if you had his dick +That moaning you heard means you were making me sick +So don't front and lie like you were all that in bed +When I rolled your fat ass over you were nervous and scared +Mr. love man, you ain't shit +You better get your homies to suck your own dick + +[Chorus (2x)] + +[Verse 3: Big V] +When it comes to sex you get mo better +'Cause I was on your shit even when you had the jetta +It's '93 now and all that shit done passed +So stop frontin' miss 'cause I want that ass + +[Verse 3: MC Lyte] +What you what you can't get so step off, there's no room +You wanna zoom-a-zoom? Not in this poom poom +So let me tell you something Mr. Why-you-can't-quit +Save what you can do 'cause that's some bullshit +So go and tell your friends, you know, the ones you got gassed +To take a cold shower 'cause you get no ass + +[Chorus (2x)] + +[Big V and MC Lyte] +I want ass. Yeah, and you just the type of woman that's gon' give it to me +Step off, I ain't havin' that! +Stop playin', stop playin', take your clothes off and let's get busy +Take my clothes off? +I ain't got time for this bullshit +Who the fuck do you think you're dealing with here? +[?] +Yo, I rolled your fat ass over, and you was scared homie +And if you don't get the fuck out of my face, they gon carry your black ass outta here +Get the fuck out of here +How you like that shit? Yeah, so what you sayin'? +What I'm sayin', what I'm sayin', muthafucka, this is my song and this is the end of that shit, goddamn it! +Fuck that! +Look woman, fuck that, I don't want no ass from you no more. Look, just step the fuck... +************************************************** +CappucinoIt was a cafe? It was a cafe on the west side +It was a cafe? On +It was a cafe? On the west side, midtown +It was a cafe? On the west side, midtown + +Said they had the best cap of Cappucino around +So I stepped in, and I ordered a cup +Someone grabbed me by my throat and said, "Shut the fuck up!" +And I did, pronto, quick fast +How much longer would the torture last? +In the wrong place, at the wrong time +It was a drug sale, I could feel from behind + +Death, it was gettin' closer, right behind my back +Ready to attack +I got shot in a shoot out, and then I died +I could feel it, I was on the other side +In between lives, I'm so confused +What do I do, oh, what do I do? +But was it really time for me to go? + +Why, oh why did I need Cappucino? +Why, oh why? +Why, oh why did I need Cappucino? +Why, oh why? +Why, oh why did I need Cappucino? + +Why, oh why did I need Cappucino? +But then I calmed down, I spotted some friends +That I knew in a past life, way back when +A couple had died in a drug world +And this one guy died fightin' over his girl +Another died drivin' while intoxicated +Why do people make livin' so complicated? +But then I saw a girl, her name was Mary + +Introduced to drugs by her boyfriend Harry +He sold crack to the kids on the uptown corners +A social worker named Hannah Smith tried to warn her +But she wouldn't listen, no one listens +I saw the light, I awakened, it was a dream +Man oh man, you shoulda heard me scream +So glad to be given - my life back +So good to be livin' - or is dead better? + +I didn't have to run from the bullets or drugs +And I didn't have to run from the murderers or thugs +I didn't have to worry about fallin' from a plane +But at this café was death still callin' my name? +Or did this café even exist? +And was my name just another on the death list? +I knew it couldn't happen, even though +On the bottom of my shirt was a spot of Cappucino +Cappucino, Cappucino + +Bust it, to some of you that really don't know +I break it down to you, the word 'Cappucino' +It's somewhat like coffee, then again not quite +It's creamy and smooth, and it goes down light +They charge you 3 dollars, you ask is it worth it? +But when you start drinkin' shit, it'd be workin' +I'm hooked, well, I was, cause, yo, it's the best +But if every time I drink I voyage through death +I leave it alone and just stick to tea +Cappucino was fly, but too fly for me + +Why, oh why did I need Cappucino? +Cappucino +Why, oh why did I need Cappucino? +Cappucino + +Why, oh why? Why, oh why? +Why, oh why did I need Cappucino? +Cappucino, Cappucino +Cappucino, Cappucino + +It was a café on the west side +It was a café on the west +It was a café on the west side +It was a café on the west +Cappucino +************************************************** +I Am Woman[Verse 1] +I am woman, hear me roar +When I grab the mic it's never a bore +When I'm on stage, sayin' a rhyme +I often wonder what ya think of mine +Is it fresh or weak, or is it live or dead? +Yo, it's got ta be somethin' if you're boppin' your head +To the beat, can I get an amen brother? +Liked that rhyme? Well here goes another... + +[Hold up, hold up, hold up. Check it out. Before we go any further we +Gotta announce who we are. I am DJ K-Rock and this is my homegirl, MC +Lyte. Kick it for 'em!] + +[Verse 2] +We had to pause for station identification +Now ya know my name here's some more information +Well, let's see, what you wanna know about me? +MC L-Y-T-E +[The Queen] Nah, that's too corny +[The Sexy] Nah, that gets the guys too horny +[The Best] Now that sounds conceited +But what is true is true, so it has to be repeated +The best is Lyte, when I'm on the mic +And MC's look straight ahead cos this pitch'll make your neck tired +And I say loosen up and relax +The fiction you been livin' I'mma fill with facts +Right now... + +[MC Lyte, DJ K-Rock. Name of the group is Me and My DJ. Kickin' it +Live in '88. Do it.] + +[Verse 3] +I am woman, hear me roar +Comin' out fresher and flyer than I did before +That's right, I'm well respected +Don't get stupid, I'm well protected +If ya wanna battle I'm well prepared +Me and K-Rock are far from scared, you know what +We're brave, livin' in a cave of gold +Waitin' for the misbehaved to get bold +But as I look around so far so good +MC's behaving just like they should +Hands are folded, no whispering or passing notes +All attention to me ya have to devote +I'm like a teacher, but then again not quite +Cos a teacher's salary I make in a night +On the mic rhymes witty and bright +Maybe that's why the name is Lyte +Yo, bust it, I'mma end it right here +DJ K-Rock, you end it over there +************************************************** +Zodiac[Chorus] +Libra, Cancer, Gemini, Pisces +(What's your Zodiac sign?) +Aries, Aquarius, Taurus, Sagittarius +Leo, Virgo, Capricorn, Scorpio +(What's your Zodiac sign?) +When were you born? What's your sign? + +[Verse 1] +One, zero, the month of the year +I'm not a hero, but I come when in despair +I float like the wind, the mighty air sign +When I use my mind, it's not hard to find +Those who would not like to see me fly +Like to step on my wings and watch me die +But that can never be, I use my scales +Positive, negative energy, male and female +Emotions within me +Leo, Aquarius compatibility +Also Gemini, but I got four eyes +For one set of twins, I look deep within +Often distracted by pretty little things +Like the wings of an angel or the songs they may sing +Argumentative, but I hate confrontation +Ruled by Venus and starked with hesitation +Procrastinator, but never an instigator +You wanna riff, homie, I'll see you later +Sapphire, My type of jew-el +I turn on one who thinks he knows me too well +Like the water barrier with the million dollar smile +Flowing like the Nile or the waters from the Panama Canal +Pisces, fabulous catch +They remain detached, yet to find a match +Don't lose your breath waiting to exhale +I shall prevail weighing souls on the scales +Follow me as we take this trip through astrology +The galaxy from Pluto to Mercury +What ya gonna do when the planets line up? +Your time is up and your city blows up +Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear none +I'm at one with the sun 'til I'm done +Astrologically speaking on the track +Dropping solar facts about the Zodiac +The sun and the moon and the stars +Make up the universe, Earth is not far from the planet Mars +Virgo the virgin running from the twins +Stung by the Scorpions running through the Lions den +Ram with legs of a crab +With the half-man, half-horse waiting in the pass +Of course, if you check the math, it's all symbolic +Horoscopes are purely logic, check it + +[Chorus] +Libra, Cancer, Gemini, Pisces +(What's your Zodiac sign?) +Aries, Aquarius, Taurus, Sagittarius +Leo, Virgo, Capricorn, Scorpio +(What's your Zodiac sign?) +When were you born? What's your sign? +************************************************** +Stop, Look, Listen[Verse 1] +I'm rhymin' and designin', also creatin' +The dope def rhyme that is always being taken +By a sucker MC that wants to be like me +No trait of originality +But yo, I am not one to down another +So like I said before, just go for yours, sucker +I'm gonna take the time to drop a dope line +Or maybe even two, for you and your crew +So you can start shakin' and movin' all around +To the Lyte Thee MC and the King Of Chill sound +It's new and improved like a freshly cut diamond +Perfect timin', like a gem it's shinin' +Or better yet a ruby, somewhat like a sapphire +This jam you are forced to admire + +Stop, stop +Look, look +Listen + +[Verse 2] +Wanna battle me? Now that's strange behavior +Drink and drive, yeah, you're probably safer +Cause when I start, I never give slack +You feel like a 'kick me' sign was pinned to your back +Yes I'm the super-duper with the roper-doper +Got the clean drawers on, yeah, I hope ya +Do, because I'm gonna strip you of your peace of mind +Now your piece is mine, damn, that's unkind +Come on, admit it, the Lyte is too fly +The rhymes that I say you can't deny +Because 100% is what I give it (Say what?) +I haunt the house with the hip-hop spirit +I tear it, repair it +Like a hand-me-down make you wear it +Save all your crocodile tears, grin and bear it +And with all your other brothers you're gonna share it +You hear me, junior? 'Cause soon you'll +Be a grown man with the mic in your hand +And understand biting's not part of the plan +That's wrong, I thought I taught you better than that +But that's what you get from a stabber in the back + +Stop, stop +Look, look +Listen + +[Verse 3] +M.C. - Master of Creativity +Rappin' is the activity +Rhyme is the sport, let it be taught +That Lyte Thee MC is takin no shorts +In '88 I was great, but '89 is my time +Stop, look, and listen - to the right rhyme +K-Rock the DJ throws the cuts my way +Put 'em on the reel-to-reel and let them play +Leg 1 and Leg 2, they do the jumpin' +The dancin', the pumpin', always up to somethin +But when it comes to the rap category +MC Lyte headlines the story + +(Extra, extra, read all about it) +(Comin out fresh and flier than we did before) + +(Listen up everybody) +************************************************** +My Main Aim[Hook] x2 +To maintain, is my main aim +Step aside while I do my dang thang +I'm knowing that y'all can't hang +To the best what I'm doin' +Ain't nothin' 'bout to change man + +[Verse 1] +I'm 'bout to school all these young cats, take 'em to church +They still rockin' the block, I move the universe +With a verse I murk any kid up on my turf +Like a lady in Maiti I'm shady and ready to burst +Hold up when you roll up +Don't you know the girl Lyte stay swole up? +Keep it glazed like a donut +Get 'em hard now - Pull they card now +Get 'em tore up from the floor up +I gave 'em something to remember me - +Should have been a friend of me +Elbows, I got you nursin' all your injuries +They want the best of me, to get next to me +Feel the realness - Then they want to question me +Where'd you get that flow from? +How long you been rappin' and like old men can I come - +On tour with ya? +Grab the mic hit the stage get raw with ya +'Till I drop on the floor with ya + +[Hook] x2 + +[Verse 2] +I'm much too quick for this +Your jealousy is like a sickness +I run my life like a business +This is the raw deal, no time for small meals +I want a copter to fly me to the lobster +Still workin' in the hood but I roll like a rockstar +And get respect like a Rasta +Nobody move, nobody get hurt +If you seein' my P.O.V. you understand my work +Is for the good but the skill still hot +I leave the spot shook so give it your best shot +I'm out, to make the best out of what I present +And you see me make a dollar out of 15 cent +I keeps the cash flow, and I stash it low +They on the other side thinkin' how the grass grow +So green, so lean, so fresh it's - +Nothin' left to know except I'm hot to death + +[Hook] x2 + +[Verse 3] +Never burn what I earn +Come smart with the chips floss hard in the whip +And most of these cats know I'm hard to get with +So before they get, going I'm'a make 'em all quit - And sit +And think about a strategy to get close to me +Cause right now you're just so-so to me +I keep it so bitter - So gully, so wizza +So on and on, know that Lyte's no quitter +Like that big bunny +I'm on a mission for the money +Years later and the haters still want me +Without a CD released Lyte's platinum in the streets +When they face the truth they can't compete +When I grace the booth I show my steeze +I got days of proof, it's about me +I keep it movin' like a locomotive +You want a challenge? Come on, let's toe-to-toe it + +[Hook] x2 +************************************************** +Slave 2 the RhythmWhy is it that your watch stopped tickin, but you still keep clockin? +And no matter how hard you jinx, I keep rockin +Listen, hoe, cause I'm the Lyte one +And if you're lookin for a fight, you found the right one + +(They call me Lyte) +(And I'm a slave to the rhythm) + +(Funky fresh, dressed to impress, ready to party) + +[ VERSE 1 ] +I'm not a procrastinator, or a instigator +But when it comes to dope rhymes on the mic, I'm the creator +I never look for trouble, but somehow it finds me +But yo, I just conquer it, and leave it all behind me +The L-y-t-e, very outspoken +And when I rock a rhyme, sometimes I leave you chokin +I'm the MC Lyte, comin live and direct +I never lose a battle, cause I always come correct +In any case I win, again and again +You see Lyte is at the top till the very end +And even though I may be short, believe, I don't take none +Try your luck and we'll see who will get done +I mean immediately, like quick fast +Don't turn your back, cause this mic'll be in your ass +And don't take what I say too lightly +I beat you, defeat you so quietly +Sneak up and hit you like a fuckin tornado +Cause in the rap field Lyte's the fuckin a/k/a doe +The capital L, the y to the e +Shit, give me room and I'll slay an MC +Whether it's in a crowd, or on the sneak tip +I wax you and your posse watch you trip and flip +As you drop the mic, cause you don't have the gift +To rip a style, fast or slow +(Why, Lyte?) Too busy hoein it, sniffin up blow +Don't get mad, it's just a talent I was given +What I'm sayin, I'm a slave to the rhythm + +[ VERSE 2 ] +Bein that I'm dissin, I was reminiscin +You was at my show, yo, you was on a mission +(Yo, what you tellin me, Lyte?) she was ass-kissin +No show, you hoe, no work, you jerk +(Cool, Lyte, I think her feelings are hurt) +Alright, I'll chill and I'll come to my senses +But next time you diss, think of the consequences +Yo, I am no joke, I'm sharp like barbwire +Try to touch me, yo, you're bound to catch a fire +I never lose my cool, but if I do, yo, you're lost +I be forced to show and prove exactly who's the boss +Who gets the income - and then some +I don't diss you for the money, I diss you for the fun +Don't get mad, it's just a talent I was given +What I'm sayin, I'm a slave to the rhythm + +[ VERSE 3 ] +It took a whole album for you to try and diss me +And ha-ha-ha, slum bitch, you still missed me +But yo, I'm off the dissin tip, cause that takes no creation +I'm into other things that bring me commendation +So I rap about funny things, or issues that are serious +Sometimes I rap a topic that leave my people curious +And other times I diss to put one in their place +If I diss you on wax, then I will diss you to your face +Some say I'm foul, and they don't like the way I'm livin +But yo, ask me if I care... +I'm just a slave, I'm just a slave, I'm just a slave +To the goddamn rhythm + +(They call me Lyte) +(And I'm a slave to the rhythm) + +(Funky fresh, dressed to impress, ready to party) + +'Gangstress', don't make me laugh +Ha-ha-ha +And keep your eyes on this +And keep your eyes on THIS + + +(They call me Lyte) +(And I'm a slave to the rhythm) + +(Funky fresh, dressed to impress, ready to party) +************************************************** +Check[Verse 1] +Get it if you can, if you cannot get up off the pot +You been missing, pissing up the spot a lot +And I've been waiting on the sideline, give you the guideline +Get up in that pocket like a pocket light, but they don't rock it right +They don't concern me, can't even burn me +Not even with a lighter, all them liars, they ain't worthy +You heard me, I'm a loner: me, myself, and I +I'm a powerhouse, ready to collide with the greatest tide +It's like a typhoon in the making +What I'm saying leave your whole city shaking, broken down, better start praying +I ain't playing, this ain't hopscotch, on the block, or skelly up in den streets +Get jelly whenever we meet +Chic, I'm about my paper; dudes, see ya later +South side of the equator, so hot, gotta thank my maker +I'm here, flow with the best of them, get low with the rest of them +Rang the alarm in '88 and I'm still buzzin' +Cousin, they trying to hate, but I just elevate +Get it straight: I'm Lyte as a rock and they featherweight + +[Hook] +You said you seen it all, but you ain't never seen the Lyte +They talk a good game, but they ain't ready for this life +I'm trying to give you the code, let the future unfold +I had to follow them rules, that's how I open them doors + +[Hook] +I put that work in; check +Hustle hard; check +I paid my dues; yep +I gave you hits like Ruffneck +And I'm still grinding; yep +Still shining; yep +I'm all that's left; yep +I'm still the best, but you ain't yet + +[Verse 2] +I'm living life to the fullest, everywhere I go they ask +How you pass like a bullet, speed of Lyte and that Lytro gas +Here I go, there I go, here I go again +I ain't no fad like Michael Jack, they know I'm Bad +Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good +You from the hood, you understood, and understand just who I am +I live to be free, I live for the beat, I live for the biz +That's what it is, no wondering, I get it in, I get it done +You are the one, but I am the Lyte; without me, you're out of sight +I'm taking this entire game to a new height +Just watch me, just like you do YouTube and Hulu +Lyte is back and all over this map like who knew +Rapping to you; listen because I might not say it again +Find good people, wave them in +Let them haters and them [?] ain't know saving them +It's casualties in this game of life, that may not seem right +So if you get it, then get it get it, then get it right + +[Pre-Hook] +You said you seen it all, but you ain't never seen the Lyte +They talk a good game, but they ain't ready for this life +I'm trying to give you the code, let the future unfold +I had to follow them rules, that's how I open them doors + +[Hook] +I put that work in; check +Hustle hard; check +I paid my dues; yep +I gave you hits like Ruffneck +And I'm still grinding; yep +Still shining; yep +I'm all that's left; yep +I'm still the best, but you ain't yet +************************************************** +Top Billin’MC am I, people call me Milk +When I'm bustin' up a party I feel no guilt +Milk is cuttin' up for the +Suckers that's down with me + +The one of us, that's how I feel +To be down you must appeal +To the two, we're rated R +We're gifted, and we're going far + +Down the road, to the bank +While I'm here I'd like to thank +Mom and dad, they knew the time +T is scratching, Lyte is rhyming + +Milk is chillin', Lyte is chillin' +What more can I say? Top billin' +That's what we get, got it good +Since you understood, would you? + +Stop scheming, and looking hard +I got a great big bodyguard +So step up if you wanna get hurt +Milk Dee's gonna pull the skirt + +I gets money, money I got +Stunts call me honey if they feel real hot +That's how it is, you can ask Giz +I stole your nigga while you was in prison + +Jail, for MC assault +You was jealous it's all your fault + +Milk is chillin', Lyte is chillin' +What more can I say? Top billin' +That's what we get, got it good +And since you understood, would you? + +Clap your hands, your hands you clap +If your girl's out of place it's your girl I slap + +And if you're dumb, you'll ask why? +I am from that do or die +MC Lyte, Lyte the MC +I got a brother and his name's Milk Dee + +Milk is chillin', Lyte chillin' +What more can I say? Top billin' +That's what we get, got it good +Since you understood, would you? + +Bite a rhyme, if you dare +I get the papers so I don't care +My contributions to this jam +Is confusing, because I am + +Milk Dee's dated all the way +The super easy mightiest MC okay +Yes I'm down, down by law +I get the fellas out on the floor + +Milk is Dee, down is he +Two the, at the top is where he'll be +The place was packed, when we toured +Girls come in you won't be bored + +Milk is chillin', Lyte is chillin' +What more can I say? Top billin' +That's what we get, got it good +And since you understood, would you? + +Do a dance, dance the two +If, you can dance it's easy to do +This dance is on and on and on +Dance until your breath is gone +************************************************** +Cravin’[Hook] +I wanna know +I'm done waiting +There's a passion in the air that I'm craving +And I can't hold out, don't wanna hold back +I can't hold out for you +I can't hold out, don't wanna hold back +I can't hold out for you + +[Verse 1: MC Lyte] +Time to live life, make it amazing +Been craving since the days of Days Inn +Now I'm at the Four Seasons, I got a reason +To celebrate, something to believe in +Great times, great minds think alike +You ain't for doing it right, then get a life +What time in this game means is bittersweet +But even my enemies know I'm the centerpiece + +[Hook] + +[Verse 2: MC Lyte] +No more waiting, time to post up +Somebody yell "Action" -- time for close-ups +Ready for the blast-off; dudes take your hats off +Respect diamonds on my neck -- now that's boss +Good living never hurt nobody +Ladies, grab your honey; fellas, grab your hottie +Let's make it a moment that we'll never forget +Like nothing ever will be better than this + +[Hook] + +[Bridge] +Na na na na +Na na na na + +[Verse 3: MC Lyte] +Hands up if you know that you're feeling the vibe +Hands up if you know we gon' get it tonight +(We gon' party like nobody's) +Hands up if you really 'bout getting your cream +Hands up if you interested in reaching your dreams +It's like yeah, keep 'em in the air +It's 'bout to go down, and we 'bout to take you there + +[Hook] +************************************************** +Funky Song[Intro: various samples] +Uhh {Yeah, yeah...} +"Funky song" {ha, ha} +"Cause ain't nothin goin on, but a funky song" +Yes yes yes + +K-Rocks is gonna rock, I mean go get hype +So you people all aboard and Lyte has the light +Fresh this dope, promise this too strong +And yo, you can't go wrong with a funky song + +[samples] + +I don't know the reason +For which that I've become fanatic +For some bass drums and a few hi-hats +But yo please, don't say microphone +Cause I'll be forced to kick whoever thinks they king off they throne +But yo people talk speakers, and sneakers if you wanna +Yeah I like the cars that go boom, I won't front, yup! +Annnd people talkin woofers and the tweeters +I like to go above ten on the volume cause yo it's +Just, a touch, or bass ("a little bit, a little bit") +Now check the rhythm the rhyme, yeah it fits +It steals your mind like a needle +And then holds on to it like a hostage +And amazement is shown on ALL your faces +To what MC Lyte has given + +[samples] + +Yo~! I'm definitely proud to say +Those that never heard the tunes well, it's time to vic +So cough up your dollars, put your money where your mouth is +And we can surely as hell get down to business +Don't ever doubt me or what I'm capable of +I have to show and prove that I am a thug +Or should I say the ultimate, yeah that's perfect +Cause I'm as ultimate as money can get +So get the ghetto blaster, boombox, whatever you call it +Grab it by the handle and start to haul it +If you're chillin in your car, open up your back windows +Turn the volume up and let the sounds flow +Or pop a tape in your Benzi box +And drive ten miles per hour through every block +So they can hear the hip-hop, pumpin in the ride +And when you're finished press auto-reverse and play the other side + +[samples] + +When you're talkin to my deejay, a talk a crossfader +His organized Technics'll leave a flavor later +Cause just like a basshead CHIN, crack greater +And try his hits like "Yo this sure tastes" +I'm in high pursuit, hope I don't have to shoot +Get down or sit down with all of you +So when you call on my deejay, a call him K-Rock +And when you thought you heard it all here comes the shock +My rhymes, hotter than a danger lie +It's just like that, don't ask why +But I'm cool, cooler than the rocks on a mountaintop +Cause yo Lyte lift the party up further yup +And if you're comin to the jam, yo it's like a hijack +Once you step in, there's no turnin back +It's hypnotism, done every time +You're stickin out your tongue to get a taste of the rhyme +And just like I planned it, satisfies your tastebuds +It's silky and milky, cause your mouth to flood all over you +Dribble and drool you still remain cool +Cause that's what I'm like, rap is made to do +But anyway, since I don't think my job is complete +Say goodnight 'til the next time we meet + +[samples] +************************************************** +Druglord SuperstarGot a new gig, here you come again kid +Fresh out the dog, done did your bid +But you can't stay here no more +Not in this crib +Not with the foul way that you used to live +I remember you would take long trips on the first of the month +Not giving a fuck about what I want + +(Da Brat) +Hey Lyte, fuck that nigga, smoke this shit +Count to ten, it's all good + +The day that you left I spent mad dough trying to get shit fixed +Cause of your fucking death wish +Broken glass everywhere, cause a motherfucka like you just didn't care +Got my shit shot up, had to buy a new body for my Benz, cause of your wild ass friends +Years ago when you started on the scene, back and forth smuggling shit from Caribbean +It was you and your boy Dunn, making them suicide runs +But it was all in fun till Dunn tried to run with half of your cut +Now your boss is looking at you saying "What the fuck is up?" +What's up? But you say, "Fuck him" you could start your own ring and things +Besides you get a lot of peeps to swing +Now you got eight men working 7 days a week +2 be the runners, 5 on the street +1 be the side kick,, the right hand, you know the one that ride shotgun thinking he the man +They'd kill to be where you are, oh yeah! The druglord superstar... + +[Hook: MC Lyte & Da Brat x2] +Sometimes you gotta give a little to get a little +(And other times I get stuck in the middle) +I'm fed up I can't take it no more +(See im bustin' on the next nigga knockin' in my door) + +You got a new crib, new truck, new car +Trying to fit in, throwing parties for them big type rap stars +But on the other side of town, shit is getting hot, your man got shot +And they blew up your tree spot, on 125th and St. Nick, shit is getting thick +Your boy got caught in St. Martin with a brick, now he's exile +You down to 6 motherfuckas and 3 of them motherfuckas is nothing but suckas +I got feds at my door wanna know do I know a black +Now I ain't never called ya no shit like that, I'm fed up +I can't take it no more, you see I'm blazing at the next nigga knocking at my door +I heard you're on the run now, D is in the penile +Ratted your ass out and gave that what, when and how +They'd all kill to be where you are, the druglord superstar + +[Hook: MC Lyte & Da Brat x2] + + +They found a boy in the sand, it was Poppi your man with his eyes dug out and black engraved in his hand +Word around is you're the ass in the biz +To let 'em kill your men off you must be soft +Heard they shot up your car and ransacked your loft +Now you need a get away a place to hide, cause your man done snitched on the inside +You was on the run like a slave aback in the days, you must have been nodding when +They said +"Crime don't pay" +I got a new gig, here you come again kid, fresh out the dog +Done did your bid but you can't stay here no more, not in this crib +Not with the foul way that you choose to live... + + +[Outro] +Motherfucka -- you know what/ +Just, just take your shit all right! Just take it! +Cause I'm sick of this shit - I can't take it no more +Just take it, I don't know who the fuck you think you are +Thinking you could just come back here and try to enter my life -- like I need you +I dont -- I'm thru with you motherfucka +Just get out! You put me thru too much heartache +Too much shit +I had to go thru -- I can't do it no more +************************************************** +Dear John[Intro: MC Lyte] +Dear John +Know this life has been filled with stress and pain +If I could, I would take it all away +All away + +[Verse 1: MC Lyte] +I know you gotta feel like your back is pinned against the wall most times +But in those times, you remain open +Closed minds will get you nowhere +Gotta move with no fare, so dear +I salute you +Knowing everything you've been through is just a journey +Every man must take the key +For some it's not to make the same mistakes +And fall victim to the chaos the world creates +In the heat of the moment +You can mistake an ally for an opponent +And wipe your own out +What a waste, and an evasive hate +You discover that it's too late + +[Hook: 10Beats] (x2) +What you wanna do +So you wanna be ballers, shot callers +Dippin' in the Benz straight lawless +Or would you rather be fathers to your daughters? +Even though it's getting harder + +[Verse 2: Common] +A letter to the better, to better the demonstration +Situation got you wishin' for ventilation +Can't a nigga breathe, trying to find what I believe +It's hard for a tree to grow when father figures leave +Plus I got a seed and my baby mama need +Smoke a little weed to keep my mind free +Only God can judge me, so to him I plead +Fifth in my hand, the myth of a man +That I should know it all and I ain't supposed to fall +Getting locked up and boxed up, protocol +Writings on the wall, fighting for the cause +Read a letter from the world and it said "It's yours" + +[Hook] (x2) + +[Verse 3: MC Lyte] +Confused with those who say they have your back +I feel your pain, I know you're under attack +To be strong in all things in all ways, just ain't real, so some stray +Lives left in hallways, death's breath is in the air +Let your thirstful life persevere +Someone once said you were chosen +Bus as you gotten older, doors are now closin' +Karma comes around +And all those silly things you did as a grown child are wheelin' down in your direction +But not all hope is lost +Gather your thoughts for the second coming +And I'm guessing you'll be stronger than you've ever been +Ever + +[Hook] (x2) +************************************************** +I Go On[Intro] +Yeah! This is Lyte coming at you. Shouting out to everybody in the hood.. up to no good. The ruffneck got it going on! Yeah and i'ma do it like this + +[Verse 1] +Now kick it! +You flap your tongue and talk about this and that +But all of that wrong rap is real whack +I'm on a roll of my own, you can't play me +So when you talk about the Lyte, get it right, baby +Because I think I'm all that, making niggas call back +They hit the cat and I refuse to call 'em back +It ain't worth it for the moment or the minute +You was in it then you want it but, no, now ya done, kid +I'm only taking shorts if it means I'm wearing 'em +Some of these guys, yo, I'm only scared of them +They can't handle what I got to give and always will +I'm not the run of the mill +I got skills I go on and on as ya boy, K Born! +But I had to kick 'em out before the dawn turn 'em on + +[Hook] +I go on and on and on and on +Let it flow, ya don't stop +I go on and on and on and on +Let it flow or ya don't stop! + +[Verse 2] +A night owl on the prowl, here's a victim +Soon as I spot 'em bu duh duh, duh duh stick em +Now I got 'em where I want him +And he's all mine, no crime but now he's on prime time +We hit the door, did the booty in the slow mo' +I like to spank 'em, gave 'em bacon on the down low +But that's all, that's it, see ya later, hops +I gave ya props but I'm gonna drop ya at the bus stop +'Cause you was on it like a hornet dog on it +Got me heated then ya beat it now you know just how to treat it +You kinda slow tho when it comes to brain cells +But you can go 'cause I came and I did it well +Sorry to hurt ya but honey, I'm a real one +You got to go if you ain't the funky feel one +And when I'm out it I hope that ya not torn +Because my brother life goes on + +[Hook x4] + +[Verse 3] +Now let's swing back on the topic +Brothers wanna pop it, knock it and lock it +I'm not having it 'cause I control my destiny +I'm never letting a punk get the best of me +So ease up if yo, you on a jealous tip +I'm not about to be the victim in the news clip +'Cause unlike some girls I fight back +Or get the boys double up and do a head crack +I only here for the righten night +To be hit not smack not slapped or kicked +So if you coming my way you gotta be strong +Strong enough to know that hitting a women is wrong +'Cause just like you, I can find others +Too brothers that do the do quicker than you +So if you looking for a straight up relationship +Keep looking 'cause I ain't staying kid +Because I'm outta and I hope that ya not torn +But never give up 'cause life goes on + +[Hook x4] + +[Outro] +Yeah coming at you for 1993, pumping in ya car pumping ya jeep +Just like that! I like to give a shoutout to Brooklyn in the house, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, Uptown, Bronx, New York is definitely in effect! LA! Detroit! Chicago! Atlanta! Virgina! Carolinas! Cacalac! Cacalac! +************************************************** +I Am the LyteI am the Lyte (repeated) + +[ VERSE 1 ] +Examine the style used in this sequence +The rhyme's the clue, the record's evidence +To the fact that I'm hypin this episode +Cold carryin the extra wide load +The beat is fat and the rhyme is thick +All over the town you hear the sound and pick +Me, the L the y the t the e +Me, and if you see the Rock, I'm sure you'll see +Me (Hey Lyte, what will you be doin?) +Kickin it, bashin down competition +And when I drop the bomb, you'll listen +Boom! Now that I've got your attention +I'm slammin what you wanna hear +I just thought that I should mention +'89 is the Lyte year +Now's the time to roll like a rhinoceros +Step to Lyte, that's preposterous +I'm heavyweight, though I'm lightweight +My looks the hook, my rhymes the bait +And when I throw the line you proceed to take +The goody, the treat that I hand you +That you couldn't refuse +Damn, I cram to understand you +Your love is to Lyte to lose + +[ VERSE 2 ] +I think you deserve this, you waited long enough +For a rhyme that's super-duper extra tough +Every human is lurkin and loomin +Puba on the beat and you know the shit is boomin +Tasty like pastry, fresh from the bakery +First Priority, that's the way it has to be +Feel the drum, I bet it makes your body numb +One for all, and all for one I bet you come +Hurry, hurry, step right up and see the show +MC Lyte and K-Rock are about to throw +Get on line and purchase your ticket +(Hey, don't worry) Lyte is gonna kick it +(Go on, be happy) I put you up on the scoop +Now come and watch the party hoop + +[ VERSE 3 ] +I am the Lyte, and it is time for me to go +You wanna beef, save that shit for the toilet bowl +I use styles, styles and much many styles +I leave smiles, smiles and much many smiles +On the people who come to see the Lyte perform +(Word is bond) +The rhyme will kick as the brain will tick +You can tell because the record'll sell +Old styles and new styles formatted together +Bold or dull, so it doesn't matter whether +Which comes first or vice-a versa +It won't make a difference, as long as you rehearse-a +Get it down pat, and come right and exact +MC Lyte is comin right and I'ma say goodnight + +[ Grand Puba Maxwell ] +Yeah +MC Lyte in effect for '89 +One time to wreck that mind, boy +Yeah +Ah +Pump, pump, pump it up +Yeah +Sure nuff +MC Milk +Warlord of the mixboard +In effect +Sure shot +Yeah +Pump (pump) (pump).. +Mh-hm +************************************************** +Don’t Cry Big Girls[Verse 1] +This is Lyte, and I'm just here to say +That I choose to express my feelings this way +Always alone, either with a microphone +Or just plainly emphasize the tone +Of my voice, cause yo, I know I'm your choice +So when I am speaking, show your gratitude +While I am teaching, I have no attitude +I'm just here to get the job totally done +85% work, 15% fun +Sometimes I admit, I get so excited +Rhyme for rhyme, I just can't fight it +Can't stop the flow, it's just too persistant + +[Hook] +Big girls don't cry +Big girls don't cry + +[Verse 2] +Can't stop the flow, it's just too persistant +The level is extremely low on my resistance +By you or any other I'll never be beaten at a +Rap meeting, in other words a battle +Cause y'all, I'm like a farmer, and y'all's the cattle +Be a big girl about it, don't you start cryin +That'll mean I made you weep without even tryin +Lyte takes it like a big girl, I'm no jive girl +Comin direct, tellin you that I'm a live girl +'I'm positive', you've heard this expression before +So next time you see Lyte shine through the door +Don't talk behind my back, confront me like a big girl + +[Hook] +Big girls don't cry +Big girls don't cry + +[Verse 3] +Don't talk behind my back, confront me like a big girl +So I can take you to all slimmies of the world +Big girls, we don't fight over men +Although there's one worth fighting for every now and then +But then I think again, it's not worth my while +And it's also not a big girl style +And I know you're thinkin: 'Wait, Lyte is slim and short?' +While being brought up I was also taught +Take it like it comes and proceed with the flow +Lyte is the biggest of the big girls, and now you know + +[Hook] +Big girls don't cry +Big girls don't cry + +This is dedicated to Milk Dee from the Audio 2 +To Gizmo from the Audio 2 +The whole Alliance crew +You know what I'm sayin? +And to all the big girls +Also the small girls +You got time to grow up to be big girls + +[Hook] +Big girls don't cry +Big girls don't cry +************************************************** +Woo Woo (Freak Out)Uh, yeah +Uh, yeah + +Verse 1:MC Lyte +Naughty but you like and nasty but you want it +I'm the chick that never front it +Picture that +Me wearin a pager +So you can be down my back +It ain't happin jack +Am I too fine? +If so I can leave +Have somewhere to go +You better believe +I keep a tight schedule +Not many are blessed +Still on a quest +Not knowin I'm da best +Causin a mess wherever I go +They still want me there I'm the star of the show +Your ride is sweet +My ride is much sweeter +Come take a ride with this senorita +Theres more to me that the eye can't see +But I'm twice as much as you'd thought I'd be +When I hit da scene +All better be where cause da party don't jump till I get there + +Chorus ( Nicci Gilbert ) + +Come on +We're doin it everyday +All night is how we like to play +Feel the rhythm do what you want to do +Kick back we're doin it at the woooooo + +Verse 2: MC Lyte + +You took to long to ask +Now I don't know +If you can hang wit my flow +Keep it on da dlow I start da fire +Watch it go down +When it's time to put the flame out +I put the juice down +When you woo-woo +So nasty it's sick Wanna know my tricks +Studyin' me like a flick +I'm the girl your mama warned you about at night +Ask Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike +I'm that candy girl +I got da suga for your sweet toothe +Comin in your crib in my birthday suit +I'm that, bad habit you just can't shake +What I want I take +Some a y'all could relate +Got the yab yum +To get ya stuck like glue +It ain't over to we all come through +When I hit the scene +All better be where cause da party don't jump til I get there + +Chorus x 2 + +Verse 3: MC Lyte + +So you wanna be da tiger roaming through my woods huh +Babe boy you gotta bring da goods +Not just any penny +Can get in my piggy +Bently or empty you just can't tip me +Lyte got, just what you like +All up in your ear but I'm not like Mike +Red Hot +Be the brown chili peppa +Y'all know my words +Let's sing it together +Light to infinite +Like Dusk Til Dawn +When I hit da scene +All better beware cause da party don't ump da jump til I get there + +Chorus repeat til fades +************************************************** +The Wonder Years[Jay-Z] +So let's lock this down like it's supposed to be + +[Mc Lyte] +It's like the wonder years you blink and I appear +From a cloud of smoke I'm like a full court press and you choke +When I'm near pull up a chair let me explain how I maintain the youthful glow +For you that don't know it's called H2O +So stop asking when I walk by +How I look so young and stay that fly +It's elementary, kick the liquor when you turn dirty thirty +The rest is a secret so I keep it for the worthy +Some of us need to be doing the bid +Spitting lyrics that's worst than Ritalin for kids +They say "Lyte they ain't ready for nothin' you did" +So we kick the same stuff as if we were stupid +Take the same beat and loop +50 times, Why not? that other group did +It's idiotic, average and robotic +I keep it real my mental thick like a Harvard clique +I got them singing Bob Marley hits. (I don't want to wait.) +They don't want to wait in vain +But I'm worth all the joy and the pain +Come hard when I hit, goddamn you know the name Lyte + +[Hook] +Lock this down like its supposed to be +The pioneers wonder years L-Y-T-E +Oh yeah she's back the industry need that +So pay attention to her I told y'all to listen to her +Yeah Lyte she's back, the female G-Rap been in the limelight +Baby girl get your mind right + +(Yeah I'mma do it like this) + +[Mc Lyte] +Pass on the insight, teach a seed about Lyte +And how I was the first female to smash the mic +Yeah nigga, I speak the facts of life +While a whole lot of others was crap on the mic +Still showin Mc's what cash look like +From the Jetta to the porsche to the navi I'm tight +What I got it's hot you can have it to +Praise god, work hard all you have to do +I was born to be the Lyte to give the spark in the dark +Spread the truth to the youth, the ghetto joan of ark +It's sad these kids put you at the head of thier throne +All you give them back is raps about your bone +Gettin head in your whip, a studio in your home +But who cares cause you dummies all sound like clones +It's a mystery to me how you got this far +Can't read, can't even count the miles on your car + +[Hook] + +[Mc Lyte] +Yeah, You take this easy, slow it up on them +I feel the animosity +Loosen up the grip when I shoot from the lip, I hear it constantly +"Yo Lyte kick that same shit you did in '86" +I can't do that, I'm too evolved too big to stay small +In a world full of problems, especially the U.S just can't solve them +My data too robust they can't feel where I'm headed +How I keep the mind, spirit and the body all connected +Respected by many and any that want to test +Bring them Timbos and leave home that pretty mini dress +I'm a viking I'm fighting until the death of me +As god blows breathe in me, I leave the legacy +Lyte as a Rock! + +[Hook] +************************************************** +Kickin’ 4 Brooklyn[Hook] +Kick this one for Brooklyn +(Cha) (cha) (cha) +Kick this one for the 90s +(Boom) (cha-cha) +Now kick this one here for Me & My DJ +(Boom) (cha) (boom) (cha) (boom) + +[Verse 1] +Now I was rockin' this party in the 90s, Brooklyn +You know where the people get hype +'ll rock a party from Friday to Saturday night +48 hours done, and I still hold the mic +I try to put you down and say that I'm through +But they give it back to me and say, "Continue" +That's the thing about Brooklyn, they never get enough +Of the rap and the music and all the good stuff +That makes your life worth livin' for +Respect is the crowd, the crowd that I draw +Never am I dissed, and never ever shall I be +Ain't a MC alive that can deal with me +And if you think you're the one that can deal with this +Well, you ah - best prepare for a big fat dis + +[Hook] +Kick this one for Brooklyn +(Cha) (cha) (cha) +Kick this one for the 90s +(Boom) (cha) (cha) +Now kick this one here for Me & My DJ +(Boom) (cha) (boom) (cha) (boom) + +[Verse 2] +Now I was chillin' in Flatbush, mindin' my own +When a girl walked up with a chrome microphone +She said, "Hey, MC Lyte, I heard about you +So here's the microphone, let's see what you can do" +So I took the microphone and I threw it to the ground +Cause I need no assist when it comes to gettin' down +When I start to rap, she start to shake +She knew to confront me was truly a mistake +So she picked the microphone off the grey concrete +And before I turned around, she was down the street + +[Hook] +Now kick this one for Brooklyn +(Cha) (cha) (cha) +Kick this one for the 90s +(Boom) (cha-cha) +Now kick this one here for Me & My DJ +(Boom) (cha) (boom) (cha) (boom) + +[Verse 3] +Now when I'm on the stage, everyone starts starin' +Is it what I'm sayin', or is it what I'm wearin'? +50/50 chance it's what I'm sayin' +And at the same time what my deejay is playin' +If you can get hype and sort of like loud +Yo, K-Rock, kick this one for the crowd +I been to lots of parties, mostly Uptown +And one thing I noticed: young people get down +So hip-hoppers, hip-hoppers, from all around +Get with the funky sound + +[Hook] +Kick this one for Brooklyn +(Cha) (cha) (cha) +Now kick this one for the 90s +(Boom) (cha-cha) +Now kick this one here for Me & My DJ +(Boom) (cha-cha-cha) +(Boom) (cha-cha-cha) +(Boom) (cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-chack) +************************************************** +Like a VirginFifteen years old, thought I was in love +I was never told, sex is like drugs +Too much'll drive you crazy -- in fact +The brother was so good, had me comin back +Took my virginity, like he took my heart +I had to find the Lyte, he left me in the dark +All alone, no one to be with +And the brothers they ask me why I riff +I got hard, grew a shell upon my back +I had to get a grip, to keep my life intact +I had to let em know, Lyte is not fragile +Cause if they think this, brothers can get - foul +They'll use, bruise and abuse +Dump your ass and be sure to choose +The next fresh fish that steps into the place +If they desire, they forgot your face +Lovin them and leavin them, that was their reasonin +Thinkin he was pleasin you, when he was just TEASIN you +Summer was over, back in school +He said come over, that would be cool +I said OK, it's been a year now +Some even asked why, some even asked how +Could you wait that long, for me to be with it +Some said yo Hobbes, you're never gonna get it +But then the time came, you and I both came +Things would soon change, never would they be the same +Before this afternoon, took place +I was in love, I walked around in space +I'd rush home from school just to speak to you +Talk for an hour, maybe even two +We'd just laugh though, nothing serious +I guess back then, you were just curious +To see what I was like, just to touch my flesh +I could be wrong though, that's my first guess + +.. + +You was in your house, I was in mine +As long as we were chattin on the line, it was fine +All alone, yet talkin on the phone +If you got bored you felt your bone +And as bad as I am, I talked you through every stroke -- +Lyte ain't no joke! +You've been beggin for some time, for me to come visit +You never got mad though, if I wasn't widdit +But this day was different, I was feelin in the mood +For some slow type of groove or some soul food +In other words sex, yeah that's better +I threw on the Jordache, the Izog sweater +That was in style then, come on don't laugh +Sergio's, Lee's, you wore those in the past +Anyway I arrived, twenty past five +He'd been hypin himself, sayin he was quite live +I said here's your chance, show me some romance +We begin to slow dance, off with his pants +BOOM it was over, damn that was quick +Too bad little homey had a widdle widdle *HORN* +The only one I've seen, cause yo he was the first +But since I've had others, damn he was the worst +I was in love though, that didn't matter +Nothin you could say, could ever shatter +My world, take it away, just a young little girl +Oh well +He stepped, jet, family moved +Leavin me in the mood for some soul food +Damn I felt hurt, just like a jerk +Would somebody PLEASE just mush my face in dirt +So I can hide, from the whole fuckin world +WHAT THE FUCK IS LOVE, such a naive girl! +Suppose I got pregnant, damn I'd be lost +My mom woulda kicked me out to live with Jack Frost +I guess I'm lucky though, lonely for sure +Waitin for the fucker to come knockin at my door +I didn't hold my breath though, I might be dead +Yo 45, next time I'll use my head +************************************************** +Keep On, Keepin’ On (Remix)[Intro: Delite] +Remix, check it out + +[Verse 1: MC Lyte] +B-boy, where the fuck you at? +I been looking for you're ass since a quarter past +Hot peas and butter, baby, come and get your supper +Before I make you suffer, that's when you had enough-a +Can I get hot when you hit the jackpot? +Surely I can if you the man +I get loose and produce large amounts of juice +Can you get used to that or do you need a boost of energy +To enter me and get it on +You're getting warm +I can feel you getting closer +Now baby, down this Mimosa +You better believe it's time to give a toast to +The woman of the decade, too bad to be played +Get vexed and I'm bound to throw shade +All over your body +Who's body, your body +I can rock a party like nobody +Leaving time to take home the loot +Choosy about who I let knock my boot +Now let me take sight while your loving the Lyte +Life ain't all that unless you're doing it right + +[Chorus: Xscape] +Keep on keepin' on +You came and you changed my world +Keep on keepin' on +You came and you changed my world +A love brand new + +[Verse 2: MC Lyte] +Beware of the stare when I step the piece +I come in peace but I got shit that need to be released +Now who from the chosen shall I choose? +Yeah, now you wish you was in his shoes +I found me a new nigga this year +That knows how to handle this here +Now I look forward to going home at night +Brother does me right, under the candlelight +Wax upon my back, can I handle all of that +A-yes, I can, can or why not +If I wanna, yes, I can, can +More honey than a bumblebee hive +Pulling sixty-nine ways out my archive +Sweet like licorice, sugar for my booga +Juicy like Hi-C or an Icee +I got shit to make your ass write a bad check +'Cause like I said I ain't afraid of the sweat +Beat on my drum if you feel the need to +As I proceed to open up and feed you +I got a longing to put you where you wanna be +Ven aqui and I'll get rid of all company + +[Chorus: Xscape] +Keep on keepin' on +You came and you changed my world +Keep on keepin' on +You came and you changed my world +A love brand new + +[Verse 3: MC Lyte] +Many have tried strict regulations +Lazy motherfuckers get put on probation +Those that didn't perform well +They gets no answer when they ring-a-ring-a my bell +You're playing with my time, trying to jerk me +Hurt me then desert me, you better work me +While you got the opportunity +To be in the midst of the L-Y-T-E +Only the strong survive, only the wise excel +Once said by my born-in-hell +Only the lonely die slowly +Left all alone try to control me +Easy does it never ask how was it +Never speak my info of my sheets in the streets +'Cause that ain't cool, and that ain't cute +To talk about who knocked the boot on a video shoot +But it's all good though, you gotta get it when you want it +Sight your prey, make your move and hop up on it +It's natural, never be ashamed +Fuck the fame, get the name, and kick the game + +[Chorus: Xscape] +(All you gotta do is) Keep on keepin' on +You came and you changed my world +Keep on keepin' on +You came and you changed my world +A love brand new +Keep on keepin' on +You came and you changed my world +Keep on keepin' on +You came and you changed my world +A love brand new +Keep on keepin' on + +[Outro: Xscape & Delite] +It's the remix, uh +Yes, baby, uh +Ya don't stop +It goes on and on and ya don't stop +Just keep it on +Keep on keepin' on +Uh, yes, yes, y'all +You came and you changed my world +A love brand new +Keep on keepin' on +2000, uh, 2000, 2000 watts +Keep on keepin' on +************************************************** +Ride Wit MeLytro, yeah, hm, yo +Yeah, fuck the rest be, nobody can test me +Rich like Nestle, thick like Wesley +Snipe out, I'm the type that be about +Crashin' up in ya joint and knockin' the lights out +Feelin' lovely, trust me, I'm drug free +Only chewed on bringing out the thug in me +Cos you sittin' on my nerves, when we've already heard +That garbage, played-out crap you call rap +Some chicks say they love that, well I'm above that +Calling me a ho won't do it's two, double O two +And my crew roll thick like BIG +Act up, and be puttin' that ass to sleep +You got nothing for me, been there, smelt the dope and +Rollin' with the shelter, making niggas jail free +Like a Luger, I spit thick shit +That a leave ya squad sick, cos I ran up in this shit + +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brotha, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brother, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me + +Still got the little frame with the big name +Watch it change cos, nah nigga, we ain't in the same gang +We walk different and we talk a different slang +You a sidekick, and I'm a four point six range +You a one roof flat, I'm fifty acres of land +In Jamaica with your man laid up, gettin' a tan +Thought you knew, I'm overdue +And you're overrated so cats are over you +I inspired you, come on now, no way +? that rumour, the consumer won't believe it anyway +Never play with the messenger, Head on Joan of Arc +When I'm coming through these parts like just cut the dark +I'm a trendsetter, go getter, bringer back +Cos I'm fed up, ready to get a set up +Oh you scurred, vision blurred +Cos I serve these words +And pitch them bitches with a curse + +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brotha, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brother, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me + +Yo what I'm sayin I've been layin' waitin' for the right situation +New York hawk city playin', back in the BK bomber +Niggas in the hood call me Lyte +But brothers call me Lana Moorer the high scorer +Play fool if you wanna, we closin' after quarter +I started it and I shut the shit down +Sit down, don't nobody move, I'm making haters quit now +Been a long time coming but I'm running with the torch +Race, got a lot a rats but I can't be caught, or bought +Cos I won't sell out, that's why me and the big dogs, we fell out +Not with a major, but I'm still major league +Crash ya dome with this ? then watch your nose bleed +You want it, you can get it anytime +Cos I got many lines for niggas of any kind, you know me + +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brotha, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brother, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me + +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brotha, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brother, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me +************************************************** +Can You Dig ItI got the charm and the wit of a pop hit +But I'm street.. "Catch the beat" +Don't drop it, just don't stop it +Don't you dare step off the topic +That I got a one-track mind and this track's all mind +The whole three four five six seven eight nine +In the pocket, burstin in the air are rockets +Creatin lots of Lyte -- get it? +How many different ways can I say it? +Piano Man, how many ways can you play it? +I spell it out, the L-Y-T-E +Without a doubt.. "Got to be funky!" +And it damn sho' nuff is +It gotta be like that, in this rough biz +Of music, baby, use it or lose it +What's funky is funky, you can't refuse it +I got a grip on the groove and it won't move +An inch until I pinch this party + +"Can you dig it?" "Right on" "Right on!" (4X) + +It's my style, love it, or lump it +It's my beat, pass it or pump it +And it thumps, like a heartbeat +And when it gets old, it won't get weak +It'll get stronger, much stronger +Long live the King, but the Lyte lives longer +It's well argumented and well documented +I hold the title of the best, you can't prevent it +With a ten foot pole, you can't hold em +Born to be wild is what a song once told me +Was my destiny, so I strive to be the best +Lo and behold.. +Every rhyme I write, you gots to chant them +Every song I sing, a national anthem +Is there a message in my music? +If I can do it -- you can do it! + +"Can you dig it?" "Right on" "Right on!" (8X) + +The L, Y, T, E, has to make +"funky funky funky hit records" Constantly! +So in the advent of an event +I have to invent a dope style comment +I come off with flyin colors +I keep my own identity, compared to no others +It's hard to do, but I pull it through +Cause I'm Lyte the MC, that's what I do +The body snatcher, yo I gots to catch a +MC head up, bring on a batch of +New ones, so I can systematically do em +The old ones, HUH, I already been through em +Two by two, I do em like Noah +Yes you know the time, so let's go +The bottom line, is I'm funk bound +K-Rock and Master T, let's get down + +"Can you dig it?" "Right on" "Right on!" (8X) +************************************************** +Have U Ever[Hook] +Have you ever, ever in your long living life +Seen a woman rock the mic +Like the one called the Lyte +(Repeat) + +[Verse 1] +As I zoom with the Z down the Avenue +Who it be, me less the crew +Why you talkin that whoopied doo whoo +I'm makin moves, that's smoother than +The cream or the sweat from a wet dream +Drippin wit Vaseline +My Mabeline left a ring on the scene +I got mad peeps down with the tag team +Listen you couldn't front it you want to +Trying to escape now I'm the one that you're running to +Looking at my tag it's about that time +For you to get yours, for me to get mine +I got our shit poppin wheelies like a Ninja +The inner of my center, keeps you warm in the winter +My placenta is on high overload, my complete context +Can get so complex, I might explode +On the scene, like a nuclear bomb +While the children scream, I'm yelling: "Ring the alarm" + +[Hook] +Have you ever, ever in your long living life +Seen a woman rock the mic +Like the one called the Lyte +(Repeat) + +[Verse 2] +This is going out to all the ruffnecks +And hood rats, Jermaine hit me off with the track +Yo Brat if you're wit me holla let me know where you're at +I be the stage wrecker, rhyme manifester +Feel the pressure, coming +Straight off Elektra, the shit that be +Kicking is off the wall crazy +You can't see, what I can see cause you're +Blind baby, born a slave die a slave +Representing from the cradle to the grave +Cause we living in the last day, coming through your TV in 3-D +It's the Lyte representing for the female species +Letting em know that they can't even + +[Hook] +Have you ever, ever in your long living life +Seen a woman rock the mic +Like the one called the Lyte +(Repeat) + +[Verse 3] +What do we have here, an impostor +Perpetrator, fake playre trying to get on the roster +I keep trying to warn em and drop it all on em +Rap my collapse, when they attack +And drop the bomb on em, blown to dust +Either roll with us, or get rushed in, in God we trust +Cause it's a must, that I kick it like I hear it +Speak it like I see it +It's the spirit, I ain't go to see it to believe it +I take the form of the rain in a storm +As I get warm, like the rays of the sun +Here I come, like a hurricane, ready to +Be reborn, let me be the first to welcome +You to the terrordome, the unknown zone +A Million miles away from home +The clock is ticking, time is up, before the world destructs +Or the universe erupt +I'ma be the one to lights this motherfucker up + +[Hook] +Have you ever, ever in your long living life +Seen a woman rock the mic +Like the one called the Lyte +(Repeat) +************************************************** +Break it Down(chorus) (G. Salah) +Let's break it down... +Let's break it down... +Let's break it down... +Let's break it down, break it down x2 + +Verse 1 (India) +Now it's India, India, I get into ya, styles I got plenty 'a +I'm bout it bout it, you know my ones stay crowded +Fuck around and doubt it, and get that ass louded +The future me, 2003, ultra magnetic, this MC... (MCs, MCs, MCs freeze) +I'm not afraid of you niggas, I'm ready for the masses +I keep it tight like spandex do asses +Palmer's cocoa butter for the ashes, while Chanel laces up my lashes +Uh oh no, stop! It don't get hot because I locked it +Got it, give me 6 million like you gave 2Pac it +Hot forever 'coz that's how I plotted + +(chorus) + +Verse 2 (G. Salah) +I'm that R rated nigga from the films with mistique +With taste from the hamptoms but still street +Don't sleep I reach the ghetto to elite +Blessed with the vocals gifted with the feet +Pretty nigga, pearly white teethe +I can't for now 'coz my mind says from Asia +I'm unreachable, fuck a portable and pager +Made nigga, no time for posin', leavin' niggas like Moses +Front and get swollen The black italian G. Salah the chosen +I beat you down with love get you stuck frozen +'Coz I talk shit like caches, and I backs it +Can you match this my magic +Catcy like habits, digest and swallow +The G. Salah tablet baby, wah you beautiful + +(chorus) + +Verse 3 (MC Lyte) +I resonate like 808s but with a ill tone +Lyte the oddesy, full blown +]From Cali to Medina, the head turner, Tina +Belle Venezuela, rockin' Argentina +Hot like heaters, swift like cheeters +]From where I stand grass remains greener +(Let me tell you 'bout a girl, maybe I shouldn't +I met her in Brooklyn, and her shit is always cookin') +See I be flowin' yes constantly +That's why the cabbage that I stack is deep winter green +And the way that I be hittin', unlike any other sister, I get into your +System, man I make you listen +I give, give back 10 fold, Lana on the ill trio +India, Gio, we know it's broke down so let's blow + +(chorus till fade...) +************************************************** +Not Wit’ a Dealer[ performed by MC Lyte and Milk Dee ( ) ] + +A friend of mine (Which one?) Cecilia +(Yeah?) has a man (so?) a dealer +(Which one?) Born - Born Supreme +You know the type (Yeah, I know what you mean) +Gold and cars (cars and gold +The more he got, yo, the more he sold +He told her he loved her (Huh, gased her head) +Her love he bought just to warm his bed +I tried to tell her, but it went out the other ear +She didn't wanna hear, what I had to say +She just replied this way +(Girl, I love him, he treats me so good +He gets much respect in my neighborhood) +I cram to understand why she wants this man +(Yo, he sold the crack to Sam...) + +[ Chorus ] + (I used to be in love...) + But not with a dealer + (I used to be in love...) + I know how it feels + (I used to be in love...) + You make love while he makes deals + +The story gets worse, they threaten her life +A guy walked on her (Yo, come here) with a knife +And said (Being with Born is a big mistake +It's a shame your life I have to take +If you leave him now, you'll be alright +If not, you won't make it through the night) +She came to me and said (Lyte, what do I do?) +Forget about Born, or else you're through (Ahh...) +She said (But, but I love him!) Hm, I wonder +Is love worth bein six feet under? +Nope (And that's on the real tip) +I think it's time you skip +Town (Hey girl, don't hang around +Or else you'll be goin -) + +[ Chorus ] + +Miss C said (No, I'm stayin with my man +He stands by me, so I too must stand) +Girl, you're stupid, you're gonna take a fall +( *phone rings* ) and then she received a call +(Hello? Listen, baby, they got a contract on me +I know because Brian warned me +I'm outta here, goin back to Cali +Grab your stuff and meet me in the alley) +She grabbed her stuff, the gold and the cash +Headed for the door in a flash +She said (I'm outta here) Now wait just a minute +You know he's a dealer, his windows are tinted +(Naw) He has truck jewelry, and no job +(So?) Carries ducats in ??? (So what?) +Now hell the hell does he get these things? +(I don't know!) The Gucci, the Louis, the Polo rings +(Yeah?) Dealers are bad news, take it from Lyte +They say they kill you, and they might +(You're right, Lyte, you tell no lie +Just let me go say good-bye) +She ran down the stairs in a minute or more +I heard a thunderous roar +( *shots* ) Born and Cecilia - killed by Uzis +See why it pays to be choosy? + +[ Chorus ] +************************************************** +Everyday[Hook:] +Every day I need my shit done in a special way everyday + +Off the top see me and want to serve +Just thinkin about what they need +Ain't that some nerve, now look here 24 hours and +7 whole days, I demand my respect +I demand my praise, everyday that I wake +I gotta have everything done with no mistakes +I take it incredibly slow don't try to rush me +No means no, I never said a no that meant yes +Other women get taken for granted +I guess I got a wish list that must be fulfilled +And you gets none until I get my toes sucked +And my eyebrows pluked +I need my car waxed and floor shellac +I need my back rubbed and da bubbles in the tub +That float to the bed so that we can make love + +[Hook] + +It ain't to ask for when +I come off tour to have my truck washed +Or my body massaged, all the bills paid i send home +All my dough and you being my man it just ain't for show +All the lovey dovey yeah that is sweet +But honey bunny you gotta earn your keep + +But don't sleep cause I need a lot of shit done +And cold harded yeah check out whatever is clever +And get to stepping if you know somthing better +If not, then respect whatcha got +Meanwhile I got a new ride at the lot +Pick it up and bring it back to the spot +This is how we do it this is how we do it now, everyday +I need it done in a special way baby, tell them how it goes + +[Hook] + +On the real I need a man that understands me and +Realizes the reality: I'm in the MC industry which means +I want to live lovely I gotta make money +Listen so never ask me to give it less then what I got +If it's too hot nigga, then raise up out my spot +If it's my trade i made up the black ace of spade +Alone in the world it's me you can't fade +It's my life, I do it my way +You don't like my way? Then hit the highway +See I'm special not because I'm MC lyte, but because +I'm a women with the gift to bear life, it's done +Yes I've rested my case now run pick up my dermalogical +For my face this is how it goes down everyday +I need it done in a special way baby + +[Hook] +************************************************** +When in Love[only vocal parts feat. MC Lyte are shown] + +When in Love (3X) + +When in love you might cuss and fuss and fight +But at the end of the night, everything is alright +Drips of tears turn into drops of sweat +It'll only get as wet as I let it baby +I love hard, I've done some effed up things +From kicking them in the Nerfs, to throwin away his ring +So if you love me, love me and stay with me +But you can walk if your plan is to play me +I'm not embarassed, nor am I ashamed +To say once in the past, I've been gamed +But that was then, and this is now +And there's no way damn it, there's no how +Although you gotta go through the good and the bad +Pray to the one up above it's not a fad +You'll do some crazy things when in love +Those in love know what I'm speakin of + +When in Love + +When in love you do things that are strange +Look back and say, "I must have been deranged!" +I'm talkin like pickin your lover's nose +Cooking his food and washing his clothes +And if you thought that was goin too far +What about givin him the keys to your car? +You could be partyin and havin a ball +But you stop and check your messages to see if he called +How about sittin in the house all night +Waitin for the phone to ring -- that ain't right! +But you do it anyway cause you love him to death +And if he was dyin, you'd give your last breath +You gotta go through the good and the bad +Pray to the one up above it's not a fad +You'll do some crazy things when in love +Those in love know what I'm speakin of + +When in Love (2X) + +When in love you go out your way to please him +Wait outside his job, hope that you see him +And guys buy girls some serious things +Like two-seater cars and diamond rings +I know what happens, she got you strung +Guess it doesn't matter long as you're having fun +Love'll make you do some crazy things +Meet a married man and then have a fling +Like Babyface said, "Love makes things happen" +It's most important, to hear what I'm rappin +Someone in love better take your time +Cause love sometimes make one commit crimes +Although you gotta go through the good and the bad +Pray to the one up above it's not a fad +You'll do some crazy things when in love +Those in love know what I'm speakin of + +When in Love (6X) +************************************************** +Better PlaceHave you ever +Had someone close to you die +I know you wanna cry +But keep your head up high +And remember (remember) +They're in a better place (in heaven) +Up there somewhere far away +And they'll be waiting for you to join them one day + +I know you keep them in your heart +That special part. Didn't care to share +Thought he'd always be there +But he had to go. It was his time to fly +Though he struggled to live +See we all gotta die +Don't question why +It's just how life goes +It just happened to be your number one homie that God chose +Your sadness shows, your woes, your sorrows +But keep in mind the sun will shine tomorrow +Now he's gotta halo, an everlasting glow +And it's painful but only God knows +What's next on the agenda (yeah) +Either way you gotta return to sender +But while you're here you gotta keep ya head up +Moving on your life and never let up +Let the past be the inspiration to get up +Tell the devil he's a liar and ya feed up c'mon + +Have you ever +Had someone close to you die +I know you wanna cry +But keep your head up high +And remember (remember) +They're in a better place (in heaven) +Up there somewhere far away +And they'll be waiting for you to join them one day + +Release and let go the fault wasn't ours +She was called upon by a much higher power +What's important for us all to understand +We're just little pieces in God's big plan so +Hold on when I tell you hold on, stay strong and it won't be long +Till you see your little boy again your mommy again your brother again +Your best friend +Sometimes you just wanna ball out his name +Seem like your sun don't shine the same, but you gotta maintain +Remain sane, know you're not to blame +But while you're here +You gotta keep your head up +Keep moving on your life and never let up +Let the past be the inspiration to get up +Tell the devil he's a liar and ya feed up c'mon + +Have you ever +Had someone close to you die +I know you wanna cry +But keep your head up high +And remember (remember) +They're in a better place (in heaven) +Up there somewhere far away +And they'll be waiting for you to join them one day + +I know it's hard living life after death +Sometimes hard to see what you got left +Now you're feelin' lost don't know what to do +Don't let the demons out there try to fool you +Give it all to God he'll pull you through +Jehovah'll make a witness out of you +You know it's true, but it's hard to realize +That God's still there when your best friend dies +They'll be times when you just fall apart +Just remember to keep them always in your heart +Let the tears fall it's okay to cry +Try to understand it's his time to fly +There's a time when a spirit to say peace and release +From a body that's left deceased +You've got to know there's so much more than what's right here +Have no fear + +Have you ever +Had someone close to you die +I know you wanna cry +But keep your head up high +And remember (remember) +They're in a better place (in heaven) +Up there somewhere far away +And they'll be waiting for you to join them one day + +Ad lib and repeat chorus 2x +************************************************** +Brooklyn(Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn...) + +[ VERSE 1 ] +I got the intro along with the cash flow +Make all the bad boys seem like nymphos +Yeah, I'm hard, I get sexy like Veronica +I use sex as an instrument like the philharmonica +No, I ain't tall, but I'm small and I'm slender +Ask him who's been in, shit is like tender +If he didn't like it, then return to sender +He didn't do that, it's too fat, he remembers +Never ever have I ever said I was good lookin +Just one bad-ass bitch from Brooklyn +Not here to steal your loot, your coat, your rocks +Makin niggas drop whenever we hit the block +They hear 'Brooklyn', and we up to no good +Well, here we come, so there goes your neighborhood +Timbos scuffed up, sess bein puffed up +Mess with the wrong one, kid, you get ruffed up + +Peace to my people in + (Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn...) + (You know the place) + +[ VERSE 2 ] +I got the rhythm that'll rip up shows +Blow down foes, they kill at will to get a taste of my flow +Vocally I rock locally and worldwide +Those that got bad wish they woulda never tried +Cause when you come from where I come from +You gotta be tough +Cause niggas'll call your bluff quick enough +Cause if your hood is like my hood, you gotta think quick +Shit stink, niggas are slick, have you turnin tricks +I gotta give it up to Mr. Cool J +For givin up the props to the girls around the way +It ain't safe after dark to throw a jam in the park +If you wanna get naughty, bring your forty to the arc +Cause we get down when it comes to a jam +Just watch your backpocket, keep a eye on the man +If your town is like my town, you don't wanna mess around +Wind up gettin bagged up, beat down + + Peace to my people in + (Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn...) + (You know the place) + +[ VERSE 3 ] +Everyhwere that I step they know my rep +Cause I'm sayin and doin ill shit they won't forget +Breakin down doors, although I never break laws +Come to a town that's yours, and I be rippin the whole tour +Comin hard for your section, slow up +Live in the flesh and about to blow up +So yo, come down, and then get the fuck up +Looks are hooked, you lucked up, you're booked +You gotta be hard, cause I ain't with softies +Hit, then you miss, gotta get offa this +So come with your game, cause you can't be lame +As soon as you walk, I'm forgettin your name +As long as you know all that enter are equal +Straight from the Lyte I send peace to my people + + (Yeah) + Peace to my people + (Yeah) + Peace to my people + + Peace to my people on the east coast + Peace to my people on the west + Peace to the people up north + Peace to the people down south + Peace to the people in Brooklyn + Peace to the people in the Bronx + Peace to my people in Compton + Peace to my people goin uptown + Peace to my people in Detroit + Peace to my people in Houston + Peace to my people in Philly + Peace to my people in Boston + Peace to my people in Jersey + Peace to my people in Georgia + Peace to my people in Philly + Peace to my people in Richmond + Peace to my people in Cali + Peace to my people in Queens + Peace to my people goin uptown + Peace to my people in the islands + Peace to my people on the beach + Peace to my people in Miami + Peace to my people + I send peace to my people + + (You know the place) + + (Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn...) +************************************************** +Keep it Movin’[Intro: MC Lyte] +Yeah, hmm-huh +Hmm-huh, Yeah + +[Verse 1: MC Lyte] +Yeah +She's arrived, Miss Hotness +All up in the limo, yeah me and my partners +Got a lot of dough like it's supposed to be +They smell it and they want to come close to me +They see me at the club try approaching me +Sending notes to me, want to toast to me +Stop, I got a lot of history +That you need to know before you start kissing me +I'm a libra and if you tip my scales +You'll be riding on the third rail ready to bail, shhhh +I give them hell when they copy my sounds +Trying to rock me 'round when they be knocking me downtown +Quick to bed, want to know what I said +Off the top of the head cause I'm living on the edge +Ain't that rough now you know what's up +It's the ride of your life, now buckle up, come on + +[Chorus: Payne & (MC Lyte)] +You got to be special to get down with me +If you're not (If you're not) +Keep it movin' (Keep it movin') +All the negativity don't bring that to me +If you are (If you are) +Keep it movin' (Keep it movin') + +[Verse 2: MC Lyte] +Ain't no mediocre here, you're dealing with the top +When you're coming for my spot, I'm as light as a rock +When you enter my world, well bring the whole house down +I'm the chosen girl with the golden sound +I'm feisty, ain't nobody as nice as me +Precisely, killing them all softly when they shiesty +Got crazy ways to stay crazy paid +So all lazy days my seeds don't fade away +I got rhymes that be late for those that want to play +Rhymes on lay-way for those who can't pay +I switch mode Wild West episode, overload +Everybody wants to know a horse like Rowe +Gitty up, put your money where your tongue rest +Is it Jane West or Loveless +I guess it will be the last man on the street +Holding the heat, standing in middle of the street, come on + +Repeat 1 (2x) + +[Verse 3: MC Lyte] +Keep it on them +Case closed, everyone knows +I'm the best at what I do +So you better never doze +I rock your bulge and those MC's +That any track no room to breath +Ain't no replacing me, stop chasing me +Not knowing how to act when you're facing me +Oh you wanna roll with me, ride shotgun +Look hun do you got more to drop some +Can't hustle with the hustler +Bout to go up in your mouth +Get your jugular, I strategize and lock them in +Box them in so tight they need oxygen +Ooh please you're not next to me +Baby icons keeping you guessing b +If you've never been impressed by me +Just mess with me, that's the recipe +To get blessed from me + +Repeat 1 (2x) + +[Bridge: MC Lyte & (Payne)] +All that right there +(Keep it movin') +For all you non-believers +(Keep it movin') +If you not on my level +(Keep it movin') +I ain't got time for that there +(Keep it movin') + +Repeat 1 + +[Bridge: MC Lyte & (Payne)] +If you're not nice with yours +(Keep it movin') +Talking that yang put it on pause +(Keep it movin') +If you not about them papers +(Keep it movin') +You catch up with me lataz +(Keep it movin') + +[Outro: Payne] +Keep it movin' +Repeat 2 till end +************************************************** +Eyes are the Soul[Verse 1] + +He knows he's leaving, not much time left +Holding on to his very last breath +I saw him last week, nervous and uptight +Losing sleep, stays up all night +Wishin he woulda used his mind and not rushed +To push in the bush but took his time +To get to know the girl he slapped skins with +Shared needles with +Wish he could go back, change the direction +But now he's got the infection +I spoke to him, gave him inspired words +I'm sure he's heard +Live by the sword, die by the sword +What's left, pray to the oh Lord +You can deny but the truth will unfold +Because the eyes are the soul + +Eyes are the soul.. +Eyes are the soul.. + +[Verse 2] + +I look into his eyes, but he's so high +From the crack, he thinks that he can fly +He has problems he doesn't like solving +Takes one hit, and thinks the world stops revolving +19, his eyes full of tears +He hasn't smiled at least for a year +His mom is gone cause he was high one night +Robbed and killed her, because of the crack pipe +He's wanted by the law +Because he's robbed at least three grocery stores +He's lost, all control +Take a look, eyes are the soul + +Eyes are the soul.. +Eyes are the soul.. +Eyes are the soul.. + +[Verse 3] + +I look into her eyes, she's so young +But I know, where she's comin from +I've watched her grow, little girl down the street +White shirts and skirts with pleats +She cried, fear in her voice +Not knowing, she had a choice +Oh so sad, oh so lonely +If she knew that she's not the only +One in school that didn't use the caution +Facin, raisin a baby or abortion +Her mother said she had to leave +Who wants to be where a baby is not received +No ultimatum, she's goin to the G.Y.N +To put it to an end +She's learned a lesson I suppose +I can tell, eyes are the soul + +Eyes are the soul.. +Eyes are the soul.. +Eyes are the soul.. +************************************************** +MC Lyte Likes Swingin’[Verse 1] +I may come on strong but that's what you like +You like a female MC who can handle the mike +How do I know? Because you told me so +You instantly prefer a pro to supervise the show +So that's why I'm here, don't mean to make a case of it +This rap here, well, it's just for the taste of it +I write the rap to make the whole world sing +And I'm the type of female, well, I like to swing + +[Hook] +MC Lyte likes swingin + +[Verse 2] +Party people in the place, since you started the case +Of a demonstration, I need concentration +So you can make a full examination +Then you will agree that I'm the best MC +And so is my deejay on the tables, Rock +This is the best jam that you could get +The rap by Lyte and the beat by Stetsa +(Beat by Stetsa) (beat by Stetsa) +Never turn it down, cause it's what you requested +Any mike I hold, you know the big man pressed it +Sole believer in the rap I say +You believe it too, that's why you never walk away +You like the way I do it, you like my style +Study me like a book, cause you know I'm worth your while +Expressions on my face show you just how I feel +Add a rap to my gestures, now you know the deal + +[Hook] +MC Lyte likes swingin + +[Verse 3] +Cause yo, I am the best and that I'll boast +Sit down and be the guest, and I'll be the host +It's wack to those that know and those that do not +Like 'Coke is it' I hit the spot +Like 'good vibrations', I'm like Sunkist +The rap is smooth, cause it's sealed with chapstick +Not gonna say that I been rappin since the day of birth +But I've acquired the knowledge like Ms. Butterworth +Ask me what's important, I tell you time and effort +Ask me how I do it, it's Lyte's special method +Yeah, Lyte is good, Bud Lite's good for ya +I'm exciting just like Toyota +************************************************** +2 Young 4 What"I'm the dopest female.." + "I'm the dopest female that you've heard thus far.." + +[MC Lyte] +I'm too old? What's with that crap? +Come on now brother, age is just a number +Anyway what matters is your state of mind +And if you give me some time I'll make your heart all mine +I don't like pushin and I don't like rushin +But most of all I don't like fussin +So come on now sweetie why don't ya stop frontin +Besides older folks come equipped for good lovin +Are you really serious? Age really matters? +I thought telling you this, you would be flattered +Well I guess I was wrong cause you still ain't widdit +.. oh well, forget it, nope nope +But don't you dare touch me, you said you wasn't widdit +You waited too long now, Lyte is not havin it +I coulda showed you things, taught you how to explore +My question is, what are you too young for? +I coulda shown you things that you never seen before +Took you all around on my wild world tour +But you're too young, too young to have fun +.. oh well, I'm done + + "I'm the dopest female.." + "I'm the dopest female that you've heard thus far.." +.. + "I'm the dopest female that you've heard thus far.." + +[MC Lyte] +It may sound nasty and it may sound mean +But I'm into little boys that are about seventeen +I don't know why, but they put up a fight +And hot damn that excites the MC Lyte +Cause yo I love a young buck, that give a firm {fuck} +But once in a while, they become lovestruck +But that's okay though, cause I can handle them +I love young boys on the brink, of being young men +I mold em, shape em, make em then I break em in +They get the job done, I make em get the job done +Well, swell, make em kiss and tell +All of their friends around the neighborhood +That Lyte is GOOD, soul food GOOD +So tell me honey, are you ready to score? +Again I'll ask, what are you too young for? + + "I'm the dopest female.." + "I'm the dopest female.." +.. + "I'm the dopest female that you've heard thus far.." + "I'm the dopest female that you've heard thus far.." + +[MC Lyte] +Last but not least yo here's a description +Hard workin, not one that sells prescription +So if you're in school, that's okay +Get straight A's and I'll be back on Friday +You won't miss me, you know where to find me +And these words I will say finally +Never let age, restrict you from whatcha wanna do +Whether you're young or ninety-two +So if you're seventeen or around that age.. +.. baby come to the stage +And if I didn't change your mind I'd find that odd +So when I ask this, think hard.. + +"Call me the Master.." +"Call me the Master.." + "Swingin with Master T.." +************************************************** +Lyte vs. Vanna Whyte[MC Lyte] +Oh, oh my goodness +I can't believe it um +I'll just take a Sony gold microphone +That's what I'd like +And a Yamaha REX50 digital effects processor +Yeah +And a Toshiba TX900 PCM for my DJ +(?) +And on that +(?) computer with uh (?) +And a set of JBL +JBL speakers +Oh my goodness a four channel noise gate +I want a four channel noise gate +I'm dying for a four channel noise gate +And a DVX compressor limit +Oh wait a minute +Forget...just forget it +Oh my goodness +Just give me that dress +The dress that Vanna's wearing +I'd like the dress that Vanna's wearing +Oh just nevermind, just give me the money +Take everything back, I want the money +************************************************** +Act Like You Know* DJ cuts and scratches "This is MC Lyte.." * + +[MC Lyte] +Moonroof open, in the B.M +Windows tinted, they can't see in.. +.. they know it's me though +MC Lyte, she's bigger than bolo +Gusto, gusto, I got so much so +You could have some, you just got to lay low +Do as I say so and don't try to fess +Do whatcha wanna just clean up the mess +I'm here, ARRRRRRUFF, kick it in the rear +Rhymes and rhymes and rhymes I gots to spare +Act like you know +The things that I do just ain't for show +This is my living, so I am giving +Everything I got if not a lot more +For the people, for the buyers +For all of those that seem to want to try a +MC Lyte tape in your Benzi box +What can I say? Hey, thanks a lot +Cause I'll flip and trip and do ALL that good shit +That's why the brothers, they can't get off my tip +They know whose show this is +Who's show is this? + +* DJ cuts and scratches "This is MC Lyte.." 2X * + Act like you know! +* DJ cuts and scratches "This is MC Lyte.." 2X * + Act like you know! + +[MC Lyte] +Like I said, I'm in the B.M +Swingin it solo, enjoyin my freedom +Turn the radio on, nuttin but weak raps +Slide the tape in, that's where it's at +Look up at the sign and I see Winthrop +Can't hear nuttin so I turn down the hip-hop +Window down, reggae hit or somethin +Now hear a little shotty go pow-pow-pow +Brooklyn 90's, that's where I'm at +Reached to the back seat, get the baseball hat +Now I'm chillin so act like you know +This is my show + +* DJ cuts and scratches "This is MC Lyte.." 2X * + Act like you know! +* DJ cuts and scratches "This is MC Lyte.." 2X * + Act like you know! +* DJ cuts and scratches "This is MC Lyte.." 2X * + Act like you know! + +* K-Rock goes into scratching the line +"Lyte that's right huh, she could win a rap fight" - Chuck D * + +[MC Lyte] +Abra-cadabra, hocus pocus +I got somethin that'll make your eyes focus +Takin on the world, slammin it and bangin it +Keepin it hard, but still I'm changin it +Breakin all types of grounds +Here comes Wolf and Epic with the new sound +They get the job done +The name of the year is Lyte slash Ninety-One +So I'm chillin, in the B.M +Waitin for those, that might see in +Straighten my jacket, fix my hair +Turn up the system, as I prepare +To let the whole wide world know +This is my show +Now that I've schooled you and put you up on the scoop +Posse or massive, solo or group +Take it in stride, it's an inside +Top secret heavy duty type of thing that I'm swingin +I got the key to success but I won't press +I'm sure that I can relieve you, of the stress +If you ad-mit, and just per-mit +Me to go for mine and drop a line and ex-it +So just agree with me and simply act like you know +This is my show! + +* DJ cuts and scratches "This is MC Lyte.." 2X * + Act like you know! +* DJ cuts and scratches "This is MC Lyte.." 2X * + Act like you know! +* DJ cuts and scratches "This is MC Lyte.." 2X * + Act like you know! +* DJ cuts and scratches "This is MC Lyte.." 2X * + Act like you know! +* DJ cuts and scratches "This is MC Lyte.." 2X * + Act like you know! + * fades out * +************************************************** +Please Understand(Tawatha Agee) : I just want you to understand! +(Tawatha Agee) : I just want you to understand! +(James Mtume) : Understand what? +[ VERSE 1 ] +I met a guy named Tommy, damn, he charmed me +Met him at the mall, but I knew he wouldn't harm me +We exchanged numbers, hopin to meet again +We couldn't wait for the romance to begin +The relationship grew strong +I didn't wanna be right if this love was wrong +But oh no, came the problems, the first segment +The dumb kid went and got some girl pregnant +The second segment: started wheelin and dealin +Didn't give a damn about how Lyte was feelin +But then he got wise, started treatin me better +Cause all of his friends said I was a go-getter +He knew he was usin me, and abusin me +He also knew that soon he'd be losin me +First I clocked him, yeah, I docked him +But I rocked him - and then I dropped him + +(Tawatha Agee) : I just want you to understand! +(Tawatha Agee) : I just want you to understand! +(James Mtume) : Understand what? + + +[ VERSE 2 ] +Then there was Dave, couldn't behave +So I punished him and put him in my "Lyte as a Rock" cave +Then he got bold, tried to play insane +So Bigfoot threw him off my "Paper Thin" train +He tried to "10% Dis" me, but he pissed me off +Cause I'm the boss, and you know I'm not havin it +Lyte is too dope, and you know I ain't crabbin it +Then there was Henry, way too friendly +I needed a trip, he said he would send me +Pay my airfare, if he could come with me +I said, "Listen, honey, I don't need your money +Believe me when I tell you, I've got my own +Cause I'm MC Lyte on the microphone" +Yeah + +(Tawatha Agee) : I just want you to understand! +(Tawatha Agee) : I just want you to understand! +(James Mtume) : Understand what? + + +[ VERSE 3 ] +Here's another story: a dude named Corey +When I used to work, yes, I was a clerk +At the World Trade Center, back in high school +This little player musta thought I was a fool +He took me out to lunch, offered me a ride home +When we got there, he asked could he use my telephone +I said, "Yeah, sure", flipped him to the floor +Cause he said "What's up?" and tried to feel my butt +I kicked him down the stairs and said, "What you're provin?" +Rolled him to his car and said, "Get movin!" +He tried to score it, I wasn't goin for it +You can't play me, I'm Lyte Thee MC +Never saw his face again until last week +All beat up and bleedin down the street +I looked to my left, there was a girl with a pipe in her hand +Sayin, "Why oh why can't you understand?" + +(Tawatha Agee) : I just want you to understand! +(Tawatha Agee) : I just want you to understand! +(James Mtume) : Understand what? +************************************************** +Lyte Thee MC[MC Lyte] +From now on it's not MC Lyte +Listen up, everybody, it's Lyte Thee MC + +Tackling, anyone, who tries to stop me +From fulfilling, the ultimate, the ultimate goal +Suckers takin up room on the microphone +I do pay for crowds, move over, stop stalkin me +I feel like I'm drownin and fans are just stompin me +Bigfoot! Should we buck the uncivilized +But I'm so tame I don't, mean to criticize +But why you sweatin we don't, go together +Especially if I'm muggy in the rainy kind of weather + +[Chorus: chop up this phrase] +"Listen up, everybody, it's Lyte Thee MC" + +[MC Lyte] +Competition I take it as good for the soul +Pull back the microphone, let my arms unfold +Release all the anger, all the aggravation +Convert it into words just sorta like a conversation +I am the talker, you're just the listener +Talk and I'll ignore you, is it that offensive to you? +The problem is you can't understand +The logic in my rap you can't comprehend so you +Merely step aside, what all, call the weak +But you'll also step aside when I'm, comin down the street +You'll give me lots of room, to whistle and walk +And then everything is silent just in case I wanna talk +But I, I never do, small talk I like to hear +Other girls rap and you say that I'm whack~?! +Comin from a female that is totally dedicated +Every rhyme I say you ought to appreciate it +And if not I'll tell you like I told my neighbor Dana Betty +What? You ain't ready +For a fly female emcee you just ain't ready + +[Chorus] + +[MC Lyte] +Competition I take it as food for the mind +Past experience from the future, is the best kind +Of advice that you could EVER receive from another +Whether it's a stranger or your night time lover +Sorry silly rabbits, Trix are for kids +Brings back memories of the things that I did +Played jokes on suckers, just for fun +But now I'm much older, those days are done +Everything is business, forget about games +You see cause once I'm finished, you're gonna know my name +Is Lyte and in Brooklyn, Brooklyn's where I'm chillin +Better known as the emcee villain +No I'm not good but I'm not bad either +Come into your life it can't get no liver + +[Chorus] + +[MC Lyte] +So now, competition is taken out of my vocabulary +I don't vary, I bury +Steppin up is like diggin your grave +So sucker emcees you ought to save +All the mess you be talkin, meanwhile hawkin +When I'm on the stage, audience watchin +Suckers in the corners just keep on clockin +The way I hold the mic, the stance I use +The rhymes I recite and the beat I choose +But it's not your fault because you don't know better +You see green I wear you go buy the same sweater +You look me up and down sight the jeans name brand +You go to Macy's and for hours you stand +On line just to buy what you saw Lyte wearin +Don't try to lie homegirl I caught you starin +Cause yo, the beat is dope and the rhymes are kickin +I'm the chickenhawk and you are the chicken + +[Chorus] +************************************************** +Big Bad SisterAhhh yeah +Brooklyn's in the house, so come on now +Brooklyn's in the house +Yo, Staten Island is in the house +Staten Island is in the house +And let me hear you say Queens is in the house +Come on now, Queens is in the house +Long Island is in the house, say what? +Long Island is in the house, yeah +The Bronx, is in the house, uhh +The Bronx is in the house let me hear you say +Uptown's in the house one time +Uptown's in the house + +Well they're falling falling but I can catch them +I just toot the whistle and you go fetch them +Bring them back into the real rap attack +Set the soft silly stuff back on the rack +45 (yeah baby) 45 (yeahhh) +Tell the silly mothers that we don't give a.. +I'm not a psychic, but you can tell your sidekick +In ninety-one, Lyte is kickin some fly.. +Take it from me, or could you really take it? +And if you got away with it, would you really make it +In the world of hip-hop, frontin like you're me? +C'mon now Hobbes, that I could never see +So just step aside, and feel it tonight +Cause comin to a store near you is MC Lyte + + {45 King scratches "Who's that bad?"} + +I'm bigger than bolo, see I go solo +Broader than broad, see how I soared +The big bad sister from around your way +I'm not tall but I'm small don't matter what I weigh +I kick the copacetic rhyme from the down to earth mind +I get hip with the hop I'm the tip from the top +I go all out, you never see me fall out +Although you hear me yell out, you never see me sellout {"No!!"} +Because my rhyme's about a profit, no one can stop the one +Funky lyrics synced with MC Lyte cause I be droppin it +The name the Lyte because my skin I'm blacker than black +Comin right and exact, for the rap attack +Some say they don't like the words I choose to use +I don't give a DAMN, Lyte will never lose +I ain't no sucka and I ain't into pleasin +Some critic that criticizes me for no reason +What's with the opinion it's a stated fact +I rule the pack, from the top of the stack +So FUCK the stocks and bonds I'm your new investment +Pick up the album it's quite a refreshment +Compared to the day to day BULLSHIT you hear +Pay attention and listen I'm comin clear to the ear +For all you non-believers, and you perpetrators +That TALK to me now but TALK about me later +It's time for you to grieve, grovel in your sorrow +I'm the star of today AND the star of tomorrow +I'm takin out the old jacks, rippin up the new ones +I don't care if it means I have to ruin +I will and I shall and I get the job completed +Those that don't belong they will be deleted +From the rap roster, I'm not an impostor +I'm comin to you live with the 45 +Straight from the studio with a view.. +.. in New York City + {45 King scratches "I love it!"} +.. I'm out *echoes* + {45 King scratches "I love it!" [--] "DJ" back and forth} +************************************************** +Party Goin’ OnIntro (Inaya) +Mmmm, mmmm +Oh oh, oh oh +Mmmm yeah, oh yeah +Mmmm, oh oh + +Chorus (Inaya Day) +There's a party goin' on in my hotel room +And you're invited, all you got to do is show up x2 + +(verse 1) +Now we done left the venue 'coz the show was done +Before we hit the hotel, make a quick run +To get the Martel to add to the fun, meet me at suite room 151 +BYOB, we about to kick it off +Remember that party last year in the loft? +This'll be better 'coz we bigger now +Got mo' figures now, fit in mo' niggas now +I got about 30 of the finest +Ready to get flirty and down right do-dirty +We got twister the dots mean a lot +When you flip the dial end up with a face in your twot +Stop yappin' at the DJ, that ain't right +'Coz tonight this here DJ, he gon' save my life... (woah, woah) + +(chorus) + +(verse 2) +Now the people are comin', and the party is jumpin'... +... and T is on the beat box +And after this song he'll rock the locks +Hotel security ain't troublin' us none +They partyin' with us, no badge and no gun +Grown folks in the livin' room showin' out +And they ain't leavin' till we kick 'em all out +Strip poker, truth or dare +I swear it's about to get sticky up in here +Back back and forth and forth +]From New York to L.A and back to New York +Of course while I'm in town it's gotta be nice +On the North-East corner they're flippin' the dice +Now the bubbly's poppin' all over the suite +Swig on this and kick up your feet +Ain't no party like an MC Lyte party 'coz an MC Lyte party don't stop, pops +And this here's better than when the ball drops + +(chorus) + +(verse 3) +Now here's the E-low, Jackie and Mark +Done hit the back room to jump start the sparks +It's gettin' all hot, now they pumpin' Beenie Man +Scream for the cream, but holler when you see me man +You know like I know, the party don't end till I say when +Now the grub is runnin' out better get it while you can +Pick is gettin' low better find you a man +Slow jam hit and you sittin' all alone +Ain't nobody gonna take you're borin' ass home +It wouldn't be fair for me to not tell you +I'm the hostess of the year, keep it in the clear +Yo, the party's over here, nope, the party's right here +Be careful not to wear and tear the derrier +Now ain't that supmthin', humpin' and a bumpin' +My motto is never let 'em see you comin' +A party like this can't be compared +That's why it only goes down once a year... +... and we in here, yeah yeah yeah.. + +(chorus) x2 + +(Inaya Day) +There's a party goin' on in my hotel room +You know you gotta do, what you gotta do +What you gotta do, what you gotta do... +Show up baby, show up baby... +************************************************** +What’s My Name YoIn comes the boom to the bam here I stands +Make 'em all understand that I got the master plan +And I'm ready to work, I go bezerk +A mention to Kid Capri, and the one Red Alert now I'm +Ready for the showdown, who's the lowdown? +I'm in a rude mood honey you're goin down +Lickity split, swallow that spit, she make it a tidbit +Blows that you expected from the clique +Or the group of the people that I hang with +Rather my crew, my posse, my mossie +It's a big thing when we hang cause we rip when we wreck +When we hit, what the heck? We puttin phony niggas in check +Seek what I reap; follow you'll learn or get burned +I ain't afraid to buck and earn +My cash flow, I get ass though +Fast or slow, I got the master flow + +[Chorus] +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? + +I rip shop, I never flip-flop, I take flight +From the tip-top I rule hip-hop just how I like! +I just want this to be well understood +I'm here to do good and not to bite on somebody's wood +Years and years gone by +I prepared to be paid for the rest of my decade +I set up investments +And never will you ever see Lyte a contestant +On a Jeapordy game show +Cause that's lame though, what's my name yo? +It's the L to the Y to the T you know the rest +I'm, truly blessed I know the route to express my +Inner thoughts and now you're caught +But I'ma let you proceed, cause I'ma succeed +With or without you because I don't need +The negativity, nor do I need the bad energy +That you're tryin to give to me! + +[Chorus] +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? + +Here comes the wagon, you know I'm never braggin +So what I'm XX, my pants are still saggin +Boots still stompin, raisin 'em often +From New York umm or should I say - Compton +And back cause I'm all that +I flip a track, because I'm so damn FAT! +I get it loose, I got juice, I spread it +I'm the best, now there, I said it +Now the 4-1-1 is out +And all the hip-hoppers know just what I'm talkin about! +Underground I rock my sound +Up top I still wreck shop +So don't even talk about how I went commercial +When you need to take your ass to rehearsal +Your show is torn, done, ripped +So until you get your show down pat, don't pop no lip +Seckle that noise, don't be rowdy +Cat gotta scratch, yo Mike, I'm Audi + +[Chorus] +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +What's my name yo? +************************************************** +Start it Up Y’all[ Positive K ] +Hey yo, who gonna start this off? +[ Milk Dee ] +Yo Positive, man, you start off, man +[ Positive K ] +Yo Lyte, won't you start it off +[ Milk Dee ] +Yo Lyte, you start it +[ MC Lyte ] +Na come on +Yo Positive, won't you start up, come on + +[ all ] +Start it up y'all, start it up y'all +Sta-sta-start it up y'all +Start it up y'all, start it up y'all +Sta-sta-start it up y'all + +[ Positive K ] +Well, I'm Positive +[ Milk Dee ] +Yo, and I am Milk Dee +[ Pos K & Milk Dee ] +What's your name, girl? +[ MC Lyte ] +They call me Lyte Thee MC +[ Pos K & Milk Dee ] +Well, two plus one +[ Milk Dee ] +That equals three +Positive K, rip the m-i-c + +[ VERSE 1: Positive K ] +Yo, here I go, there I go, where I go +I don't know, but I'ma go with the flow +You sow what you reap and you reap what you sow +(And if you don't cut your hair you get a afro) +Ah to the beat y'all (beat y'all) beat-beat y'all (beat-beat y'all) +To the funk-funky beat y'all (beat y'all) +Peace peace y'all (peace y'all) the way we greet y'all (greet y'all) +And when you undress I hope that you're neat y'all (neat y'all) +Well, I'ma start this off here simple and plain +With the title I hold, my style and my name +The title I hold is pimp slash rapper +My style (Yo, we got to say dapper) +Positive's my name, the K's in quotation +When you spell it don't forget the exclamation +Pep's in my step and my rep's beginning +Base is loaded, the bottom of the 9th inning +(Will you make a grand slam? (Yo, will it be a base hit?) +Yo, whatever you do, you gonna have to face it +I'm short and stocky, I hit like Rocky +Don't you call me Rocky cause no one can rock me +Yes, I'm single, I love to mingle +(Rappers bite you) just like a Pringle +Or maybe a Manwich, maybe a Snicker +(Cause you kick a rhyme doesn't make you a kicker) +Well, if I was DJ would I play +Someone's records strictly for the pay? +Like that y'all (that y'all) like that y'all (like y'all) +Positive K don't smoke no crack y'all (crack y'all) +That's how it is y'all (is y'all) that's how it is y'all (is y'all) +You can ask my main man Giz y'all (Giz y'all) + +[ Milk Dee ] +Yo Pos +[ Pos K ] +Yo Milk +[ Milk Dee ] +Yo Lyte +[ MC Lyte ] +Yo Pos +[ all ] +Here's a story about the three +[ Milk Dee ] +Let me tell ya, let me tell ya +[ Pos K ] +I'm the Positive K (y'all) +[ MC Lyte ] +MC Lyte +[ Milk Dee ] +And I'm the Milk Dee y'all + +[ VERSE 2: Milk Dee ] +Well, I'm the M (the M) the i (the i) the l (the l) the k (what you say?) +I said I came here to save the day +Take you up and down like a rollercoaster +Call me a bragger cause I'm a boaster +MC's say I'm an MC toaster +I paid my dues, I don't rap the blues +You pick and choose but I headline the news +A girl got knocked up and said I hit it +(You did it, you did it) (He did it) (You did it) +Yo, I mighta did it but I wouldn't admit it +(Ah come on Milk Dee, quit it) +Yo, I'll quit it but I won't stop it +I wanna drop it, here's another topic +Scores of hoes chillin on the ave +Jealous of the Milk cause of what I have +I keep pretty girls always by my side +Take em for a ride so they'll abide +But if I don't comb my hair I don't care +I grab my hat, yo believe it's like that +I ( ? ) she thought I was a capper +I slapped her (he slapped her) for bein dumb +You know Brooklyn, Brooklyn is where I'm from +But since I'm here I'm gonna drop a dime +(So what's up with Hammer?) Yo, Hammer can't rhyme +And .357 is a bunch of hoes +You can ask Giz (Gizmo knows) +Yo, I gets papers, that's my habit +Like Nola D in (_She's Gotta Have It_) +Yo, I'm so thick that I can't stand it +Let's get candid, I'm the love bandit +They say I'm swingin cause I'm a swinger +But yo, I don't sing cause I ain't no singer +Your girl is clingin cause she's a clinger +Clingin to my pocket because I rocked it +They all say how (how) how does he clock it? +All of the money, they think it's funny +I'm turnin cloudy days into sunny ones +It's all about the funds +Yes yes y'all (yes y'all) yes yes y'all (yes y'all) +Milk-Milk Dee use Crest y'all (Crest y'all) +Like that y'all (that y'all) like that y'all (like y'all) +So-so goddamn fat y'all (fat y'all) + +[ Milk Dee ] +Yo Lyte +[ MC Lyte ] +Yo Milk +[ Milk Dee ] +Yo Pos +[ Pos K ] +Yo Lyte +[ all ] +Here's a story about the three +[ Milk Dee ] +Let me tell ya, let me tell ya +I'm M-i-l-l +[ Pos K ] +I'm the Positive K and +[ MC Lyte ] +And Lyte Thee MC + +[ VERSE 3: MC Lyte ] +Like that y'all (that y'all) like that y'all (that y'all) +Positive and Milk they got my back y'all (back y'all) +No doubt y'all (doubt y'all) no doubt y'all (doubt y'all) +My lights will never go out y'all (out y'all) +Now it's time to kick this rhyme kinda freely +German, Russian, even Suaheli +You'll understand the rhyme translated +You know that the Lyte is never ever underestimated +I cast a spell like _I Dream of Jeannie_ +Fellas wanna see me rock a bikini (oooh...) +Hit a note just like Aretha +I'm the female (female rhyme teacher) +Each and every time the rhyme gets doper +Lyte get a talk show just like Oprah +With my ability and my agility +Will only equal up (to versatility) +A tisket, a tasket, fuck a yellow basket +(Can you rock a mic, Lyte?) How can you ask it? +I flow like a river, just like a stream +I'm like the dope (the dope for a dopefiend) +I move like the pawn, better yet the queen +Stay check-mate, you know what I mean? +I go (boom-boom) like an Alpine speaker +I go (beep-beep) like a Motorola beeper +Talk about deep, well let's get deeper +Breakin it down to the very last compound +(That's how she's livin, that's how she's livin) +"Slave to the Rhythm", that's what I'm givin + +LG rocks it on and +Trooper [Name] rocks it on and +Gizmo rocks it on and +King Of Chill rocks it on and +K-Rock rocks it on and +Master T rocks it on and +[Name] rocks it on +Tito rocks it on and +Aftershock rocks it on and +[Name] rocks it on and +Leg 1 rocks it on and +Leg 2 rocks it on and + +[ Pos K ] +Yo and we don't stop, keepin it on +Where where to the break break +To the break break +Till crackheads are gone +We outta here +************************************************** +Put It On You[Verse 1:] +I got the nookie that's hooky like a chorus +You wanna winie my poo and get lost in my forest +Some wanna crawl up my sugar walls +Down my waterfall, what a candy call +I put it on you like an ass whipping, it's kinda sick +You wanna lick like Todd do his lips +Well, well, well what the shit +Gotta make it last if you wanna hit this +I'm into multiples, ones don't make it +Tried before but I just can't fake it +Hey it's a greedy world, I'm a greedy girl +Between the sheets it's my world +I gotcha what you like, believe it or not +Bottom of top I put you on the spot +It only takes a sec for me to get into it +Come on baby, let's do this + +[Chorus:] +I wanna put it on you and make it hot +Can I put it on you and hit the spot +Can we get together and make it hot +Let's do this + +[Verse 2:] +They ask how'd you get so freaky Lyte +How I keep it tight suction all night +Experience and imagination +Now kick your Timbs off get your buckle undone +That's sweet, now turn around baby let me see it +All that I want you can be it, sexual tension just free it +Have you done it on the moon yet, ahh shucks +Where we about to go will make your toes curl up +I'mma shake this money maker +Get your knot ready for the earthquaker +I'mma do you like they do in the Olympics +Flip after flip do you like your best trick +It only takes a sec for me to get into it +All it takes is you for me to wanna do it +Come on baby let's do this +Come on baby let's do it +************************************************** +Throwin’ Words at UYo Milk, that's super duper +I think I need a soundcheck +Hit me with a sample +Yeah, now what about that dope stuff? +Alright, now give me a 808 +Now let the beat roll.. + +[ VERSE 1 ] +Any competition, checkers or chess +Whatever the game, Lyte'll never fess +But did you say rappin? Cause I'm with it +I hold the title, you might as well forget it +You can put me to the test, I'll prove I am the best +You'll be the last cuckoo to fly over the nest +Try to dis this? Nah.. +You'll be the only scarface in the place +Cause I'll rip out your eyes, cut your tongue off +You can't talk no more and let the bullshit walk +In this lifetime you're no MC +You're just labelled in bold black ink as a wanna-be +Now that I pulled your card and I read you +I should punish those that misled you +Into thinkin that you was just too good +I beat your ass in your own neighborhood +I have yet to threaten you with sticks and stones +That'll hurt your bones + +[ Chorus ] +I'm just throwin words at you +(Wick-wick-wack) --] KRS-One +(Worrrd) +Can you catch em, the words I'm throwin at you? +(Wick-wick-wack) +(Worrrd) +Look, I'm just throwin words at you +(Wick-wick-wack) --] KRS-One +(Worrrd) +Can you catch em, the words I'm throwin at you? +(Wick-wick-wack) +(Worrrd) + +[ VERSE 2 ] +I step in a jam, they know who I am +All I do is smile and the crowds go wild +MC Lyte's on top of the pile +Waitin to put a sucker in her place +Won't hesitate to dis a bitch to her face +Cause you're a half-assed MC, a part-time hooker +When talent was given out, they overlooked ya +I rock ya blindfolded, better yet with no mic +Hype it acappella, make your deejay go on strike +This kinda comp I know you're not ready for +You're just a amateur dying to explore +Territory that is soon to be conquered by Lyte +Tonight, alright, alright, alright, alright.. + +[ Chorus ] + +[ VERSE 3 ] +I think you better leave now, your mommy is callin you +Rap is like a pit and your whole crew is fallin through +But once I'm gone there ain't no catchin me +I'm talkin bon voyage, I mean you're history +I'm takin my fans to a new land +If anyone can do it, Lyte Thee MC can +Because I'm hypin my rhyme to a new hype +So get equipped and prepare yourself for the flight +Cause yo, you're about to enter a new dimension +Sit back and listen, Lyte is on a mission +I'm takin out those who attempt to oppose me +And even those that try to get close to me + +[ Chorus ] +************************************************** +Want What I Got[Missy] +I can rock a party with a glass of Hennessey +I know I make yall sick with the way I boogie +My fake ass friends wanna hang out tonight +I'll tell 'em follow me then I'll ditch 'em at the light +I see 'em at the club, they wanna know why I'm whilin' +Cause I smoke weed now I'm high like a pilot +Spendin' more cheese than you throw on a salad +Hand me my mike, if you 'bout it, then I'm 'bout it + +[MC Lyte] +Mmmm, yea I'm 'bout it +Don't doubt it, don't doubt it +I'm the MC Lyte boo but please don't crowd me +Cause my security might get rowdy +Make 'em punch you out and watch your vision go cloudy +Now all you freaks wanna speak cuz I'm back +Stick to your gossip like the glue to your tracks +I never liked your ass, by the way, cuz you're wack +Give a dog a bone so here's a Lyte snack + +[Mocha - Hook] +Yo yo (yo) want what i got +Come through then +You at home wit' a safe you ain't got nothin' in +Ask how I got it and keep it comin' in +From hustlin', doublin' and publishin' (publishin') +Want what I got +Come through then +You at home wit' a safe you ain't got nothin' in (nothin' in) +Ask how I got it and keep it comin' in +From hustlin', doublin' and publishin' + +[MC Lyte - Verse Two] +Used to be a rookie singin' "La Di Da Di" +Now me and Missy be cold-rockin' the party +Flooded Movado ain't I fly though +Never let 'em see you comin', that's my motto +I'm on it, I'm on it, I had the nigga goin' +Said I was hot tamale, mind blowin' +It's crucial, how some folks get bourgeois +Or bourgeois, did I lose you or did you lose me +Either way we miles apart +I'm hittin' the ribbon, you at the start +I'm never, ever, ever, gonna let you think +That your shit don't stink +So don't come around here thinkin' you can't get it +You'll be the first to admit it +How you got punked by hip-hop's greatest +Missy and Lyte bringin' you the latest, yo yo + +[Repeat Hook] + +[Missy] +I treat niggas like they my ho +Blaze 'em then I go +Straight to the Nikko +Meet another Puerto Rico +Cute like tico +Copy me like kinko +You know I'mma freak, yo +I don't love them amigos +I'm straight to their pockets +Bow all their sockets +I'm plush like carpet +They wanna stick the target +I don't give a fuck what you rock +Cuz you see what I got, want what I got + +[Repeat Hook] + +[Mocha] +Want what I got + +[Repeat Hook] +************************************************** +Search 4 the LyteWithin the depths, of this infinite community +Emerges Lyte + +[MC Lyte] +One by one they fall in the darkness +I'm glad, that I could take part in this +And I'm hoping, that you just might +Get together and Search 4 the Lyte +Finding the Lyte means happiness +It's the best and nothing less +So I'm waiting, at the end of a tunnel +Where happiness comes in bundles +But it takes time, to get to the Lyte +To get in the Lyte, to be with the Lyte +And I'm hoping, that you just might +Get together and Search 4 the Lyte + +How you get there is this question +Honesty is my suggestion +But first you must be awakened +If you say you are, you're faking +One who has seen the Lyte doesn't have to proof +That they've been moved +They just let it be, let it rest +For that is the mental test +Within this, there's so much happiness +Sort of like lasting moments of bliss +Everyone wants to be so happy +Let me explain my theory: +Some type of grief you MUST experience +In order to appreciate happiness +Cause if you are always satisfied +Life will just pass by, you would've never tried +To get to the Lyte, to get in the Lyte +To be with the Lyte, to go see the Lyte +And I'm hoping, that you just might +Get together and Search 4 the Lyte + +If you are not ready the Lyte can be BLIND-ING +And not worth finding +So for this you must prepare: +Stay awake, wake up, stay aware! +There are SO, many distractions +Those that see the Lyte, just a fraction +Those that don't, remain blinded +The Lyte is there, they can't find it +One by one they fall in the darkness +And it's sad, to take part in this +But I'm hoping, that you just might +Get together and Search 4 the Lyte + +Now finding the Lyte is what's so difficult +And you can bet, that the results are +Splenderous, wonderful, yeah +What wouldn't you do? +Cause once you've seen the Lyte, been with the Lyte +Got to the Lyte, got in the Lyte +I know that you just might +Never ever wanna leave the Lyte +************************************************** +Rhyme HangoverYou've heard the hard side, the rough tough side +Now it's time to hop aboard for a pleasure ride +And yo, I suggest you don't resist +This voyage, you don't wanna miss this +It makes you woozy and feel kinda dizzy +Fantasies wild and imagination BUSY + +("If there's a cure for this") +Why would you want it? [2X] + +Go ahead spin the rude moves around +If it's faint you feel, then you oughta sit down +And let the beat just seep through the cracks +And crannies of your brain - you can't remember your name +The beat'll tip-tap and takin over your mind +A cure for this hangover, I doubt you can find +So seek if you wanna, cuz imagine your position +If they say there's a potion well then they're probably competition +Lyte has no fear because it overcomes evil +My plan stands strong, not a one is feeble +With no hesitation here's the incantation + +("If there's a cure for this") +Why would you want it? [2X] + +Open up your ears and rev up your gears +This is MC Lyte's train, not ol' steps and stairs +And like I said, I knew you couldn't hack it +So I'll pull out the stretcher and the white straightjacket +You can talk to the fly, for more than a night +But when they ask who put you here, you tell 'em +MC Lyte - crumbs! + +("If there's a cure for this") +Why would you want it? +("If there's a cure for this") +Why would you need it? +("If there's a cure for this") +Why would you want it? +************************************************** +KamikazeOutside of me, you try to picture me +Young and black, that ain't no mystery +But inside runs deep like an ocean +You couldn't understand if I spoke in slow motion +I'm tryin like hell to get some results +But you can bet your ass that it's difficult +They try to keep it down, because I talk to a beat +In other words, because I try to TEACH +But if I talk that yang-yang shit +Like "U Can't Touch This," that shit'll hit +Don't we have any morals anymore? +Or did rap take the toll out the fuckin door? +Well if it did, hardcore's back to claim it +I'ma take it, change it, FUCK IT, rename it +I got the plan, now let's make it effective +You hip-hoppers you GOT to be selective +And stop lettin that BULLSHIT slide for rap +Can't you see that it's a brainwash.. trap? +I rap a Cha Cha Cha, and I sat and watched +You liked that shit, you rock around the fuckin clock +But when I talk of education, you fear that +Drugs and such, you don't wanna hear that +First I pleased you, now I teach you +DON'T YOU DARE try to bite the hand that'll lead you +To the pot of gold, over the rainbow +Lyte'll guide you, I know the way to go +So just close your eyes and just take my hand +Remember MC Lyte has the master plan +We can go THICK, in a posse +You ain't said nuttin slick, I'm goin kamikaze + +.. + +Inside of me, you try to picture me +Can you detect, can you see I'm angry? +Well usually Lyte don't get upset +But when I see wack shit gettin pressed I get VEXED +Turn on the video -- what's this mess? +A disgrace to rap and I'm not impressed +So just leave, get out my domain +You lame sucker, you fuckin no-name +Takin up my airtime, with that +WEAK WHACK FULL OF FULL OF BULLSHIT RHYME +So step off ROACH, or get stepped upon +Because my rhymes they spray like D-Con 4 +Do you want more? +Cause I floor.. ANY emcee +That wanna gets with me +So yo, pack your bags, and skedaddle +Just walk, cause you don't wanna battle +I got the button that'll get rid of wack emcees +It's called the Brooklynizer, have you beggin on your knees +So quit takin up space on the CD rack +You better prepare, cause Lyte gives no slack +Inside of me, dwells a hundred maniacs +Waitin for the kickoff, waitin for attack +Who gives a FUCK?? Bring your posse! +Cause in the 90's, Lyte is goin kamikaze + +.. + +Inside -- there's no flipside +Outside there's more than meets the eye +So now you know, not because you're guessin +But because I told you so, I never fess +Everyone wants to rap, what's this a wagon? +Bring your band and hop and start draggin +All you rappers, you're fuckin impersonators +Sayin I'll rap now, and learn how to rap later +No time for that, time is too short +And the rappin gift it can not be bought +A solo artist - HAH, you can't be +Maybe you'll look BETTER with a posse +But all that you're talkin, you ain't sayin shit! +So why you where you at? I think you oughta quit +Posses don't MATTER in the 90's +Here's a warning -- Lyte is goin kamikaze! +************************************************** +Hard CopyStep 1 to the 2 (4x) + +Yeah +Rrrah + +[ VERSE 1: MC Lyte ] +I'm a big shot, hot shot, gimme one shot, I wreck shop +In and out the boon docks I got the street smarts +I'm on the air like Jordan +You'll never die of boredom +You'll only hear my floor them +I'm on them, I'm in there, so prepare to live it up +I'm on the type of... that makes a... wanna give it up +So what's up with the logics? +It's the L to the E, and you hear me in the projects +And I didn't get hard yet, so dodge it +Watch me enlarge it, I'ma roadhog it +So you think you can get with me? +(It's the L to the E) Why don't you step to me? +(It's the L to the E) Why don't you step to me? +(It's the L to the E) Why don't you step to me? +(It's the L to the e) Why don't you step to me? + +[ VERSE 2: Lin Que ] +I'm a big shot, hot shot, gimme one shot, I wreck shop +Pad locks, nine Glocks, still I got the street smarts +Yeah, I'm on the air like Jordan +You'll never die of boredom +You'll only hear my floor them +Cause I'm on them, I'm in there, so prepare to live it up +I'm on the type of shit that make a bitch wanna give it up +So what's up with the logics? +It's the L to the Q, yo, I think you better dog that +And I didn't get hard yet, so dodge it +Watch me enlarge it, I'ma roadhog it +And you think you can get with me? +(Yo, it's the L to the Q) So come and step to me +(It's the L to the Q) So come and step to me +(It's the L to the Q) So come and step to me +(It's the L to the Q) So come and step to me + +[ VERSE 3: Kink E-Z ] +I'm a big shot, I'm a hot shot, give me one shot, I wreck shop +So you wanna hang with dreadlocks? Yes, I got the street smarts +Ugh, through the air like Jordan +You'll never die of boredom +You'll only hear my floor them +Cause I'm on them, and in there, so prepare to give it up +I'm on the type of shit that make a bitch wanna give it up +So what's up with the logics? +It's the Kink E-Z, and you see me in the projects +And I didn't even get hard yet, so dodge it +Watch me enlarge it, I'ma roadhog it +So you think you wanna fuck with me? +(It's the Kink to the E) Don't step to me +(It's the Kink to the E) Don't step to me +(It's the Kink to the E) Don't step to me +(It's the Kink to the E) Don't step to me + +Duke Da Moon + +Hard Copy +Hard Copy +Hard Copy +It's a Hard Copy +************************************************** +TRG (The Rap Game)TRG we making that cream +People get fooled it ain't easy as it seems +You can rock on till the break of dawn +But one by one your ass is gone +I got trapped in the rap game at sixteen and saw +It's no more than a crap game, know what I mean? +Like when you feel you shake 'em right they fake roll snake +Eyes in the this industry that's how quick niggas die +Through my eyes its like Russian roulette +Never do you know when you about to get wet +So you should stay set so you don't fall and go under +Have people saying I wonder what happened to him or her +It's sad when you being to think you can be gone but you +Can be gone in the blink of an eye, don't ask why cause you try +Somebody came along that was twice as fly +I remember when I hit the seen it was the second faze +Rope chains two finger rings, those where the days +Latin quarters m y puma suit was cool +Now let me be caught in that and I'll be damned a fool ya +Gotta changed with the times like the weather +MC's that lasts is the MC's that's clover +You can't move to slow cause when +It's to time to go, you see it's to time to go +TRG we making that cream +People get fooled it ain't easy as it seems +You can rock on till the break of dawn +But one day brother your ass is gone +TRG we making that cream +People get fooled it ain't easy as it seems +You can rock on till the break of dawn +But one day sister your ass is gone +Come back after come back, nigga came back more wack +Than the wackest wax on the rack, what's up with +That New Jacks are coming through taking no slack +They hungry and they looking for a spot to cop a squat +You better watch the clock it can be awfully embarrassing +To not know when it's time to let go of the rhyme +It's about half past the monkeys ass +You should have been gone but you +Still trying to hang on, what happens when you +Chilling at the level on the 10th floor nobody +Knows your name anymore, aren't you? +Wait and let me think, just as quick as you +Got large you can quickly shrink & sink into the crates and +Collect dust, don't be mad cause it happens to best of us +TRG we making that cream +People get fooled it ain't easy as it seems +You can rock on till the break of dawn +But one by one your ass is gone +TRG we making that cream +People get fooled it ain't easy as it seems +You can rock on till the break of dawn +But one by one your ass is gone +To and from they come and go, you better change your flow +And then switch up your show, I seen some come with the +Booming ass hits, then they gone but then they don't leave +With shit, you better tell an exec you need to be set +So when it's over you ain't living out your Land Rover +When you rap life dies +And you still alive nigga, you better know how to +Survive it ain't easy and it ain't supposed to be +Letting niggas know what time it is +When it comes to me the L-Y-T-E +Stronger than the ox the octane that +Knocks in your brain I sustain +My mission is to maintain sane, know what I mean +Keep doing my thang, you can't move too slow +Cause when it's your time to go you gotta go, gotta go +TRG we making that cream +People get fooled it ain't easy as it seems +You can rock on till the break of dawn +But one by one your ass is gone +************************************************** +One On OneYeah, yeah, ooh +Smooth better that I ever seen him look +As I flip the vibe book +He's on the front page, never looking his age +He's all that and I'm all in so let the games begin + +Now I'ma give you something' so you could get into it +I got the side view so I could watch ya do it +You've been on my mind but you're so hard to find +Holly woods got a hold on that behind + +I ain't ashamed to play the game +Listen here, I won't say no names +Put your ass out, make your woman put your ass out +If you knew I was talking to you, you would pass out + +'Cause I gave you no type of indication +And if I did I was probably on some medication +I got the hots for your daddy and I just begun +Let's do this one on one + +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(Yeah, I wanna play that game) +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(You and me, baby, one on one) + +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(Yeah, I wanna play that game) +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(Just you and me, baby, one on one) + +Half way across the world I seen you at my show +With your girl back in Italy, but are you still into me? +'Cause if you are I'm here to let you know +You don't have to be a superstar for me and you to go find + +Now I ain't never lied you got the body of an angel +Bangle, bangle, watch the bojangle from every angle +I'm clocking you, honey +We could sign a prenup, I got my own money + +I just wanna get to know you a little better +In the Lyte after dark on the DL whatever +I wanna feel your muscle flex off your backbone +I got the Jones and I can't leave you alone + +I wanna rub your deltoid down to your bicep +Better late than never and I'm sorry I slept +But now I'm well awake and I'm ready for the fun +Let's do this one on one + +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(I wanna play that game) +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(You and me, baby, one on one) + +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(Yeah, I wanna play that game) +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(Just you and me, baby, one on one) + +Damn, the only brother make me look twice +Believe that baby, I wanna sacrifice +I'm on it, you couldn't shake me off if you tried +No sleeping on the job and I'm wide eyed + +I like the video you got out, the song is butter +Try to keep a clean head and my mind out the gutter +But it's hard, you bring out the best and the worst +If I knew you way back when I would have let you hit it first + +Love, it's like water on the brain +Only you can tame this run away train +Last time I seen ya, gleam in your eye +You was looking fly with your girl by your side + +Shit, I ain't trying to take her place +I just wanna have your face all up in my space +I got the hots for ya and I just begun +You and me, baby, one on one + +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(Yeah, I wanna play that game) +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(You and me, baby, one on one) + +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(Yeah, I wanna play that game) +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(Just you and me, baby, one on one) + +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(One on one, I wanna play that game, yeah) +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(You and me, baby) + +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(One on one, I wanna play that game) +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(You and me just one on one) + +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(Yeah, I wanna play that game) +One, one, one, one +One, one, one, one +(Yeah, yeah, yeah, I wanna play that game) +************************************************** +Give Me What I WantMake it last long, uha, uh + +Here's a situation, skip the talk +Let me know dog if you bite or bark +What it is soldier, you ready to march +Can you make me shoot, or you just soft +Cause I got no time for the games +Just keep my spine full of pain +Hit the boost and hit turbo +In this sexual inferno +Keep my lovin', drippin' drains +Or love highway, switchin' lanes +Show me different thangs with the whip and chains +Hit you with this grippin' pain +Can you handle that, are you alright +Test me out, is it alright +Come on baby, you ain't finished +You servin' time, I ain't talkin' minutes + +Make it hot for me, I'm Lyte if you comin' strong +Give me what I want tonight, make it last long + +Certified misses, I'm misses +Only get my time if it's +Somethin' that stay somethin' +All night, until brunch and +Hit it right, manouvre me +Take your big knot, ? me +Pull my hair back, who the ruler be +Lovin' you so tight, no room for three +Tell me you want me +My love keep you horny +I know's my mother on me +Stay away from the masculine +Thing that keep me needing asperin +Got me gaspin' in for air, pashin' and +Sheets satin and mixed with silk +Here's my love, mixed with milk + +Make it hot for me, I'm Lyte if you comin' strong +Give me what I want tonight, make it last long +Make it hot for me, I'm Lyte if you comin' strong +Give me what I want tonight, make it last long +What does it feel like + +Check me out, feminine engine +Brooklyn girl, read the emblem +Him, them, and that's hangin' +Ten, it's nine-eight and then +Till it's hot and you got me bent +On top of my thing, you win +Came nine times, going for the tenth +Think you could hang if you attempt +With energy, when you enter me, hold on +Goin' for a ride, hope you don't fold on +Me, when we in the midst +Of battlin' with my slip +No babblin', close your lips +Get close to it, nothing close to this +Feelin' what I feel when I'm next to you +I stretch for you, please stretch me too +Night got me right as we take the flight +Through the clouds of love, highest heights +My thing's tighter than a Jew's pockets +Think you used to it, go head, rock it + +Make it hot for me, I'm Lyte if you comin' strong +Give me what I want tonight, make it last long +Make it hot for me, I'm Lyte if you comin' strong +Give me what I want tonight, make it last long + +Make it hot for me, I'm Lyte if you comin' strong +Give me what I want tonight, make it last long +Make it hot for me, I'm Lyte if you comin' strong +Give me what I want tonight, make it last long + +Make it hot for me, I'm Lyte if you comin' strong +Make it hot for me, I'm Lyte if you comin' strong +************************************************** +I Can’t Make a Mistake[Intro] + +Hehah, yeah...yeah...yeah...yeah...come on + +[Hook] + +I can't make a mistake +Missing the dancefloor shake +I gotta get to the floor, I gotta get to the floor +(2x) + +[MC Lyte] + +Romancing in the dark, I spark the light +It's alright tonight, I gotta get the mic +As I scope the crowd, I spot red eyes +Grippin' them Heinekens, they don't know where they been +Baby got back see, rollin' like ten deep +But you look for good luck, swing in the Expo G +I mean no harm, but that lucky charm +You need to ditch it quick, get with the Brooklyn bomb +I be, we be, bumpin' the spot G +Wherever we be, we hit correctly +It's been so long, we gotta get it on +To this song, my song, now sing along come on + +[Hook] + +[MC Lyte] + +Come here, let's rap a taste a little +Floor's too high, not to jiggle in the middle of tender vittle +Cell phone, on roam, Syl Rhone, come home we double chrome +But I can't make a mistake, hmmm +Leave the dance floor now (uhn uhn, no no) +I'm on to somethin', he bubblin' the sugar baby +Shoulda, woulda, coulda, that ain't me baby +When I step into my Mizrahi frame +I change the game, it'll never look the same +Obstruct it, abstract it, my tactic, fantastic +It's been so long, we gotta get it on +To this song, my song, now sing along come on +I can't make a mistake, I can't make a mistake + +[Hook] + +[MC Lyte] + +Yeah...here he come, lookin' like he 21 +Knowing damn well, he too could get done +But he got a partner, and that ain't too hard to fix +Once I slide up in the mix +Juggin' it baby, from right to left +Jigged out, gotta pick ya out from what's left +It's no mystery, the way ya humpin' and bumpin' +I what you comin' home with me? +I'm-gon'-get-some-satisfaction +The way you comin' at me with the action +You betta know it, when ya dealing with the poet +Whatever ? you got, you betta show it +It's been so long, we gotta get it on +To this song, my song, now sing along come on +I can't make a mistake, I can't make a mistake + +[Hook] +************************************************** +Take it OffNow you called my house and you said come over +Your mother and your father are gone, and you're alone +With Rover the dog, but now you're frontin +You said if I come you'd give me somethin +So don't start playin around cause I'm serious +What did you call me for cause I'm curious +Or did you call me just to look in my face +Now I know I didn't come just to take up space +The night is right, and the stars are bright +So c'mon now brother just treat me right +And just take it off, I mean everything +Hurry up pretty boy so that we can SWING +I don't smoke and I don't get high +But if I say I don't love well that would be a lie +Because I do every chance I get +But if I don't I won't fall I won't fret +I'm no fool I got plenty of sense +So I just be cool, and have patience +Make up your mind, please let me know +And when you give me the green that's when I'll go +So please pretty boy don't hesitate +And entice me nice and cooperate +You tried the rest and I tried the best +And when the time comes boy no regrets +And just take it off + +Now take off your hat, untie your shoelace +And after you finish, I want you to face me +Now baby, don't get scared +Cause I'm not like the other girls so don't compare me +Tender lovin care is all I give +And if possible boy, well I would like to live with you +And if I do it ain't everybody's business +It seems to me ya just how you got into this +Take it off, cause I'm ready to rock +Like Maxwell baby, until the last drop +Cruisin down the street in my SL +When I seen this dude who was built very well +Face was handsome, body was fine +How did I know, I was cruisin behind him +Looked at the car, looked at me +Then he asked me my name, I told him Lyte the MC but +I didn't want to outplay my hand +So I talked so smooth he could understand me +He was definitely the move +I only said sweet things, that could soothe him +Opened up the door, and he got in +And automatically my mind just turned to sin +I told him take it off - I mean everything +Hurry up pretty boy so that we can swing +I mean take it off, cause I'm ready to rock +Like Maxwell baby until the last drop + +Met this guy at an amusement park +He was good to go and it was after dark +You can guess girls what was on my mind +Let's go under the boardwalk and have a good time baby +Instead the boy asked me my sign +And I said, "Why?" and he said, "Never mind." +When the time come and it's you I'm thinkin of +A sign don't make a difference only how you make love to me +You make me feel so good you're a man +Oooh baby I melt like cotton candy +If I could predict the rest of my life +I'd be a millionaire and I'd also be your wife +So let's take a bout through the tunnel of life +Because you know what I'm thinkin of.. +.. c'mon baby just take it off + +Take it off +Take it off +That's right, now take it off +Take it off +Pal Joey, take it off +C'mon now, take it off +************************************************** +Too FlyCome on, admit it, the Lyte is too fly +Come on, admit it, the Lyte is too fly +Come on, admit it, the Lyte is too fly +"I think it's time I start feelin' bitchy." + +[Verse 1:] +Juicy like a nectarine when I hit the scene +My game is long and lean like a limousine +I told you from the "get," I was the wet dream +How simple did it seem to smudge my Maybelline +Now you wanna play like you're hard to get +Should I play how easy you are to forget? +My girls told me I was out to prove 'em wrong +They said you was a jackass and wouldn't last long +Trust me on this here before I let you hit it +I knew your dumb ass would last about a minute +I'm too fly for what you got to give to me +I got niggas out there dying to live for me +Now you wanna act like you're playing it +Like I'm supposed to run and catch your dumb ass, bitch? +You was foolish now to let this one go by +Come on, admit it, the Lyte is too fly + +[Chorus: Pamela Long] +You used to love me, my love thang +I used to love you, with tender loving care +And I'll take you there +And I'll take you there + +[Verse 2:] +Had you driving my Yukon on my Motorola +Now you at the pay phone downing a Corona +All dried up, trying to chase the blues away +Not another like me will ever come your way +I even got you new kicks, but there will be +No more of that, you'll be wishing you had this +Besides that, I treated you well +But your ass was just too jacked up to tell +Your boy around the way? Your arch enemy? +Asked me for my digits, wanted to get with me +First I told him no can do, I'm with you +But new show, new day in New York, forget you +Had me wasting my time as well as my money +Tell your little sister ain't a damn thing funny +Next time I see her, I'mma poke her in the eye +Come on, admit it, the Lyte is too fly + +[Chorus] + +[Verse 3:] +How you gonna game me? I made the rules +An ass like you only playing to lose +Next time be leery of which one you choose +Picking somebody out, thinking you're about to use +They say you only meet the true love of your life +Once throughout your years, better make her your wife +Now you picked the wrong one to let go by, nigga +Come on, admit it, the Lyte is too fly + +[Chorus] (2x) +************************************************** +Survival of the Fittest (Remix)[ Gizmo ] +Yo King, man, who we working with today? +[ King Of Chill ] +Ah - Lyte +[ Gizmo ] +Bud Light? +[ King Of Chill ] +Nah Giz, MC Lyte +[ Gizmo ] +Yo Milk +[ both ] +Kick it + +(Survival of the fittest overcomes the weak meek) + +[ VERSE 1: MC Lyte ] +Never does one know the force that is in them +Till some puss jumps up and offends them +Then I have to subtract, minus and eliminate +Those that try to front and try to perpetrate +Like they know me well when they don't know me at all +Sayin 'hi', 'how you're doin' and 'I'll give you a call' +Then, to top it off, sayin they'll visit +When they don't know the zip code, much less the digits +Like Shelly says, sometimes you have to get kuffed +Like MC Lyte says, yo, you're gonna get buffed +Each and every time you try to play me +I'm not the egg to be cracked, the digem to be smacked +So when I see you, you better be fully strapped +At all times, cause it only takes Lyte one time, and one time only +I'm the microphone controller, MC sucker folder +Lyte'll take you places you never would've seen +If it was dark - you know what I mean? +So show appreciation, gratitude, it is necessary +Cause when I hear weak rhymes, I am quick to bury +Those who try to know me before they meet me +You can't grow on me, so don't greet me +I'm sick of the prentendin and all the make-believe +Pronto, move back, give me space to breathe +I'm not a push-over, so don't push up on me +I'm not a sidewalk, so don't try to walk on me +I seen people taken advantage of +In situations like money, trust and love +I have no time for petty things that are trivial +Like who'll dance with me if I can't dance +I'm not a dancer, that's what Leg 1 and 2 are for +I master the rhyme, that's what I get paid for +They say two extras, yo, it's all in the rhyme +And if you look hard, you can see I work overtime +This is a warning, a due day is dawning +I thought I ought to tell you, so you can start mourning +So put your black on and your best black shoes +And keep your ears open, cause this is today's news +Extra, extra, read all about it +(It's about MC Lyte!) the boy shouted +First time in history you thought to buy a paper +Cause I was on the inside picture on the cover +Oopsy daisy, I should be more modest +But hey, what can I say, I was brought up to be honest +Like a Rican rides a Caddy I'm with this beat, chief +The only time they complain is when it's too brief +But other than that they long for me to go on +On my birth certificate it states: 'star is born' +Sample up the sound if you will +Raps by Lyte, production King Of Chill +So watch the solar system, never stop lookin +Cause up and on the rise is the planet Brooklyn +You can compare me to crackers and cheese +But don't compare me to a sucker MC +See, cause crackers and cheese, yo, that shit is good +But sucker MC's ain't as good as they should +Be, see, they lack, so Lyte must tax +Not much, just enough to see if they can move it +Show and prove to see that they can get into it +Try your best, a useful strategy +And after practice, if you're still raggedy +Then and only then can you be called a sucker MC +Sucker +I hate long good-bye's, so I'll just say farewell +Any last comments, Lyte fans do tell +I got you locked on, so now I'm gonna free ya +Okay, here we go, stop, see ya + +(See ya) (see ya) (see ya)... +************************************************** +Oogie BoogieIf you're thinkin', you're too cool to boogie +Boy, oh boy, have I got news for you +Everybody here tonight must boogie, let me tell ya +You are no exception to the rule +So get on up on the floor +'Cuz we're gonna boogie, oogie, oogie +Till ya just can't boogie no more +(Boogie) +Boogie no more, you can't boogie no more +(Boogie) +Boogie no more, listen to the music +There's no time to waste, let's get this show on the road +Listen to the music and let your body flow +The sooner we begin, the longer we got to groove +Listen to the music and let your body move +So get on up on the floor +'Cuz we're gonna boogie, oogie, oogie +Till we just can't boogie no more +(Boogie) +Boogie no more, you can't boogie no more +(Boogie) +Boogie no more, listen to the bass play +Boogie, boogie +Get down, boogie, oogie, oogie +Get down, boogie, oogie, oogie +Get down, boogie, oogie, oogie +Get down +************************************************** +U Got ItYou lookin' good boy, you got that fire now +So you a hot boy, I'll be your hot toy +You know the routine, rub up on my blue jeans +And if you do it good, well then you got me + +You lookin' good boy, you got that fire now +So you a hot boy, I'll be your hot toy +You know the routine, rub up on my blue jeans +And if you do it good, well then you got me + +Pop that Crys, Mr. juicy lips +What I gotta do for you to ride these hips +Slide to the whip, ride to the strip +Get a place on the low, right off fifth +Low lights, move right, seats real cushy +Make a move on you, hope I ain't too pushy +I like the way we vibe +But there's something about you baby that's making me hot +And I don't smoke, but I will take a tote for you +I see you risin', tell me what ya going through +You wanna what, oh shit, now you talkin' to me +That sexy shit gon' bring out the New York in me +I know you heard me say it before, Lyte as a rock +I hope you knock, come on baby, put it on the spot +By that knot in your jeans I see you holdin' a lot +You makin' me hot, so show me what you got + +You lookin' good boy, you got that fire now +So you a hot boy, I'll be your hot toy +You know the routine, rub up on my blue jeans +And if you do it good, well then you got me + +You lookin' good boy, you got that fire now +So you a hot boy, I'll be your hot toy +You know the routine, rub up on my blue jeans +And if you do it good, well then you got me + + [Unknown Male] +You lookin' good chick, I wanna get that +Tell me what I gotta do to get with that +You lookin' good girl, I wanna get that (aha) +Tell me what I gotta do to get with that + +At the club I gotta preview +You followin' me, I can see you in the rear views +You swallowin' me, every word that you heard me say +Rolled up the elevator, ran down the hallway +Blast through the doorway, pause +You gon' make me drop my drawers +X that nigga, come out yours +Back's real big and shoulders broad +Six pack, let me hit that with your thick back +From the kitchen floor to the jacuzzi +Anywhere we do it, you gon' salute me +I got the whipped cream, I got the magazines +Before we hit it you gon' have to get that ass clean +Get that hat boy, and crack that back boy +And don't be scared if I smack it from the back boy +I'm feeling sticky like I'm hot from the sun, oh +What you sayin', you ain't got one + +You lookin' good boy, you got that fire now +So you a hot boy, I'll be your hot toy +You know the routine, rub up on my blue jeans +And if you do it good, well then you got me + +You lookin' good boy, you got that fire now +So you a hot boy, I'll be your hot toy +You know the routine, rub up on my blue jeans +And if you do it good, well then you got me + +And if you do it good, good, well then you got me, me +Well then you got me, me, ooh, ooh, ooh, pause +************************************************** +CloserVerse 1 (MC Lyte) +In the three on the deegan, we be freakin' +Bobbin' and weavin' my peeps sleepin' +Steady creepin' dippin' in the jeepin' +Dones be peepin', benjis we be keepin' +Cheddar we be spending, niggas ain't cheapin' +Hip hoppin' bobbin' with the beat and +I'm not concieted just never been defeated +Test and get that ass beated +The wanna act like I can't flow phatly +When they attack me I got skills to back me +Go ahead now simulate that +How they forget who originated that +Ladies and gentlemen the ruffneck is back +More potent than a foul vile of crack +I keep you open like a BM hatchback +While you keepin' my tape draped up in yo' knapsack + +(chorus) +You comin' closer and closer, I thought I told you +You know that I will toast you +You're not supposed to come closer and closer +I thought I told you, you know that I will toast you +Don't come closer + +Verse 2 (Space Nine) +Yo, I write my own, but-uh who's writin' your rhymes +Oh you independent now 'coz you bitin' my lines +Listen, two flamin' bitches hide yo' claiming and sixes +Shines so bright can't see us in pictures +Leavin' non believers in ditches +Those who can acchieve won't percieve our existance +They need verbal assistance, check it +All them things you say you got, we now your makin' it up +To get a man in a club, you steady shakin' it up +See thay played my song twice 'coz they can't get enough +I'd say put yourself in my shoes but they cost too much +Space Nine bustin' 16 bars on Lyte's time +We write rhymes, y'all chicks is puppets on mic time +While I, chanel stars through pipe lines +Illuminate the sky day and night make my presence defined +Yo, blue Gucci sale platinum tag taped to my leg +Promise no threat, shine on my neck signing my cheques + +(chorus) x2 + +Verse 3 (MC Lyte) +You can't afford to be nasty if you ask me +Tryin' to pass me but can't outlast me +Sweet like like nector comin' in your sector +Movin' in your direction, takin' over your section +Am I bad no question they just a fraction +Tryin' to get some action from the section +Ain't that somethin' I got your crew jumpin' and bumpin' +While you talkin' nothing +I bring it to you with no hesitation +'Coz the top is where I rest but it's your destination +And I know this so I'm puttin' you on notice +Don't you come too close to this +I got the gift to forsee the drama like they know me +Pullin' up slowly and tryin' to bring out the ol' me +But I'm brand spank comin' for your bank +Not nigga what you think but what you thought, and now you caught +Long as you live and for eternity +You're only bad as Lyte the MC allows you to be +Not easy to sabbotage wiser than the average +You can jack me now and later you can peep my, catalogue +You gotta alphernumeric but you can't read +DKNY frames but you can't see +How I'm blow up like a stick of dynie and burn that hynie baby +C'mon I'm beggin' try me + +(chorus) x2 +************************************************** +My Time[Verse 1: Scarlet] +You can find my niggas on the hottest blocks +Sippin’ Henny rock +Holdin’ packs in their socks, goin’ get this money non-stop +Fuck the cops, we get the drop +Rather run than get locked +Constantly switching the spots +Navigating nautical yachts +Flooded diamonds seasons +Femme Fatale rhyme and reason +Body time for treason +Air Force One, we leavin’ +Panama Red holdin’ 52 heads for ransom +My nigga Johnny Handsome trigger itchin’ to cancel ‘em +I’m like “Hold up, wait a minute +Let’s get down to business +You could kill up all these motherfuckers +Soon as the deal finish” +All out war ‘til we lace something and base something +Don’t say nothing +Scarlet fuck around and grenade something +Exchange something, bodies for dollars +We go two hours to kill +I want a half a mil and a private jet to Brazil +Y’all could forget it ‘cause all negotiations is deaded +The grudge in my heart is embedded +And these are the days that you dreaded + +[Verse 2: Blue Velvet] +Scanless fiends, we rise from the midst like submarines +Tote sub-machines +Favorite colors green +Illuminate the scene +Playing devils advocate +State lavish and extravagant +Cats holdin’ chips +We have to get +Ain’t your average chick +Black Madonna, Ms. Maverick +Platinum exposure vi cola +Sword soldier, yo floss rocks like boulders +The ones that make your wrist bend +Televised like Wimbledon +Thug women in Timberlands +Leave you trembling +Sex symboling, swindling +Femme Fatale and Lyte turn thugs to gentlemen + +[Chorus] +Ten past nine, Lyte’s time to shine +What’s mine is mine, what’s yours is mine +Synchronize the time, watch the scheming kind +Type to slip you micky, rob you cats blind +Ten past nine, Fatale time to shine +What’s mine is mine, what’s yours is mine +Synchro’ the time, watch the scheming kind +Type to slip you micky, rob you cats blind + +[Verse 3:] +Thug princess, relentless +Step to my business +If it ain’t lucrative with interest +It’s senseless +Tigress la temptress +Loving leave ‘em defenseless +Male mind the simplest +Ice Berg can’t pimp this +Lay with a serpent, sin in your semen +Wake up birthing demons +Got Adam? We even +Trick dada trap +Taped to the garter +Master the art of getting ricotta +Documented like Magna Carta +Ill reputed leaving pockets diluted +Intriguing breast protruded, plan precisely executed +Sonned you, slip the micky, never come to +Made off with a bundle +If you wake, death becomes you +It’s all about extortion +Small cats trying to get a portion +What you sporting +Posing, trying to look important +Caution, yo, that lavish life be costing +Before the fame and fortune +Better know what line you’re crossing + +[Verse 4: MC Lyte] +I come passive like a cherry, little girl or a peach +Dress dime and I’m fine when I’m trying to get the heap +I show a lot of teeth, front with the sweets +But you know that beneath +There’s a whole lot of street +Don’t test the temper of the do-more-than-talk shitter +Your mens are trapped like the dead of winter +Slide in like a splinter +Pull out with the money and the Lex +We don’t even have to wet him +Leave him drowning in his sweat +Femme Fatale, what’s next? +They about to get me vex +Trying to do me in the pookie +Thinking he gon’ get the sex +Surprise! You’ll be lucky if you ever open your eyes +Or even see the light again, ‘cause I’m about to go in +Don’t question the veteran +You thugs know I’m better than +Anyone or anything or any crew that’s ever been +While you’re listening to this +Got you caught up in the twist +MC Lyte, Femme Fatale +Don’t sweat the fish + +[Chorus] (2x) +************************************************** +Survival of the Fittest[ gizmo ] +Yo king, man, who we working with today? +[ king of chill ] +Ah - lyte +[ gizmo ] +Bud light? +[ king of chill ] +Nah giz, mc lyte +[ gizmo ] +Yo milk +[ both ] +Kick it + +(survival of the fittest overcomes the weak meek) + +[ verse 1: mc lyte ] +Never does one know the force that is in them +Till some puss jumps up and offends them +Then I have to subtract, minus and eliminate +Those that try to front and try to perpetrate +Like they know me well when they don't know me at all +Sayin 'hi', 'how you're doin' and 'i'll give you a call' +Then, to top it off, sayin they'll visit +When they don't know the zip code, much less the digits +Like shelly says, sometimes you have to get kuffed +Like mc lyte says, yo, you're gonna get buffed +Each and every time you try to play me +I'm not the egg to be cracked, the digem to be smacked +So when I see you, you better be fully strapped +At all times, cause it only takes lyte one time, and one time only +I'm the microphone controller, mc sucker folder +Lyte'll take you places you never would've seen +If it was dark - you know what I mean? +So show appreciation, gratitude, it is necessary +Cause when I hear weak rhymes, I am quick to bury +Those who try to know me before they meet me +You can't grow on me, so don't greet me +I'm sick of the prentendin and all the make-believe +Pronto, move back, give me space to breathe +I'm not a push-over, so don't push up on me +I'm not a sidewalk, so don't try to walk on me +I seen people taken advantage of + +In situations like money, trust and love +I have no time for petty things that are trivial +Like who'll dance with me if I can't dance +I'm not a dancer, that's what leg 1 and 2 are for +I master the rhyme, that's what I get paid for +They say two extras, yo, it's all in the rhyme +And if you look hard, you can see I work overtime +This is a warning, a due day is dawning +I thought I ought to tell you, so you can start mourning +So put your black on and your best black shoes +And keep your ears open, cause this is today's news +Extra, extra, read all about it +(it's about mc lyte!) the boy shouted +First time in history you thought to buy a paper +Cause I was on the inside picture on the cover +Oopsy daisy, I should be more modest +But hey, what can I say, I was brought up to be honest +Like a rican rides a caddy I'm with this beat, chief +The only time they complain is when it's too brief +But other than that they long for me to go on +On my birth certificate it states: 'star is born' +Sample up the sound if you will +Raps by lyte, production king of chill +So watch the solar system, never stop lookin +Cause up and on the rise is the planet brooklyn +You can compare me to crackers and cheese +But don't compare me to a sucker mc +See, cause crackers and cheese, yo, that shit is good +But sucker mc's ain't as good as they should +Be, see, they lack, so lyte must tax +Not much, just enough to see if they can move it +Show and prove to see that they can get into it +Try your best, a useful strategy +And after practice, if you're still raggedy +Then and only then can you be called a sucker mc +Sucker +I hate long good-bye's, so I'll just say farewell +Any last comments, lyte fans do tell +I got you locked on, so now I'm gonna free ya +Okay, here we go, stop, see ya + +(see ya) (see ya) (see ya)... +************************************************** +Lola from the CopaLola hopped into a cab, she went to work +As she walked into the club, the fellas went bezerk +They screamed her name out -- Lola, Lola +Yeah, she was the star of the Copa +She smiled and danced til morning +Lola took uppers, to stop her from yawning +For the finale, she got an applause +Lola was gracious, she didn't do tours +She felt appreciated, just like a star +But for the meanwhile, she got a drink from the bar +Lola had no kids and lost her mother +Her lover used drugs and left her for another +But little did she know that she would make love tonight +She'd do it willingly without puttin up a fight + + Lola.. she was a showgirl.. + with yellow ribbons in her hair.. + and a dress right up to here.. + +At the bar, his name was Zeke the Freak +He just moved in down the street +He introduced himself and bought her a drink +Before she could refuse, she didn't stop to think +More and more alcohol, now she was intoxicated +He picked her up off her feet, as he escapaded +Down the block then he opened the door +As he struggled to get in, then put her on the floor +He went to the door to make sure that it was locked +As he bolted all of them, he looked up at the clock +It said one, or maybe he'd be done in two +Or two and three, eventually, how freaky could he be? +He began to think what should I do firstly? +I'll get a little drink, because I'm very thirsty +He got a little OJ, to make it really OK +Grabbed a wad of Hubba Bubba, but didn't use a rubber +They did it for three hours, he jumped into the shower +Got out and towel dried, and screamed, "I've got the power!" +He came out of the bathroom, she was still on the floor +He said, "Heck I've got to wreck," then he jumped on for more + + Lola.. (uh-huh) she was a showgirl.. + with yellow ribbons in her hair.. + and a dress right up to here.. + She met this guy named Zeke.. + who was truly a freak.. + And she didn't stop to think.. + before she took that sunrise drink.. + +She finally awoke, eight o'clock in the morning +Not remembering a stroke, as she began yawning +Zeke the Freak thought he was thick and slick +But what Zeke did not know +Is that little Lola, little Lola +From the Copa used to be a hoe +Now he's paid, thought he had it made +But Zeke the Freak got AIDS + + Lola.. she was a showgirl.. (yeah) + with yellow ribbons in her hair.. + and a dress right up to here.. + She met this guy named Zeke.. + who was truly a freak.. + And she didn't stop to think.. + before she took that sunrise drink.. + He caught a bad one.. + while he was havin fun.. + Took Lola to his bed + And now the freak is -- dead +************************************************** +All ThatThere's a song.. that I sing.. whenever I'm sad.. feelin bad + +[MC Lyte] +It was a date, a simple little fuckin date +Or so I thought, wasn't that my great mistake +He picked me up at eight, from my crib +We went to dinner and he ordered babyback ribs +What a waste, a waste of the mind and body +And then he said, "Lyte, would you like to go and party?" +I thought about it, and then I said, "NO! +Pay for my food motherfucker and let's go!" +He said, "My, aren't we agressive.." +Damn right, and I'm also perceptive +I know your kind, you roam around the fuckin town +You wanna slap it, flip it, and rub it down +You want some booty but you're gettin none this way +You better ask Suzy Sally or that girl Fay +You gets NONE, you hear me you cheesy rat? +Because I'm Lyte, and I'm havin NONE of that + +Chorus: MC Lyte + +I'm all that, yes I'm all that +You ask how? I'm all that now +I'm all of that, yes I'm all that +And rollin through your hood with a BASEBALL bat + +[MC Lyte] +First I head out, into the red-eyed +Turn the AC, so it feels cool inside +Step in the jam, baring good news +Although for some folks, I bring the blues +Always solo, no relyin on a posse +I see what you see, do you see what I see? +I see suckers, many pucker-uppers +ASS-kissers, as well as buttlickers +Many many that will do me good and plenty +Don't know me from Adam, but wanna get with me +Claimin they will do or have done or have did me +Talkin that yang, your ass'll get SLAPPED +Because I'm Lyte and I'm havin NONE of that + +Chorus + +[MC Lyte] +That!! That!! + +[answering machine] +Aiyyo Milk, aiyyo Milk, this is Teddy B +Yo I just checked out Lyte's new cut (That!! That!!) +And yo it's ALL THAT, ALL THAT +Yo I get with you, peace! + +[MC Lyte] +Back, way back when, shit wasn't funny +I'm talkin L-Q days, your gold and your money +If you wore gold, the shit was gettin taken +Hard rocks, don't even bother fakin +Cause they can sense a sucker as SOON as they saw ya +And oh well, how I felt sorry for the +Razor in my pocket, for my protection +Blackjack in my bag for a little selection +You got beef? BITCH, chose your weapon +I sliced and diced, and then I kept steppin +For me to go for that woulda just been wack +Because I'm Lyte, and I'm havin NONE of that + +Chorus + +[answering machine] +(That!! That!!) +Yo yo, yo Lyte, you there? +(That!! That!!) +Alright I just called to see if you was still shittin on wax +Yo and DON'T make that shit soft alright? +Yo PUMP IT UP +Alright when you get in just give me a buzz +************************************************** +Propa[Intro: MC Lyte] +We comin' down in '98 +Set it straight +For all those that chose to contemplate +We gon' to it 'til the break + +[Verse 1: MC Lyte] +Rap is hip hop over populated +I made it but I’m still underrated +I go beep beep like a Motorola beeper +Your lines are hard but mines are much deeper +Creeper on the midnight stroll +Never need parole +Totally in control of my destiny +Here’s the best of me +On vinyl finally for all to see +I’m the only one here at the showdown +That don’t need a piece for the shit to go down +"What up Lyte?" Nigga hell if I know +Trying to keep it real with all my little bros +Wanting to be a friend, some don’t believe +‘Cause in the past they been deceived +But I’m the motherfucker that breeds honesty +Tell you like it is and then leave you where you be + +[Chorus: Beenie Man] +So from the east to the west the music is propa +So do it for me, mama +Original rapper +Other MCs slide down the gutter +Soft like butter +Name of the rapper +MC Lyte and Beenie Man deya +So do it to me, mama +Original rapper +Other MCs slide down the gutter +Soft like butter +So listen what my sister say + +[Verse 2: MC Lyte] +Now you know I gotta keep 2 just like Noah +From Brooklyn to the corner of Balboa +Get a fresh stock keep ‘em on lock +They wanna act like they don’t know the resume +Knowing that I leave shit up in disarray +Never will I ever have to say “Mother may I” +Be this fly until the day I die +Now I realize I don’t need alibis cuz I don’t lie +I’m way too wise +My head he will anoint +I’m the focal point +Have them all screaming, “Yo, that’s the joint!” +As if I didn’t know just how to rock a show +I’m the last dragon to attain the glow +My plans to be to make history +Can’t none of y’all rid hip hop of me + +[Chorus] + +[Verse 3: MC Lyte] +I got game for days in this entertainment shit +I rap shit, act shit, never that wack shit +I'm busting numbers, fuck the crap shit +Coast to coast, niggas know I float +Red eye flights, hitting licks I wrote +‘Cause my dynasty is ordained, I planned it +My reign? Niggas can’t stand it! +They in denial while I’m on the prowl +More than six fouls blowing like Miles +I lay like tiles, crocodile smile +For the naysayers who wanna know how +My plans to be to make history +Can’t none of y’all rid hip hop of me +"Lyte who?" Lyte the MC, baby! + +[Chorus] + +[Verse 4: Beenie Man] +My life and your life is a familiar +Every day they wanna put me in the media +But I really got mi steel boat formula +And I want to set it off like [?] +[?] MC want to take my place +Want to [?], give me space +[?] don't control my first place +So I fighting for second and third place +But everybody in the place +Simma dem wind up +[?] the bass, yeah + +[Chorus] +************************************************** +God Said LyteYeah, God said Lyte from the beginning of time +I'm giving 'em rhymes of feminine kind, keeping it tight +Knockin' the edge off they shoulder +Colder than any MC, and hotter than the next +Check the text +To the left a seagull lights the truth +Kick it to the youth, pocket full of proof +Ready to raise the roof, off the vocal booth +Put hoes back on the track cause they loose +No one a never come there +I have 'em going quicker than city of angels left the air last year +Don't y'all know I scorch MC's +Leave them all toast from the neck to the knees +It's remarkable as I spark a few +Of these rhymes, some rappers find it hard to do +Goldie of the game, everything bout to change +You gettin' stripped for ya shit, niggas thought you knew + +I'm rhymin' and designin', also creatin' +The dope, def rhyme that is always bein' taken +By a sucker MC that wants to be like me, like me +No trait of originality, none whatsoever +Don't ever second guess me, guess me +And if you're wonderin' who could the best be +The hip-hop maniac, uptown brainiac +In full effect MC Lyte is back + +Lyte and Maad Phunk, we flamin' on +And took a vacation, some of them came and gone +When I push beef it's like flaming y'all +Tender as I serve these loose rappin' broads +She sellin' straight up sex, by the sea shore +We bang beats from boogie down to BK, New York +I sport the finest of wears, your highness is here +End your rhyming career +I spits it like you wanna do but can't +Your skills iffy cause you tryna dance +Due to the circumstance, get your hands up high +You know the routine, freeze 'em like a drive-by +You know when I roll through I'm reppin' old school +Thought I told you, here let me show you, I don't know you +Fuck you, I don't owe you nothin' +Paper thin, Georgie, had 'em wildin' somethin' + +I'm rhymin' and designin', also creatin' +The dope, def rhyme that is always bein' taken +By a sucker MC that wants to be like me, like me +No trait of originality, none whatsoever +Don't ever second guess me, guess me +And if you're wonderin' who could the best be +The hip-hop maniac, uptown brainiac +In full effect MC Lyte is back + +None of these broads wanna get on a track with me +Except for Digga and B, they got balls, as for the rest of y'all +You ain't for me you against me +Means I'm coming for your stacks relentlessly +You see they speak on a passin', Lyte was a lesson +I'm still shakin' these hoes down, without a weapon +Got you guessin' why won't this bitch ever die +Sure as you get high, we'll never see eye-to-eye +I'm the Lytro and I might go psycho +If I'm on my psycho, act like you might know +Which way the light go, but you never will +Cause I never spill, fuck it I said it, I'm that ill +I keeps a tight lip bout what the light hits +I'm get excited bout what I'm gon' get +They mad in the studio catchin' the blues +Why, cause they still can't fill my shoes + +I'm rhymin' and designin', also creatin' +The dope, def rhyme that is always bein' taken +By a sucker MC that wants to be like me, like me +No trait of originality, none whatsoever +Don't ever second guess me, guess me +And if you're wonderin' who could the best be +The hip-hop maniac, uptown brainiac +In full effect MC Lyte is back + +I'm rhymin' and designin', also creatin' +The dope, def rhyme that is always bein' taken +By a sucker MC that wants to be like me, like me +No trait of originality, none whatsoever +Don't ever second guess me, guess me +And if you're wonderin' who could the best be +The hip-hop maniac, uptown brainiac +In full effect MC Lyte is back +************************************************** +Beyond the HypeI, am, back on the scene +I'm takin it to the extremes +New blend, I've been schemin +Raw type stuff I know you've been fiendin +Waitin for, such a long time +For MC Lyte to drop another dope rhyme +Well I deliver as quick as you call my name +I'm beyond the hype, beyond the fame +So now, I prove to you +That I can shake you groove you and move you too +I am, too much to bear +To touch and then share +Once you've had one taste one touch one bite +All you want is M-C Lyte! +And I deliver as quick as you call my name +I'm beyond the hype, beyond the fame + +Chorus: + +We've got to try to move beyond +I'm comin +We've got to try to break on through +To the extreme +We've got to try to move beyond +Beyond the hype +We've got to try to break on through! + +Can't, you, see, I'm beyond the hype +And all that type of jazz and pizazz +I'm, into, reality +Forget the fantasy, this is me +Beyond the hype, so don't believe +What you read, cause they'll deceive +So now I come to you +Telling no lies, the truth is in my eyes +Unlike the broadcasters on the news +Who try to tell you, the donts and the do's +The media blows things out of proportion +The public's eye, proceed with caution +It's a dog eat dog world +But we'll be alright +All we gots to do is stick together +And move beyond the hype + +Chorus 2X (w/ variations) + +You, must, trust when I say I'm here to stay +And believe I'll never leave +Haste, makes, waste +The track is all that, so pick up the pace +Forget the rumors, gossip, shit-talk +Besides that's old news, and that can walk +I'm beyond that, you are also +Release the negative vibe and let it go +So now, I come to you +Bearing gifts that certainly uplift +From coast to coast, Midwest I'm the most +But still, not on a high post +I'm comin, just call my name +Beyond the hype, beyond the fame +Down to Earth, I'm just that type +To take you and move beyond the hype + +Chorus 2X (w/ variations) + +I'm comin (3X) +To the extreme +Beyond the hype +Beyond the hype... +************************************************** +Keep on Pushin’[Chorus] +Only God knows how we'll all end up +Get so corrupt, we can't give up, we got to keep on pushing +(Keep on pushing, ain't no stopping us) +Ain't no stopping us + +A child of the essence, turning degrees into perfection +My struggle is now objective to meet the righteous direction +The life lessons, but what they all about? +If I took the dolo route, and I left the people out +Non-personal connects, low-cost effects +Bound to meet my doom for regrets so I just +Put all praises down to Allah, plus the block +Pull my family ties in one big knot +Respect the divine that makes me help me ride to the top +And do a trip to a past never forgot + +Where do I go from here, I don't know, I don't know +Till I find my past, the life I knew, the life I knew +I'm holding on to my roots cause they pulling my leaves +I traveled over seas, got 400 degrees +It's the city life, trife concock the scheme +To play upon my dreams still fulfillin' my needs +Well I don't know, whatever happened to my past +Wait I gotta think about (I don't care) how long I can last +I don't know as long as I get over my worlds most biggest fears +Cause I'm drenched in sweat for family tears +So ah, where do I go from here, I don't know +I don't know, till I find my past, the life I knew +(The life I knew) the life I knew + +[Chorus: x2] +All in the game a young female, so intelligent +And deep like seashells, uh, I'm from L.A. so I gotta cap to adapt +Plus interact with the black folks +And blowin' smoke ain't never been a problem +It's waking up and facing the drama +Can't let you hang, maintain, run game, pimp thangs +And roll my land cruiser like it's on Danna Danes +Uh, it's show low, the west coaster, you know +Let you boost like I'm suppose ta + +[Chorus: x2] +************************************************** +In My Business[Missy] +Hahaha, introducing MC Lyte + +[MC Lyte] +I think I need a sound check +Hit me with a sound check +Yea, now what about that dope stuff +Alright now, gimme an 8-0 (8-0, 8-0, 8-0) + +[Missy] +Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh +Yo, 1-2 +Uh, MC Lyte (yea) +You don't know (yea) +Ficky ficky, oh you don't know + +[MC Lyte - Verse One] +On the regular they guessin' how the Lyte get down +Nevermind that, nigga you better watch your mouth +Keep snoopin' and you bound to hit a brick +Get out the crack of my ass all up in my shiznit +To you nosey Nikki's and you Peepin' Tom's +So, you know I'm about to drop the Brooklyn Bomb +7 and 7 is 14 , 1 and 4 is 5 +But none of that matters if your ass ain't alive +You could care less about the records I sell +You just wanna know I tried but I fell +But even on your best day and on my worst +I'll still be first, without the need to rehearse + +[Missy Elliott singing - Hook] +Why you up in my business? +Find somethin' better to do +Why you talkin' about me? +I ain't say shit 'bout you +Forgive me for my attitude +But I got something to say +Yall better not fuck with me +Cuz I had a bad day + +[MC Lyte - Verse Two] +Yall must really think I'm the host of the freakshow +Got me taggin' piranhas I don't even know +Got me swimmin' in waters, gettin' caught in fishnet +Got me hooked up wit' folks I ain't never even met +Now yall so busy tryin' to market this +I guess yo stupid ass forgot who started this +But I'm about to ransack you make your memory +Come back to you, let all my true niggas jack you +Talkin' bou the Lyte like you gettin' paid for it +Better wish for your own and get out my business +Besides I'm too quick and pigeons oughta know +By the time you get the info, it was two years ago +Aside from that I'm too swift to catch +Don't pay to chase the joint, you can't light the match +And everybody knows I'm too quick to flip the latch +It ain't many that can even say they been attached + +[Repeat Hook] + +[Missy rapping - Verse Three] +I heard a lotta yall runnin' runnin' 'round +Ain't none of yall this supa dupa fly +Supa Dupa as I +Fly, fly across the sky +Cut you like pie +Me and, me and MC Lyte +Cuz you wack +Straight from the jump, yea you wack +Better get back +I can't I can't fuck wit' that +I ain't sayin' jack +I'mma just smack you 'cross your face so deep that you'll never talk back + +[Repeat Hook] + +[Missy talking - Verse Four] +Why you up in my business +Find something better to do +Why you talkin' 'bout me +I ain't said shit about you (uh) +Forgive me for my attitude +But I got something to say +Yall better not fuck with me +Cuz I had a bad day +Ficky-ficky check me out +Uh uh, uh (repeats through chorus) +************************************************** +Absolutely Positively.....Practical JokesI play practical jokes, just to get a laugh (ha hah) +I put roaches in my neighbor's bubblebath +But anyway one day she called upon me +She said, "Lyte - it's an emergency!" +My next door neighbor had an errand to run +I said, "Why Ms. Davis - ask your son" +She said, "Ricky's at his grandmother's" +I said, "Well what about Tommy, the younger brother?" +She said, "See, umm, he's at the pharmacy" +I said, "He'll be back soon how much longer could it be?" +She said, "C'mon please, it's just a trip uptown +If you leave right now you'll be back before sundown +Hurry up, there's not a moment to spare +It absolutely positively has to get there" +Umm, I contemplated then I played a good Samaritan +I started the car, then she threw the package in + + It absolutely positively has to get there + (Get there?) + It absolutely positively has to get there + (Well then send it Federal Express!) + It absolutely positively has to get there + (It gotta get there?) + It absolutely positively got to get there! + (Yo who you rushin?) + +Pumpin out the music on the FDR +Not far behind me was a DT car +So I eased up selector, 55 the digit +But on the FDR, 40 is the limit +Here they come, sirens on +I could see myself in jail til the break of dawn +But they rolled right by it wasn't me they was after +A little red corvette, they was tryin to capture +Dread I feel sweat so I set down my jacket +Look up ahead, now that's what I call traffic +Dipped to an exit and I made my way through +Couldn't believe when I hit first avenue +On a Honda's ass, just about to crash +Looked at the gauge and the shit said NO GAS +Zero, nada, nothing in here see +In car terms the shit was on empty +Got out, and pushed the shit to the side +Hailed a cab, then I caught a quick ride +To the house of inflation, yes the gas station +Gave a little tip to show my appreciation +Got back to the ave where I left my car +It wasn't there, but it couldn't have gone far +Hot damn, I must have got towed +Tried to figure out how much money I owed +Went to the pound and I paid my debt +Think that was the worst? You ain't heard nuttin yet +Bumped into that crackhead Sam I used to see +And like always, hand out, give me money +In my tank was a dollar's worth of gas +I had to get an ? machine fast + + It absolutely positively has to get there + (Get there?) + It absolutely positively got to get there + (What?) + It absolutely positively got to get there + (Well send it some way else) + It absolutely positively has to get there + +As I left the bank to walk back to the BM +Couldn't believe what my eyes were seein +Looked at the back tire, it was flate +While the other three, were SO DAMN FAT +A brother walked by and offered his help +Ordinarily I woulda did the shit myself +But he, changed it quick, so I passed him a ten +Here I go on this journey again +Went to the gas station, to fill it up +When a crackhead from nowhere grabbed the pump +I said, "LOOK, I don't need your help today" +And I scared the motherfucker and he was on his way +Oops, a cat, SHIT, scrat! +Fur on my tires, and all that +What's this, a stroke of bad luck? +But at this point, I don't even give a fuck +I got to get the package to the destination +No matter what the confrontation +I arrive, bag in my hand +Lookin for a woman named Pam +She opened the bag it was wrapped tight and snug +But in that bag yo, in that bag +45, guess what? (What was it Lyte?) +It was a box of q-tips .. a box of fuckin q-tips man!!! + {*laughter*} +************************************************** +Mickey Slipper[Lyte] Ready? +[guy] No +[Lyte] Oh! +[Lyte] *whistling Scrappy Doo* Puppy, power! +[Lyte] *beatboxing like a pro* +[guy] Okay, hello! +[Lyte] Watch your drin.. WHAT? Watch your drink! + No no.. I think I'm too late, am I too late? + +Hit it! +I'm coolin in the sun, on a beach in the cabana +Sippin on some vodka in a glass with Tropicana +I'm chillin and I'm chompin on a turkey shish-ka-bob +Too far from work to hear the phone ring at the job +Men in bikinis, G-strings should I say +Waitin for the daddy-LONG-one to come my way +Here he comes now, I feel I start to sweat +Blunder but I wonder just how wet will I get +He offers me his hand, of COURSE you know I take it +Until he tells me that he wants to swim a little naked +My eyes are bulgin, I black out, damn it's black as tar +Woke up I don't know when, sittin at the bar +I know it's hard to follow, the story's kinda tricky +What I didn't know was somebody slipped a Mickey +Into my drink, which caused a fantasy +And somehow slapped me back into reality! +Wish I had another Mickey I'd go back for a quickie +Find the daddy-long-one that was SURELY tryin to get me +This just goes to show, you must stop and think +When you're out partyin, never leave your drink.. +WORD! +************************************************** +Like That AnnaAin't no other, this is me and this is it +Don't got to get the crowbar to get you up off of my shit +I don't know why though, they try to compare me +Did not you know that you can't get NEAR me +So don't fuck up when identifying the voice +You know from A to Z, I'm a first choice +The Y to the T, surrounded by the L and the E +Put it together and you got Lyte the MC +Deep, deep, deeper than the vein +Of the membrane, squish it, put your ass to sleep +I got octaves, not to sing but to rap so +Give me dap, perhaps admit, that I'm all that +The shit that I write huh, surely chart climbers +Don't try to run, because your mom'll come and find ya +Getcha, gotcha, getcha gotcha getcha gotcha +Break ya break ya punk and fuck that ass in two's +It's like that anna, it's like that anna +I'm not the funny fat one they call Roseanne-ah +************************************************** +Playgirls Play[Intro:] +Do it, do it, do it, MC Lyte +Do it, do it, do it, MC Lyte +Do it, do it, do it, MC Lyte +Do it, do it, do it, MC Lyte + +[Verse 1:] +Ain't a damn thing changed +You know my name +East coast represent +Watch me do my thing +I'm the female chronic slash gin and tonic +Fuck Johnny Blaze, I'm Johnny Mnemonic +I'm a floss with it +Take it way past the limit +Go back 6 years and throw some G funk in it +MC Lyte long as the money green collect +This is for my dogs hittin' switches in the projects +East side and the west side +Indeed I spit it with finesse right +L's for love me, Y for "why front?" +T's for truth, E's the exotic flavor you bounce to + +[Chorus:] +Lyte is... Brooklyn flavor that'll always be fresh +Lyte is... paid in full I keep my benjamins +Flippin' outfits twice a day +Plus a milked out coupe to push around the way +Grants stacking up every day all day +That's just the way playgirls play + +[Verse 2:] +I'm the ultimate intergalactic spectacular +Funk mistress as creamy as Swiss Miss +Hot chocolate I'm the topic, go cop it +Broken microphones cause I rocked it +Who that Lyte? True that, right? +I'm the perfect role model for keepin' your game tight +After this I'm spending four Gs tonight +Cuz money made in the dark comes to the Lyte +Recognize through them blood shot eyes +Think my lyrical skills ain't ill you be surprised +Hypnotized by my Brooklyn vibe +Or we can take it out to Queens where Cool J resides + +[Chorus] (2x) + +[Verse 3:] +You're transparent incoherent +Oh you don't know that word +Let me make it more apparent +I sit on chrome stake up chips run up charts +Break up schemes cause wet dreams +Engine engine number 9 on the NY transit line +If you want that flavor back +Lyte it up, Lyte it up, Lyte it up +Who am I? L Y T E +How fly? Oh I'm real jiggy +It's no puzzle how I through the muzzle on the mic +Cuff your CD make it spin all night +I got what you like you like what I got +Hotter than gun shots hotter than most blocks +Hot hot hot to the touch pop the clutch +I won't stop +Larger than life, the most jiggiest +Rippin all the mics apart +I'm gettin' busy +It's all about the cheddar +Nobody do the body better +Never sour but flow like an Amaretta +It's the Lyte y'all, I'm about to take flight +Brooklyn zone got it locked up tight +Show biz your biz doe biz my biz +There it is + +[Chorus] +************************************************** +FireYeah, I heard somebody say fire +Y'all want heat, here go heat, right here +Lyte the MC, Neb Luv, show them what heat's got + +Yeah, we spittin' venom in 'em, whether it's men or women +I kill 'em like the ? and dismiss 'em at the minimum +I'm leavin' 'em twisted like a braid, glow like a fade +My lyric cut your spirit like a swiss army switchblade +The more in my cup, the more dangerous +More that I bust, they call me angel dust +I'm heat proof, flip a nigga off their feet +Then creep the streets and ? underneath +The skin off the bone, how I burn a MC +Stop, look and listen, and learn from me +I got that fi-i-i-ire, get lost and pay the cost +Get tossed, that's your only option +You're locked in cause I'm blockin' your oxygen +I'm knockin' your chin, rockin' your noggin +I'm rollin' with Foxx and them +Bitches better quit before Lyte hit, fuck what you thought +Niggas gettin' caught + +Heat scorchin', torchin' +Set it off, let it blow often, better use caution +Fi-i-i-ire, get you up in the club and get the drinks tossin' +Yo, fuck ? +Heat scorchin', torchin' +Set it off, let it blow often, better use caution +Fi-i-i-ire, get you up in the club and get the drinks tossin' +Yo, fuck ? + + [Neb Luv] +I breathe through, bleed through +The track, you suckers are see-through +React with a mack, you're fake, I could read through +Like buck, youse a soft crook +But look twisted and catch your heart hook +The street, plus my niggas gotta eat like kings +This chick carry heat supreme +?, sinister, make you a believer +Conniving industry cats be lying, spying +On the sick chick, with them sick hits +No, here's a sick tip, keep this your business +Music addictive, ?, voice +Layin' the cuts in the Royce five four +Flow like C4 through your door +Hit ya open like pores, bang baby get you on the floor +You know how it is when you move till your sore +Nothing but the bubbly, ain't nobody poor + +Heat scorchin', torchin' +Set it off, let it blow often, better use caution +Fi-i-i-ire, get you up in the club and get the drinks tossin' +Yo, fuck ? +Heat scorchin', torchin' +Set it off, let it blow often, better use caution +Fi-i-i-ire, get you up in the club and get the drinks tossin' +Yo, fuck ? + +Burnin' MC's at 99.9 degrees +With flows like these I keep 'em on they knees +Torturin', they sit motionless +After they feel the dust they can't get with us +I'm razor sharp, comin' for your main artery +It ain't hard for me, it ain't hard to see this +Fi-i-i-ire + + [Neb Luv] +Blaze like inferno, injure internal +Damn right, Neb and Lyte crew will hurt you +Suffocate the body like heat wave we'll work you +Till you're purple, till you feel the pain +I'm a shine, keep it live, baby feel the flame + +From top to bottom, cut 'em, gutter, we got 'em +Do 'em like the ?, leave the rest for rock and I swear +It ain't no calm for us in here, we got the fi-i-i-ire nigga + +Heat scorchin', torchin' +Set it off, let it blow often, better use caution +Fi-i-i-ire, get you up in the club and get the drinks tossin' +Yo, fuck ? +Heat scorchin', torchin' +Set it off, let it blow often, better use caution +Fi-i-i-ire, get you up in the club and get the drinks tossin' +Yo, fuck ? +************************************************** +K-Rock’s the Man[K-Rock] +Is it a crime - because it's my time to bust a rhyme +A dope line to make the crowd behind me climb +And then twine to a tune that Milk produced +To make the party people get loose +On the dancefloor, so don't try to hide +Cause I designed the rhyme that make your back-bone slide +To the music, cause it's uplifting +Some may try, but they can't get with this +But it's nothing for y'all to compete with +It's just some smooth shit that's legit +To make you get up when you're at a party +And move.. your.. sexy.. body +Up, down, side to side, around +Come one, come all, come see what we found +A way for y'all to work out y'all frustrations +And groove with the band.. K-Rock's the Man + +Now hurry hurry, step right up +To my sideshow, and watch how my rhymes flow +I let my galant talent illuminate +So give three cheers for, K-Rock the Great +Don't debate, the votes are castin +This is one race that I could never come last in +Boy you know that the K don't play +You can't step to me, don't sleep on a DJ +K-Rock, because blockheads I knock +And rock the sock into a state of shock +That's how it's supposed to be +And that goes for those who step close to me +So when you see me, show respect +Cause I met get upset and cold strip and snap the necks +Of all of those who don't understand +That K-Rock.. K-Rock's the Man +************************************************** +Art Of Rap FreestyleFace off 'cause your shit is twisted +Screw off your mouth 'cause this chick is gifted +I stay whippin' in something you never seen +Ain't into flossin' but I could put it on some +Call 'em at the crib +Tell 'em you just lost 1, 2 & 3 +I'm about to run a Boston +On son, how come I'm on one? +I'm born free, you born dumb +I pack a fortune +My time is too much for what it's costing +Hear any chick on the mic, you know I taught 'em +What you just might get +Is a chick that spit that wiz priceless +I made a decision to play my position +And this is the place in my life +Where I start delivering, you know why? +This game ain't got nothing on me +None after, none before me +I put the work in, I want the glory +Here's my chance to tell my story +************************************************** +Ride Wit Me (clean edit)Lytro, yeah, hm, yo +Yeah, fuck the rest be, nobody can test me +Rich like Nestle, thick like Wesley +Snipe out, I'm the type that be about +Crashin' up in ya joint and knockin' the lights out +Feelin' lovely, trust me, I'm drug free +Only chewed on bringing out the thug in me +'cause you sittin' on my nerves, when we've already heard +That garbage, played-out crap you call rap +Some chicks say they love that, well I'm above that +Calling me a ? ? ? it's two, double O two +And my crew roll thick like BIG +Act up, and be puttin' that ass to sleep +You got nothing for me, been there, smelt the dope and +Rollin' with the shelter, making niggas jail free +Like a Luger, I spit thick shit +That a leave ya squad sick, 'cause I ran up in this shit + +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brotha, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brother, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me + +Still got the little frame with the big name +Watch it change 'cause, nah nigga, we ain't in the same gang +We walk different and we talk a different slang +You a sidekick, and I'm a four point six range +You a one roof flat, I'm fifty acres of land +In Jamaica with your man laid up, gettin' a tan +Thought you knew, I'm overdue +And you're overrated so cats are over you +I inspired you, come on now, no way +? that rumour, the consumer won't believe it anyway +Never play with the messenger, Head on Joan of Arc +When I'm coming through these parts like just cut the dark +I'm a trendsetter, go getter, bringer back +'cause I'm fed up, ready to get a set up +Oh you scurred, vision blurred +'cause I serve these words +And pitch them bitches with a curse + +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brotha, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brother, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me + +Yo what I'm sayin I've been layin' waitin' for the right situation +New York hawk city playin', back in the BK bomber +Niggas in the hood call me Lyte +But brothers call me Lana Moorer the high scorer +Play fool if you want to, we closin' after quarter +I started it and I shut the shit down +Sit down, don't nobody move, I'm making haters quit now +Been a long time coming but I'm running with the torch +Race, got a lot a rats but I can't be caught, or bought +'cause I won't sell out, that's why me and the big dogs, we fell out +Not with a major, but I'm still major league +Crash ya dome with this ? then watch your nose bleed +You want it, you can get it anytime +'cause I got many lines for niggas of any kind, you know me + +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brotha, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brother, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me + +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brotha, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me +Holla, get crunk, get live with me +Brother, don't make you as fly as me +Gotta get yo' ass up and vibe with me +Come on ride with me, come on ride with me +************************************************** +I Cram to Understand U (1990 remix)[ VERSE 1 ] +I used to be in love with this guy named Sam +I don't know why, cause he had the head like that of a clam +But you couldn't tell me nothin, cause Sam was number one +Cause to me, oh my gosh, he was one in a million +I shoulda knew the consequences right from the start +That he'd use me for my money, and then break my heart +But like a fool in love I fell for his game +But I got mine, so I show no shame +In Empire winked his eye, and then he kept walkin +And all of those who live in Brooklyn know just what I'm talkin +The roller disco where we all used to go +Just to have some fun back in 1981 +You know the place, Empire Boulevard +Is where I first saw the nigga, and he tried to play hard +But I knew the deal, cause I knew his brother Jerry +And Sam, he just broke up with his girlfriend Terry +So Jerry introduced Sam and I that night +He said, "Hello, my name is Sam" I said, "Hi, my name is Lyte" +We dipped and we dapped and we chit and we chat +About this and that, from sneakers to hats +He said, "Look, I'm in the mood for love +Simply because you're near me" +(Let's go) To my house, lay back and get nice +Watch television, Reunite On Ice +I said, "Slow down, I know you wanna shake me down +But I'm not one of the girls to go rippin around" + +(Just like a test +Ju-just like a test +Ju-just like a test +I cram to understand you) + +[ VERSE 2 ] +Next month I finally went to his house +I walked into the door, there was a girl on the couch +I said, "Who's the frog, the bump on the log? +You chump, you punk, how could you do me wrong? +Singing sad songs about your love is so strong" +You said, "Wait Lyte, you're confused, the girl is my cousin" +Your brother agreed, but later she said that she wasn't + +(Just like a test +Ju-just like a test +Ju-just like a test +I cram to understand U) + +[ VERSE 3 ] +Forgotten, next month we went to the Deuce +Well, I thought it kinda strange cause you had lots of juice +You knew the dopes, the pushers, the addicts, everybody +Asked ya how you met em, said you met em at a party +Then these girls tried to tell me you were sellin the stuff +I said, "It's not your business, so shut the fuck up" +They said, "Okay Lyte, think what you wanna think +But it's gon' be some shit when your man becomes a -" +I said, "Look, to bust a move, I don't even know you +To put it Lyte, I really don't care to" +They kinda got mad and sort of offended +They said, "We only lookin out for yo best interest" +I said, "Thanks but no thanks" in an aggravated tone +"When I wanna find out, I find out on my own" + +(Just like a test +Ju-just like a test +Ju-just like a test +I cram to understand U) + +[ VERSE 4 ] +Then my cousin said she saw you with this lady named C +Well I'm clawin my thoughts, I wonder who she could be +You're spending all your time with her and not a second with me +They say you spend your money on her and you're with her night and day +Her name starts with a C and it ends with a k +I strain my brain lookin for a name to fit this spellin +But I just couldn't do it cause my heart kept yellin +Burning, begging for affection from you, Sam +But just like a test I cram to understand you +Thought I knew you well enough to call you a man +But (Just like a test +Ju-just like a test +Ju-just like a test +I cram to understand you) + +[ VERSE 5 ] +Then it came a time you started looking kinda thin +I asked you why, you said, "Exercise, tryina stay slim" +I bought it, even though I knew it was a lie +Cause it really didn't matter, you were still lookin fly +But oh no, oh no, you started askin me for money +Butter me up, beg me and call me your honey +So I gave you 2 yards, and then I gave you one more +You picked up your jacket and you flew out the door +You came back an hour later and you asked me for a 10 +I said, "I only got a 20", you said, "Give me that, then" +I said, "Nope, I'll tell you now, you better stop slobbin +Find you a job, or you better start robbin" +So I stepped off with a giant step +Picked up my belongings, and I just left +And now I see you in Empire every Sunday +Juicin the girls up for some money and a lay +But every time I see you doin it, I just ruin it +Tell em how ya on crack, smoke, sniff, and chewin it +And as for this girl, Miss C, oh well +I was shocked as hell when I heard, Samuel +When your homeboys told me, I almost went wack +That the girl you was addicted to, her name was Crack +************************************************** +Assaholic Anonymous (Interlude)A lot of men need to go to A.A +And not A.A. as in Alcoholics Anonymous +But A.A. as in Assaholics Anonymous +'Cause a lot of men are straight addicted to ass +These are the men that, no matter what +Can't see past a woman's butt +These are the men that will lose their jobs for ass +Drop out of school for ass +Diss their friends for ass +And even wreck their cars while looking at ass +Damn ass-drunk drivers +These are the men that are so addicted to ass +That they'll always make butt statements +Like "The woman's personality is wack, BUT she's got much backs" +Or "The woman's breath is kinda hummin', BUT she's got a plump ol' onion" +Taa-dow! +So much so that they for get about such things as +Personality, spirituality, compatibility, and metaphysicality +'Cause they're straight assaholics +And like I said, they need to take their butts to Assaholics Anonymous +And cure their dumb asses, BUTT... +************************************************** +This Emcee (Interlude)My my my my my my ghetto... +My ghetto got pimps and pushers and big money makers +And shakers and fakers and all the crack makers +And they all live in a place that you and I call the hood +They be up to no good + +My ghetto got beats and bootys and cars and ghetto stars +9x9 with steel bars +Pigs roll around leaving bruises and scars +Rolling the dutches and Philly cigars +Boom + +[Chorus: MC Lyte & Milk Dee] +This emcee, she gets down +Float into hip hop all throughout the town +When I come through the door +Better let me in +Or I'll huff and puff and blow the sucker right in + +They wanna tag me, bag me, put they nose in it +I suppose with it, they could get close to it +Most wanna hit it but won't admit it +'Cause if they got to it, they would roast in it +Wanna toast to it, go coast to coast in it +Boast about it, most will shout it +Post re-route it [?] others will doubt it +Ooh, holy cow, look I'm holy now +Profile with style +Meanwhile, I hold it down +Over by the Beacon +Folks, they be peeping out who be creeping +Seeking who be freaking +Often they be leaking +What they believe in +Thoughts are misleading, deceiving +Can't blame it on the rain or the champagne +Or the red white, can't blame it on the hard times +Blame it on the nookie +Awww, sookie sookie +Radio suckers never played me +In the mix now, loving me lately +Once again back is the incredible +Rhyme animal, MC cannibal + +[Chorus] + +You're on the good ship lollipop +It's a sweet trip to the candy shop +You're on the good ship lollipop +It's a sweet trip to the candy shop +You're on the good ship lollipop +It's a sweet trip to the candy shop +************************************************** +Another Dope IntroYo who is it? + Yo Lyte it's Epic, you got time to chill? +Nah umm, sorry I ain't got no time to chill +But I got umm.. + +Skins, skins, every now and then +I meet a Peter with a pecker that tries to be in +Because my tongue is the mind of a ReadyWriter +Like Chuck D said, I'm a rhyme fighter +No there is no other, because I'm smooth like butter +Or should I say Parkay, butter - Parkay +Butter - Parkay, fuck it anyway +Yo, you get the rhythm (What the rhythm?) that I'm promotin +And if not, I say it in slow motion +L.... Y.... yeah.... T.... E.... +Uhh! ("There it is") +************************************************** +Lyte Tha MC Pt. 2Don't get it twisted, I'm still unlisted +And that Shyne from Bad Boy, I'm still bumpin' it +Yeah, me and my music, we's a custom fit +It's that noise you bring, I can't do nothing with it +When I ball through your hood it's like something hit +It's remarkable, never heard this flow before, uh +Like to keep it fresh, gotta keep it raw +Maad Phunk got beats and Lyte's got lyrics, uh +Can't you hear it, all go for the spirit +Ain't no maiden, they broke the mould when they made me +BK baby in navy looking shapely +They tried to follow but they can't copy me +And when they do it done, huns do it sloppily +I got joints for the street, joints for the club +Joints for radio, hits to rub it up +No one can do it like I do it when I broke through + +You can't touch me, don't you see, Lyte as a rock +I'm the one you been tryna please, Lyte the MC nigga +Roll back you get swoll back, I'm tryna breathe, I am the Lyte now +For all you fake ass Lyte MC's, Lyte the MC, there's only one me baby + +Don't get messed up +I just got back but you still gon' have to catch up +I make 'em fess up +I'm proud, when I walk up in the room I keep my chest up +I never lost, I never lose, I never will cause I'm ill +And know it, I got skills +You leave this here up to the pioneers +Fall back, play it rear, every year's my year, yeah +BK set it and I will have to debt it +If you challenge me, can't a nigga silence me +You too little, too late to try and rest, uh +We don't even really care what's on your wrist +Keep it to yourself +These heads barely got enough to buy your little CD off the shelf +What's the result, they go broke +While you screamin' bout ya 22's, gleamin' in your shiny boat +Say it if you're hot, we gon' see it if you're not + +You can't touch me, don't you see, Lyte as a rock +I'm the one you been tryna please, Lyte the MC +Roll back you get swoll back, I'm tryna breathe, I am the Lyte now +For all you fake ass Lyte MC's, Lyte the MC, there's only one me baby + +I lays tracks and leave behind the rookies +Outdance the majors, they thought they shook me +I'm hook be, hip-hop's my aphrodisiac +Never catch me in no sleazy act, I ain't a easy act +Spit hotness on tracks, all day I'm the cure +Spit fire, bring heat to ya floor +Bang lyrics till our chin be sore, my word is all I have +Nasty is the craft, dark flow the half +Gotta love it when we all come through because +You is me and I is you, listen +Reppin' for the hood, gotta give 'em a taste +Step them onto the stage, feel the embrace +Only here cause you let me, now you cool cause you met me +Here's the goods babe, don't forget me +Lytro, two feet, now bust a leak + +You can't touch me, don't you see, Lyte as a rock +I'm the one you been tryna please, Lyte the MC nigga +Roll back you get swoll back, I'm tryna breathe, I am the Lyte now +For all you fake ass Lyte MC's, Lyte the MC, there's only one me baby +************************************************** +Jordan Effect[Verse 1: MC Lyte] +I like giving life to the mic boards +Like MJ give crack to back boys +Notice I'm focused +To perfection, I'm the closest +The best and you know this +Try not and I become the coldest +Giving dudes the cold shoulders +I'm like the water in my daughters +And they clear like roaches +When I step through they get treated and stepped to +Like my nephew and my nieces +You should hold on to them Jesus pieces +Like your life's dependent on it you should be offended +No one opposes and walks away with the winnings +Not when I got my black and white with the Crimson, high + +[Hook: MC Lyte] +Y'all don't wanna mess with us +We can't be stopped, we can't be touched +No matter how hard they try, Jordan brand stay fly +Tell them haters bye bye + +[Verse 2: MC Lyte] +Listen, above and beyond, we on +We interlace like laces and it may sound basic, but we strong +We interlock like chains, that represent the pain +Hard work to sustain what we gain +We made to create, and others are made to hate +We overcome the dumb nonsense that awaits +Thou shall not forsake the game +I am to bring pain to those who misuse my name +A heavyweight moving at a steady pace +To say he's great, a huge understatement +Wait, man, Jordan effect is what you facing +The man, the shoe, the brand, it's amazing + +[Hook] +************************************************** +King of RockI knew a girl that couldn’t tell time without a digital clock +She was out on the block slinging rocks +In pursuits of the cream cheese papers +Smoked mad lace and she swung many capers +Trying to make a dollar out of 15 cents +But before she made a twenty, ten cent got spent +She smokin’ but bad times got good +When she met an OG from the neighborhood +Now all is well, though her life is a living hell +She doesn’t know it, ‘cause her pockets don’t show it +Her nigga complies with all of her wishes +She feels like a queen but looks like a fiend +Know what I mean +She couldn’t get her lips off the pipe not yet +And it won’t last long, wanna make a bet + +[Chorus:] +She smokin’ that rock, sellin’ that rock +Smokin’ and sniffin’ and sellin’ that rock +Smokin’ that rock +There is none higher, higher + +I knew a nigga had a car and some weed +He figured this was the only way that he could succeed +He proceed to let the greed prevail +Not long ago he made his very first crack sale +Now he’s large and in charge +He got four, five, six, six, six cars in the garage +It doesn’t matter how he got it +Long as his keys stay heavy and his pockets stay knotted +Whath he didn’t know is he would meet a hoe +Who would smoke sun to sun +I call her verse one +She get that nigga for everything he got +‘Cause she snippin’ that and he’s sellin’ that + +[Chorus] + +He met her around the way +Smoothe as oil of Olay +He didn’t know what to say +Eventually they would lay +She wanted a hit and I ain’t talkin’ ‘bout no smack on the ass +I tried to tell her that the high won’t last +She wouldn’t listen, mind over matter +But her world was shattered +So the matter ruled over her mind +Every time she’s trippin’ ain’t a figure of speech +She be trippin’ every day of the week +Not only does he want in now he wants to be down +So he snippin’ blow too now +************************************************** +Zodiac (The Deep Sign remix)Libra, Cancer Gemini, Pisces, what's your zodiac sign +Aries Aquarius, Taurus, Sagitarius, Leo, Virgo +Capricorn, Scorpio, when were you born, What's your sign + +One zero the month of the year +I'm not a hero but I come when in despair +I float like the wind, the mighty air sign +When I use my mind its not hard to find +Those who would not like to see me fly +Rather step on my wings and watch me die +But that can never be I use my skills +Postitive, negative energy male and female +Emotions within me Leo, Aquarius compatibility +Also Gemini but I got four eyes for one set of twins +I look deep within +Often distracted by pretty little things +Like the wings of an angel or the song they may sing +Argumentative but I hate confrontation +Ruled by Venus and starked with hesitation +Procrastincator, never an instigator +You wanna riff homie I'll see you later +Sapphire, My type of jewel +I turn on one who thinls he knows me too well +Like the water barrier with the million dollar smile +Flowing like the Nile or the waters from the Panama canal +Pisces a fabulous catch +They remain detached +Yet to find a match +Don't lose your breath waiting to exhale, I shall prevail +Weighing souls on the scale +Follow me as we take this trip through astrology +The galaxy from Pluto to Mercury +What ya gonna do when the planets line up +Your time is up and your city blows up +Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear none +I'm at one with the sun till I'm done +Astrologically speaking on the track +Dropping solar facts about the zodiac +The sun and the mooon and the stars +Make up the universe Earth is not far from the planet Mars +Virgo the virgin running from the twins +Stung by the Scorpio running through the Lions den +Ram with legs of a crab +With the half man half horse waiting in the past +Of course if you check the math its all symbolical +Horoscopes are purely logic + +Libra, Cancer Gemini, Pisces, what's your zodiac sign +Aries Aquarius, Taurus, Sagitarius, Leo, Virgo +Capricorn, Scorpio, when were you born, What's your sign +************************************************** +Intro 2[KRS-One] +Turn it up +Turn it up yo +Turn it up +This is it +************************************************** +Two Seater[Chorus] +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater + +[Verse 1] +Yeah, I'm startin' out early on a Saturday night +It's six, my gear is fixed and I'm feelin' alright +My profile from my Z as pretty as can be +Get out your shit and come ride with me, yeah +What's up, baby? You headed my way? +I'm off to the Westside to hit the highway +So park your Jeep hеre and get in my ride +You'll bе well taken care of once you're inside +I got automatic locks, newly installed shocks +To care of the bumps as we ease over the rocks +I got the what, huh, the boomin' sound system +To take you in your ears to another dimension +As I listen, to whatever you got to speak +I'm pumpin' you over smoothed out beats +Now rock the boat, sugar, but don't you tip it over +I used to get busy in the back of my mom's Nova +But now it's all about you +Still, you can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater + +[Chorus] +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater +(Say what, say what, say what) +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater +(Say what, say what, say what) +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater +(Say what, say what, say what) + +[Verse 2] +They all know that I'm scorchin' hot +I'm too much as I rock your knot, they try to keep in touch +But I keep 'em at a distance +I know their resistance is low 'cause I got the stuff that's good to go +You could come see me and observe +How I kick a hors d'oeuvre, first come, first served +(Come watch me now) +In the twilight, I hit the highlight to read the captions +To exactly who I'm waxin' +I kick it all the way to fifth before I downshift +Four, three, two, one, as I cap my gift (Blast off) +I'm ready for the type of action that can only happen +In my ride while I'm rappin' +I'm ready to get it on and do the do +Still you can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater (Hit it) + +[Chorus] +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater +(Say what, say what, say what) +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater +(Say what, say what, say what) +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater + +[Verse 3] +Now, ridin' down the ave, it's about that time (Time) +Rain and grime, my shit still shine (Shine) +I got what you call an itching for a scratch +Ready to reattach then lock my latch +I got my shades down low as a listen to the beat flow +Yeah, and I let down my window +I got a blackberry tree hanging from my rearview +Baby, put there to tempt you (Yeah, baby) +When in L.A., I hit the 110 in my friend's Benz +'Cause the ride never ends +But right now, I'm chillin' in the East +Where the only harbor is beauty running from the beast +As I dip dive, down the I-95 +Hit Phatlanta, do you wanna take a ride? (Ride, ride) +I'm fixin' to get wit' you +But there's only room for two, gotta leave behind the crew (True dat) +Looking good, your eyes twinkle like a star +Have to say it, you remind me of my car as I play it +Mary J. CD, singin' I wanna be happy, but not with K-Ci +I need a man that don't mind ridin' shotgun +Let me control this, it could be fun +You keep it real, I'll let you touch my steering wheel +Still you can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater +(Hit it, baby) + +[Chorus] +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater +(Say what, say what) +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater +(Say what) +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater +(Say what, say what, say what) +If you wanna ride good life, baby +You can't smoke the weed-a in my two seater + +[Outro] +Bentley, droptop, ridin' good life, baby +In the two seater +You can't smoke in the two seater +Yeah, ridin' good life, ha +I know you jealous, ha +Ha, I know you wish you had this, ah, yeah +Ridin' good life, yeah, ridin' +************************************************** +Intro 1[KRS-One] +Yo what up +Its the blast master KRS-One +And I'm chilling in Brooklyn +Now we come down right now to let you know +That MC Lyte is not to be fucked with +This album will bring nothing but the lyrical terrorism and hardcore beats +So come down MC Lyte +Because you alone run the dancehall (?) +************************************************** +Radio’s Nightmare (Interlude)With a uh-uh here +A uh-uh there +Here a huh, there a huh +Everywhere a uh-uh +MC Lyte, she had a jam +Sam I am, I cram to understand +Now how many licks +Does it take for you to get +From the center of my clit +To the tops of my tits +Aww, shit +Did I see spit? +Can't forget +Easy to get with +Now lickety my [?] +Let's make it fit like a ball in a mitt +It's hot +Now drop it to the bottom of the pit +Like the bottom of the pot +Is filled with some thick shit +But what's you hit it +It's too legit to quit +Let's seek out the loser from the winner +Though the winner doesn't always +Have to start as a beginner +[?] I am humpin and bumpin and [?] +All over the jam +You're everything that I thought you were and more +Now watch it swing three inches from the floor +You're the bomb I know, baby, like a monstar +But I can't get your feet out the back of my [?] +************************************************** +Ice Cream Dream (Remix)[Intro: Jermaine Dupri & MC Lyte] +Check it +("I am the Lyte") +I got a remix for ya +("I am the Lyte") +Yeah, I got a remix for ya +(My ice cream dream, mhm) +("I am the Lyte") +I got a remix for ya +("I am the Lyte") +(Yeah, my ice cream dream) +("I am the Lyte") +I got a remix for ya +(Just the way I like it) +Check it + +[Chorus: Lisa Keith] +Smooth and rich, it's so true of us +Dreams of you, me in a... +Ice cream dream +Take a scoop, it's so tasty +Don't keep me waiting +Ice cream dream + +[Post-Chorus: Sample] +Clap your hands, everybody, come on +Clap your hands, clap your hands + +[Verse 1: MC Lyte] +Sweet dreams, from this don't wake me +You couldn't even if you tried to shake me +What do ya want ‘cause I’m in a deep sleep +No nightmare here, dear, I’m talking chocolate treat +Slick and slippery, thick it’s gotta be +It’s mandatory that I make him a part of me +I'll make the dream last ‘cause it seems +I can only have him, in my ice cream dream + +[Chorus: Lisa Keith & (MC Lyte)] +Smooth and rich, it's so true of us +Dreams of you, me in a... +Ice cream dream +Take a scoop, it's so tasty +Don't keep me waiting (My ice cream dream) +Ice cream dream (Yeah) + +[Post-Chorus: Jermaine Dupri & Sample] +Clap your hands, everybody, come on +Here we go +Clap your hands, clap your hands +Check it out + +[Verse 2: MC Lyte] +Sweet as candy, a physique for show +I'ma let him know we can go toe for toe +Hip to hip, lip to lip, and then lock it +Big fat feet means big fat pockets +Trick or treat, tasty like pastry +Hmm, I wonder has he had any lately +Ready to hit it if you know what I mean +'Cause homie seems to be like an ice cream dream + +[Chorus: Lisa Keith, MC Lyte, Jermaine Dupri] +Smooth and rich, it's so true of us +Dreams of you, me in a... (So so funky) +Ice cream dream (Yeah) +Take a scoop, it's so tasty (Can you taste it, baby?) +Don't keep me waiting (Goody, goody) +Ice cream dream (Mhm) + +[Post-Chorus: Jermaine Dupri & Sample] +Clap your hands, everybody, come on +Yeah +Clap your hands, clap your hands + +[Verse 3: MC Lyte] +Dark, handsome, six feet tall +31 flavors, I believe he's got 'em all +Slippin' and slidin' and oozin' down the cone +Hope he doesn't melt before I get him home +Drip drop, come on, feed me, Seymour +Take some now, I know later there'll be more +We got the best, it seems you're the king +You’re the man in the picture of my ice cream dream + +[Chorus: Lisa Keith, MC Lyte, Jermaine Dupri] +(I got a remix for ya) +Smooth and rich, it's so true of us +Dreams of you, me in a... +(I got a remix for ya) (Mmm) +Ice cream dream (My ice cream dream) +(I got a remix for ya) +Take a scoop, it's so tasty +(Goody goody, goody goody) +Don't keep me waiting +(I got a remix for ya) +Ice cream dream (Uh) +Smooth and rich, it's so true of us +Dreams of you, me in a... +(You're the man, in the picture, of my ice cream dream) +Ice cream dream +Take a scoop, it's so tasty +Don't keep me waiting (Goody goody) +Ice cream dream + +[Interlude: MC Lyte & Jermaine Dupri] +Goody goody +Ha, here's a cone, take a lick +Yeah +("I am the Lyte") Uh-huh +("I am the Lyte") Ya know +("I am the Lyte") Goody goody +("I am the Lyte") Here's a cone, take a lick (Yeah) +("I am the Lyte") Uh-huh +("I am the Lyte") Yeah +("I am the Lyte") Uh-huh +Yeah (Mmm) + +[Verse 4: MC Lyte] +Smooth and rich, he's looking real nice +Cool as ice, but then again, not quite +This kind of honey is the type I like looking at +He could scoop me up twice 'cause he's all that +So I'ma ease up, no time to waste +Forget the chase, I’m prepared to get a taste +Licky here, licky there 'cause I like it +Too much to eat so I guess I'll...bite it + +[Chorus: Lisa Keith] +Smooth and rich, it's so true of us +Dreams of you, me in a... +Ice cream dream +Take a scoop, it's so tasty +Don't keep me waiting +Ice cream dream + +[Interlude: (Lisa Keith), Jermaine Dupri, MC Lyte] +(Ice cream) Lyte +(Dream) So So Def, in effect +(Ice cream) Yeah, he's my ice cream dream +(Dream) Uh (Yeah) Woo + +[Chorus: Lisa Keith & (MC Lyte)] +Smooth and rich, it's so true of us +(He's my ice cream dream) +Dreams of you, me in a... +Ice cream dream +(Yeah, my ice cream dream) +Take a scoop, it's so tasty +(Just the way I like it) +Don't keep me waiting +(Uh-huh) +Ice cream dream +Smooth and rich, it's so true of us +(Mmm, goody goody, goody goody) +Dreams of you, me in a... +Ice cream dream +Take a scoop, it's so tasty +(My ice cream dream, uh-huh) +Don't keep me waiting +Ice cream dream +************************************************** +Mickey Slipper (interlude)[lyte] ready? +[guy] no +[lyte] oh! +[lyte] *whistling scrappy doo* puppy, power! +[lyte] *beatboxing like a pro* +[guy] okay, hello! +[lyte] watch your drin.. what? watch your drink! +No no.. I think I'm too late, am I too late? + +Hit it! +I'm coolin in the sun, on a beach in the cabana +Sippin on some vodka in a glass with tropicana +I'm chillin and I'm chompin on a turkey shish-ka-bob +Too far from work to hear the phone ring at the job +Men in bikinis, g-strings should I say +Waitin for the daddy-long-one to come my way + +Here he comes now, I feel I start to sweat +Blunder but I wonder just how wet will I get +He offers me his hand, of course you know I take it +Until he tells me that he wants to swim a little naked +My eyes are bulgin, I black out, damn it's black as tar +Woke up I don't know when, sittin at the bar +I know it's hard to follow, the story's kinda tricky +What I didn't know was somebody slipped a mickey +Into my drink, which caused a fantasy +And somehow slapped me back into reality! +Wish I had another mickey I'd go back for a quickie +Find the daddy-long-one that was surely tryin to get me +This just goes to show, you must stop and think +When you're out partyin, never leave your drink.. +Word! +************************************************** +Everyday (Smoothed Over remix)Hook: +Every day I need my shit done in a special way everyday + +Off the top see me and want to serve +Just thinkin about what they need +Ain't that some nerve, now look here 24 hours and +7 whole days, I demand my respect +I demand my praise, everyday that I wake +I gotta have everything done with no mistakes +I take it incredibly slow don't try to rush me +No means no, I never said a no that meant yes +Other women get taken for granted +I guess I got a wish list that must be fulfilled +And you gets none until I get my toes sucked +And my eyebrows pluked +I need my car waxed and floor shellac +I need my back rubbed and da bubbled in the tub +That float to the bed so that we can make love + +Hook: +Every day I need my shit done in a special way everyday +Every day I need my shit done in a special way everyday + +It ain't to ask for when +I come off tour to have my truck washed +Or my body massaged, all the bills paid I send home +All my dough and you being my man it just ain't for show +All the lovey dovey yeah that is sweet +But honey bunny yeah gotta earn your keep + +But don't sleep cause I need a lot done + +And cold harded yeah check out whatever is clever +And get to stepping if you know somthing better +If not then respect whatcha got +Meanwhile I got a new tide at the lot +Pick it up and bring it back to the spot +This is how we do it this is how we do it everyday +I need it done in a special way baby, tell them how it goes + +Hook: +Every day I need my shit done in a special way everyday +Every day I need my shit done in a special way everyday + +On the real I need an man that understands me and +Realizes the reality. I'm in the m.c. industry which +Means I want to live lovely I gotta make money +Listen so never ask me to give it less then what I got +If it's too hot then raise up out my spot +If it's my trade I made up the black ace of spade +Alone in the world it's me ya can't fade +It's my life, I do it my way +You don't like my way, hit the highway +See I'm special not because I'm mc lyte, but because +I'm a women with the gift to bear life, it's done +Yes I've rested my case now run pick up my dermalogica +For my face this is how it goes down everyday +I need it done in a special way baby + +Hook: +Every day I need my shit done in a special way everyday +Every day I need my shit done in a special way everyday +************************************************** +One on One (Master Tee remix)Yeah! Uh! Uh yeah! Wooh! +Smooth, better than I've ever seen him +As I flip the Vibe Book +He's on the front page +Never Looking his age +He's all that and I'm all in +So let the games begin +Now I'ma give ya something +So you could get in to it +I got the side view so +I could watch it +You've been on my mind +But your're so hard to find +Hollywood's got a hold on +That behind +I ain't ashamed to play the game +Listen here I won't say no names +Put your ass out +Make your woman put your ass out +If you Knew that I was talking to you +You would pass out cause +I gave you bo type of indication and +If I did I was probably on the some medication +I got the hots for you +Daddy and I just begun +Lets do this- one on one + +Chorus: +One (8X) +I wanna play that game +One (8X) +Just you and me baby one on one +Half way acroos the world +I seen you at my show +Wit your girl +Back in italy but you +Are still into me +Causeif you are- +I'm here to let ya know +You don't have to be a superstar +For me and you to go far +Now I ain't never lied +You got the body of an angel +Bango, bango +Watch the bojangle from every angle +I'm clocking you honey +We could sign a prenup +I got my own money +I just wanna get to know you +A little better in the lyte +After dark +On the DL +Whatever +I wanna feel your muscle flex off your backbone +I got the jones and I can't leave you alone +I wanna rub your deltoid down to your bi-cep +Better late than never +And I'm sorry I slept but now I'm +Well awake and I'm ready for the fun +Let's do this- one on one +Chorus +Damn- the only brother make me look twice +Believe that baby +I wanna sacrifice +I'm on it- you couldn't shake me off +If you tried +No sleeping on the job and +I'm wide-eyed +I like the video you got out +The song is butter +Try to keep a clean head and my mind +Out the gutter +But it's hard- you bring out the best and the worst +If you way back when I +Would've let you hit it first +Love, its like water on the brain +Only you can tame this run away train +Last time I seen ya- geam in your eye +You was looking fly with your girl +By your side +Shit, I ain't trying take her place +I just wanna have your face +All up in my space +I got the hots for ya and I just begun +You and me baby- one on one +Chorus +Ha! Yeah! +Just you baby and me +One on one +************************************************** +Druglord Superstar (MILK. remix)Got a new gig, here you come again kid +Fresh out the dog, done did your bid +But you can't stay here no more +Not in this crib +Not with the foul way that you used to live +I remember you would take long trips on the first of the month +Not giving a f**k about what I want +Break -- uhh! Breathe lyte! Breathe! +The day that you left I spent mad dough trying to get shit fixed +Cause of your f**king death wish +Broken glass everywhere, cause a motherf**ka like you just didn't care +Got my shit shot up, had to buy a new body for my Benz, cause of your wild ass friends +Years ago when you started on the scene, back and forth smuggling shit from Caribbean +It was you and your boy Dunn, making them suicide runs +But it was all in fun till Dunn tried to run with half of your cut +Now your boss is looking at you saying "What the f**k is up?" +What's up? But you say, "F**k him" you could start your own ring and things +Besides you get a lot of peeps to swing +Now you got eight men working 7 days a week +2 be the runners, 5 on the street +1 be the side kick,, the right hand, you know the one that ride shotgun thinking he the man +They'd kill to be where you are, oh yeah! The druglord superstar +You got a new crib, new truck, new car +Trying to fit in, throwing parties for them big type rap stars +But on the other side of town, shit is getting hot, your man got shot +And they blew up your tree spot, on 125th and St. Nick, shit is getting thick +Your boy got caught in St. Martin with a brick, now he's exile +You down to 6 motherf**kas and 3 of them motherf**kas is nothing but suckas +I got feds at my door wanna know do I know a black +Now I ain't never called ya no shit like that, I'm fed up +I can't take it no more, you see I'm blazing at the next nigga knocking at my door +I heard you're on the run now, D is in the penile +Ratted your ass out and gave that what, when and how +They'd all kill to be where you are, the druglord superstar +They found a boy in the sand, it was Poppi your man with his eyes dug out and you must +Be soft +Heard they shot up your car and ransacked your loft, now you need a get away +A place to hide, cause your man done snitched on the inside +You was on the run like a slave aback in the days, you must have been nodding when +They said +"Crime don't pay" +I got a new gig, here you come again kid, fresh out the dog +Done did your bid but you can't stay here no more, not in this crib +Not with the foul way that you choose to live +Motherf**ka -- you know what/ +Just, just take your shit all right! Just take it! +Cause I'm sick of this shit - I can't take it no more +Just take it, I don't know who the f**k you think you are +Thinking you could just come back here and try to enter my life -- like I need you +I don't -- I'm thru with you motherf**ka +Just get out! You put me thru too much heartache +Too much shit +I had to go thru -- I can't do it no more \ No newline at end of file