Key: D minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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D- Square, he's down with us
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Keyboard Money Mike, is down with us
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I.C.U., you know he's down with us
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D- Nice and McBoo, they're
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Ms. Melodie, she's down with us
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Just- Ice and DMX, they're down with us
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My manager Moe, he's down with us
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Castle- D boy, he's down with us
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D.J. Red Alert,
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Makin' funky music is a must
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I'm number one.
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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People still takin' rappin' for a joke
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A passing hope or a phase with a rope
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Sometimes I choke and try to believe
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When I get challenged by a million MCs
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no- one would ever
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Think like I think and do what I do
Verse 3
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What do you think makes up a
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Ridiculous bass, aggravating treble
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Rebel, renegade, must stay paid
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Not by financial aid,
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but a raid of hits
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Causing me to take long trips
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I'm the original teacher of
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Rockin' off- beat with a smile
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yes some are not up to
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BDP Posse so I love to
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Step in the jam and slam
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I'm not Su perman, because anybody can
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Or should be able to rock off turntables
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Grab the mic, plug it in and begin
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But here's where the problem starts,
no heart
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Because of that a lot of groups fell apart
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'cause Rap is still a brand- new tool
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I say no- one's from the Old
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School 'cause Rap on a whole
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Fifty years down the line, you can start this
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'cause we'll be the Old School artists
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And even in that time, I'll say a rhyme
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A brand- new style, ruthless and wild
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Runnin' around spendin' money,
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'cause even then, I'm still number one.
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Verse 4
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[Verse 2]
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Comes to express with style the lost
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Ways of rhyming, old and new,
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A brand- new style, hup,
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People talk about me when they
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Live in action, guaranteed raw
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work for the poor
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Now tomorrow you can
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KRS- One stompin' once more
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I play by ear, I love to steer
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The Alfa Romeo from here to there
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I grab the beer, but not in the ride
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I don't drink and drive
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I'm not a beginner, amateur or local
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My album is sellin' because
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You know what you need to learn?
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Now it's my turn, and I am concerned
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About idiots posing as kings
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What are we here to rule?
I thought we were supposed to sing
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And if we oughta sing,
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Many of you are educated,
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open your mouth and speak
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like a total renegade
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Except I don't steal,
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overseas people dyin'
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Politicians ly in', I'm try in'
Not to escape,
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By bringin' out the truth in a song
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So BDP, short for Boogie
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crew was sayin' somethin'
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to take me for a gangster
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something closer to a prankster
Doin' petty crimes,
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goin' straight to penitentiary
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really elementary
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to explain in silence
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Why my last jam was so vi olent
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It's simple: BDP will teach reality
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No beatin' around the bush,
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But I'm never overworked,
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'cause I'm still number one.
Verse 5
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Cool Moe Dee, he's down with us
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Eric B. and Rakim, they're down
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with us
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Stetsasonic, they're down with us
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Dana Dane, he's down with us
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they're down with us
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he's down with us
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Jive RCA is down
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Makin' funky music is a must
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I'm number one.
Outro 1
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