unknown

I can't think straight


Take a look, look at me
What you get is what you see
Ride a bike drive a car
Vegan pie cut a fart
On the bus on the train
Tami d on the brain
Can't explain like the who
Now it's time to do the do
I can't think straight


On my couch with a pen
Where's the phone again again
Can't control rhythm rhyme
Naked beats on the mind


Goodevening ladies
My name is roy cormier i like it smooth terribly.
I mean, a lot of fellas, they like it raw.
Personally, i prefer smooth, you know, like the coconut lotion,
I'm talkin' i run a lot of productions company productions,
Keepin' it on the smooth, generally. on the coconut, and uh,
You know with the coconut lotion and all, keeping it lovely, it's uh,
You know, nothing but love, baby baby



I am yes you are no
I am yes you are no
You are no i am yes
I can't think straight

Stay up all night go to sleep watching dragnet
Never sleep alone because jimmy's the magnet
I'm so rope they call me mr. roper
When the troubles arise i'm the cool coper
On the mic i score just like the yankees
Get over on ms. crabtree like my main man spankee
Excuse me young lady i don't mean to trouble ya
But you're looking mighty fine inside your b.m.w.
I got lucky i brought home a kitten
Before i got busy i slipped on the mitten
Can't get better odds cause i'm a sure thing
Proud mary keeps on turning rolling like a ring ding
Jump the turnstile never pay the toll
Doo wa diddy bust with the pre-roll
Customs jails me over an herb seed
Don't rat on your boy over some rat weed
I'm out of your back door and into another
Your boyfriend doesn't know about me and your mother
Not perfect grammar always perfect timing
The mike stands for money and the d. is for diamonds


Roses are red the sky is blue
I got my barrel at your neck so what the fuck you gonna do
It's just two wheels and me the wind in my eyes
The engine is the music and my nine's by my side
Cause you know y. a. u. c. h.
I'm takin' all m.c.'s out in the place
Takin' life as it comes no fool am i
I'm goin' off gettin' paid and i don't ask why
Playin' beats on my box makin' music for the many
Know alota def girls that would do anything
A lot of parents like to think i'm a villain
I'm just chillin' like bob dylan
I smoke cheeba it helps me with my brain
I might be a little dusted but i'm not insane
People come up to me and they try to talk shit man
I've been making records since you were sucking on your mother's dick


Girl you're walking tall now with your fancy clothes
You got fancy things going up your nose
You get fancy gifts from expensive men
You're a dog on a leash like a pig in a pen
Mothership connection getting girl's affection
If your life needs correction don't follow my direction
You got your 8 by 10 your agent your harley
You be driving around hollywood yes sorry charlie
Cause i'm running things like some mack motherfucker
Your only claim to fame is you're a false fake sucker
You slip you slack you clock me you lack
While i'm reading on the road by my man jack kerouac
Poetry in motion coconut lotion
I had to diss the girl because she got too emotional
Are you experienced little girl
I want to know what goes on in your little girl world
Cause i'm on your mind it's hard to forget me
I'll take your pride for a ride if you let me
So peace out ya'll i'm pcp so i'm out
Full throttle to the bottle and full full clout
And i'm out

Dear alex and marilyn
They're lovey and thurston howellin
The grasshopper unit is prowellin
And rufus is back home growellin
For all of y'all that are dozin
On hornblower's lederhosen
Like walt disney he is frozen
And then the swiss hall of fame he goes in
Cause when he's out in space carousin
Pick up my mic and start joustin
My name plate medallion
Says never trust a hal 9000


Can't, won't, don't stop rockin to the rhythm 'cause i get down cause i


Check the horizontal hold and check the tint
Are these three fools back at it again
Inspector clouseau and derek flint
Nothin but sparks ignitin'
Check two one two mic testin
This one goes out to dechen
Rise fallen fighters take your stance again
Don't think too much about the color of skin
Order in vegetarian sharks fin
Try to keep my life non violent
Mario rewind the tape and punch him in
Like chuck d with the where you never been i'm in


Can't, won't, don't stop rockin to the rhythm 'cause i get down cause i get
I'm a long way from where i've been but i gotta keep movin', movin on


Ooh my my i'm really not feeling it
Ooh my my something's really wrong
The p.a. sound is deafenin
Bitin mcs i'm oustinin
With spinach in your teeth you're grinnin
So on your way out please take a mint
Got the studio to throw a craze in
The basslines yauch just lays in
This song is the grass you're grazin
Add a little flange and phase in
Don't get mad 'cause i'm beguilin
I'm off the hook so don't bother dialin
They're gonna put me in the b.i.n.
And if i die notify the next of kin


It's like that y'all
Can't, won't, don't stop

Once again i'm all wrapped up in me
My best friend's my own worst enemy
Electricity and gravity


Oh my god now take a look at me
My life line's run by at&t
They got their wires all up in me
Is push and pull the way it's got to be


Once again i'm all wrapped up in me and me

I'm hypnotized by you

Opens the door mics the drums
Nervous assistant here he comes
Too much coffee out of control
When he rides he rides the poll
White build up crazy twitch
Always in a rush to hit that switch


Nervous assistant


You wanna something you wanna something
You wanna something - my dick
Running around nothing found moving too damn quick
You know where to find me anytime
I can't take it i've lost my mind
Proud to say no i'm not son
I i i i got one


Nervous assistant


Too much action right by me
Like buddy rich try me
Need a brain that's stress resistant
Or else i'll be .... the nervous assistant

It's 4:00 a.m. i've got the dr. hfuhruhurr ale
I've got nothing to lose so i'm pissin' on the third rail
Groggy eyed and fried i'm headed for the station
D-train ride to coney island vacation
Dedicated to the boofers in the back of the 1 train
They'll be kicking out windows high on cocaine
Then i ump the turnstyle i lost my last token
Riding between the cars pissing smoking
Head for the last car fluorescent light blackout
Policeman told my homeboy put that crack out
You know you light up when the lights go down
Then you read the new york post fulton st. downtown
Same faces every day but you don't know their names
Party people going placed on the d-train


Trench coat wing tip going to work
And you'll be pulling a train like captain kirk
Pick pocket gangsters paying their debts
I caught a bullet in the lung from bernie goetz
Overworked and underpaid staring at the floor
Prostitutes spandex caught in the slide doors
Stuck between the stations it seems like an eternity
Sweating like sardines in a flophouse fraternity
$50.00 fine for disturbing the peace
The neck tortoise your lees are creased
Hot cup of coffee and the donuts are dunkin
Friday night and jamaica queens funkin
Elevated platform never gonna conform
Riding over the diner where i always get my toast warm
Bust into the conductor's booth and busted out rhymes
Over the loud speaker about the hard times
Sat across from a man readin el diario
Riding the train down from el barrio
Went from the station straight to orange julius
I bought a hot dog from my man george drakoulias

Ready, one.
You will do this four times with the left
Four with the right
Then eight times with both
Then repeat.


Body movin, body movin
A-1 sound, sound so soothing
Body movin, body movin
We be getting down and you know we're crush groovin.


Now let me get some action from the back section
We need body rocking not perfection
Let your back bone flip but dont slip a disc
Let your spine unwind just take a risk
I wanna do the freak until the break of dawn
Now, tell me party people is that so wrong
The ship is docking, inter-lockin
And up-rockin electro-shocking
We're getting down computer action
Do the robotic satisfaction
All of y'all get off the wall
Have a ball and get involved with


Body movin, body movin
With the a-1 sound sound so soothing
Body movin, body movin
We be getting down and you know we're crush groovin.


Stand erect, arms down,
Swing left arm big same with the right


Flame on, i'm gone
I'm so sweet like a nice bon bon
Came out rapping when i was born
Mom said rock it 'til the break of dawn
Puttin bodies in motion cause i got the notion
Like roy cormier with the coconut lotion
The sound of music makin you insane
You can't explain to people this type of mind frame
Like a bottle of chateau neuf du pap
I'm fine like wine when i start to rap
We need body rockin not perfection
Let me get some action from the back section


Body movin, body movin
A-1 sound, sound so soothing
Body movin, body movin
We be getting down and you know we're crush groovin


Left arm ready and one,
And again, stand erect


Mike d with the master plan
I said ooh my my and thank you ma'am
And when i grab the mic you scream ooh god damn
The creme de la creme is who i am
Mca where have you been
Packed like sardines in the tin
So kick off your shoes and put on your swim fins
Cause when it comes to quarries i'm known to swim
And adrock light up the place
And if you pull my card you pull the ace
And if you ask me to turn up the bass
And if you play defender i could be your hyper space


Body movin, body movin
With the a-1 sound sound so soothing
Body movin, body movin
We be getting down and you know we're crush groovin.


You will do eight hops on the left, eight on the right
Four left four right, two left, two right
Then one each: left, right, left, right
Start and land on the balls of the feet
Left foot, ready, it's one, two, three, four, five.

Yes, i got more bounce to the fuckin' bump
And then you want to know
Why it's cause i'm motherfuckin' truckin'
I'm in the pocket just like grady tate
I got supplies of beats so you don't have to wait
'cause i'm the master blaster
Drinking up the shasta
My voice sounds sweet 'cause it has to
So light a match to my ass 'cause i'm blown up
I'd like to thank the people for just showin' up
But now i want y'all to move it
Put your point on the floor and just prove it
And i'm smurfin not rehearsin' gettin' live y'all
A little puffy so you know what i'm doin' right
'cause that's the kind of frame of mind i'm in
I got this feelin' and it's back again
So don't touch me 'cause i'm electric
And if you touch me you'll get shocked!


You've got the boomin' system but it's blasting out doo-doo
You think it's chocolate milk but it's watered down yoo-hoo
I've been through many times in which i thought i might lose it
The only thing that saved me has always been music
We've got our own studio the son of the g
It's no question life's been good to me
'cause life ain't nothing but a good groove
A good mix tape to put you in the right mood
This one goes out to my man the groove merchant
Coming through with beats for which i've been searching
Like two sealed copies of expansions
I'm like tom vu with yachts and mansions
The logo i sport is the face of the monkey
Union made ben davis quality it's no junk see
My chrome is shining just like an icicle
I ride around town on my low-rider bicycle


So many wack m.c.'s you get the t.v. bozack
Ain't even gonna call out your names 'cause you're so wack
But one big oaf whose faker than plastic
A dictionary definition of the word spastic
You should have never started something that you couldn't finish
'cause writin' rhymes to me is like popeye to spinach
I'm bad ass move your fat ass 'cause you're wack son
Dancin' around like you think you're janet jackson
Thought you could walk on me to get some ground to walk on
I'll put the rug out under your ass as i talk on
I'll take you out like a sniper on a roof
Like an m.c. at the fever in the d.j. booth
With your headphones strapped you're rockin' rewind pause
Tryin' to figure out what you can do to go for yours
But like the pencil to the paper i got more to come
One after another you can all get some
So you getter take your time and meditate on your rhyme
'cause your shit'll be stinking when i go for mine
And that's right y'all don't get uptight y'all
You can't say shit because you're biting what i write y'all
And that's wrong y'all over the long haul
You can't cut the mustard when you're fronting it all

Pow!

I wish for peace between the races
Someday we shall all be one
Why fight yourself
This one's called rectify
There's something coming to the surface
There's fire all around
But this is an illusion


I've seen better days than this one
I've seen better nights than this one
Tension is rebuilding
Something's got to give
Something's got to give


Someday we shall all be one


Jesus christ we're nice

Now i chill real ill when i start to chill
When i fill my pockets with a knot of dollar bills
Sipping pints of ale out the window sill
When i get my fill i'm chilly chill
Now i just got home because i'm out on bail
What's the time? it's time to buy ale
Peter eater parking meter all of the time
If i run out of ale it's thunderbird wine
Miller drinking chicken eating dress so fly
I got friends in high places that are keeping me high
Down with mike d. and it ain't no hassle
Got the ladies of the eighties from here to white castle


Hold it now - hit it!


M.c. adam yauch in the place to be
And all the girls are on me cause i'm down with mike d.
I'm down with mike d. and it ain't no baloney
For real, not phony "o.e." and rice-a-roni
I come out at night 'cause i sleep all day
And i'm the king adrock and he's m.c.a.
Well i'm cruising, i'm bruising i'm never ever losing
I'm in my car i'm going far and dust is what i'm using
Around the way is where i'm from
And i'm from manhattan and i'm not a bum
Because you're pud-slapping, ball-flapping - got that juice
My name's mike d. and i can do that jerry lewis


(repeat chorus)


Hip-hop, body rockin' doing the do
Beer drinking, breath stinking, sniffing glue
Belly flipping, always illing, busting caps
My name's mike d. and i write my own snaps
I'm a peep-show seeking on the forty-deuce
I'm a killer at large and i'm on the loose
Pistol packing, monkey drinking, no money bum
I come from brooklyn 'cause that's where i'm from
Cheap-skate, perpetrating - money hungry jerk
Everyday i drink a "o.e." and i don't go to work
You drippy nose knuckle-head - you're we behind the ears
You like men - and we like beer.


(repeat chorus)


King of the ave. with the def female
You're rhyming and stealin' with the freshest ale
Cooling at the crib watching my tv
Ed norton - ted knight - and mr. ed
Pump it up homeboy just don't stop
Chef boy-ar-dee cooling on the pot
I take no slack cause i got the knack
And i'm never dusting out cause i torch that crack
The king adrock that is my name
And you're drinking moet we got the champagne
A quarter dropping going shopping buying wigs
Surgeon general cut professor d.j. thigs


(repeat chorus)

I looked out the window and seen his bald head
I ran to the fridge and pulled out an egg
Scoped him with my scopes he had no hair
Launched that shot and he was caught out there
Saw the convertible driving by
Loaded up the slingshot and let one fly
He went for his to find he didn't have one
Put him in check correct with my egg gun
The egg a symbol of life
Go inside your house and bust out your wife
Pulled out the jammy he thought it was a joke
The trigger i pulled his face the yoke
Reached in his pocket took all his cash
Left my man standing with an egg moustache
Suckers they come a dime a dozen
And when i say dozen you know what i'm talking about boyee


Yeh, that's right, i'm the egg man
Driving around, king of the town
Always got my windows rolled down
You know, i'm the egg man


Once upon a time
Humpty dumpty was a big fat egg
He was playing the wall and then he broke his leg
Tossed it out the window three minutes hot
Hit the rastaman he said bloodclot
Which came first the chicken or the egg
I egged the chicken then i ate his leg
Riding the trains in between cars
When i pull out the station you're gonna get yours
Drive by eggings plaguing l.a.
Yo they just got my little cousin ese
Sometimes hard boiled sometimes runny
It comes from a chicken not a bunny dummy
People laugh it's no joke
My name's yauch and i'm throwing the yoke
Now they got me in a cell but i don't care
It was then that i caught catching people out there


Up on the roof, in my car
Up all night, i'm pulling through signs like dolomite
The mack, i'm the egg man
Taxi driver, i'm the egg man


We all dressed in black we snuck up around the back
We began to attack the eggs did crack on haze's back
Sam i am down with the program
Green eggs and ham yosemite sam
Come halloween you know i come strapped
I throw it at a sucker k-pap
You made the mistake you judge a man by his race
You go through life with egg on your face
You woke up in the morning with a peculiar feeling
You looked up and saw egg dripping from the ceiling
Families puck rocks the businessman
I'll dog anybody with an egg in my hand
Not like the crack that you put in a pipe
But crack on your forehead here's a towel now wipe

Cause nobody can do it like mix master can,
Come on now
I've got the d double o, d double o style
Here we go again because it's been awhile
Do me a favor don't touch that dial
I rock from manhattan to the miracle mile
My name's mike d and i'm the ladies choice
I want to get next to you like rose royce
Y'all gather round to hear my golden voice
Cause when its time to rhyme you know i get noice
Cruising like a fan boat on the glade
He'll tweak your ass across the cross fade
So watch your back when he takes the stage
Or he'll send you off on a naked rampage


3 mc's and one dj
We be getting down with no delay
Mix master mike what cha got to say
Bug out/to the mic/all the time


Sweet and sour like a tangerine
Fresh like a box of krispy kremes
Kenny rogers' gambler is my gambling theme
Mix master mike with the scratch routine
Always updated and in the know
You know we break it down going toe to toe
The bass is booming from down below
And norton is chillin with mario
Well my name is adrock i'm a scorpio
Don't ask me cause i just don't know
I'm known to mop i'm known to glow
But don't get mad cause i got to go


Three mc's and one dj
We be getting down with no delay
Mix master mike what cha got to say
Gotta get down


Mix master cut faster


All top secret and classified
I grab a hold of a mic and let the words glide
It's all hypnotic and sanctified
I never wanna let a bad day slip by
Now we be getting stupid in your area
Causing all kinds of hysteria
My beats is sick like malaria
But don't worry i'll take care of ya
Me and adam adam and mario c
In the studio it's the place to be
To all party people who are happy and free
With mix master mike we're making history


Three mc's and one dj
We be getting down with no delay
Mix master mike what you got to say
Goddamn that dj made my day

A butterfly floats on the breeze of a sun lit day
As i feel this reality gently fade away
Riding on a thought to see where it's from
Gliding through a memory of a time yet to come
Smoke paints the air swirling images through my mind
Like a whirlpool spin beginning to unwind
And i stand at the edge cautiously awaiting
As time slips by
Carefully navigating by the stars in the sky
And i sit and i think to myself
And on the horizon the sun light begins to climb
And it seems like it's been so long since he shined
But i'm sure it was only yesterday


Namaste

A cold chill of fear cut through me
I felt my heart contract
To my mind i brought the image of light
And i expanded out of it
My fear was just a shadow
And then a voice spoke in my head
And she said dark is not the opposite of light
It's the absence of light
And i thought to myself
She knows what she's talking about
And for a moment i know
What it was all about

And i thought it was known
All good in the zone
Something you don't have to tell me
Something you don't have to sell me

I'm feeling so (x4)

Believe in me (x4)

And what wasn't said
I wasn't lying
And what do i have to do
It's not for lack of trying

And i don't know (x4)

Believe in me (x4)

Cause i'm the high plains drifter,
And i'm a drifter
The hight plains drifter,
And i'm a drifter
They can't catch me never gonna find me
They're never gonna know that i'm the high plains drifter


Pulled over to the river to take a rest
Pulled out a pair of pliers and pulled the bullet out of my chest
Fear and loathing across the country listening to my 8 track
I reached behind the seat and grabbed a kool from the pack
Long distance from my girl and i'm talking on the cellular
She said that she was sorry and i said yeah the hell you were
Check my rear view mirror check the gold tooth display
Check out the odometer and i was on my way
Cause i'm a high plains drifter the best that you can get
A strapped shoplifter a pirate on cassette
Bust a travis bickle when i feel that i'm getting pushed
Don't step to me or you're gonna get mushed
I'm doing 120 plowing over mail boxes
Radar detector to tell me where the cops is
Spend another night at the motel 6
It's five dollars extra get the porno flicks
Concoct a black and tan in my brandy snifter
I'm a kleptomaniac k-mart shoplifter
Cash flow getting low so i had to pull a job
I found a nice place to visit but a better place to rob
I left my car outside and the engine still revvin'
Time to get busy at 7-eleven
Then i went inside to make my withdrawal
I saw what he had had but i had to take it all


Knucklehead deli tried to gyp me on the price
So i clocked him off the turban with the bag of ice
Cause i'm mellow like jell-o cool like lemonade
I made my getaway and i thought that i had it made
I feel like steve mcqueen a former movie star
Look in my rearview mirror seen a police car
Ballantine quarts with the puzzle on the cap
I couldn't help but notice i was caught in a speed trap
Dirty mary crazy larry on the run from dirty harry
Stash the cash in the dash but my gun i did carry
I'm seeing blue and red flashing deep in the night
I got my alibi straight and i pulled over to the right
Cop knocked on my window and said boy where's the fire
You've got a mailbox on your bumper and a bald front tire
Outta the car longhair your goose is cooked
Read me my rights fingerprinted and booked
Makin' like a d.t. driving a gran fury
Wherever i hang my hat's my home and my past is kind of blurry
Every dog will have its day and mine will be in front of a jury
I'm the high plains drifter and i'm never in a hurry
Read me my rights as if i didn't know this
Threw me in the tank with the drunk called otis
With his five o' clock shadow he smelled of 3-day old beer
My man turned to me and said why are you here?
I said i'm charming and dashing i'm rental car bashing
Phony paper passing at nix check cashing
I went before the judge he sent me to the brooklyn house of d.
He said you behave son or we'll throw away the key
Harry houdini'd out the cuffs i kicked the screw in the knee
Took the bailiff's wallet and went straight to o.t.b.
I had a good feeling easy come easy go
I bet on one horse to win and another to show
And sure enough that knak came in
Brought my ticket to the window and collected my win
Broke into my new car with a wire coat hanger
Hot wired hot wheeled and suzy is a headbanger

I'm flowing prose to cons and cons to pros
I'm scheming rhyme against reason like it was flow against know
But beyond the concepts and emotions that rise
To the interconnectedness that underlies
The lies upon lies have lost their meaning
The plies upon plies of consciousness that is being
Over and over i fall i learned to walk from a crawl
It's not sad it's just the way and the purpose of it all


Now every word that you heard that i said that you felt
Was put in place in the space as they were shuffled and dealt
I steal feels from reels but i pay my respects
Paying compliments and disses and deciphering affects
Words are water as i court her, as she is pristine
Words and mics fall to dust and all that's left is the feelings
I give in and i win i try to never complain
Intentions venture to center and then they set the stage
But i'll remain sane making gain without pain
Staining trains with names and driving lanes to the refrain
And keep it positive as painstaking as it is
I'll never turn back cause that's the way i've got to live


So like a cloud carries rain i'm gonna carry my rhyme
Coming like thunder with lightening timing
No hesitation in gestation of thoughts and plans
Ferment time like wine no ploys or scams
Like the islands dot the oceans in the endless seas
Ideas coming to me in answer to my pleas
Woke up this morning right out of a dream
Reached for my pen and pad because my mind was on a rhyme scheme
What can i do with these bones and flesh?
With these animated thoughts in a world repressed?
I'm going down like the rhythms on the winds of change
I'm keeping calm under pressure like a deep-sea range
I'm flowing prose to cons and cons to pros
I'm like toucan sam when i follow my nose
I'm giving shouts to gandhi, gravy and king
His holiness and all enlightened beings
I'll be the one who screams it on the microphone
I'll be the one who brings it inside your home
But the words ain't mine i just pass em along
For betty williams and her friends i sing this song
And more ink from my pen and more tears from my eyes
And more crimes are committed as i say these lines

(chorus)

Like the black birds i'm a do it fluid
Building rhymes like buildings, like a stonehenge druid
Step up and get enlightened, educating my mind
I play the tape forward, it's not time to rewind
Step inside the mother fucker and i get my flow on
Amalgamating styles so i've got something to grow on
Season's change when it comes their time
Falls brings the winter and on back to springtime
Well, it's the king ad rock and that's who i am
Listen all of y'all i'm not the son of sam
'cause i'm thin and i don't grin
But check it out people 'cause i love to go and swim
Caught up on the phone fiber optic distraction
Information super highway got the brain contraction
I'm the kung fu master vs. the sumo wrestler
Got the beats in manhatten you can hear in westchester
Well, my mother was born out in coney island
Raised on the l.e.s. manhatten island
My dad camo out from detroit and they had me
And back on through ellis island goes through the family tree
Well, i'm a six point seven on the richter scale
I've got rhymes gallot and then i never fail
Like gravy to potatos, luke to darth vader
I'm a souped up sucker and i'll see you all later


(chorus)

You see me coming down the block with the funky cuts
You say mike d. and i say mic these nuts
I've got attractions like i'm elvis costello
Adam yauch grab the mic 'cause you know you're my mellow
Well when i get it into the zone
I'm gonna take it to a place where it's all one
My shit is on and the rhyme style's kicking
My brain is flowing honest like abe lincoln
'cause i'm the fuckin' rythm ace with the rhyme selection
Listen all y'all i rap with perfection
Because i got the mother fuckin' old school flavor
That you savor so watch your behavior
Talking other dimensions, levels higher
Why did billy joel say we didn't start the fire
Take you to another realm, another level
I've got the funky rhymes but i'm not the funky devil
I step from minute to minute, lifetime to lifetime
Step from stage to stage to see it all unwind
Slowly but surely i seek to find my mind
And every wall that i face is of my own desig
Glendale boulevard boulevard
Glendale boulevard is where i'm at
It's where i'm at, where i live
Check it out because my head is like a siv
And we turn it out


(chorus)

I don't get blind i don't drink wine
I took a sledge hammer and i broke my nine
Because my record is mine, word is born i rhyme
And everey day i write the book down line by line
I'm feeling good when i do it like this
So come on and turn it up because you can't resist
Because i'm back with another track wich you lack
'cause things is wack and that's a fact
Because i'm on time, you're shouting rewind
You know it's ad rock that's blowing your mind
My shit is rough and you know it is so damn tough
I'm getting intense, not talking nonsese
I made up my mind, not sitting on the fence
I don't always know the right from the wrong
I do my best to figure it out and work it out in the long
I try to do a lot more than i can chew
Balance out my ambition's what i've got to do


Because you hide in broad day light, a parasite
A hypocrite, you take a peek quick
You turn your nose up, you think you're high up
You play it real safe and now your shit's fake
I seen you hawking and then you clock my style
And then you try to play it off like you think you're wild
D.i.y. that means do it yourself
I don't sit around waiting for someone's help
Don't sit back and say good enough
Keep on striving, reinventing but keeping it off
The cuff
So kick the level up cuhootnified
Mackadocius vibes positively fortified
I'm throwing rhymes down kicking them downtown
Traveling high speed through the underground
I kick it free style, make it worth your while
I've got shelves of rhymes that i keep on file
I'm feeling good now back home again
New york city is the city that i feel at home in


A blast from the grasshoff awhile it's been
Stepping into the future again
I'm straight from the 88 to 93 to 94, i'm out the door
Step into the party with the fila fresh gear
People looking at me like i was david koresh here
Kicking rhymes from the heart 'cause that's where i'm at
Fuck the bullshit, be it far from me to pop that
In the search for truth, i go a lot of ways
There's not a lot of peace, that i find these days
I try to stay cool, i try to stay calm
But my life is getting hectic like a smoke bomb
So i'll say it like the group huggy bear
There's a boy-grrrl revolution of wich you should be aware
You can't dis me, it ain't worth it, b
You put yourself down and you don't even see
Cause i don't play that, i know who i am
For a minute, i did but now i'm back again
I'm feeling strong see, trust myself g
Well i stopped smoking cheeba
And that was part of the key
We've got fire, we need water
There ain't no water so i guess i ought to
Leave you broke in a comatose state of mind
And i'm blind and i'm working overtime, so check it
I keep my rhymes in a little black book
And i know you want to take another look

Johnny ryall is the bum on my stoop
I gave him fifty cents to buy some soup
He knows the time with the fresh gucci watch
He's even more over than the mayor ed koch
Washing windows on the bowery at a quarter to four
'cause he ain't gonna work on maggie's farm no more
Living on borrowed time and borrowed money
Sleepin' on the street there ain't a damn thing funny
Hand me down food and hand me down clothes
A rockabilly past of which nobody knows
Makes his home all over the place
He goes to sleep by falling down on his face
Sometimes known as the leader of the homeless
Sometimes drunk and he's always phoneless
Sleepin' on the street in a cardboard box
He's better off drinkin' than smokin' the rocks
Johnny ryall, johnny ryall


He drinks where he lies
He's covered with flies
He's got the hand me down pumas and the tie dyes
Go upstate and get your head together
Thunderbird is the word and you're light as a feather
Detox at the flop house no booze allowed
Remember the good old days with the rockabilly crowd
Memphis is where he's from
He lives in the street but he's no bum
A rockabilly star from the days of old
He used to have teeth all filled with gold
A platinum voice but only gold records
On the bass was boots on the drums was checkers
Luis vuitton with the gucci guitar
Johnny ryall
Who do you think you are
Johnny ryall, johnny ryall


Donald trump donald tramp living in the men's shelter
Wonder bread bag shoes and singing helter skelter
He asks for a dollar you know what it's for
Bottle after bottle he'll always need more
He's no less important than you working class stiffs
Drinks a lot of liquor but he don't drink piss
Paid his dues playing the blues
He claims that he wrote the blue suede shoes
Elvis shaved his head when he went into the army
That's right y'all his name is
Johnny
Johnny ryall, johnny ryall

I don't see things quite the same as i used to
As i live my life i've got just me to be true to
And when i find that i don't know about just what to do
I turn and look within to see what i should do
Now i'm not sure what it takes to be hip
A lot of people making music that to be ain't shit
So i ask creation for rhymes for this jam
Gimme lickle solo and i'll take the mic stand


Love vibe

As the earth spins into brand new day
I see the light on the horizons's not fading away
Gonna shine from within like a bright white sun
No need to hide and no place to run
Got the vibrations of the music
Bringing light to your mind
So you can move and groove
And feel the beat of the time
Sense the power in the air as it starts to move
You get a real good feeling that you just can't lose


Contemplation time, intuition time
Evolution time, resolution time


Free your mind it's time for good times
And let yourself move it's a time to shine
Spread your wings in the sky, feelin' good inside
Breaking fool with no need to hide
I got the music cuttin' throught me
Takin' control of my soul
I can't hold back i've got to let go


Stand together people come together now
It's about time we've got to get together y'all

Hey ladies in the place i'm callin' out to ya
There never was a city kid truer and bluer
There's more to me than you'll ever know
And i've got more hits than sadaharu oh
Ton thumb tom cushman or tom foolery
Date women on t.v. with the help of chuck woolery
Words are flowing out just like the grand canyon
And i'm always out looking for a female companion
I threw the lasso around the tallest one and dragged her to the crib
I took off her moccasins and put on my bib
I'm wheelin' and dealin' i make a little bit of stealing
I'll bring you back to the place and your dress i'm peeling
Your body's on time and your mind is appealing
Staring at the cracks up there upon the ceiling
Some such nonsense is the bass that i'm throwing
Talking to a girl telling her i'm all knowing
She's talking to the kid to the who
I'm telling here every lie that you know that i never did
Hey ladies, get funky


Me in the corner with a good looking daughter
I dropped my drawers and it was welcome back kotter
We were cutting up the rug she started cutting up the carpet
In my apartment i begged her please stop it
The gift of gab is the gift that i have
And that girl ain't nothing but a crab
Educated no stupid yes
And when i say stupid i mean stupid fresh
I'm not james at 15 or chachi in charge
I'm adam and i'm adamant about living large
With the white sassoons and the looks that kill
Makin' love in the back of my coupe de ville
I met a little cutie she was all hopped up on zootie
I liked the little cutie but i kicked her in the bootie
Cause i don't kinda go for that messin' around
You be listening to my records' a number one sound
Step to the rhythm step step to the ride
I've got an open mind so why don't you all get inside
Tune in turn on to my tune that's live
Ladies flock like fish to my line
Hey ladies, get funky


She's got a gold tooth you know she's hardcore
She'll show you a good time then she'll show you the door
Break up with your girl it ended in tears
Vincent van gogh and mail that ear
I call her in the middle of the night when i'm drinking
The phone booth on the corner is damp and it's stinking
She said come on over it was me that she missed
I threw that trash can through her window cause you know i got dissed
Your old lady left you and you went girls(x3) insane
You blew yourself up in the back of the 6 train
Take my advice at any price a gorilla like your mother is mighty weak
Sucking down pints till i didn't know
Woke up in the morning at the won ton ho
Cause i announce i like girls that bounce
With the weight that pays about a pound per ounce
Girls with curls and big long locks
And beatnik chicks just wearing their smocks
Walking high and mighty like she's #1 and
She thinks she's the passionate one

I kick it root down
I put my root down


It's not a put down
I put my foot down
And then i make some love, i put my root down
Like sweetie pie by the stone alliance
Everbody knows i'm known for dropping science
I'm electric like dick hyman
I guess you'd expect to catch the crew rhymin'
Never let you down with the stereo sound
So mike, get on the mic and turn it out
We're talking root down, i put my boot down
And if you want to battle me, you're putting loot down
I said root down, it's time to scoot down
I'm a step up to the mic in my goose down
Come up representing from the upper west
Money makin' putting me to the test
Sometimes i feel as though i've been blessed
Because i'm doing what i want so i never rest
Well, i'm not coming out goofy like the fruit of the loom guys
Just strutting like the meters with the look-ka py py
'cause downtown brooklyn is where i was born
But when the snow is falling, then i'm gone
You might think that i'm a fanatic
A phone call from utah and i'm throwing a panic
But we break it from the root when we kick it on down
Jimmy smith is my man, i want to give him a pound


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Ad rock don't stop, just get on the mic with the tic and the toc
I'll fill you with the fuckin' rim like brim
I'm walking down your block and you say that's him
There goes the guy with the funky sound
The beastie boys you know we come to get down
Because i've got the flow where i grab my dick
And say oh my god, that's the funky shit
So i'm going to pass the mic and cause a panic
The original nasal kid is doing damage
Every morning i took the train to high street station
Doing homework on the train, what a fucked up situation
On the way back up hearing battle tapes
Through the underground, underneath the sky scrapes
Like harlem world battles on the zulu beat show
It's kool moe d vs. busy bee there's one you should know
Enough of that, i just want to give some respect due
M.c.a. grab the mic and the ma bell will connect you
Bob marley was a prophet for the freedom fight
"if dancin' prays to the lord then i shall feel alright"
I'm feeling good to play a little music
Tears running down my face 'cause i love to do it
And no one can stop this flow from flowing on
A flow master in disaster with a sound that's gone
I'll give a little shout out to my dad and mom
For bringing me into this world and so on


(chorus)

Riddle me this brother can you handle it
Your style to my style you can't hold a candle to it
Equinox symmetry and the balance is right
Smokin' and drinkin' on a tuesday night
It's not how you play the game it's how you win it
I cheat and steal and sin and i'm a cynic
For those about to rock we salute you
The dirty thoughts for dirty minds we contribute to
I once was lost but now i'm found
The music washes over and you're one with the sound
Who shall inherit the earth the meek shall
I think i'm starting to peak now al
And then the man upstairs well i hope that he cares
If i had a penny for my thoughts i'd be a millionaire
We're just 3 m.c.'s and we're on the go
Shadrach mesach abednago


Only 24 hours in a day
Only 12 notes a man can play
Music for all and not just one people
And now we're gonna bust with the putney swope sequel
More adidas sneakers that a plumber got pliers
Got more suites that jacoby & meyers
If not for my vices my bugged out desires
My year would be good just like goodyear's tires
So i'm out pickin' pockets at the atlantic antic
And nobody wants to hear you cause your rhymes are so frantic
I mix business with pleasure way too much
I mean wine and women and song and such
I don't get blue i gotta mean red streak
You don't pay the band your friends and that's weak
Get even like steven like pulling a rambo
Shadrach mesach abednago


Steal from the rich and i'm out robbing banks
Give to the poor and i always give thanks
Got more stories that j.d. got salinger
I hold the title and you are the challenger
I've got money like charles dickens
Got the girlies in the coupe like the colonel's got the chickens
Always go out dapper like harry s. truman
I'm madder than mad's alfred e. newman
Never gonna let them say that i don't love you


My noggin is hoggin all kinds of thoughts
Adam yoggin is yauch and he's rockin of course
Smoke the holy chalice got my own religion
Rally round the stage and check the funky dope musicians
Jerry lee swaggert or jerry lee falwell
You love mario andretti cause he always drives his car well
Vicious circle of reality since the day you were born
And we love the hot butter on what the popcorn
Sippin on wine and mackin
Rockin on the stage with all the hands clappin
Ride the wave of fate it don't ride me
Being very proud to be an m.c.
And the man upstairs i hope that he cares if i had a penny for my thoughts i'd be a millionaire
Amps and crossovers under my rear hood
The bass is bumpin from the back of my fleetwood
They tell us what to do hell no
Shadrach mesach abednago

Drink a six pack and then you play som ball
Walking down the stairs and then he starts to fall
Add on two joints and then he starts to sweat
Two hundred seventy five punds that you can't forget


Heart attack, heart attack man
Spend all your money on your health insurance plan
Heart attack, heart attack man
Keep on getting bigger because you know that you can


Why do you force yourself on top of that girl
Laugh with all your buddies because it's a man's man's world
Someday that shit will come back to you
You've been throwing your weight around and
Your shit is through


Heart attack, heart attack man
Going nowhere, got no master plan
Heart attack, heart attack man
Heart attack


Weighs in at two seventy five
Yeh my man is lucky to be alive
Smokin' and drinkin' too
My man the heart attack man is gonna be running over you
Got no god damn respect
Had to put the big big bitch-ass in check


Heart attack, heart attack man
Lungs full of tar and a stomach full of spam
Heart attack, heart attack man
Time to change your ways heart attack man


What do we know about partying or anything else?

He thrusts his fists against the post and still insists he sees a ghost
He thrusts his fists against the post and still insists he sees a ghost
She's slippin through his fingers as she's movin' out to the coast
He thrusts his fists against the post and still insists he sees a ghost


If your world was all black and if your world was all white
Then you wouldn't get much color out of life now right
Nicknamed shamrock my name is not shamus
Girlies on the tippy cause my homie is famous
My name is not o'houigheighi nor is it brian
If i said that i was weak you know i'd be lyin'
Suckers try to bite they try to pursue it
If you explain to a musician he'll tell that he knows it but he just can't do it

People how you doing there's a new day dawning
For the earth mother it's a brand new morning
For such a long while there's been such a longing
But now the sun is shining let's roll back the awning


This is a type of kinda like a formal dedication
Giving out a shout for much inspiration
All i ever really want to do is get nice
Get loose and goof my little slice of life
Sendin' out love to all corners of the land
I jump up on the stage and take the mic
In my hand not playin' the roll just being who i am
And if you try to dis me i couldn't give a damn
'cause i'm rockin'


Bass from the back of my car feels soothing
Eight bazookas is what i'm using
I'm mike d and it's been proven
I love it when i see the party people get movin'
Strapped on the ear goggles and what did i see
But the music brought the people into harmony

Things get hectic quick
From the satellite dish to your joy stick
It's the night of the living cable box
Wires coming up from around the block
Remote control to change the station
But that won't change your situation
Have you seen what i mean
I'm the little gnome that's in your dreams
So i say this rhyme built by design
To take you beyond space and time
Said who is the man making diamonds out of coal
The man pushing buttons on remote control


Remote i want control
Remote i want control


Until your back's up against the wall
You never know yourself that much at all
So you've got to share your love with a friend
That's all that you've got left in the end
Living in this city of pure confusion
People misled by their own illusion
All this action, no satisfaction
We're all linked together like a chain reaction
Play or fold, love is bold
What is the future that will unfold?
Some like it hot, others like it cold
But we all want to hold the remote control


Remote i want control
Remote i want control
Remote i want control
Remote i want control


Things get hectic quick
All of the sudden i'm in the thick
Too much drama all around
Distractions booming in sensuround
Like a rainy day's earth won't sit still
Sliding on down a hill
Sometimes life it seems to stall
So never be ungrateful y'all
So i got a little something for your pay per view
Like don king i've got the crazy hair do
We've got cameras on mars on space patrol
Controlled on earth by remote control
Go to top

No sleep 'til - brooklyn


Foot on the pedal never ever false metal
Engine running hotter than a boiling kettle
My job's ain't a job it's a damn good time
City to city i'm running my rhymes
On location touring around the nation
Beastie boys always on vacation
Itchy trigger finger but a stable turntable
I do what i do best because i'm illing and able
Ain't no faking your money i'm taking
Going coast to coast watching all the girlies shaking
While you're at the job working nine to five
The beastie boys at the garden cold kickin' it live


No sleep 'til -


Another plane another train
Another bottle in the brain
Another girl another fight
Another drive all night
Our manager's crazy he always smokes dust
He's got his own room at the back of the bus
Tour around the world you rock around the clock
Plane to hotel girls on the jock
We're thrashing hotels like it's going out of style
Getting paid along the way cause it's worth your while
Four on the floor adrock's out the door
M.c.a.'s in the back because he's skeezin' with a whore
We got a safe in the trunk with money in a stack
With dice in the front and brooklyn's in the back


No sleep 'til -


(repeat chorus)


Ain't seen the light since we started this band
M.c.a. get on the mic my man
Born and bred brooklyn u.s.a.
They all me adam yauch but i'm m.c.a.
Like a lemon to a lime a lime to a lemon
I sip the def ale with all the fly women
Got limos, arena, tv shows
Autograph pictures and classy hos
Step off homes get out of my way
Taxing little girlies form here to l.a.
Waking up before i get to sleep
Cause i'll be rocking this party eight days a week


(repeat chorus)

I can't stand it i know you planned it
I'm gonna set it straight, this watergate
I can't stand rocking when i'm in here
Because your crystal ball ain't so crystal clear
So while you sit back and wonder why
I got this fucking thorn in my side
Oh my, it's a mirage
I'm tellin' y'all it's sabotage


So listen up 'cause you can't say nothin'
You'll shut me down with a push of your button?
But yo i'm out and i'm gone
I'll tell you now i keep it on and on


'cause what you see you might not get
And we can bet so don't you get souped yet
You're scheming on a thing that's a mirage
I'm trying to tell you now it's sabotage


Whyyy; our backs are now against the wall
Listen all of y'all it's a sabotage
Listen all of y'all it's a sabotage
Listen all of y'all it's a sabotage
Listen all of y'all it's a sabotage


I can't stand it, i know you planned it
But i'm gonna set it straight this watergate
But i can't stand rockin' when i'm in this place
Because i feel disgrace because you're all in my face
But make no mistakes and switch up my channel
I'm buddy rich when i fly off the handle
What could it be, it's a mirage
You're scheming on a thing - that's sabotage