[LL Cool J] Check this I excel, they fell, I said well, hell L can yell or make em melt like gel I signed the contracts that billsll stack Play the wall or fall I stand tall youre small in fact Step aside, you might get fried By the super technique that the rapper applied As a matter of fact, the impact will distract Your attention away, from the rest who say They can mess with Cool J the best of today You fess cause the rhymes are so funky fresh Imma attack smack and make em stand back Black strong as Cognac I got the knack To rhyme to the rhythm of this, and give em a gift Thats swift, other rappers are stiff and dont riff with Mr. Smith, cause that aint safe I get you wide open like an uncut eighth I write to fight, dont bite, to reach heights The mic makes right, give me the spotlight So I can prove the pen is mightier than the sword LL hard as hell, the lyrical lord The counterfeit misfits that rap had to admit that My rhymes are so dangerous, I need a permit to rap Solo, on the microphone MCs dont let me catch you alone Im nitro! Yo, I got the kick of a kettle drum, guaranteed to overcome Youre just a minimum, messin with the maximum And when I swung my tongue among the high strung Young MCs, they all got done by the legend Every second Im wreckin Not a mistake youll find, but you can keep checkin Out the sound youll find that its genuine Bet that youll rewind this a thousand times You can taste the bass like its filetofsole I leave the microphone full of bullet holes I drop the bomb like Im in Nam and go beyond The normal boundaries of too much harm To MCs, but as they say please I freeze Rhymes like these kill like a disease Tried to fill my shoes, and caught the blues Because they get bruised by the rhymes I choose I kill rappers at random, I dont understand em The ones I didnt get, are on a memorandum Lines I recite are spontaneous The nursery rhymes you write, are miscellaneous So pass the crown, bow down and give in Im the Prince of Rap, thats how we livin Settin milestones on the microphone Empires are overthrown, and I aint even baritone No joke I spoke then God stroke As Job tried to sweat the style and got soaked Conquered and killed on the microphone MCs dont let me catch you alone LLs nitro! Nitro! Yo, flammable like gasoline Threatening like a guillotine Its like a bad dream when you battle my team I go to every extreme to make MCs scream Im clever, I last forever, we can do whatever With whoever, whenever, I never Ever got rocked, stopped or dropped They got popped, by the hiphop rock that I concoct Im so nice yo, flowin with the maestro Murderin and hurtin MCs because Im nitro The earthquakesll kill snakes and fakes You cant flake, you made a mistake, give me a break, thanks Now that were straight and thats clear Watch all the big mouths dissapear Disintergrate, deteriorate, fall I demonstrate, and devastate you all Theres no doubt about the fact I turn it out, the wack Be on the lookout, LL made a comeback Full of power, Imma devour I stand tall as a tower, I wont allow a MC to COME, CLOSE Play me long DISTANCE, MCs On the microphone, Im nitro! Nitro! Yo funky I daze amaze faze blaze and beat em down Nowadays they crave and praise, the funky sound I pound Rhymes I write em in, recite em and then slide em in Order to slaughter comp and stomp soon as I begin Total domination, across the nation Devestation, cut sensation, its the invasion Of L the Terrible, devastating rhymin wiz I cut through through do and chew, you know what time it is Slick, I kill for kicks, vic you quick Hard as bricks, rock ya sick over the mix The L, L, C, O, O L J Period now you know bro! NITRO yo, go for what you know Unless youre dumb cause yo, Im nitroglycerin Listenin and takin notes Icin enticin and slicin throats
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