featuring MC Shan



Verse 1



All these beats and my rhymes attached

Form the new creation called the Marley Scratch

We're always steered in a positive course

His beats my rhymes combined make force

I say it's like a force cos the force is strong

And if you think we're weak I'd say you're wrong

All you other DJ's are a bunch of jerks

Marley give 'em an example how a DJ works



Verse 2



Since you just heard how a DJ sound

The name Marley Marl, I will break it down

The M is for Master of Scratch

And if the needle was to slip it's the needle he'll catch

The A is a letter that you set apart

I wouldn't call his beats music, I would call it Art

The R just stands for the way he Rock

Which is 24-oh-7 around the clock

The L is for Lyrics that I write

When put to his music sounds out of sight

The E is for Every beat he make

Which sucker DJ's persist to take

Don't play with the Y cos it isn't a game

You ax "Why do you put the other DJ's to shame?"

After this there shouldn't be a story to tell

At the end of that is M-A-R-L

This paragraph here has come to a end

Marley, can we hear your funky fresh scratchin' again?



Verse 3



I never got caught in the game of Tag

My name is MC Shan, no need to brag

MC's brag about theirself all through their rhyme

You can see I got quality, won't waste my time

If I did not mean it, I wouldn't have said it

I'm gonna give the man behind the wheels some credit

I'm not tryna say that he can't be beat

But Marley Marl can stand on his own two feet

Since a DJ like him is so in demand

Marley won't you get on and show 'em where you stand



Verse 4



He can go on but I won't insist

How many fortunate MC's have a DJ like this

Every time I grab the mic I always have a plan

He's DJ Marley Marl and I am MC Shan

Combined we're fresh, this you must admit

Don't ever wanna hear you say we ain't worth jack

To be a DJ or an MC well it isn't no thing

If you ever wanna learn then just give us a ring

Like I just said, it wasn't no thing

You either have to be a ace, a jack, a queen or a king

When you're one of these, that means you're the best

And the people of today won't settle for less

We can be a jack or king, we can play the place

But we'd rather be a DJ and an MC ace



Verse 5



If you ever wanna battle, be at your best

Because a man like Marley just does not fess

In that battle you must give your all

Or just be prepared to take your fall

Cos a lotta DJ's already tried

There ain't been one yet that's qualified

To think you can beat him, you must be nuts

Just listen real close to his scratchin' cuts



Verse 6



The man Marley Marl can bring you to tears

He's not a new jack, he been down for years

On the two turntables I would say he's nice

Every cut he makes is so precise

When I said precise inside my rhyme

To put it to you straight that means right on time

Every jam he throws he always rocked

Don't refer to him as the neighbourhood jock

To all you DJ's who are always fessin'

From this man you can learn a lesson

You heard Dimples D when she took her stand

She said (Marley Marl is one hell of a man)

Gotta get it off my chest, to put my mind at ease

Since when you heard a DJ make cuts like these