* versions on "greatest hits" differ from the original recordings



("don't get too close because you might get shot")

* a flurry of gunshots ensues *



[erick sermon]

Try to answer to the master or the mc rap god is no joke

On the lyric - it's hard to be modest

I knew i was the man with the master plan

To make you wiggle and jiggle, like gelatin

Just think while i sink, into the brain structure

(don't sleep on the e) you see, somethin might rupture

I don't take time for me to blow your mind

Take a second to wreck it because you're dumb and blind

So just lounge.. cause you're a mc clown

Go join the circus.. epmd's in town



[parrish smith]

Total chaos -- no mass confusion

Rhymes so hypnotizin known to cause an illusion

Like a magician.. who pulls a rabbit out a hat, son

I pull them all like a .44 magnum

Mc freeze stop look and listen, and try to imagine

It's travellin the speed of light, but everything's motion

Is frightening.. plus the thought you alone

You now enter dimension, called the twilight zone

You're terrified.. plus you can't bear the thought

You and i one-on-one, in the land of the lost

You start to shiver.. but then you scream, my friend

Yo wake up muttley, because you're dreamin again

But next time i'm on the scene, do not try to diss us

Keep your mouth shut sucker duck, because i'm strictly business



..



[erick sermon]

This is the rap season.. where the e starts pleasin

Girls around the world no need to be skeezin

When i roll i stroll, cool always pack a tool

Just in case.. a brother acts a fool

I've got the energy, to put the girls in the frenzy

Put it in shock when i rock, give it up i'm not stingy

Make sure i don't bore when i'm on the dancefloor..

(get busy, boy) like you never saw before

Rhyme flow.. good to go.. after the show.. i'll pull your hoe, boy

Rhyme flow.. good to go.. after the show.. i'll pull your hoe, boy

Rhyme flow.. good to go.. after the show.. i'll pull your hoe, boy

Rhyme flow.. good to go.. after the show.. i'll pull your hoe, boy

(yo, you sniff blow?) .. hell no!

I got my whole life ahead of me, no time to be sniffin

And my parents find out, then they start riffin

So i stay, a-okay, cause i'm the e.. the r-i-c-k



[parrish smith]

Mc's look me in my face, then their eyes get weak

Pulse rate descends.. heart rate increases

It's like beam me up, scotty, i control your body

I'm as deadly as aids when it's time to rock a party

And all due respect, when i say mic check

Let a sucker slide once -- then i break his neck

So when i say jump, you reply, "how high?"

Because i'm takin no prisoners, so don't play hero and die

Cause you're a soldier.. and i'm a green beret

I do not think twice about the mc's i slay

So if you want to battle, i highly recommend this:

Bring your dog, mom, and dad.. because i'm strictly business



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[erick sermon]

Yo yo, you're still pickin on that four-leaf clover?

Bring in the sandman, sucker.. because it's over

My name is erick sermon and i'm back again

I see the heads still turnin and my so-called friends

They smile in my face -- behind my back they talk trash

Mad and stuff -- because they don't have cash

Like the e-double.. or the pmd

He drives a corvette, i drive a samurai suzuki

I'm a locksmith.. with the key to fame

Never high on myself -- always stay the same

Play a lot because i'm hot, like a horse i trot

Around the track and back -- fatigued? no, i'm not



[parrish smith]

Well i'm the mellow, the fellow, the one who likes to say hello

To a fly girl that is good to go

With the slow tempo, and the off-beat rhyme flow

Cause when i am in action, there is no time for maxin

Or relaxin -- just subtractin and reactin

On a sucker mc who mouth keeps on yappin and flappin

I lose my cool, then i'll start slappin and smackin

You wanna roll? then albee start jackin and cappin

No time to lounge, i'm packin and strappin

At my point of attack i soar at you like an eagle

I'm the sheriff, and bitin is illegal

So when i'm in town, i highly recommend this

You gots to chill, because i'm strictly business


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