Step Up (1999 Demo) [B-Side Rarities]

Watch as the room rocks

Mentally moonwalk

Mixed media slang banging in your boombox

Verbal violence

Lyrical stylist

In a time when rock hip-hop rhymes are childish

You can't tempt me with rhymes that are empty

Rappin' to a beat doesn't make you an emcee

With your lack of skill and facility you're killing me

And a DJ in the group just for credibility

I heard that some of you are gettin' help with your rhymes

You're not an emcee if someone else writes your lines

Rappin' over rock doesn't make you a pioneer

Cuz rock and hip-hop have collaborated for years

But now they're getting randomly mixed and matched up

All after a fast buck

And all the tracks suck

So how does it stack up

None of its real

You wanna be an emcee

You gotta study the skill

Who can rock a rhyme like this

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Who can rock a rhyme like this

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So you pick up a pen and write yourself a new identity

But mentally you don't have the hip-hop energy

With a tendency to make up stories

It sounded like the only hip-hop you've heard is top-40

And your record company's completely missed it

And all the kids are dissin' it for not being legitimate

So in a battle you can't hack it

React with whack s**t and get smacked with verbal backflips

Get your a*s kicked I'm a fabulous battle catalyst

It's taken decades for emcees to establish this

You're new to hip-hop and welcome if you're serious

But not on a mike leave that to the experienced

Who can rock a rhyme like this

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Who can rock a rhyme like this

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Who can rock a rhyme like this

Bring it to you every time like this

Who can rock a rhyme like this

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Who can rock a rhyme like this

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