Step Up (1999 Demo)

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

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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 shit and get smacked with verbal backflips

get your ass 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

（using waves of sound the true master paralyzes his opponent

leaving him vulnerable to attack）

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