No Gimmicks (Explicit) - Lord Finesse/KRS-One
Lyrical styles weigh a ton
Lord finesse we know you got skills
Come into the cypher and build
Chill out all mc I kill
Come down
1 lord finesse
Check it out come on here's your chance to swing
With some I'll muthaf**kas we don't dance and sing
In '95 we out-jinglin
Servin 'poetic justice' without that n***a john singleton
I do my thing while the fans be jealin
Hey yo I'm so d**e you better tap your man and tell him
I don't fake moves I scrape crews I make brothers break fool
Just give me a beat with a bass groove
I'm mad funky ask the experts
Cause I make you bob your head until your muthaf**kin neck hurt
So don't ask me to match gee
Cause if you ain't real I'm bringin it to your face like acne
Now rappers run scams and flim-flams
On how they be gettin loose when they rusty like a tin man
They rap fast tryin to stack cash
But on the reel to reel yo they still soundin half-assed
Yellin and screamin like they got somethin
When they don't got nothin so them n***as need to stop frontin
Talkin how they be raggin s**t
When I don't know if them n***as are rappin or talkin muthaf**kin arabic
They act so I'll they no frills
They should go chill they all mouth with no skills
When I'm around y'all feel funny
Cause I'm young makin funds like shaquille o'neal money
You want any drama you better wear plenty armor
I cut that a*s like the chef at benny harner's
The funky man's in it to win it
We gotta keep it real yo no muthaf**kin gimmicks
Whoever make a hit they the best
That's a gimmick
You sell records based on how you dress
That's a gimmick
Hey yo that tongue-twistin s**t that's kinda fresh
That's a gimmick
What's when you're soft but you're frontin like you're stressed
That's a gimmick
What's when you're only into rap to get paid
That's a gimmick
What's when you're yellin and screamin up on stage
That's a gimmick
When your career is numbered by days
That's a gimmick
What's when your lyrical style is just a faze
That's a gimmick
2 krs-one
I guess yes y'all to the beat y'all bring in the street
Let me put my beeper on 'vibrate' so won't hear it beep
Representin the street concrete what I speak yeah I live it
Let it be known krs is not about a gimmick
I grab the mic and rip it meanwhile they stallin
I raise the mic stand because I'm tall and I keep the crowd callin
I'm not like those other rappers talkin about the caps they peel
Punk I battle mc's for real
F**k a record deal when you're still into hip-hoppin
With your country a*s sound like you're still pickin cotton
You get thrown across the room in that direction listen
The lyrical teacher's not the one you should be checkin
This is my eara or era or eera whatever I'm mad clever
I shoop you doop you doop like salt-n-pepa
Lyrical terror you should never ever come for mine
When I rhyme I clean up mc's with the fresh smell of pine
I got skills and it shows
You could slow or speed up the tempo your style is fake like janet jackson's nose
I'm sellin that real live s**t and you could get hurt
You're sellin that fake s**t like the home shopping network
You got a lotta rhymes to battle in a second
But frankly the bottom line is where's your hit record
You claim I'm jockin you claim I'm on your d**k where's your witness
If I'm on your d**k my name has got to be syphilis
I come with lyrical physical fitness
Two months from now you will have bit this
Watch me light that a*s up like christmas
Don't let me come out on that a*s
Start flippin the lyrics I be kickin
Be hotter than curry chicken
So whether from the east or from the west
There's no other krs
I got force
I came to your town to set it off
So when finesse goes 'hit it'
I'll never mimick
Krs-one could never use a gimmick
When you're ridin the next rapper's d**k
That's a gimmick
When you're rb and then you cold flip
That's a gimmick
Start rhymin hardcore just to get a hit
That's a gimmick
When yout get over but your skills ain't s**t
That's a gimmick
When you rap but you don't have soul
That's a gimmick
When you cross over just to go gold
That's a gimmick
When you're not a gangster but portrayin a role
That's a gimmick
What's when you shape in somebody else's mould
That's a gimmick
3 lord finesse
Man your station cause the clan you're facin
Is steppin to you trash muthaf**kas like sanitatian
I shoot and throw rhymes the whole nine when it's showtime
What up kid
Brothers know I can hold mine
On the real I got rhymes skills
When the time's I'll I'm blowin up spots like a minefield
Brothers front with they chest out
But words from finesse's mouth'll leave them n***as stressed out
They make me sick to my stomach
So put it on em kid
Them muthaf**kas don't want it
They can't see me believe me
They all phoneys like them n***as that be wrestlin on tv
Yo they're nowhere near pro
And n***as couldn't hang if they was muthaf**kin scarecrows
Nowadays a lotta rappers sound fake
Talkin that gangster s**t when they're softer than a poundcake
So why you're frontin with the burner kid
When you done took more a*s-whippins than f**kin tina turner did
You wanna front so be it
But f**k beatin around the bush I just speak how I see it
Me fall off that s**t's dead
That's not happenin kid so get that s**t through your thick head
I'll never sellout
What
You head right
I'll never cross over
Aight
Word life
So when I said it peep the method
If I never go gold but get credit I won't sweat it
In '95 we all in it
We gotta keep it real yo no muthaf**kin gimmicks
What's when you rap and don't appreciate the art
That's a gimmick
What's when you sell out just to get a start
That's a gimmick
What's when you make b******t just for the charts
That's a gimmick
What's when you rap but it's not from the heart
That's a gimmick
What's when you're hardcore then you turn pop
That's a gimmick
When you steal ideas to get props
That's a gimmick
When you sell out to be on top
That's a gimmick
What's when you front like you're hard but you're not
That's a gimmick
Krs-one
Now let this be a lesson to all mc's
And dj's
Anyone that come across the line will have to pay
Real hip hop is in effect
Real hip-hop is in effect
Real hip-hop is in effect
Give it respect
We catch wreck