yo

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

bring it to you every time like this

who can rock a rhyme like this

step, step up, step, step up



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)



who can rock a rhyme like this

bring it to you every time like this

who can rock a rhyme like this

step, step up, step, step up



who can rock a rhyme like this

bring it to you every time like this

who can rock a rhyme like this

step, step up, step, step up, step up



(after years of painstaking research by the world's leading 

sound scientists

we here at the sound institute have invented a reliable 

audio weapon system

actual movement of musical sound in space is used to 

carefully attack 

and neutralize the cellular structure of the human body

so the question must be asked)



who can rock a rhyme like this

bring it to you every time like this

who can rock a rhyme like this

step, step up, step, step up



who can rock a rhyme like this

bring it to you every time like this

who can rock a rhyme like this

step, step up, step, step up, step up



(mixed media

mixed media

mixed media

step up to the microphone

and you do it like this

and you do it like this

step up to the microphone



and you do it like this

step up to the microphone

and you do it like this



step up to the microphone

and you do it like thiisss....)