[id:$00000000] [ar:eric b.、Rakim] [ti:i ain't no joke] [by:] [hash:8b08b64ac0faefe49daff6858bff5607] [al:] [sign:] [qq:] [total:234211] [offset:0] [00:09.18]I ain't no joke [00:09.83]I use to let the mic smoke [00:11.34]Now I slam it when I'm done [00:12.89]and make sure it's broke [00:13.80]When I'm gone no one gets on [00:15.05]cuz I won't let [00:15.80]Nobody press up and [00:16.56]mess up the scene I set [00:17.86]I like to stand in a crowd [00:19.32]and watch the people wonder damn [00:20.92]But think about it [00:22.23]then you'll understand [00:22.88]I'm just an addict [00:24.33]addicted to music [00:25.04]Maybe it's a habit [00:26.44]I gotta use it [00:27.69]Even if it's jazz or the quiet storm [00:30.00]I hook a beat up [00:31.00]convert it in to hip-hop form [00:32.51]Write a rhyme in graffiti in [00:33.71]every show you see me in [00:34.97]Deep concentration [00:35.37]cuz I'm no comedian [00:36.87]Jokers are wild [00:38.27]if you wanna be tame [00:39.53]I treat you like a child [00:40.68]then you're gonna be named [00:41.93]Another enemy [00:42.94]not even a friend of me [00:44.19]Cuz you'll get fried in the end [00:45.54]when you pretend to be [00:46.49]Competing cuz [00:46.90]I just put your mind on pause [00:48.25]And I can beat you [00:49.25]when you compare my rhyme [00:50.51]with yours [00:50.91]I wake you up [00:51.66]and as I stare in your face [00:52.87]you seem stunned [00:53.42]Remember me [00:53.77]the one you got your idea from [00:55.18]But soon you start to suffer [00:56.79]the tune'll get rougher [00:57.54]When you start to stutter [00:58.69]that's when you had enough of Biting [01:00.30]it'll make you choke [01:01.40]you can't provoke [01:02.06]You can't cope [01:03.21]you should of broke [01:04.16]because I ain't no joke [01:23.22]I got a question [01:23.82]as serious as cancer [01:26.38]Who can keep the average dancer [01:27.93]Hyper as a heart attack [01:29.49]nobody's smiling [01:29.79]Cuz you're expressing the rhyme [01:31.80]that I'm styling [01:32.40]This is what [01:33.20]we all sit down to write [01:34.56]You can't make it [01:35.26]so you take it home [01:36.17]break it and bite [01:36.87]Use pieces and bits [01:37.62]of all the hip-hop hits [01:38.62]Get the style down packed [01:39.78]then it's time to switch [01:40.88]Put my tape on pause [01:42.19]and add some more to yours [01:43.89]Then you fake it [01:44.65]you're ready [01:45.00]for the neighborhood chores [01:45.75]The E M C E E [01:47.61]don't even try to be [01:48.71]When you come up to speak [01:50.02]don't even lie to me [01:51.12]You like to exaggerate [01:51.83]dream and imaginate [01:52.43]Then change the rhyme around [01:54.68]that can aggravate me [01:56.34]So when you see me come up [01:57.54]freeze [01:58.10]Or you'll be one of those seven MC's [01:59.60]They think that I'm a new jack [02:01.37]but only if they knew that [02:02.37]They who think wrong [02:03.07]are they who can't do that [02:04.57]Style that I'm doing [02:05.73]they might ruin [02:06.98]Patterns of paragraphs based on you and [02:09.04]Your offbeat DJ [02:10.50]if anything he play [02:11.60]Sound familiar [02:12.00]I'll wait till E say [02:13.96]Play 'em [02:14.71]so I'ma have to dis and bro [02:16.41]You could get a smack for this [02:17.87]I ain't no joke [02:37.23]I hold the microphone like a grudge [02:39.39]B'll hold the record [02:40.09]so the needle don't budge [02:40.99]I hold a conversation [02:42.15]cuz when I invent [02:43.66]I nominated my DJ [02:44.71]the president [02:45.11]When I'm see I'll [02:46.47]people freestyle [02:46.87]going steadily [02:47.77]So pucker up [02:49.28]and whistle my melody [02:50.69]But whatever you do [02:52.24]don't miss one [02:53.10]They'll be another rough rhyme [02:54.85]after this one [02:55.56]Before you know it [02:56.46]you're following and fiending [02:57.26]Waiting for the punch line [02:59.06]to get the meaning [03:00.02]Like before the moral [03:01.02]of my story I'm telling [03:02.27]Nobody beats the R [03:03.73]so stop yelling [03:04.33]Save it [03:05.23]put it in your pocket for later [03:06.79]Cuz I'm moving the crowd [03:07.99]and B a record fader [03:08.89]No interruptions [03:09.70]till the mic is broke [03:11.35]When I'm gone [03:12.76]then you can joke [03:14.06]Cuz everything is real [03:14.87]on a serious tip [03:15.92]Keep playing [03:16.52]and I get furious quick [03:18.22]And I take you [03:19.13]for a walk through hell [03:20.38]Freeze your dome [03:21.08]then watch your eyeballs swell [03:22.79]Guide you [03:23.49]out of triple stage darkness [03:24.39]When it get dark again [03:26.00]then I'ma spark this [03:27.75]Microphone cuz the heat is on [03:29.56]you see smoke [03:30.36]And I'm finish when the beat is gone [03:32.06]I'm no joke