Ladies and Gentlemen As you know we have something special down here At Bird Land this evening A recording for Blue Note Records Yeah, yeah, yeah, what's that?...

Move with precision, decisions to make, fakes to shake Talk a good game but yo, your stash ain't no wins I'm in the biz of makin' it big and express myself Thro...

Now and then I feel as though I wanna escape the real And take a trip to the heavens to a world surreal But I don't do drugs so the yea is out Instead I use my ...

Action packed black Mac10, Junior and his friend Not a pot to piss in, starvin' brothers on a mission Half past two, William planned to rob the toll booth GW br...

Mi tek off mi land down now in Jamaica Callaloo, di box juice, and di sensimillia Givin' thanks and praise to almighty Jah Jah Glad fi reach now mi safe, mi hav...

Since before my adolescence remembrance of you commence Will never forget how you taught a scrub to catch and connect With pitchin', we'd sit and watch the Mets...

Hey yo check it out I got a hype rhyme for ya That I'll rock from London England to the boondocks of Georgia Intelligent, benevolent, super All the qualities of...

Hey, yo, kid, bust this, it's time to drop the flavor I'm fly as can be, I'm rhymin' on my good behavior From New York City kickin' dope rhymes that you savor T...

My brother, take a rest from what you doin' sit back and listen Listen to my song about some brothers on a mission This one kid he never went to school His teac...

Now I got soul & I got goals & I got fans Got plans for takin my team to the top and Stands of people watch me when I kick this My style's so fly you could call...

Rock Ge-ge-get down, yeah Please listen to this [Incomprehensible] Listen to the [Incomprehensible] Monkey, see monkey do, follow this when I cue you The mic i...

Well it's the lazy days, what? The lazy days I'm sittin' back in my lounge chair stone cold maxin' Thinkin' 'bout the next MC I'm gonna wax In concert, goin' be...

Makin' crazy tracks it's mellow with the music Did you know that you have a mind so use it Now this may sound confusin', yes yes indeed You got what you want, w...

Can't comprehend, dividends end friendships Infinite kinships, dismissed amidst dead presidents exist Poor peeps is pissed, the rich benefit taxes Passes all ac...

Walking, thinking, feeling, responding Uncovering and discovering new things about myself And this mad world around me Many philosophies, many tongues, many dia...

Headz be talkin' 'bout this and that Behind backs, chit chat, speakin' on shit That's off track, lackin' the facts In my face ya crack smiles all the while Fil...

The virtuoso untold impresario of sound Composed from within enclosed now unfolds Toes tap as a reaction, adapting to pattern of rhythm Diggin' what the soul br...

Time and space, percussion and bass Whole world movin' at a blindin' pace Time and space, percussion and bass The whole world movin' at a blindin' pace Life's ...

At age 13 turned fiend, dreamed nights MC'ing Reciting rapper's delight enticed by limelight Ambitious visions of vinyl 12 inches Since Yellowman was king Albin...

Because di riddim it cool Riddim it nice, riddim it sweet, riddim in check 'Cos some a dem a big up dem mouth but dem know how fi check 'Cos mi cooler dan dem, ...

(chorus) You can't hold me down Don't wanna be pushed around Why ya'll wanna stress me for? Can't a young man have fun anymore? Been to more places than you e...