1.Music Man
Muuuuuuuusic!
The music man (repeat 4x)
I am the man, but i'm not the one with the can in his hand
I'm down with a different kind of street band
And i appear from place to place as the music man, aka master
ace
Stacks of flyers are pressed up
All the part people are home getting dressed up
Just to hear the sound of the underground
Fusion, and the bass like thunder pounds
And so they pack the show just to see
He who claims to be the music man
The music man (repeat 4x)
It's about time for the music man to rip
First i take a sip, then i like grip
The crowd tight into my hand with the loud
Intro, then throw lyrics from a cloud like zeus
I'm the one to get the ladies loose
Baby, you just got seduced and juiced
By the master ace, i'm not a villian from a place
In the west, that was just the was i was dressed
And so, looking for lust i stand
I got girls, but i would never bring sand to the beach
Each and every person give a hand
And swing with the capital a, the music man
The music man (repeat 3x)
I bet you thought the music man would take a short
I fought tooth and nail to prevail in this sport
So lend me your ears, my peers because here's
Who doesn't fear another because fear's
In the mind, so don't try to scare because you might find
A chair thrust upon your back with the wack
So there, i put you in your place with haste
Now flee, cause now you can't be master ace, the music man
The music man (repeat 8x)
I'm here to reach the youth
The only way that i can to that is to teach the truth, so i do
Some used to diss and dismiss this
But then many of those small minds grew
To understand the mission of the music man
I know the time, and i clock dough so i'm grand
But i'm not a father, no i'm more like the sun
Shining down on every single one
So run, run and tell em all
Yell it from a wall, the music man will never fall
Or fail, raps tip the scale to get you hot and
I wear cotton, i don't bail
Or pick, i like to kick raps, hape, you have none
So quit, gather round, hear the sound of the man
Cause i can, yes you know i can, yes i can can
Satisfy with the fly display, this may dismay
But i am, the music man, yeah i'm the music man
The music man (repeat 4x)
2.I Got Ta
＂i got ta＂ (repeat 4x)
(i got ta) pick up the mic on a soul tip
(i got ta) run you down like a polo skip
(i got ta) rip mc's like a paper bag
(i got ta) wear a disguise to escape a nag
(i got ta) go to my shows in a limosine, but
(i got ta) stay in touch with my inner scene
(i got ta) keep my house nice and tidy
(i got ta) learn a lot about the whitey
(i got ta) buy a house with all my riches
(i got ta) invest the rest, avoid the diches
(i got ta) eat my frank with mustard only
(i got ta) call up a friend when i get lonely
(i got ta) do enough shows cause the rent's due
(i got ta) get paid, cause it makes sense to
(i got ta) uplift rap on its perspective
(i got ta) help all those that aren't connected
(i got ta) give a girl enough affection
(i got ta) turn a heart in my direction
(i got ta) grab the mic from the stage and
(i got ta) drop more spice than a cajun
(i got ta) smoke mc's like a cigarette
(i got ta) rap in a style they can't figure yet
(i got ta) teach the youth that they capable
(i got ta) show the ghetto is escapable
(i got ta) walk soft, but carry a big stick
(i got ta) wise up, and stop being pigged quick
(i got ta) manifest words til they understood
(i got ta) make more noise than thunder could
(i got ta) play an mc like a sham shirt
So step back, cause you gonna get slammed, squirt
(i got ta) get on the floor with a fly step
(i got ta) come on strong like a bicep
(i got ta) ball up my fist, that's the power sign
And mc's clean up your act cause it's shower time
(i got ta) drop my rhymes like a sandbag
(i got ta) pick up the microphone and rag
Mc's who try to be better than
(i got ta) heat up the party like a sweater can
(i got ta) learn from the mistakes that i've made
(i got ta) walk whatever path is laid
(i got ta) let things fall where they may
(i got ta) live my life by the day
(i got ta) help out a friend that's in trouble
(i got ta) tell 'em we all have to struggle
(i got ta) go to school with the other man
(i got ta) get as close as i can
(i got ta) know what he knows to know him
And then my chance to survive is less grim
(i got ta) also have knowledge of self, though
(i got ta) learn that, plus achieve wealth, yo
(i got ta) get that wealth for my family
And community and still live happily
Not ever after, cause life ain't a fairytale
(i got ta) stay on my toes and i'll never fail
(i got ta) carry the crowd like a duffle bag
You saw me score and you still wanna scuffle？ dag
(i got ta) admit you got a lot of heart, kid
You better run like somebody smart did
(i got ta) remember the benz that my man drove
Now it's all smashed up in a grove
(i got ta) recall the first day he bought it, though
And as he boasted and posted i said ＂so？＂
(i got ta) say he was the man among back
Ten workers on the ave selling smack
On saturday, he made his last mistake, so now
(i got ta) buy a suit for his wake
＂i got ta＂ (repeat 4x)
I got to avoid surrounding myself with too many materialistic
things
But i got to enjoy the life of the law-abiding black kings
I gotta motivate others to achieve and become a part of this
elite group
And that's what the struggle for equality is really about, troop
I got to understand the pain and strife of the next man
So i got avoid flaunting, showing off, and high posting if i can
I got to make sure that action is understood comepletely by all
followers
I got to convert the color of you shirt from blue to white
collars
I got to close my eyes, ball up my fist, and thank god for the
freedom of speech
Then i got to use my knowledge of the english language to write
songs that teach
＂i got ta＂ (repeat 6x)
I want to say peace to dj mister cee, steady pace, the whole
action posse
The whole action posse, the whole action to the third power
movement
And everybody that believed in master ace
3.Letter To The Better
＂is everybody ready？ all right, here we go＂
Allow me to begin, once again my friend
Yo, it's ace in action, here to send
Any and all mc's into a frenzy
Cause i'll take a rapper out just like a benzi
Yeah, this ain't the same old, lame old
Bragging and nagging, yo all that became old
Years ago, and yo, here's a pro-
Fession that will better and freshen the soul
I am going on and on like an adventure
Some of y'all are offered that cause i sent ya
Hmmm, this move is forward, or would
You like it if i pause, yeah you sure would
But i ain't pausing, no stop, just like a freeway
You're claiming too close, i need some leeway
Cause it's about time for the party to get a
Little bit hyper and yo, this is a letter to the better
So go check the mail for yours, i unveil the jaws
Then i dog ya, get down on all fours
So he can blow the capital a, the dream
Rhymes are fierce, pierce your ears like a laser beam
Reach, and i'll teach you each the speech
Spectrum, even if you add bleach
It won't fade or run, cause it's made of one-
Hundred percent knowledge to weigh a ton
Listen bud, yo the rhyme's a dud
Pencil or pen and i'll draw
Blood i'll take a strong stance, strictly long pants
No short-taking, when you hear my song, dance!
Cause you can't keep still, so dance til
You drop or the hip-hop stop, but it never will
Yeah, now if you're better, then here's the move
Ace in action, i'm here to show and prove
Plain and simple, you train my rhyme a pimple
Bust it, and watch it in your temple
You need buffrin, you're suffering, can you cope？
Nah, nope, cause it's dope, and you hope
I might slip or trip, stall or fall
But all hope is lost, you've been stalled
Drugged, you've been bugged if i'd said a
Another line in this verse, this is a letter to the better
I'm flowing, so in fact, kind of rivery
Are you a dope mc？ special delivery
There's no time, here's a rhyme, go ahead open it
This is a letter to the better, i know you're hoping it
Might be some claim on my greatness
But once i state this, watch the crabs rate this
You wear a crown, you don't deserve one
You need a meal for the mind and i'll serve one
Like a chef so def, i'm gonna rip up
Rhymes they gonna rip up those that turn a lip up
One page at a time, you keep reading
Each stage of the rhyme, where's it leading？
You want to know where a path leads, you follow it
I feed you your pride and make you swallow it
Used to be an innocent bystander and the
Lotta years filled my ears with slander
Why should i choose to get used to the way you burn？
When will you learn that every rapper has a turn？
And when the spotlight shines on you, you ought to glow
And show, the next man how to grow
And so, enough said about yourself
The central wealth of our people is mental health
And good things come in due time
And through rhyme, watch as a few climb
Non stop, straight to the top just to get a
Great big piece of the pie, this is a letter to the better
4.Me And The Biz
Awww yeah! uh, uh huh
One two, microphone check one two
Microphone check one two, mircophone check one two
Tell you what i'm gonna do
On and on and on is how the beat goes
So sell the british walkers and cut the afros
And dance till the feeling is gone in your toes
I wear shorts in the summer, timberlands when it snows
Sometimes i like to chill, sometimes i like to mingle
Sometimes i get the fever for the flavor of a single
Sexy young slimmy, but not too young, though
That's because jimmy might end up on death row
Now this here jam is like a special kind of song
It's not too short, but then again it's not too long
I brought someone with me, someone you might know
He's bound to wreck your body from the tip of your toe
All the way up to your last hair folicle
Hey hey hey, it's me the diabolical
Yes, y'all and, it's time for me to fall in
To a funky beat to make you have a ball and
Jump, make you move your rump on the floor and like pump
C'mon don't be a chump, i see four and maybe five
Live party people but the rest did not survive
(why？) they had a cardiac arrest
Now rocking microphones is something i do daily and
Making people dance like if i was alvin ailey, and
People just love it when the biz starts to play
With my (beatboxing), and by the way
Skeezing with a girl is something i get tricky
And i'm the sneaky type to like slip a girl a mickey
And i live the type of life that's far from affordable
Standing on the corner calling cuties on the portable
Me and master ace is fonky (word to miz)
Yo, who is it ace？ (it's me and the biz)
It's me and the biz (repeat 4x)
Yo ace, i got an, um, question
Excuse me brother, but can you spare a dime？
Naw, but if you want, i can kick a funky rhyme
All i need is a groove that's as smooth as a harp and
I'm ready to talk nuff shit like al sharpton
I take the stage and engage in a page and
My name is master ace and 22 is the age
Yo, i'm the b-i-z m and, like a lot of women
Bought a new car because the first one was a lemon
Oochie louie findy, me and sexy cindy
Riding around the block as if i was in the indy
Everybody pointing cause i am the joint and
They know it's me, because i'm the b-i-z
Sometimes i lie in bed all day and think about my life
Should i just kick rap and settle down with kids and a wife？
And get a regular job where i'm working 9 to 5
Shit, i'm the biz and it's great to be alive
I'm making crazy hits, a winner never quits
So those that used to diss me in the past are having fits
But i just sit back and kick my feet up on the table
Cause i'm able to rock a crowd without a cable
Or a cuban link and (yo, lincoln wasn't cuban!)
So i still produce def jams like my name was ricky rubin
M-a-s-t-e-r and this ain't store bought hip-hop from a jar and
It sure ain't stephanie mills playing dorothy in the wiz
It's me and the biz
It's me and the biz (repeat 4x)
I'm a 100% proof and rag on the roof and
Pulling crazy cuties without a gold tooth
Wilding, styling, this land is my land
(you're a) prisoner to my music like you was on riker's island
A slim, soft-spoken brother from the ghetto
My name is master ace and i thought that you should know
You run your rhymes like a horse and force
Extra booty lyrics on the crowd like you're the boss
I think you'd better keep them to yourself
Do it for yourself, put your lyrics back up on the shelf
Now i'm going to pass it to the b-i-z m-a-r-k-i-e
Cause i know you want to see him
Ah one two, one two, this is what i'm gonna do
Keep the place jumping, get it wild like a zoo
If anyone can do it, the b-i-z can
Peace to marley marl, tagedy, and mc shan
And my cousin cool v and, tj swan e and
The jungle brothers swinging from a tree and
Epmd and, nice and smooth b and
Mc craig g and, just i-c-e and
The list goes on and on and on and on
I go to dapper dan or bennaton
Hey hey, i got some shoutouts, i know you all bought my new
album
I know everybody in brooklyn bought it
Everybody in jersey bought it
Everybody in uptown bought it
Eveerybody in philidelphia and california and florida bought my
new album
I'm biz markie, i'm down with my cousin cool v, tj swan, marley
marl...
5.The Other Side Of Town
Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen. sorry to bother you today. my
name is
Joe. and, um, i'm not on crack, i don't do drugs, i'm just
trying to get
Something to eat. if you can give just a penny, a nickel..a
dime, a
Quarter..anything will be greatly appreciated. thank you for
your time...
And have a nice day.
How do you do？
I'm from the other side of town
The place where the only skin you see is the color brown
The sun never shines in this place where i live
And it's hard to do right when you feel negative
I have no compassion
I only know agression
And there is nothing great about this opression
People i see on tv, in there towns live the good life
But i live out of bounds
Where nobody comes unless they're forced to come
In school, they call me the bum from the slum
But they don't know
My sista has no food to eat
And her hand-me-down shoes are too tight for her feet
The way i see things, life isn't fair
So i never learned how to share or to care
But to hope - and hope
Instead of feeling down
And that's how it is
On the other side of town
I live on the other side of town
Pardon me, brotha
As you stand in your glory
I hope you don't mind as i tell the whole story
Some people livin life like fun in the sun
But yo, others are givin strife, and that's all they know
I feel no comfort in talks from the president
So put back on cosby
A shack is my resident
I think if i ever die, it might be a blessin
Some say i never try, but why are they stressin
I'll never get ahead; my raps have a better chance
I'm livin on wonder bread with holes in my leather pants
I'm not on the drug scene; they call me a crack head
I just had a bugged dream that i was a black man
Workin in the hospital
Then in came in a half-dead rich bitch
Yo, they must be insane
You think i would save her？
Yo, she wouldn't save me
I asked for a quater once, and guess what she gave me
A fuckin penny
A ？quarter？ costs half a mill
If it's up to me, yo, she's pushin up dafodils
In a casket
Payback's a female dog
Yo, send her ass to the morgue
Then i woke up, and i sat with a frown
Damn, i woke up
But on the other side of town
The other side of town
My teacher's a fat man
Yo, how can they tempt me so
Fuck geometry, my stomach is empty, yo
Can't you teach me to win this crazy game？
You and i are in so many ways the same
People tell me, but i don't believe that shit
Why do you sell me a dream, then leave me spit？
The truth is bare, and so is my cupboards, too
I wonder what could even l. ron hubbard do
Because my mind right now is on the brink of breakin
Yo, look how i think
I think i'll stick up the store with the arab guy
I'm sick of him anyway; his prices are too high
Or maybe i'll start sellin avon door-to-door
Then pull a jammy, and make a bigger score
Nah, maybe i'll start sellin dope for my cous
Then i could drive the same car he does
The life of a poor man
Consider me desperate
I sleep in a cold room
And wish i could just get
A piece of the pie
Is that asking too much？
I can't even reach what others have in their clutch
I wish i could go on, but i have to end this
And get back to livin a life that is winless
There's no use swimmin, so i might as well drown
In my sorrows
Cause tomorrow's the other side of town
The other side of town
The other side of town
6.Ace Iz Wild
Let's get wild
Yeah, master ace in the house
The whole action posse's in the house
Ice-u-rock's in the house, dj marley marl's in the house
Steady pace is in the house, and we gonna do it like this
So many new jacks and jills on the hill
But only one bucket, so fuck it, they get the dills
Cause you no frills, that means your name ain't household
Now watch that little mouse fold
You can't take the pressure from the cooker
Stood there looking soft, so i started hooking off
And took her, i know she used to be yours
Now she's riding on the bus with us and doing tours
Along with some other little runts
We call her a fall girl, she does so many stunts
And then she got liver, she did it with the guy that drives the
bus
Now she's a screw driver
Master ace is flipping
Your grip is slipping, it's time i start stripping
Young ladies and the titles that hold 'em
I treat 'em like a pretzel： bend, stretch, and fold 'em
And i can do the same damage on stage
Black, white, or beige, you're gonna feel the rage
The same way the sluts with the big butts felt it
I'm not a dealer but i dealt it
So if you plan on riffing when i spank ya
Be prepared to grab your ankles because
(ace is wild!) no, not really
(ace is wild!) come on, you're acting silly
(ace is wild!) you know i'm just chilling
(ace is wild!) come on, stop illing
For whom the bell tolls, it tolls for all of those
Who lost out, cause i was at the polls
And i saw the results as they came in
So many wild-ass ones that need taming
But i hold a whip and a chair
And i don't play fair, so you'd better stay there
Until i say ＂jump through the fire＂
But i won't get burned, i learned to admire
＞from way across the room first
And after i study, buddy, that's when i kick a verse
That's high powered, you got devoured
By the jaws of death, you little coward
Scared to step in this arena
Where the grass is greener, you're looking meaner and meaner
But your look ain't scaring me away
So i just stay and say words to make your head sway
Capital a-c-e, boy
Serving the masses, you'd better take some classes
If you want to hang with this here
And if you get near, i'll eat you like a pear (crunch)
But i don't really eat a lot of fruit
So say ＂ahh＂ (mmmmmmph!) now don't you look cute？
(ace is wild!) nah, no i'm not
(ace is wild!) i just like to bug a lot
(ace is wild!) leave me alone
(ace is wild!) turn up the microphone
(ace is wild!) yeah...
Mr. gangster, who you trying to kid？
Fake, flam, and fess and dress the way you did
This is a microphone war
You say you're well-known, but what are you known for？
A porno flick and a hard dick
And always bragging about the girls you stick
Title for king？ yo i don't compete for that
Paid your dues？ let me see a reciept for that
Somebody put you on yesterday
And you fess today, and that's just the way
A sucker is supposed to operate
Just turn on my mic and i'm straight
Now you fronting like you got a million g's
Just because you sold a couple of lp's
Now you walking around thinking you're the man
Cause you bought a little suit from dapper dan
But so what？ you still ain't dapper
Holding the mic makes you look like a rapper
But you're just a sloppy copy cat
Front on me and i'm a hit you with a bat
Bottom of the nineth, two out, and i'm at the plate
And smack! over the left field gate
That's where your head goes, you're rudolph the red nosed
And you can't join in, you shouldn't have said those
Rhymes that sound so merrily merrily
Since you're soft like poundcake from sarah lee
I might cut a slice, then say ＂what a nice
Sucker to gobble up with beans and rice＂
You fat little rat from the sewer
I eat you like a meal, pass you like maneuer
Put you in the garden where my flower grows
Then where's your power？ tell me where your power goes
Somebody does your dirty work for you
Throw up your hands like a man so i can floor you
And oh, if you pull a jammie
You can run from brooklyn to miami
＞from miami to nevada
You'd better have a lotta, i mean a whole knot of
Payola, cause i'm about to roll a
Mic like a cess joint, so brother here's a bowl of
Pride, now eat it up
Cause i get kind of wild when i heat it up
(ace is wild!) nah, not really
(ace is wild!) come on, you're acting silly
(ace is wild!) you know i'm just chilling
(ace is wild!) yo yo yo, stop illing
(ace is wild!) no, i'm not
(ace is wild!) i feel kinda hot
(ace is wild!) but i'm not acting wild
(ace is wild!) you know that ain't my style
(ace is wild!) you know i'm just cooling
(ace is wild!) and also i'm ruling
(ace is wild!) i ain't messing with nobody
(ace is wild!) i just wanna have a party
(ace is wild!) no, no
(ace is wild!) come on, yo
(ace is wild!) it's me and marley marl
(ace is wild!) and i'm the music man, y'all
7.Four Minus Three
＂ready to rock this at the drop of a dime, baby＂
＂master ace!＂
Listen closely, so your attention's undivided
Many in the past have tried to do what i did
Just the way i came off them, i'm a come off
Stronger and longer, even with the drum off
And the blow that i deliver is a crisp one
Give that style back, jack, and try this one
If you're gonna pick up the microphone when the beat is moving
swift
You'd better say something i can get with
Suckers i mold in my hand just like silly puddy
You tried to shank me, spanky, but my name's not mcgilnicutty
Yes yes, let's test the waters
Skinny dipping in a slaughter
Hope you wore your water proof hightop certified
Cause i taight you i got the murder ride
And you don't have to buy a ticket
You can afford to to get aboard and watch me as i stick it
In the face of my foes because it goes to show that i flow like
a bloody nose
Raps are sweet just like a donut from dunkin'
The action posse's at the door, and they won't let a punk in
So you'd better try the back door
Before you get a cracked jaw
And i don't need a black had to be a villian
The posse is action and the label is cold chillin'
The question is how hype will you get？
When you heard this beat you was familiar with
A jam you heard before, this is a summary
A voice surrounds you, but there's only one of me
Lyrics of dialect come from all angles
The cordless mic in my hand still strangles
They try rather well, but none are parallel
The words are spinning in your head like a carosel
And out of all the brothers i spoke to
None of them broke through, they sound like a joke, too
Their rhymes are very soft, just like terry cloth
The kid's that standing on stage oughta hurry off
Cause that ain't hip-hop, you little drip-drop
Trying to tip-toe but can't touch the tip-top
Cause you ain't tall enough
Try to brawl and scuff with a style you're calling tough
Is about as tough as a flower
Beware of the posse raise to the third power
Cause we ain't caring, don't mind tearing a
Cocaine-pushing, dapper dan wearing
Walking around with a neck full of cables
My dj laughs when you touch the turntables
Wannabe hard rock when you roll 10 deep
They told you my name but you act like you've been sleep
Get back, sit back and chill you no frill mc's
Slim see, but still i show skill
Words can brutalize without no mercy
Enemies wasting their last breath to curse me
I ain't shaft with a hat and a cadillac
Mc's lash out, but should i battle back？
Nah, i remain calm and collected
The stage was empty the last time i checked it
But now there's movement there in the spotlight
I can't make out who it is, nah, not quite
A flash of gold from a shiny medallion
A stride of pride on stage like a stallion
Oh, another one of those who try to get close to
But can't cause a man's supposed to
Rip the mic til the crowd is perplexed, but
With this jam here, there won't be no next up
So peace to craig g, kane, g. rap, and marley marl
＞from the music man, y'all
＂once you hear the capital a＂ ＂you should know＂
＂action is in eff-eff-ect-ect＂ (repeat 4x)
＂ace in action＂ ＂steady pace＂ (repeat til fade)
8.Can't Stop The Bum Rush
9.Movin' On
Yo we gonna do it now？
To get ahead, in life
I must avoid the rain, pain, and the strife
I have to keep (people) striving
I want to be among the young that are surviving
So i go and get a job and
Work amongst the jerks that i used to be robbing
My boss' name is rick
The kind i used to vic on the ave with a stick
Now i'm taking orders
Dreaming about the days when i went to latin quarters
Me and my batallion
Scheming on the kid with the link and medallion
Rolling with the rush
Anyone that stepped in the way got crushed
But that was then, this is now
And i don't want to join my best friend
Cause he bit the dust
Went one-on-one with the kid and got bust
I can still see the blood
Pouring outta his head, red like a flood
I stayed up til dawn
Cause i knew, that it was time to move on
＂keep moving, keep moving on＂ ＂moving oooooooooon＂ (repeat 4x)
Hot summer night
Rolling on the deuce just looking for a fight
Take a few flicks
As they walked past we harassed a few chicks
I snatch her by the arm
Her man's up the block so she screams in alarm
But we don't give a fuck
He's wearing pennyloafers so we know he's a duck
Try to play hero
And catch a bad one you nerd-looking zero
Pockets are bare
Stetsasonic and dougie are up at union square
Let's take a ride
Even though that we know that we can't get inside
Standing out front
On the prowl, on the hunt
Who's it gonna be？
Some kid rolls up in a 300 e
Uh oh, time to wreck
Diamonds on his wrist, his fingers, and his neck
Sweat on my brow
I wish i knew then what i know right now
Cause now i'm reborn
And i know, that it's time to move on
＂keep moving, keep moving on＂ ＂moving oooooooooon＂ (repeat 4x)
Here's the break
This is the break
My man dre waves his fist
To the crew that means no assist
So he stepped
The kid was at the phone booth, yeah he slept
It was simple
Dre just hit him with a blow to the temple
Then he fell
The girls that were standing in line start to yell
The kid's out cold
Dre's kinda bold, he's putting on the gold
Then another yell
The crowd starts running and i wonder, ＂what the hell？＂
The kid on the floor (watch your back!)
Came to now it's his turn to score
He had a gun
Pulled the trigger before dre could run
Then he jumped in the benz
And he jetted off, we had no wins
These days i think
As i hold the cup of success, dre would never get a drink
Cause that night a very clear picture was drawn
It was was tiiiime to move on
＂keep moving, keep moving on＂ ＂moving oooooooooon＂ (repeat 4x)
10.Brooklyn Battles
Intro
Mmm...yeah, that sound kinda ill...word...yeah... master ace in
the
Studio with my man marley marl, y'know... got dj clash in the
House...and my dj, steady pace on the cut, right？ [doin' the
rest]
Right, so i'm about to get into somethin' here...
Verse 1
I'm master ace, from a place
Or should i say borough
Where they like the bass to be thorough
With the kick of a mule
And the click of a tool with no bullets
In the clip, it's the trick of a fool
Cuz he who fronts gets blunts you can't smoke
To pull such stunts is no joke
You better know where you are first
Try to be rude and get chewed like a starburst
Now how much juice you got？
You couldn't hang if i made a noose and knot
Now try that on for size
Too much baseball, too many apple pies
Click your heels three times, kid
And now you can see what my rhymes did
Suckers and nerds come in herds just like cattle
First i brand them, then i hand them a rattle
So they can make a little noise in protest
Those that fussed got bust wearin' no vest
I told that mc to go west
Let's see who can put on a show best
The creep that tried to sleep got no rest
I got a rap that can trap a slow pest
Where's your girl？ she's out on a hoe quest
Fingernail tips, red lips, summer stroll dressed
In a camisole she's a pro blessed
With a great big backside but no breasts
Welcome to the fire pit
I know some kids that wish you'd worn some flyer shit
Cuz as soon as you stepped off the train
They woulda put a big nine to your brain
Be on the lookout, and yo, keep lookin'
Cuz there's a battle goin' on in brooklyn.
Verse 2
Just like the water in a river flows, i'm fluid
And as i do it, i deliver blows
So mcs, you better keep your left up
Try to fight and you might just get f'd up
Cuz i'll terminate, as you learn a great lesson
Don't ever try messin' or you'll earn a fate
Worse than death cuz i'm here to give it to ya
You got a life, but don't know how to live it do ya？
I live on a day-to-day basis
Doin' my shows in all kinds of places
You sit home with a frowned-up grill
Talkin' 'bout who ya gonna kill
Well listen up psychopath
Put down the uzi, stop tryin' to play shaft
Cuz life ain't a tv screen
Bullets can puncture the skin, rupture the spleen
And the stuff that flows out your veins ain't ketchup
Sit back, relax as i sketch up
The scene on a brooklyn street on a late night
It was a great fight to me
I was just an innocent bystander
Let me try and, uh, explain why i'd hand a
Brother a big fat stick
Well it was that, or get his black ass kicked
See, it was five against one
But this brother was too proud to run
So he stood in like a trooper
Fightin' against all odds against a group of
Brothers that looked the same way he looked, friend
It was a battle in brooklyn.
11.Maybe Next Time
Some rappers pick up the mic and like to dabble
But i'm gonna flow with the show and never babble
Take your hand, make your stand
To my left, jeff, your a pest and you fessed and
I think you'd better find a new profession
You think that you wanna be a rapper？ well i think you're
guessing
No time for fessing or faking, messing or making
Mistakes, cause it takes heavyweights to stakes
Or high, so why would you ever want to front？
And try such a stunt, now the ace is gonna hunt
Ya down, you clown, cause the sound that you're hearing is dope
You can't cope slowpoke, so pick up the soap
And catch a bad one, you wanted a chance and you had one
You lost it course you sad one
You can't get with the style you hit with
In this rhyme, so maybe next time
Uptown, downtown, crosstown, no matter where you're from
Get on the floor and get dumb
Cause the master, capital a-c-e is about to kick it wicked
Here's the title, in your face i'm gonna stick it
But yo don't resh leash the speech that you use
Needs a little more spice, ice, you're nice
The style that i heard was third nerd, you gotta be sweet, pete
You can't make money saying rhymes on the street
So yo get back, jack, a smack is what you might just get
To the grill, bill, so chill, or i might just swing, king
Crown, you're down you're like a wingless plane, wayne
Cause you ain't fly, in fact you try and i'm a rain
Right on your head so shed hats and coats
The votes are in friend, i win hands down, clown
You tried biting, but biting is a crime
So maybe next time
I like to cruise around the city, find me a witty
Seditty, sexy young lady that is pretty
(meow meow meow) says the kitty
The hotel room i got's a buck fifty
Booties in miniskirts, cuties and plenty certs
To make sure my breath is up to par and
I introduce myself as the capital a the c the e
And say ＂hello＂ and ＂bonjour＂ if foreign
And if she's a little bit older i'll put her head on my shoulder
And hold, cause nobody told her
That the master ace, could move so many hips
Just by the sounds from my lips
Well um dinner was a winner, the movie was groovy
The park was dark as we walked and talked
Stayed and played, chased and raced
Sat and chat, shared and stared, into each other's eyes and lies
Spilled from your mouth right then
Cause as we kissed you insisted, you had no boyfriend
But i know you cousin and your cousin dropped dime
Oh well, maybe next time
Mc's acting wild better get calm
Or you'll get laughed at like like a sitcom
I spell my name a with the c-e
Not an ＂lf＂ folks, and i'm displaying ＂different strokes＂
Huh, i'm ＂head of the class＂ fast and furious
Rhymes as you get ＂m＊a＊s＊h-ed＂ as i have ＂good times＂
And ＂happy days＂ i'm slick like a hummer
And smooth and kick my rhymes like a punter
＂one day at a time＂ is how i live life
So no i'm not ＂married with children＂ and no i do not have a
wife
Instead i would prefer to have a girl and
Experience ＂growing pains＂ cause it's a ＂different world＂ and
Rappers try to play me, just like a sport
Try to bite my rhymes at ＂night＂ but get ＂court＂
＂give me a break＂ catch a ＂taxi＂ and leave town
You might be a ＂star＂ but i'll ＂trek＂ you down
Rapping, it's a living and it's been one for years
＂jeffersons＂ in my wallet, champagne in my glass, i say ＂cheers＂
You wish you could be slick with the rhymes, don't you？
But maybe next time
12.As I Reminisce
13.Take A Look Around
I got something i want y'all to do
Take a look around
Take a look around, take a look around and ask yourself：why？
See all those people on the other side of town, livin large and
postin high？
Take a look around, see that bumrush to this liquor store？
He sold out of thunderbird, but i got to say more
Take a look around as the wealthy and rich
Go to plush parties and do-si-do together, ain't that a bitch？
Cause they're movin on while most of us sit back complainin
Bout, ＂ain't nuff opportunities for our people＂, like it's
always rainin
But take a look around, cause i see plenty of sunshine in the
sky
Maybe next time, instead of complainin, you go out and get a
piece of the pie
Take a look around
Take a look around
Take a look around as more young people take their eyes off the
prize
See my man simon talkin bout he's gonna put a kit
And a rag-top on that 560 s-e-c he buys？
Take a look around at the music man on the corner playin his sax
Fillin the air with jazz
He's a one-man symphony, see that 2 dollars in change in his
hat？
Yo, that's all that brother has
This is just a little letter about the situations we live in
Take a look around and realize： to succeed we just can't give in
Now take a look around
Hey brother, take a look around
Hey sister, take a look around
Now money made is not necesserally money earned
But those who earn money seem to have a lot less
And not very often are those tables ever turned
But then again, money's not a measure of success
The power of 3, you see, is ever present
Slide and ride this groove, to get the meanin
Only a true king can call someone a peasant
You hold a microphone, but for a throne i find you fiendin
Pursuit of happiness and money are not the same
There is some overlap, but they're still separate goals
Because it's possible to have one without the other, a shame
Some don't realize it, so they sell away their souls
Take a look around
Take a look around
As i walk through grand central i see so very many
Brothers and sisters that are down on their luck
Is there really pie, and they just aren't gettin any？
Or is it cause they're lazy and they just don't give a fuck？
Walkin through the park i see bam-bam playin celo
4-5-6, bam just lost 3 g's and a kilo
Who says they only play for kicks？
Take a look around
Take a look around
I remember jackie, when jackie was a hottie
Jeans used to fit her like the skin upon a grape
Me and every other brother fiened for her body
But she's smokin, so now look at her shape
Now mrs green goes to church like every single sunday
And she had three sons, ron, mike and dale
Maybe if she'd done a little bit more than just pray
Ron wouldn't be dead, and the other two, they wouldn't be in
jail
I remember mr. tee, he used to walk with a limp
He had a wooden leg, y'know, cause he lost it in the war
Maybe if this country had made some attempt
To take care of their veterans, mr. tee, he wouldn'ta have to
die poor
Take a look around
Hey - brothers, sisters
Take a look around
14.Together
Drop it
Ace and action
Steady pace by my side
The name of this one here is together
This is goin out to all those who some day reach that fork in
the road, you know？
Cause we all have the potential to get there together
Listen up
I got a problem, the ace is bubblin
Physically i'm fit as a fiddle, but somethin's troublin
My mind, i'm in search of the find
A style that's designed just for this kind
Of a raid, it's a must to get paid
Or fade into the wack parade
And so you can't wade
Through this groove, it's as deep as a diver goes
As i proceed, the liver it grows
Then it reaches your ear, teaches you where
You are and where it should be, to each his share
Unadultared, dope, i made it to cope
With any that hope that i faded - nope
I'm still on the scene, kill all the mean
Stares, who cares, they hurtin nothin, when will you fiend
For somethin attainable, somethin more gainable
I build and i'm filled with knowledge undrainable
It's overflowin, before long you're goin
To find out, you kept your mind out of growin
The way you did it, was you didn't admit it was
Somethin that applied to you, you should bit it, cuz
But you chose to ignore, i suppose you explore
Only things with wings and a halo - sure
You're not a saint, but you try to paint
A picture that'll get you respect, don't you know it ain't
How large you're livin, or what you're drivin
But what your goals are, so keep on strivin
And gainin, maintainin
Keep your brain intact, this is mental trainin
For the minds that have given up
Other are livin up, if you want a sip, then go get a cup
And we'll take a drink from the fountain
Of success, yo, let's all climb the mountain
Together
We're gonna get there
Oh yeah, we're gonna get there
Together (3x)
We got to, got to, got to
Get there together
Who's with me now, raise your hand
Need inspiration？ the capital a's your man
I'll inspire you to strive a little higher
You won't tire, and not even barbwire
Will obstruct your progress, i guess
You wanna succeed？ determination is what you need
Face your fears and place your tears aside
Raise your peers to the top, here's a guide
For you to follow by, try and swallow my
Food for thought, and you're short of an alibi
There's no excuses, the rhyme just spruces
And juices up a small mind, so call mine the loosest
Cause i get looser than mice in a basement
I grab the mic, and that's when the place went
Wild, steady smiled, i didn't crack one
Not that i'm mean or that i lack fun
But the topic is serious, listeners are curious
Rappers are lerious, the ace and i'm furious
It's not the kinda rage that makes me wanna rant and rave
Across the stage like a beast in a cage, i save
All the screamin and shoutin for the next man
The look on my face is the proof that i'm vexed, and
I don't yell, i don't swell, i tell facts
And simply stated i made it, sell tracks
But i want respect from those who chose to
Flap your rat traps, cause heaven knows you
Made a mistake when you chose to oppose
You tried to step on toes, now you're dissed - case closed
Cause like it or not, action is gettin there
So keep on sittin there, riffin and splittin hair
And critizisin, i got my eyes in
An upward glance, and i see us all risin
Together
Listen up
Who says a brother can't get his with his
Eyes on the prize, realize that it is
Highly probable that someday he will
Believe and therefore achieve, but we will
Keep an eye out, cause he might try out
A quicker way to payday, but i doubt
The brother knows： the harder the wind blows
The faster the quick cash goes, and i suppose
Gettin paid everyday means improvement
Bust the movement on the floor as the groove went
(together) as the bass kicked, the ace picked
The mic up, and now i'm gonna strike up a taste licked
By a licker and bitten by a biter
Sucked by a sucker, i fought like a fighter
To get the meal rarely barely shared by
A brother of color, but i'm not scared, i
Don't wanna stop, to the top it's a rat race
Or should i say rap race, i wanna get that taste
My mouth is waterin, who's that orderin？
The ace'll slow a pace, i'm almost borderin
On breakin, cause it's there for the takin
And i'm not fakin, yo, i want the bacon
But i'm not hurryin or worryin, there's time for
Me to get mine, but i made a rhyme for
To use, so you score, it's more like food for
Empty spaces, now the ace is in the mood for
Seein the black with a tack with a feather
Cause we don't need a 2x4 just to get there together
Yeah, yeah stop
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