Ain't No Half-Steppin'

Ah yeah, I'm with this
 I'm just gon' sit here laid back to this nice mellow beat, you know
 And drop some smooth lyrics 'cause it's '88
 Time to set it straight, know what I'm saying
 And ain't no half stepping, word, I'm ready
 Rappers stepping to me, they want to get some
 But I'm the Kane, so yo, you know the outcome
 Another victory, they can't get with me
 So pick a BC date 'cause you're history
 I'm the authentic poet to get lyrical
 For you to beat me, it's gonna take a miracle
 And stepping to me, yo that's the wrong move
 So what you on, Hobbs, dope or dog food?
 Competition, I just devour like a pitbull against a Chihuahua
 'Cause when it comes to being dope, hot damn
 I got it good, now let me tell you who I am
 The B-I-G D-A-double D-Y K-A-N-E
 Dramatic, Asiatic, not like many
 I'm different, so don't compare me to another
 'Cause they can't hang, word to the mother
 At least not with the principal in this pedigree
 So when I roll on you rappers, you better be ready to die
 Because you're petty, you're just a butter knife, I'm a machete
 That's made by Ginzu, wait until when you try to front
 So I can chop into your body
 Just because you try to be basing Friday the 13th
 I'mma play Jason, no type of joke, gag, game, puzzle or riddle
 The name is Big Daddy, yes, Big not little
 So define it, here's your walking papers, sign it
 And take a walk as the Kane start to talk, 'cause
 Ain't no half-steppin'
 I'm the Big Daddy Kane
 Ain't no half steppin'
 I'm the Big Daddy Kane
 Ain't no half steppin'
 I'm the Big Daddy Kane
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 My rhymes are so dope and the rappers be hoping
 To sound like me, so soon I'll have to open
 A school of MCing, for those who want to be in
 My field in court, then again on second thought
 To have MC's coming out sounding so similar
 It's quite confusing for you to remember
 The originator, and boy do I hate a perpetrator
 But I'm much greater, the best
 Oh yes, I guess suggest the rest should fess
 Don't mess or test your highness
 Unless you just address with best finesse
 And bless the paragraph I manifest
 Rap Prime Minister, some say sinister
 Non-stopping the groove, until when it's the climax
 And I max, relax and chill
 Have a break from a take of me acting ill
 Brain cells are lit, ideas start to hit
 Next the formation of words that fit
 At the table I sit, making it legit
 And when my pen hits the paper, ah shit
 I stop and stand strong over MC's
 And devour with the power of Hercules
 Or Samson, but I go further the length
 'Cause you could scalp my cameo and I'll still have strength
 And no, that's not a myth, and if you try to riff
 Or get with the man with the given gift of gab
 Your vocab, I'll only ignore
 Be sleeping on your rhymes 'til I start to snore
 You can't awake me or even make me
 Fear you, son, 'cause you can't do me none
 So think about it if you're trying to go
 When you want to step to me, I think you should know that
 Ain't no half-steppin'
 I'm the Big Daddy Kane
 Ain't no half steppin'
 I'm the Big Daddy Kane
 Ain't no half steppin'
 I'm the Big Daddy Kane
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 I appear right here and scare and dare
 A mere musketeer that would dare to compare
 Put him in the rear, back there where he can't see clear
 Get a beer, idea or near stare, yeah
 So on to be, want to be competition
 Trying to step to me, must be on a mission
 Up on the stage is where I'ma get you at
 You think I'm losing? Psst, picture that
 Ain't no half steppin'
 Ain't no half steppin'
 Ain't no half steppin'
 Ain't no half steppin'
 Mister Cee, step to me
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 The name is Big Daddy, you know, as in your father
 So when you hear a def rhyme, believe that I'm the author
 I grab the mic and make MC's evaporate
 The party people say, damn, that rapper's great
 The creator conductor of poetry
 Et cetera, et cetera, it ain't easy being me
 I speak clearly so you can understand
 Put words together like letter, man
 Now that's dictation, proceeding to my innovation
 Not like the other MC's, that are an imitation
 Or an animation, a cartoon to me
 But when I'm finished, I'm sure that you are soon to see
 Reality, my secret technique
 Because I always speak with mentality
 I put my title in your face, dare you to base
 And if you try and come get it, yo, I'ma show you who's with it
 So if you know like I know, instead of messing around
 Play like Roy Rogers and slow down
 Just give yourself a break or someone else will take
 Your title, namely me because I'm homicidal
 That means murder 'cause I'm about to hurt another MC
 That try to get with me, I'll just break him and bake him and rake him
 And take him and mold him and make him
 Hold up the peace sign, Assalam Walaikum