I Ain't No Joke

I ain't no joke, I used to let the mic smoke
 Now I slam it when I'm done and make sure it's broke
 When I'm gone, no one gets on, 'cause I won't let
 Nobody press up, and mess up, the scene I set
 I like to stand in a crowd, and watch the people wonder, damn
 But think about it, then ya understand
 I'm just a addict, addicted to music
 Maybe it's a habit, I gotta use it
 Even if it's jazz, or the quiet storm
 I hook a beat up, convert it into hip-hop form
 Write a rhyme in graffitti and, every show you see me in
 Deep concentration, 'cause I'm no comedian
 Jokers are wild, if you wanna be tamed
 I treat you like a child then you're gonna be named
 Another enemy, not even a friend of me
 'Cause you'll get fried in the end when you pretend to be
 Competin', 'cause I just put your mind on pause
 And I complete when, you compare my rhyme wit' yours
 I wake you up and as I stare in your face you seem stunned
 Remember me, the one you got your idea from
 But soon you start to suffer, the tune'll get rougher
 When you start to stutter, that's when you had enough of
 Bitin', it'll make you choke, you can't provoke
 You can't cope, you should've broke, because I ain't no joke
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 I got a question, it's serious as cancer
 Who can keep the average dancer
 Hyper as a heart attack, nobody smilin'
 'Cause you're expressin' the rhyme that I'm stylin'
 This is what we all sit down and write
 You can't make it so you take it home, break it and bite
 Use pieces and bits of all the hip-hop hits
 Get the style down pat then it's time to switch
 Put my tape on pause and add some more to yours
 Then you figured, you're ready for the neighborhood tours
 A E-M-C-E-E, don't even try to be
 When you come up to speak, don't even lie to me
 You like to exaggerate, dream and imaginate
 Then change the rhyme around, that could aggravate me
 So when you see me come up, freeze
 Or you'll be one of those 7 emcees
 They think that I'm a new jack, but only if they knew that
 They who think wrong, are they who can't do that
 Style that I'm doin', they might ruin
 Patterns and paragraphs based on you and
 Your offbeat DJ, if anything he play
 Sound familiar, I'll wait 'til E say
 Play 'em, so I'mma have to diss who broke
 You could get a smack for this, I ain't no joke
 ♪
 I hold the microphone like a grudge
 B'll hold the record so the needle don't budge
 I hold a conversation, 'cause what I invent
 I nominated my DJ the president
 When I emcee I'll, keep a freestyle, goin' steadily
 So pucker up, and whistle my melody
 But whatever you do, don't miss one
 They'll be another rough rhyme after this one
 Before you know it, you're followin' and fiendin'
 Waiting for the punchline, to get the meanin'
 Like before, the mural of my story I'm tellin'
 Nobody beats the R so stop yellin'
 Save it, put it in your pocket for later
 'Cause I'm movin' the crowd, and B'll wreck the fader
 No interruptions 'til the mic is broke
 When I'm gone, then you can joke
 'Cause everything is real on the serious tip
 Keep playin', and I get furious quick
 And I take you for a walk through hell
 Freeze your dome, then watch your eyeballs swell
 Guide you out of triple stage darkness
 When it get dark again, then I'mma spark this
 Microphone, 'cause the heat is on
 You see smoke, then I finish when the beat is gone, I'm no joke
 
 I ain't no joke, I used to let the mic smoke
 Now I slam it when I'm done and make sure it's broke
 When I'm gone, no one gets on, 'cause I won't let
 Nobody press up, and mess up, the scene I set
 I like to stand in a crowd, and watch the people wonder, damn
 But think about it, then ya understand
 I'm just a addict, addicted to music
 Maybe it's a habit, I gotta use it
 Even if it's jazz, or the quiet storm
 I hook a beat up, convert it into hip-hop form
 Write a rhyme in graffitti and, every show you see me in
 Deep concentration, 'cause I'm no comedian
 Jokers are wild, if you wanna be tamed
 I treat you like a child then you're gonna be named
 Another enemy, not even a friend of me
 'Cause you'll get fried in the end when you pretend to be
 Competin', 'cause I just put your mind on pause
 And I complete when, you compare my rhyme wit' yours
 I wake you up and as I stare in your face you seem stunned
 Remember me, the one you got your idea from
 But soon you start to suffer, the tune'll get rougher
 When you start to stutter, that's when you had enough of
 Bitin', it'll make you choke, you can't provoke
 You can't cope, you should've broke, because I ain't no joke
 ♪
 I got a question, it's serious as cancer
 Who can keep the average dancer
 Hyper as a heart attack, nobody smilin'
 'Cause you're expressin' the rhyme that I'm stylin'
 This is what we all sit down and write
 You can't make it so you take it home, break it and bite
 Use pieces and bits of all the hip-hop hits
 Get the style down pat then it's time to switch
 Put my tape on pause and add some more to yours
 Then you figured, you're ready for the neighborhood tours
 A E-M-C-E-E, don't even try to be
 When you come up to speak, don't even lie to me
 You like to exaggerate, dream and imaginate
 Then change the rhyme around, that could aggravate me
 So when you see me come up, freeze
 Or you'll be one of those 7 emcees
 They think that I'm a new jack, but only if they knew that
 They who think wrong, are they who can't do that
 Style that I'm doin', they might ruin
 Patterns and paragraphs based on you and
 Your offbeat DJ, if anything he play
 Sound familiar, I'll wait 'til E say
 Play 'em, so I'mma have to diss who broke
 You could get a smack for this, I ain't no joke
 ♪
 I hold the microphone like a grudge
 B'll hold the record so the needle don't budge
 I hold a conversation, 'cause what I invent
 I nominated my DJ the president
 When I emcee I'll, keep a freestyle, goin' steadily
 So pucker up, and whistle my melody
 But whatever you do, don't miss one
 They'll be another rough rhyme after this one
 Before you know it, you're followin' and fiendin'
 Waiting for the punchline, to get the meanin'
 Like before, the mural of my story I'm tellin'
 Nobody beats the R so stop yellin'
 Save it, put it in your pocket for later
 'Cause I'm movin' the crowd, and B'll wreck the fader
 No interruptions 'til the mic is broke
 When I'm gone, then you can joke
 'Cause everything is real on the serious tip
 Keep playin', and I get furious quick
 And I take you for a walk through hell
 Freeze your dome, then watch your eyeballs swell
 Guide you out of triple stage darkness
 When it get dark again, then I'mma spark this
 Microphone, 'cause the heat is on
 You see smoke, then I finish when the beat is gone, I'm no joke