Текст (слова) песни: Eric B. and Rakim - I Ain`t No Joke

 
[Rakim] 
I ain`t no joke, I use to let the mic smoke 
Now I slam it when I`m done and make sure it`s broke 
When I`m gone, no on gets on, cause I won`t let 
nobody press up, and mess up, the scene I set 
I like to stand in the crowd, and watch the people wonder "Damn!" 
But think about it, then you`ll understand 
I`m just an 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 grafitti 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 
competing, cause I just put your mind on pause 
And I complete when, you compare my rhyme with 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 
biting it`ll make you choke, you can`t provoke 
You can`t cope, you shoulda broke, because I ain`t no joke {*echoes*} 
 
[Eric B. scratches] 
 
[Rakim] 
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 to write 
You can`t make it so you take it home, break it and bite 
Use pieces and bits of all my 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 chores 
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 can aggravate me 
So when you see me come up, freeze 
Or you`ll be one of those seven MC`s 
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 of paragraphs, based on you and 
your offbeat DJ, if anything he play 
sound familiar, I`ll wait `til E. say 
"Play `em," so I`ma have to diss and bro 
you can get a smack for this, I ain`t no joke {*echoes*} 
 
[Eric B. scratches] 
 
[Rakim] 
I hold the microphone like a grudge 
B`ll hold the record so the needle don`t budge 
I hold a conversation cause when I invent 
I nominated, my DJ, "The Presdient" 
When I see you I`ll, kick a freestyle, goin steadily 
So pucker up, and whistle "My Melody" 
But whatever you do, don`t miss one 
There`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 middle 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 "Moving 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 a serious tip 
Keep playin, and I get furious quick 
And I`ll take you for a walk through hell 
Feed your dome -- then watch your eyeballs swell 
Guide you out of triple stage darkness 
When it get dark again... then I`ma spark this 
microphone, cause the heat is on, you see smoke 
And I`m finished when the beat is gone, I`m no joke {*echoes*} 
 
[Eric B. scratches to the end]
 

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