Raw - Big Daddy Kane

Since the far-off days

When man first heard a scratchy noise

On a cylindrical drum accompanied

By staccato human tones

It has been his aim to add breadth and depth

To give realism

And spaciousness and

Even where it applies to convey actual movement

Into I start to go my rhymesll flow

So get up and dance cause kane said so

If you were lounging around its time to get up

Pardon my expression but imma tear sh*t up

I appear right here and scare and dare

A mere musketeer

That would dare to compare I do declare

Getting busy is where its at

But what you're saying

You wouldn't get a point for that

Cause you're a featherweight

And your rhymes you carry light

But I drop bass just like barry white

So how could you think that you pose a threat

You say you're rocking

How many shows you get

All your vocals go local on the m-i-c

Mines go a great distance like at&t

I'm now new to this I'm true to this

Nothing you can do to this

F**k around with kane

And come out black and blue for this

So yo go for what you know

Attempt to debate so I can humiliate

We can go rhyme for rhyme

Word for word verse for verse

Get you a nurse too late get you a hearse

To take you to your burial ground

Because the big daddy kane always throws down

Correct I get respect I'm out to collect

Cash money cause I get raw

Everybody get up

Everybody get up

Everybody get up

Everybody get up

Boy do I hate a

I'm coming

I'm coming

I'm coming

I'm coming

I'm coming

Here I am r-a-w

A terrorist here to bring trouble to

Phony mcs I move on and seize

I just conquer and stomp another rapper with ease

Cause I'm at my apex and others are below

Nothing but a milliliter I'm a kilo

Second to none making mcs run

So don't try to step to me cause I ain't the one

I relieve rappers just like tylenol

And they know it so I don't see why you all

Try to front perpetrating a stunt

When you know that I'll smoke you up like a blunt

I'm genuine like gucci raw like sushi

To stage a rage is what rap did to me

To make me want to create chaos and mayhem

Cold rock a party until the a m

I'll make a muscle grab the mic and hustle

While you stand dazed and amazed I bust a

Little rhyme with authority superiority

And captivate the whole crowds majority

The rhymes I use definitely amuse

Better than dynasty or hill street blues

I'm sure to score adored for more without a flaw

Cause I get raw

Everybody get up

Everybody get up

Everybody get up

Everybody get up

Everybody get up

With speech like a reverend

Rappers start severing

And in my lifetime believe I've never been

Beaten or eaten and just tooken out

You know come to think about it

I keep mcs looking out

And real nervous when I'm at your service

Give me that title boy you don't deserve this

I work like a slave to become a master

And when I say a rhyme you that it has to

Be perfectly fitted cause I'm committed

The entertainer and trainer and kanell get with it

I go and flow and grow to let you know

I damage ya I'm not an amateur but a pro

Fessional a questional without doubt superb

So full of action my name should be a verb

My voice will float on every note

When I clear my throat thats all she wrote

The minute that the kane starts to go on

Believe its gonna be smooth sailing so on

As I put other rappers out of their misery

Get them in a battle and make them all history

Ruling and schooling mcs that I'm dueling

Watch them all take a fall as I sit back cooling

On my throne with a bronze microphone

Hmm God bless the child that can hold his own

Cause I get raw

Ain't it good to you

Ain't it good to you

Ain't it good to you

Ain't it good to you

Ain't it good to you

Heres an experiment to begin with

Twenty-four sev chilling killing like a villain

The meaning of raw is ready and willing

To do whatever is clever take a loss never

And the rhymes I bust coming off is a must

And I come off hard with rhymes that are odd

I rip the microphone and leave it scarred

Never smoking or hitting or taking a sniff

Only crushing mcs that be trying to riff

I get strong and titanic do work like a mechanic

Make mcs panic they all get frantic

And skeptic like a girl on a contraceptive

As I rock but hey what you expected

I'll get raw for you just like a warrior

Rapping like a samurai and I'll be damned if i

Ever let a fisher-price mc hang

Their rhymes are toy nothing but yin-yang

So if we battle on the microphone

Bring your own casket and tombstone

And imma preach your funeral

Tell me who in the world

Could ever come with more

I get raw