Check One, Two

[Produced by 45 King] Yeah, going out to Showbiz, Whiz One, Lord Finesse Jazzy Jay, my man Q-Tip, KX, yo check it out Check one, two, no one to run to I Catch-22, when I began to Express myself on the lyrical tip Ayo I'm dip and I'm as smooth as Mircale Whip But some try to flip, and claim I'm not legit Say I need to quit (Ayo he's on some other shit) Yeah, but I grab your attention And bask in wealth, ayo I'm something else The sound is raw, don't need a million samples The kids just love it, next year my budget Will be much fatter, because of my platter See I'm the flavor in the hip-hop batter Schooled in the trade so I'm gonna stay paid Made in the shade from the tracks that I laid (Wooord up) Like the golden goose, and it's good for the gander On the DL, don't need propaganda So put that in your pipe and smoke it I took a blues break and I broke it See I'm swift with the words and the verbs and the pronouns Yeah, it's Diamond D with the dope sound That you hear when it's pumping in the Benzi From ??? all the way down to McKinley I pay the bills from the use of my lingo Don't try to play me or you'd better play bingo Or Monopoly, by Milton Bradley I had to school another brother, but had he Only took a second, and checked the track record He would have seen that I'm solid So gather round there's a new hombre in town Influenced by James Brown It's Diamond D with the sound that pumps And like Bambaataa, I won't fake the funk Peace to Master Rob and the Ultimate Force The 90's are here and we're on the right course With the flavor that you savor and you know that it's true Check one, two "Check one two and you don't quit" - Stezo (Repeat 4x) Check it out I get hype when I kick the ballistics And get paid from the use of my linguistics The style is dope even though it's simplistic Soda breaks me out, so now I drink Mystic At the rest I listen to the Stylistics Break down rappers like they had cystic Fibrosis, never snacking on a Hostess Or pork rinds (nah) none of that swine Word got around that my shit is booming It ran through the Bronx just like Paul Newman Now everyone can get a sample of the skills that Won't trample when I build an example of the will that's Stronger than Sampson, see I'm the champ, son When I relax, I'm off to the Hamptons Compare the sound to another, and let's see I slam shit up like Wayne Gretzky So hey baby, what's happening? (What's happening?) Yeah, it's Diamond D with the verbs and the acronyms "Sing a Simple Song" like Sylvester Stone (And I) Catch you out there like Rick Cerrone Mature enough to be on my own And all my beats are stone to the bone So grab a chair and sip on some ?choca batzi? I stimulate your brain like a game of Yatzee Yeah, the New Jack with the new rap (How'd you do that, Diamond D?) Beacuase their styles are full of words By any name that you ever heard I find it, quite interesting (You know?) But it doesn't mean a thing Yeah, I flip styles the way you flip a flap jack It's Diamond D with the fat tracks Originality, my concepts are endless Straight up grit, I'm simply stupendous My words hug the beat like a pair of vice grips So don't sleep cause you might slip, peace "Check one two and you don't quit" - Stezo (Repeat 4x)