Step Off

* organized by Rhino comp. for convenience regardless of original Chrous: Step, step, step, step, step off Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft, uh-huh Step, step, step, step, step off Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft, uh-huh-huh Step, step, step, step, step off Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft [Verse 1: Melle Mel] I was sittin' on the corner just a-wastin' my time When I realised I was the king of the rhyme I got on the microphone and what do you see? Huh, the rest was my legacy I was born to be the king of the be-bop swing To have stallions and medallions, big diamond rings I own a castle and a yacht, two million in gold Because rap is the game that I control I'm like Shakespeare, I'm a pioneer Because I made rap somethin' people wanted to hear See, before my reign, it was the same old same "To the bop with the bop", that street-talk game So if you ever, let me make this clear If you ever think that we're steppin' out of here You ever think you're gettin' up, down, around or in Huh huh, you better think again, my friend Because the door is closed and we're in town And the only place you can go is dowwwwwwwwwwn! (Oohweeoohweeoohweeooooooooooooooooooooooohh Step, step, step, step, step off.) [Cowboy] Well, I'm Keith Cowboy and you're my cow So what you MC's gonna do now? It's gonna be a slaughter and here's my plan You won't even get bread and water, my man Gonna put you on the racks like a pair of slacks With another wack rapper tied to your back And if you wanna hang yourself out to dry It's the beautiful round-up in the sky I'm the carry-out kid when my trigger's in cock I'll be carryin' out bodies stiff as a rock Carryin' out a million dollars in my pockets and hand But I carry out orders from no man Cause anything you wanna do, I already did You used to see me rock the house when you was a kid But in my MC school, my class is packed And tricks are for kids so I left your ass back The bow-legged brother, there'll never be another I buy a mansion for my mother The 24/7, the Kool-Aid smile Say, "Hey, crack a lemon and look at my pile." (Repeat chorus) [Verse 2: Scorpio] Come on Now you know just who I am And what I do because I'm in demand Because I look good Do you hear, my man? And if you can't take that, you chump your old hand One girl at a time gettin' MC So how could you think that you rank with me? If you only did your homework, you would surely find When Scorp' get girls, they all be fine And the only girl that you could take of mine Is the one that I left way behind And plus you're cheap, you're petty, your music is trash You need to go to the bank and get some cash Because talkin' don't pay, you're driftin' away When I see you on the stage, I'm-a blow you away You're right There is no diff' between me and you Except I look good and you look through Take that (Repeat last two lines of chorus) [Verse 3: Melle Mel] Little pieces of a dream is all you mean Since the day you stepped into the MC scene Bitin' your moves, takin' fake awards Sayin' everyone else is perpetratin' the frauds But you're nothin' but a clone of a flesh and bone Now you're tryin' to play gone on the microphone But I tell you 'bout a night and you know I'm right When you listen to us rockin' to the broad daylight And then you looked in the sky and you started to cuss But then you prayed to God that you could be like us Then God was great and God was true And he tried to show you how to be like you But you still didn't get where you wanted to go When you gathered in a group and got your own show Cause without the source, the force won't survive For eternity, the source is alive You forgot the words of your creator And now he's made you a perpetrator Forever in a world of you and a girl A few grams in a pipe to make your head swirl You must spread the words of the master teacher You die by the rhymes and the streets'll eat you The words are a gift we will never flaunt That's why we're gonna get everything we want Just like a shadow in the night on a sight unseen And I'm the bonafide vocal master supreme And I'm here to run it down for the ladies and gents For my rhymes make dollars plus they make sense See, you're down with Cowboy, you'll be rockin' the show With King Lou, Tommy Gun and, huh, Scorpio Kami Kaze, Clayton Savage and Eazy Mike And goin' down in the books is the king of the night So if you're ever in a battle, I'm-a make you my slave And I'm-a give you a shovel so you can dig a grave Leave behind all your fame and wealth So you can say one rhyme, then bury yourself, huh I may sound possessed, but you know I'm blessed With the will to make sense of all this mess I'm the power of the sun that shines in the sky And I'm the only MC that'll never die So just rock and don't stop 'til you hit the top But when you see Mellie Mel, you're gonna have to drop ROCK! And not only that (Repeat first four lines of chorus) [Verse 4: Melle Mel] And for all you MC's, you heard my story On my super-fly, cold-crushin' fame and glory How I rocked the children and the young ladies I even rocked the country that was overseas Cause I can rock anybody from any crew Because I did it to Chaka, I'm-a do it to you I'm-a show you how I rocked it, y'all, all night long But when I rocked with Chaka Khan, I just said "Chaka Khan, let me rock you, let me rock you, Chaka Khan.", I said "Let me rock you, that's all I wanna do Chaka Khan, let me rock you, let me rock you, Chaka Khan.", I said "Let me me rock you cause I feel for you Chaka Khan, won't you tell me what you wanna do? Do you feel for me the way I feel for you Chaka Khan, let me tell you what I wanna do I wanna love you, wanna hug you, wanna squeeze you too So let me take me in your arms, let me fill you with my charms, Chaka Cause you know that I'm the one to keep you warm, Chaka I'll make you more than just a physical spell I wanna rock you, Chaka baby, cause my name is Melle Mel." (Instrumental break) [Verse 5: Melle Mel] Say what, y'all Say what To the DJ scratch, the metro match Cause we're comin' out fresh with a brand new batch So takin' you off into the galaxy Is Vicious, Vicious, VICIOUS LEE! (Cutting and scratching 'till end)