I Used to Think I Was Run

[Rev Run] Yo... A red alert y'all, a red alert y'all A now we toot on the horns, and ring on the bells Cause I am the man with the clientele Rock a rhyme for me and then a rhyme for you And everybody catch, the boogaloo flu And like the apple to the peach, the cherry to the plum [Chorus] I used to think I was "Run!" I really thought I was "kiiiiiiiiing" [Rev Run] Yo, in my in my imagination's creation I had to get paid I had a better way to dead 'em so the suckers were slayed I gad to get up and smash 'em, beat 'em down and bash 'em Stompin through the Garden fully hardened to the maxim Rhymin like an animal, the cannibal king Eat a sucker, break a nucca, but I never could sing Had a beef with every rapper I could see 'em for miles And when I saw 'em had to floor 'em, leave 'em layin in piles Made a dollar while I holla, had to follow me 'round Rappers fearin when they hearin Run was breakin 'em down Now every time I had to rhyme my job was thoroughly done And I never lost a battle... [Chorus] [Rev Run] Yo, yo Now I was sittin up in Cali from the alley in Queens Breakin records never know exactly just what it means Sellin records makin money just to throw in the air Rockin sneakers, bustin speakers, every day a new pair Nothin borin, steady tourin, livin life without care And if I wasn't on the cover of your paper was rare Even mami would remind me and rewind me the truth Sucker fellas out there jealous, I was rough in my youth "Raising Hell" and steady yellin, freezin rockin the Goose And in the summer on the come up I was clockin the loot Now come with me and let's remember how we rock it for fun It's your momma's favorite rapper... [Chorus] [Rev Run] Yo - now back in Hollis makin dollars was a serious day So me and D we had to get it then we split it with Jay Choppin it up and flip a buck and drive a sucker away Never smilin steady whylin never needin to play Me and Butter, Hollis Crew, and how we do it with Ray Comin down and throw it down and then we be on our way Now reminisce, cause it was this And that's just how it was done... [Chorus] (I really thought I was "kiiiiiiiiing")