I Ain't Takin' No Shorts

[Tim Dog] Hey yo Ced I can't believe that A&R person put us on hold For all the happy rap man! [Ced Gee] Word Dog, she must have been buggin Yo Keith man, she actually really thought we was takin shorts Talkin 'bout, wait 'til next month When she'll sign us when her boss gets back Hey yo Keith man, tell 'em whassup man How you feel about bein put on hold for all this happy rap? [Kool Keith] Happy rap, is not my style I never sweat and walk with a smile Like you do, comin out like doo doo On the anal tip, butt MC's flip for They try to play the time on a small tour Small cash, small floor Small digits, perpetratin a fraud In their face, I'm thinkin out with bass Jackin ace, king or queen, hype and dope Nice and nice, comin out of the woodwork Happy rap, polka dots and ties Clowns who demonstrate in front of your eyes I'm a businessman, steppin out more serious You get curious and lookin for a hit of this I'm on the mic to speak and I realize Rappers are sellin out, screamin and yellin out Talkin the weak whack, dancin and fallin out All on the floor, lookin out at the circus Two little pigs, tryin to move and work this Jerk this, now get your hand off the mic As I grow and grow, grow and grow, grow and grow Now call me grand Poppa Large I'm a hustler, and I ain't takin no shorts And I ain't takin no shorts {*3X*} Yo Ced, I know you down with all this happy rap Why don't you tell me about it? [Ced Gee] Aight, bust it No shorts taker, kickin the flavor Ced Gee is a wise man, with knowledge I gave the Beat whack a chance to cut the gap in rap And snap, out of the happy rap phony Attack with metaphor, I'm strictly teachin My rhymes'll steady swarm, with words that's reachin Youth, to tell you I'm mad about The rappers who clown around, I think they're sellin out They cry, they hide and lie, then try to make The lucky hit, tune, then die Wreck up the business, I guess it's just what they do While artists like me, stick with rhymes 'til I'm Ultra proof The man of vision's intuition are proficient To change rap course, I'm on a mission Like no one, could ever imagine I'm takin no shorts, because I ain't havin it And that's not all, I just feel I have to get mines I'm not dissin, I'm just correctin a problem For me and my brother man Rap is soft now, so I must take a stand And build and drill and ill and rebuild Rhymes are appealin and reappearin It seems, you know what I mean You've been schooled by Ced Gee, so sweet So be a boss a force of course and take no loss If suckers try to cross Just remember... I ain't takin no shorts, yeah! Yeah, I ain't takin no shorts! That's what I'm talkin about, I ain't takin no shorts Not in 90, not in 2000, I ain't takin no shorts Hey yo Keith I know you got somethin else to say my brother [Kool Keith] Happy rap, walkin out with a clown suit The red suit, the green and brown suit Look at'cha, I wanna throw a hook at'cha Eggs and rocks, I need to wail a book at'cha Back and forth, talkin out real loud While you scream out "shout," disrespect the crowd On the money tip, get back money grip When I pick up the mic, turn around and flip To the left side, I like to move and swing low Cut up a rhyme and drop it out on a single More rhymes are funny now, happy and silly now Happy-go-lucky, on the mic and meanwhile You standin still, lookin out for a good rhyme Makin the whack junk, wastin my good time Aiyyo Tim, why don't you tell 'em what it's like out here on these streets [Tim Dog] I ain't takin no shorts, suckers tryin to play me like I thought But Tim Dog got rhymes of all sorts I crush them up and bust they fuss and discuss the hush Think you're better than Dog? You'll end up Either dead or in a theoretical copacetical alphabetical Hypothetical, now watch me let it go My rhymes are hard, yeah I pulled your card, yeah Labels don't know why rap ain't sellin? Too much dancin and too much yellin So take the time to learn some metaphors Then you get better for, so you can just let it pour So you can be like Tim Dog of course And just remember, I ain't takin no shorts Yeah, believe that