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Strictly Business
by Epmd
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Overall Rating:
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4.0000
Strictly Business Lyrics
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- Try to answer to the master on the MC rap artists
- No joke on the lyric -it's hard to be modest
- I knew I was the man with the master plan
- To make you wiggle and jiggle like gelatin
- Just think while I sing and to the brain structure
- Don't sleep on the E -- 'ya see, something might rupture
- I don't take time for me to blow your mind
- It takes a second to wreck it because you're dumb and blind
- So just lounge . . . 'Cause you're a MC clown
- Or join the circus . . . EPMD's in town
- Total chaos -- no mass confusion
- Rhymes so hypnotizing known to cause an illusion
- Like a magician who draws a rabbit out a hat, son
- I'm drawin' more, like a 44-Magnum
- MC's please stop, look, and listen and try to imagine
- it's travellin' the speed of lighjt, but everything' motion it's frightening
- Plus the thought of you alone
- You now enter the dimension called the Twilight Zone
- You're terrified . . . plus you can't bear the thought
- You and I one-on-one in the land of the lost
- You start to shiver . . . then you scream, my friend
- You wake up, Muttley, because you're dreamin' again
- Next time I'm on the scene . . . do not try to diss us
- Keep your mouth suckered up, because I'm Strictly Business
- This is the rap season . . . when the E starts pleasin'
- Girls around the world no need to be skeezin'
- When I roll I stroll, Cool always pack a 2
- Just in case . . . a brother acts a fool
- I've got the energy to put the girlz in a frenzy
- Put a shock when I rock even though I'm not stingy
- Make sure I don't bore when I'm on the dance floor . . .
- Get busy, boy . . . like you never saw before
- Rhyme flow . . . good to go . . .
- After the show . . . I'll pull your hoe, boy
- Got my whole life ahead of me, no time to be sniffin'
- And if my parents find out, then they start riffin'
- So I stay, A-OK
- 'Cause I'm the E . . . the R-I-C-K
- MC's look me in the face and their eyes get weak
- Pulse rate descends . . . heart rate increases
- It's like beam me up, scotty, I control your body
- I'm as deadly as AIDS when it's time to rock a party
- With all due respect, when I say mike check
- I let a sucker slide once . . . then I break his neck
- So when I say jump, you'll reply "How high?"
- Because I'm takin' no prisoners, so don't play hero and die
- You're just a soldier . . . and I'm a Green Beret
- I do not think twice about the MCs I slay
- So if you want to battle, i highly recommend this:
- Bring your dog, mom, and dad . . . because I'm Strictly Business
- Yo, yo, you're still pickin' on that four-leaf clover?
- Bring in the sandman, sucker . . . because it's over
- My name is Eric Sermon and I'm back again
- I see the head's still turnin' of my so-called friends
- They smile in my face -- behind my back they talk trash,
- Mad and stuff - because they don't have cash
- Like the E-Double . . . or the Pee-MD
- He drives a Corvette, I drive a semi-iroc Suzuki
- I'm the locksmith . . . with the key to fame
- Never high on myself, always stay the same
- Play a lot because I'm hot and like a horse I trot
- Around the track and back, fatigued?? No, I'm not
- I'm the mellow, the fellow, the one that likes to say hello
- To a fly girl that is good to go
- With the slow tempo and the off-beat rhyme flow
- 'Cause when I am in action, there is no time for maxin' or relaxin
- Just reactin' and subtractin'
- On a sucker MC who's mouth keeps on yappin' and flappin'
- I lose my cool, then I'll be start slappin' and smackin'
- You on a roll, then I'll be start jackin' and cappin'
- No time to lounge, I'm packin' and strappin'
- At my point attack I soar at you like an eagle,
- I'm the sheriff, and bitin' is illegal
- So next time in town, I highly recommend this,
- You gots to chill, because I'm Strictly Business
- [PMD]
- Coolin on the scene like a horse in a stable
- A brother got ill and tried to snatch a fat cable
- I stepped back, like it wasn't no thing
- Punched him in the jaw with the fat gold ring
- I had an ace in the hole when it came to that
- (Yo P you was packin?) You know I'm strapped
- Posse kept rollin it was hard to get with em
- So I stepped back, and unbuttoned my Lee denim
- They kept coming, just like I figured
- So I stepped back, and started sprayin niggaz
- [E Double]
- What a way to go out, out like a sucker
- But I'm on track, like a Long Island train
- that can head your mission, suckers who be dissing
- Always on my jock like a snake always hissing
- Grabbing and tapping me like Luther Vandross
- Take me to the bar for the drink and make a toast
- Givin best wishes to the best MC
- The E the D-O-U-B-L-E
- Because I'm housin[x3]
- [PMD]
- Coolin at a party, no better yet disco
- Head feelin mellow from a bottle of Cisco
- Move...
- To crush and fry a sucker MC like crisco
- Every chance I get, I try to kill
- That's one less sucker new jack, who tried to act ill
- I keep the place jumpin til the party's through
- Whether it's disco, hardcore, or rhythm and blues
- Take off your coat, won't you stay a while
- Check out the voice that is smooth and mild
- It's like Wheel of Fortune, go on for big money
- Come cold rock the party, and leave wit ya honey
- [E Double]
- Gimme the cue, check one two
- Don't try to come off on me, because you doo-doo
- Treatin me the E Doubl-E, like a stepchild
- Well let me tell you homeboy you're livin foul
- MC's, you know who you are
- (On the bandwagon) Why P? (Cuz you a star)
- This is the year that when the joker's are wild
- When a fag can't hack it and try to bite the style
- I get hip to the scheme, before it happens
- If it gets wild, then I start cappin
- But for now, since everything's calm
- Relate to the matter as I drop the bomb
- As I proceed to rock, the girls are clockin
- Some brothers act hard but the rest are jockin
- Because I'm housin[x4]
- [PMD]
- I come on strong, like a bodybuilder
- Cast a spell upon a sucker, like witch Matilda
- Deliver a rhyme like Federal Express
- My intention's not to dis, but impress
- For the ladies and gents, the money was spent
- To see the E-P-Double-E-M-D (yes the main event)
- In concert... not worried bout oos n boos (because we do work)
- To make your body jerk
- (To make your girl want to leave her man and start to flirt
- With the P) Double-E MD Double E'n
- I'm not skeezing, but pleasing
- All party goers, also behind show-ers
- Who like the not, fast slow flow of rhymes that form in my dome
- Out the mouth, to the microphone
- Because I'm housing[x4]
- DJ La Boss, on the scratch
- Lounge
- (My homeboy Big Daddy Kane, BizMarkie)
- [Parrish Smith]
- Relax while I tax, or you can just max
- It really doesn't matter, just stay the hell back
- Poppin much junk, now the time has arose-n
- I pick your card and your name has been chosen
- Not all about ?line-opin? or the stick up scene
- I'm the PMD, in the place to be
- Clock rhymin and I lock ya, around the tick-tocker
- Suckers steady clockin at the same time jockin
- So a brother like MD takes a chill and lay low
- Hypnotize your girl, while the funk flow
- [Erick Sermon]
- I got my girls to keep me pumpin, just like Getti
- Use the same fuel as Mario Andretti
- Kickin butt in the beginning all the way to the end
- He drives, I rhyme no matter what we win
- I come fully equipped, with the mic on my hip
- So if you real, it's no time to slip
- Cause when it's time for some action, check on the Mic-hael Jackson
- Do a spin grab my nuts, and start taxin
- Let the MC's know that I shock like lightning
- They mess with the E-Double-E, I sounds frightening
- [Parrish]So let the funk flow
- [Erick Sermon]
- Blastoff, and off you go
- We usually take off fast, but now we take up slow
- I would say ?bamba yards?, but I'm not leavin
- I don't wanna go, but the girlies keep screamin
- So I will stay, if that's fine wit you
- But I won't leave, until the party is through
- So while I'm here, let me get funky
- Fiendin for the rhyme (like a four-deuce junkie)
- Put the pep in your step, the stride in your glide
- EPMD them goin nationwide
- [Parrish Smith]
- While the bass is steady pumpin and the beat be like thumpin
- You lose your cool, then you start jumpin
- You're out of control, and I'm right on track
- In seconds later I work the bone out your back
- To mess with the two is to mess with hot water
- We like to hang, torture then slaughter
- All sucker MC's, who proceed to intrude
- E said (let em slide), say what but I'm in the mood
- for dishin and dismissin, all those who don't listen
- Reel the ones whose in, as if we was fishin
- So in eighty-eight, no wait I think it's too late
- Cause in eighty-seven, you bit on the old bait
- [Erick]So let the funk flow
- [Parrish Smith]
- Lounge homeboy you in the danger zone
- When the brother PMD is on the microphone
- The slow momentum of my rhymes are divine and combined
- to go off beat, and come back on time
- To maintain and explain, but never sound the same
- And when it comes to do this, very few remain
- People on my jock for the rhymes I invent
- Dip in a phone booth just like Clark Kent
- Step out dressed to impress, with no intention to fess
- Chillin HARD, with the P on my chest
- Rhymin on the mic, while the beat rocks steady
- Throw a funky fresh rhyme and MC's fetch it like Freddy
- [Erick Sermon]
- Listen to heavy metal, hardcore rock n roll
- Drink a six-pack, maybe Miller or Stroh
- That's not the move, it's about hip-hop
- The love that y'all playin and screamin had to stop
- Let's get it straight for nineteen eighty-eight
- For it can sound fine for nineteen eighty-nine
- I hear the girls out there sayin E is hot
- That only shows you what juice I got
- And if you don't like me, and you yellin boo
- There's nothin wrong wit me, it's somethin wrong with you
- So let the funk flow
- [Parrish]So let the funk flow
- [Parrish]Yo, this beat is sort of funky
- [Sermon]Man, I ain't worried about it, I know it's funky
- [Parrish Smith]
- You gots to chill.. TO CHILL..[echoes]
- [DJ K La Boss cuts "Jungle boogie!"]
- [Erick Sermon]
- Relax your mind, let your conscience be free
- and get down to the sounds of EPMD
- Well you should keep quiet while the MC rap
- but if you tired -- then go take a nap!!
- Or stay awake and watch the show I take
- because right now -- I'm bout to shake'n'bake
- The E-R-I-C-K is my name, I spell
- Thanks to the clientele, yo I rock well
- I'm not an MC who talkin all that junk
- About who can beat who, soundin like a punk
- I just get down and I go for mine
- Say 'check one-two', and run down the line
- [Parrish Smith]
- To the average MC I'm known as The Terminator
- Funky beat maker, new jack exterminator
- Destroy an employ', when your rhymes are not void
- Never sweatin your girl (Why P?) Cause she's a skeezoid
- When I'm on the scene I always rock the spot
- I grab the steel with the crown on top
- In the beginnin -- I like to let my rhymes flow
- and at twelve I press cruise control
- Sit back and relax, let my rhymes tax
- Maintain MC's while the Double E macks
- Always calm under pressure, no need to act ill
- Listen when I tell you boy, you gots to chill..[echoes]
- [DJ K La Boss cuts "Jungle boogie!"]
- [Erick Sermon]
- I be the personal computer information on rap
- Like the B-I-Z Markie says, I'll make your toes tap
- I format the rhymes, step by step
- Make em sound def to maintain my rep
- Prepared to come off, in case of a diss
- Not worried about a thing, cause we can do this
- I can turn the party out just by standin still
- Make the ladies scream and shout while the brothers act ill
- Take total control, of your body and soul
- Pack a nine in my pants for when it's time to roll
- [Parrish Smith]
- I'm the P, double-E, M-D-E-E
- And one thing I hate, is a bitin MC
- When I enter the party suckers always form a line
- then they ease their way up, and try to bite my lines
- I did thousands of shows, dissed many faces
- and deal with new jacks, on a one-to-one basis
- But every now and then a sucker MC gets courageous
- and like an epidemic it becomes contagious
- But never the least they all R.I.P
- for all those unaware it means Rest In Peace
- Cause M.D. -- stands for Microphone Doctor
- And the capital P (capital P) capital M (capital M)
- capital D-E-E's no doubt the chief rocker
- Don't like to get ill, but if I have to I kill
- So believe me boy, you gots to chill..[echoes]
- [DJ K La Boss cuts "Jungle boogie!"]
- [Erick Sermon]
- Catch every word I'm sayin, no there's no delayin
- Don't hestitate to motivate the crowd I'm not playin
- Seeing is believin, you catch my drift?
- Don't try to a-dapt because I'm just too swift
- (How swift?) I'm so swift and that's an actual fact
- I'm like Zorro, I mark a E on your back
- I don't swing on no ropes or no iron cords
- The only weapon is my rappin sword
- [Parrish Smith]
- Intimidate MC's with the tone of my vocal drone
- when I'm pushin on the microphone
- Cause I'm the funky rhyme maker, MC undertaker
- The one who likes to max and relax..
- and when it's time, issue diggum-smack
- I keep their hands clappin, fingers snappin, feet tappin
- When it's time to roll Uzi patrol was packin
- The PMD, the mic's my only friend
- And through the course of the party, I kill again and again
- So if you're thinkin bout battlin you better come prepared
- Come witcha shield and your armor geared
- You gots to chill..[echoes]
- [DJ K La Boss cuts "Jungle boogie!"]
- [E]DJ La Boss...
- [P]...takes no shorts
- [helicopter flies overhead]
- There's a large crowd out there today..
- let's hear them play"
- [Parrish Smith]
- MC's out there, you better stand clear
- EPMD is a world premier
- From New York straight talk, America's best
- Cold wild Long Island, is where we rest
- [Erick Sermon]
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- Style of the rap, makes your hands clap
- Take care of myself because the lines are strapped
- Day mean business, no time for play
- If you bite a line, we'll roll your way
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- The more you bite, your body gets hot
- Don't get too close, because you might get shot
- Gnawin at my rhyme like a poisonous rat
- Don't play Dumbo, you're smarter than that
- [PMD]It's my thing
- [Parrish Smith]
- The rhythmatic style, keeps the rhyme flowin
- Good friends already bitin, without you knowin
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- Can't understand, why your body's gettin weaker
- Then you realize, it's the voice from the speaker
- The mind become delirious, situation serious
- Don't get ill, go and get curious
- ("It's my thing!")
- [Erick Sermon]
- Nuff about that, let's get on to somethin better ("LOUDER!")
- And if gets warm, take off the hot sweater
- And if you want some water, I'll get you a cup
- And if you don't want it, then burn the hell up
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- I'm tellin you now boy, you ain't jack
- Talkin much junk like Mr. T at your back
- but he's not, so don't act cute
- Cause if you do you in hot pursuits
- [PMD]It's my thing
- [Parrish Smith]
- As the song goes on you will notice a change
- The way I throw down, the way I say my name
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- The mic that I'm packin, is flame resistant
- So MC be cool, and keep your distance
- When I walk into the party girls are screamin at me
- I park my mic and my hoes, and then I yell FREEZE..
- .. music please
- [Erick Sermon]
- Ah where was I? Oh yes
- Say a def rhyme then I plumb the rest
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- Everytime I rock a rhyme I can tell that you like it
- Emotion is strong, like the mind of a psychic
- The mind is weary, floatin like a dove
- Sweating and things, like cause you was makin love
- Control the crowd, so they can accept it
- Total concentration is the perfect method
- [PMD]It's my thing
- [Parrish Smith]
- The wack I subtract, the strong I attack
- The ones who grab the mic and freeze, I throw it back
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- I perfect and eject, make MC's sweat
- Take em off on the mic then I tell em step
- Not waiting or debating, cause MC's keep hating
- Play me too close, like two dogs mating
- ("It's my thing!")
- [Erick Sermon]
- ("You out there?")
- Now let's get on with the rest of the lesson
- Don't really like it when suckers start messin
- Tryin to make a scene, talkin very loud
- Talkin much junk to attract a crowd
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- You say you wanna battle, your first mistake
- You get quiet and stuff, like you was at a wake
- In the beginnin, you knew you wasn't winnin
- Now you feel ashamed, your head starts bendin
- Kinda upset boy -- I understand
- You lost again -- I won, god damn
- [PMD]It's my thing
- [Parrish Smith]
- My funky fresh lyrics, put you in the spirit
- I speak a little louder for you suckers can't hear it
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- The rhymes I designed, are right on time
- and at the crowd on my mic, flash a danger sign
- Cause I'm the Thriller of Manilla, MC cold killer
- Drink Budweiser, cannot stand Miller
- MC's cold clockin til the party's through
- then they tap me on my shoulder and say, "This Bud's for you"
- ("It's my thing!")
- [Erick Sermon]
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- To be a real MC, you can't be obedient
- To be smooth is the main ingredient
- You have to be silky like a Milky Way
- To be able to make it work, you rest and play
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- I control the pace of the rate the rhymes blowin
- Hydraulically jacked, is the way they're flowin
- Slow yes, just like they're awed
- The comparison is wave like the motion of water, smooth..
- [Parrish Smith]
- While the record is spinnin, got your fly girlie grinnin
- MD is on the mic, you know I'm only beginnin
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- Rhymes fresher than fresh, never heard me fess
- Scored 110, on my MC test
- My rhymes are strong than Tyson, hold a MC license
- When I grab the mic, MC's get frightened
- [Erick Sermon]
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- I'm dangerous, I'm here to crush some bones
- Lounge homeboy you in the danger zone ("It's my thing!")
- What I mean by lounge, I don't mean bitin, huh
- You mess around, and we'll be fightin
- It's alright if you bite, but don't recite
- because the rhymes are mine, and that ain't right
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- But until just chill to the next episode
- Donald J, yo, release the code
- [PMD]It's my thing
- ("You out there? LOUDER!")
- [music fades]
- [Erick Sermon]
- Knick knack patty whack give a dog a bone
- Yo, don't give him nothing but a microphone
- Don't stop, I'm not finished yet
- You said I'm not the E, you wanna make a bet?
- Remember this: Lounge, you in the danger zone
- I figured you would, now leave me alone
- You pick and you wish on a four-leaf clover
- To be the E double E over and over
- You're intrigued by the way I do my thing
- (Do what?) Pick up the mic high and make it swing
- [PMD]
- I have the capability to rap and chill
- Cold wax and tax MC's who tend to act ill
- It's like a Diggum Smack
- Smack me and I'll smack you back
- I get goosebumps when the bassline thumps
- A sucker MC arrives, now it's time for lunch
- When I'm cooling on the scene, I notice one thing
- I'm not Bounce, so sucker MC's cling
- I consider myself better than average
- Yo, I rock the mic like a wild beast savage
- [Erick Sermon]
- I'm in the bottling state, I can't concentrate
- I make a move like chess, and then I yell "checkmate"
- You know why I get zanier and zanier?
- Because of EPMD mania
- When I walk through the crowd I can see heads turning
- I hear voices saying "That's Erick Sermon"
- Not only from the women, but from the men
- You know what? It feels good, my friend
- [PMD]
- I'm the P double E, the Thrilla of Manilla
- Better known as the MC cold killer
- PMD cold keeps the place jumping
- And if not then we feel like we owe you something
- Like lotto, you have to be in it to win it
- But if the beat is fresh then Diamond J will spin it
- If J spin it, then it has to be fresh
- To make you dance until there's no one left
- Cause you a customer
- [Erick Sermon]
- Praying like a prey when the fox in action
- I smell blood, no time for maxing
- Camoflauge in the green, my back is arc
- Plus you in trouble cause it's after dark
- My eyes close like Steve Austin, I got you in the square
- I won't let you run, nah, that ain't fair
- So I clear my visions until I can spot him
- Snatch him by the neck and say "Hmmm I got him"
- [PMD]
- Whenever MC's, you're in over your head
- My rhymes are hungry plus they haven't been fed
- The process of elimination is quite simple
- Let you grow like a blackhead and pop you like a pimple
- Slice you like lettuce, toss you like a salad
- Revoke your MC license if your rhymes ain't valid
- As we go on, sucker MC's sound wacker
- Like a parrot says "Polly want a cracker"
- [Erick Sermon]
- It was a record test, nothing we can't handle
- At the house they had the mics on the mantle
- Looked at the DJ and said "May I?"
- Lit it up like the Fourth of July
- Because I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
- Woah, I'm the E of EPMD
- I have a strong point of view on the way things run
- Just shut up and listen and learn my son
- [PMD]
- Absorb that ass like Bounty, the quicker picker upper
- To tell you up front, you're nothing but a sucker
- The style we're using, no doubt copastetic
- You try to bite and yet sound pathetic
- Design my rhymes like a taylor, floatin' like a sailor
- As the P gets stronger, MC's get staler
- Not bragging or protagging, surely not fagging
- MC's surrender, raise the flags and
- Give up the titles because the signs are vital
- I keep a voice tuned at a slow and swift idle
- You a customer
- [Erick Sermon]
- I need a man meal sandwich, yes I need Manwich
- I feel good, now it's time to do damage
- I feel like balanced, you know what I mean?
- Wanna rhyme one time, to release the steam
- When I grab the mic I get dramatic like an actor
- You know why I get over? I'm the master
- I do a show, pack it in til it's clamming up
- Look for the microphone then jam it up
- [PMD]
- You said you see me jamming in New York Tech
- You got one right fella, you deserve a check
- How did you know, you must have been jocking
- How do you know the places I be rocking?
- Don't follow me fella, every move that I make
- I'm hostile now so I'll give you a break
- Well search upon me but don't go past the limit
- Here's a card and on the back is my fan club digits
- [Erick Sermon]
- There's two things to check out in the words that I'm saying
- Plus listen to the good time playing
- Bro is bad, the strings he's plucking
- Fire rhyme after rhyme, watch MC's duck and
- [PMD]
- MC's, the final countdown
- You look tired, can you go the round?
- If you can, I'll slap your hand and give you credit
- And if not, I'll turn around and say "Forget it"
- [Erick Sermon]
- People say that I'm a party pooper
- To tell the truth I'm a born trooper
- You a customer
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