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The kiss of death on a ...Cause the Kane got more spice...I am the flavor down on pape...ve ya, from catchin the vapors ...back at the ranch... ...There goes the asiatic chosen one ...So many slept on the nonchalant act ...t down, to bring on the next act ...captivate the crowd but you can't...ies to diss I crush the motherfucker! ...gned to find behind the mind ...so devine the other rappers resig...Feel the wrath of a Big Daddy duel rhyme ...rt for where I drop the bomb at ...d with soul control the whole patrol ...Tryin to diss the Big Daddy repetoire...For tryin the forbidden ...ever try to step to the Big Daddy Kane ...Peace to the brothers and sister...y poisoned minds of the people are ours ...That's the reason before I drop this bomb ...I say peace to the Nation of Islam

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Comin' from the backwoods ...The grandson of a slave...Out in the burnin' sun ...Working on the chain gang-No More ...Working on the chain gang-No More ...Working on the chain gang-No More ...Working on the chain gang-No More ...Down to the bitter end ...Hit the guard and took the key ...And before the others caught him ...He made for the swamp lands ...t seemed a hopeless duel ...Hiding' in the daytime ...Working on the chain gang-No More

Woke up in the morning in a temple...So I walk across the village ...Pilgrims in the town ...I'm not the stool or the fool or the leader here to rule...Not the lover or the fighter who came here to duel ... can understand all the rules, cool? ...And the kid you want to be ...Who's ever watched the world that's my mot...t ever want to play the head honcho dig but...I won't beat around the bush ...e getting dissed on the pronto ...And the kid you want to be,... I could, I'd solve the problems of the world that exist ...And the kid you want to be,...And the kid you want to be,...As the journey continues I...ddles I'm left with the question ...And the kid you want to be ...And the kid you want to be ...He was born in the village, but left i...er, I've been there before" ...In the light of understand...Sometimes the boat shakes when yo...And the kid you want to be,...And the kid you want to be ...Myself I'd like the years just to take ...But the village calls the pilgriming negroes ... just one needle in the hay ...And the kid you want to be ...And the kid you want to be

m successful and on the grind ...ust call us to rock the spot, demolish and ...Now the fat cats run around...The words out my mouth ...From the blackest dungeons i...e, with a mind like the Gravediggaz ...all me when I leave the cypher ...When I talk on the beat, hot hot heat ...One lap to go before the cartridge blow ...{*Chorus is the scratching verse*}

At the road, witness me ...Before the coming of the Sun; ...peeking at you from the Eastern side of Plu...zu, see you in from the Zero, take 'em to the three ...Stand firm at the five; here's a star...at the nine! ...re, air, water, let the Earth make flesh ...Now see from the Father, how funky c... they try to post a duel ...o things, just like the cosmic battle ...ed by my words, but the deeds that I did fo...Verbal shogun, yes, the cosmic storm ...I roll 'em up with the papyrus, funk seale...l of your body like the farmer's daughter ...for control, what's the reason? What's the reason? ...Yo, I am son of the Chaos so my brother...the-hun-zu for tribal, ...t black boot god in the suit of the warrior ...re, air, water, let the Earth make flesh ...Now see from the Father, now how fun...t get get get down, the rhythm must come to...me to bust, and all the mortals lay crushed...'Cause I existed in the valley of the Father ...'Cause the fruit had a taste ...Of the curse that served a..., to deal, with all the little "-isms" ...On with the flow, here we go, s...s slip on back into the Blackwards row ...They pat me on the back, talkin' 'bout...It's like that on the break, with a verba...ng with energy from the Sun ...Without the Zero pride ...I once walked the Heavens with Gabrie...Walked through the desert with Israel ...From the pinky to the thumb 'pon my hand ...e, "Brother, what's the time?" ...Came to the planet, Father [?]A...So leave the boy in the coffin within ...se your head, let's the A to the D to the A to the M ...This is the message from the Cosmic Storm ...With the doubters and the judges, disbeliever... shield of David on the grill ...And the has-been proudly adorned with the color pink

Comin' from the backwoods...The grandson of a slave...Out in the burnin' sun...Working on the chain gang-No More...Working on the chain gang-No More...Working on the chain gang-No More...Working on the chain gang-No More...Down to the bitter end...Hit the guard and took the key...And before the others caught him...He made for the swamp lands...t seemed a hopeless duel...Hiding' in the daytime...Working on the chain gang-No More

As he walked into the poolroom ...Who shoots the meanest game around...The Baron or Billy Joe ...But the Baron's hands were ...As the two began to duel ...each time he sunk the eight ...But he hadn't felt the sting ...And from the far end of the table ...t it ain't gonna do the trick ...The Baron's eyes got fo...as the ring rolled on the felt ... had been hit below the belt ...It was the ring his wife had w...And he didn't know before he left ...when the Baron shot the break ...as He lined up the eight ...d it chilled him to the bone ...n he turned and saw the woman ...The game was never fini...The eight ball never fe...The Baron calmly picked...and put it on the shelf ...Then he placed the ring ...In the hands that held him