L-I-S-T-E-N Listen...

To the sound of the groove when I come to make a hullabaloo Kicking an attitude to make the people crowd in the room

So they celebrate an elevated man of the hour

'Cause I've been putting in my work you can examine it now Bobbing to the beat stop an enemy on attack

'Cause I'm an oddity I gotta be elite when I rap

And people react, tripping like the saw a ghost

More flush and out of touch than Hall and Oates

Now, megalomaniacal I'm not but I'm reliable

I'm always coming with it when I'm rhyming I'm a dynamo When at a show everyone can roll in and see

And think they're ready but wait 'til they get a load outta me I've got a funk that appeals to the people

They're jumping like Evel Knievel and bumping the needle

It's like I've done something illegal

I'm leaving 'em stunned like they've seen Big Pun in a Speedo Or Kid N Play in a pajama-jam

I'm slammin' in Iran and Afghanistan

I'll be dancing in the sand like Duran Duran

As grand as Bobby Bland in a tan sedan

 Like a glam band ran to the cameraman

I was scanning at a "Dan" in an anagram

That demanded to have "And" like an ampersand

Uh-Ohhh Black Betty, Bam-Ba-Lam

You say it's all about the cash and you're making hella money But to get it you were castrated like a Teletubby

Illegitimate you really benefit the enemy

A villain and I'm killin' it a bit I do it readily

You better put the key in the lock

Open the door and welcome in the cream of the crop

I've come to hunt prey like the beak of a hawk

I'll be leaving a mess you'll be needing a mop

So listen I'll express it clearly

Lyrical innovation supplying the ear's need

I couldn't have said it any more sincerely, did you get it?

One more time, I want you to hear me

Lyrical innovation supplying the ear's need

Let me spell it out like I'm trying to cheer-lead

L-I-S-T-E-N!

Check it out because I'm gonna make a racket on the microphone I grab it

Load it up and then I pack it like a semiautomatic

I'll be telling it about an element I want to give 'em I'm indelicate I want to yell a bit about the rhythm

I made a name like Dana Dane with fame

Arranging flavor like a Daisy Chain

Going back to the well again to scoop another track I'm developing

I'm crafty and Machiavellian

With style like Jackie Onassis

And more lines than an actor or actress

Staying sharp never lacking the practice

Coming at me is like tackling a cactus

And I don't want to rap for the masses

Matter face, I'm entrapped by the wackness

As low-brow as Benny Hill in a wig

With the little kid spit that you spill on your bib

You better L-I-S-T-E-N

Never know man, I might not speak again

I'm using every bit of air that I'm breathing in

I'm moving right to the edge and I'm teetering

But I don't wanna let it die I'm'a try and solidify

Bring a better rhyme and a vibe you identify

Fresh metaphor when I'm pressing record

When I step the the fore I'm a veteran at war

Getting hype when I find the zone

Sly Stallone when Eye Of The Tiger's on

You better follow the whisk that I whip when I'm all in the mix You'll be hungering like Oliver Twist

So let me bake you some beef steak

And it's so thick you'll need three plates

As I serve up a sample of sound you've been savoring Before the walls start caving in

So listen I'll express it clearly

Lyrical innovation supplying the ear's need

I couldn't have said it any more sincerely, did you get it?

One more time, I want you to hear me

Lyrical innovation supplying the ear's need

Girls, spell it out like I'm trying to cheer-lead

L-I-S-T-E-N!