Intro (Ken Dashow/John Hammond) [Live 1984]

Look, look, let the beat slow. Stop the clock like I was shooting a free throw

Good shot, I'm aiming at the peak hole. Heavy metal, they really call it a kilo

New flow and they needed that. I really rap, left me in 22

So really, she not gon hit me back. But it's funny, that's how life moved

I've been tripping ever since I started high school. Really, listen

You gotta see death just to see that you was living

You gotta be open just to see that you was hidden

Y'all can't help, but nod, you know it's really hitting

Gotta see what you got to know what's really missing

Look, been through a lot, that's the plot

And I close all the doors at the top, but they still knock

I got a lock, cause they tryna get a spot

And they tryna get a stop, but I'm posted on the block

I got nothing to lose. I got something to prove

I got so much to do, that's why I step in the booth

And set it all in the flames. I'm really changing the game

And these bars is hot, I'm staying warm in the rain

Man, I fight through the pain. And I fight through the change

Body building the bars, I'm really getting the gains

And I'm switching the lanes. And I'm breaking the chains

And it's really a shame, I wanna get to the fame

Never stopping again, but I couldn't complain

I know that I gotta win, so they remember the name

Do it over and over like I was really insane

Murder a track like I was deranged. Look