[ti:Down With The King] [ar:Run-DMC] [al:Ultimate Run Dmc] [offset:0] [00:01.04]Down With The King-Run DMC [00:29.72]down with the king for years, about ten of 'em [00:32.40]recruiting suckers, Mac and Mike, and makin' men of 'em [00:34.64]tears and fears for my peers, they rippin' [00:36.95]you think that it is, it is, if not it isn't [00:39.79]race for the border my daughter, 'cause beats you're bangin' out [00:42.10]jeeps rockin' beats in the streets when there's time for hangin' out [00:44.65]gather, or rather form a circle around a loud [00:46.90]'cause brothers or others could never ever rock a crowd [00:49.84]is it because he's runnin' off with the mouth [00:51.96]or was he really clearly tryin' to play a nigga out [00:54.46]nope, shut him down, the king with a crown [00:57.02]'cause all you wanna be is dicky down [00:58.88] [01:19.60]two years ago, a friend of mine [01:22.05]asked me to say some MC rhymes [01:24.25]so I said this rhyme I'm about to say [01:27.00]the rhyme was meeca, and it went this way [01:29.71]wrecka lecka mecca mic check on the windmill skills [01:32.42]Mac distracts, wearing Godfather hats [01:34.55]it's okay to parlay to fortee better [01:36.98]tell 'em my nigga made a sweater tougher than leather [01:39.47]swing another Rodney King thing in our right [01:42.03]but just like the white one I get no respect [01:44.03] [01:44.61]money stay awake, 'cause them other niggas are fake [01:47.17]from Hollis to the Becon, now your dumb ass is leakin' [01:49.72]C.L. and Run DMC so rush it [01:52.03]big time way before Hammer got to touch it [01:54.68]remember the faces in all types of places [01:57.14]look Ma, no shoelaces [01:58.07] [01:58.97]and I'm.... [02:00.16] [02:19.63]I'm takin' the tours, I'm wreckin' the land [02:21.93]I keep it hardcore because it's dope man [02:24.12]these are the roughest toughest words I ever wrote down [02:26.90]not mean for a hoe like a slow jam, check it [02:29.83]sucka emcees could never swing with D [02:31.95]because of all the things that I bring with me [02:34.38]only G-O-D could be a king to me [02:36.86]and if the G-O-D be in me, then the king I be [02:39.60]the microphone is granted when it's handed to me [02:41.78]I was planted on this planet and I plan to emcee [02:44.60]the emcee fiends only seem to agree [02:46.78]that I rock all the world and the society [02:49.34]I rages on the stages with a tune of verse [02:51.84]I get praises from these pages to the universe [02:53.46] [02:54.42]my voice is raw, my lyrics is law [02:57.09]I keep it hardcore like you never saw you wanna be you wanna be [03:02.02] [03:19.84]the man you I'm see, in the place to be [03:21.84]I went to John Jay University [03:23.09] [03:24.30]and since kindergarten I acquired the knowledge [03:27.33]and after twelve grade I went straight to college [03:29.86]down with the kings on the mic, a full swinger [03:32.13]the P to the R, not an R&B singer [03:34.48]the R to the U-N-D-MC'n [03:36.98]the fly human beings, tonight I hold the key and [03:39.66]flowin' with the funk track, here to soul brother black [03:42.41]pick up the bass, better yet leave a space [03:44.53]so let me put my big black ?? on in to the early mornin' [03:47.59] [03:48.37]had skins doanin' [03:49.55]mecca? (yo) you want the mecca? (yo) [03:51.98]I'll make a funky beat so we can blow, check it out [03:54.48]Pete Rock's the beat knock, put you in a headlock [03:57.29]and now all the outty out flock is down with the king [04:00.24]