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Step Off (Extended Mix)
Melle Mel & Scorpio & The Furious Five & Cowboy
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Step step step step step off
Because you got to get lost
Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
Step step step step step off
Because you got to get lost
Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
Step step step step step off
Because you got to get lost
Because you know you're soft
I was sittin' on the corner just a-wasting my time
When I realized I was the king of the rhyme
I got on the microphone, and what do you see?
Huh, the rest was my legacy
I was born to be the king of the be-bop swing
To have starings in my dance, big diamond rings
To own a castle and a yacht, pool, million in gold
'Cause rap is a game that I control
I'm like Shakespeare, I'm a pioneer
Because I made rap something people wanted to hear
See, before my reign it was the same old same
A-to the bar with a bar, that street talk game
So if you ever, let me make this clear
If you ever think that we're steppin' outta here
You ever think you're gettin' up, down, around or in
Huh, you better think again, my friend
Because the door is closed, and we're in town
And the only place you can go is down
Step step step step step off
Well, I'm Keith Cowboy, and you're my cow
So what you MCs gonna do now?
It's gonna be a slaughter, and here's my plan
You won't even get bread and water, my man
Gonna put you on the racks like a pair of slacks
With another wack rapper tied to your back
And if you wanna hang yourself out to dry
It's the beautiful roundup in the sky
I'm the carry-out kid when my trigger's in cock
I be carrying out bodies stiff as a rock
Carry out a million dollars in my pockets and hand
But I carry out orders from no man
'Cause anything you wanna do, I already did
You used to see me rock the house when you was a kid
But in my MC school, my class was packed
And tricks were for kids, so I left your ass back
The bowlegged brother, there'll never be another
I'll buy a mansion for my mother (Uh)
A 24/7, the Kool-Aid smile
The headcrack eleven, look at my pile
Step step step step step off
Because you got to get lost
Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
Step step step step step off
Because you got to get lost
Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
Step step step step step off
Because you got to get lost
Because you know you're soft
Uh, come on, uh, now you know just who I am
And what I do, because I'm in demand
Because I look good, uh, do you hear, my man?
And if you can't take that, you chump your own hand
You're one girl at a time gettin' MC
So how could you think, uh, that you rank with me?
If you only did your homework, you would surely find
Uh, when Skorp get girls, they all be fine
And the only girl that you could take of mine
Is the one that I left way behind
And plus you cheat, you're petty, your music is trash
You need to go to the bank and get some cash
Because talking don't pay, you're drifting away
When I see you on the stage, I'ma blow you away
You're right, there is no difference between me and you
Except I look good, and you look through, take that
Step step step step step off
Because you got to get lost
Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
Step step step step step off
Because you got to get lost
Because you know you're soft
Little pieces of a king is all you mean
Since the day you stepped into the MC scene
Bitin' your moves, taking fake awards
Saying everyone else is perpetratin' the fraud
But you're nothing but a clone of my flesh and bone
Now you're tryin' to play grown on the microphone
But I tell you by tonight, and you know I'm right
When you listen to us rockin' to the broad daylight
And then you looked in the sky and you started to cuss
But then you prayed to God that you could be like us
Then God was great, and God was true
When he tried to show you how to be like you
But you still didn't get where you want to go
When you gathered in a group and got your own show
'Cause without the source, the force won't survive
But for eternity, the source is alive
You forgot the words of your creator
And now he's made you a perpetrator
Forever in a world of you and a girl
A few grams in a pipe to make your head swirl
You must spread the words of the master teacher
Or you'll die by the rhymes in the streets that eat ya
The words are a gift we will never flaunt
That's why we're gonna get everything we want
'Cause like a shadow in the night, I'm a sight unseen
And I'm the bonafide vocal master supreme
And I'm here to run it down for the ladies and gents
'Cause my rhymes make dollars, plus they make sense
See, I'm down with Cowboy and we rock the show
With King Lou, Tommy Gun and huh, Skorpio
Kamikaze, Clayton Savage, and Eazy and Mike
And going down in the books is the king of the night
So if you're ever in a battle, I'ma make you my slave
And I'ma give you a shovel so you can dig a grave
Leave behind all your fame and wealth
So you can say one rhyme, then bury yourself, ha
I may sound possessed, but you know I'm blessed
With the will to make sense of all this mess
I'm the power of the sun that shines in the sky
And I'm the only MC that'll never die
So just rock and don't stop 'til you hit the top
But when you see Melle Mel, you're gonna have to drop
Right (Right, right, right, right)
And not only that
Step step step step step off
Because you got to get lost
Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
Step step step step step off
Because you got to get lost
Because you know you're soft
Now for all you MCs, you heard my story
Of my Super Fly Cone crushing fame and glory
How I rocked the children and the young ladies
I even rocked the country that was overseas
'Cause I could rock anybody from any crew
Because I did it to Chaka, I'ma do it to you
I'ma show you how I rocked at y'all all night long
And when I rocked with Chaka Khan, I just said
Chaka Khan, let me rock you, let me rock you
Chaka Khan, I said, let me rock you, that's all I wanna do
Chaka Khan, let me rock you, let me rock you
Chaka Khan, I said, let me rock you 'cause I feel for you
Chaka Khan, won't you tell me what you wanna do?
Do you feel for me the way I feel for you?
Chaka Khan, let me tell you what I wanna do
I wanna love you, wanna hug you, wanna squeeze you, too
So let me take you in my arms, let me fill you with my charms, Chaka
'Cause you know that I'm the one to keep you warm, Chaka
I'll make you more than just a physical spell
I wanna rock you, Chaka, baby, 'cause my name is Melle Mel
Say what, y'all? Say what?
To the DJ's scratch, you met your match
'Cause we coming out fresh with a brand new batch
So we're taking you off into the galaxy
It's vicious, vicious, vicious Lee
Step step step step step off
Because you got to get lost
Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
Step step step step step off
Because you got to get lost
Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
Step step step step step off
Because you got to get lost
Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
Step step step step step off