[Erick Sermon] 
EPMD.. Def Jam.. blazin.. 
Check it  uh huh  YO 
It's E Dub on the microphone 
My style be Elektra  I'm the male Syl Rhome 
Homes  walk around with forty four chrome 
on safety  spike the mic in the endzone 
This here ain't the average shit  you used to 
Front  and automatic rounds  will shoot you 
So knock it off  like Biggie Smalls said Duke you soft 
Why you wanna fuck with the boss? 
[Parrish Smith] 
Where should I start? Breakin MC's or shatterin charts? 
It's Diablo, PMD Mic Doc with the purple heart 
The go-getter, getter, get wit 'er, hit 'er-split 'er 
Front and back, and if she wit it, straight in the shitter 
So heidi heidi heidi hydro, pack gats and ammo 
+Funky Piano+, van like the fuckin ?tano? 
with more cheese than Lambeau, more heat than Rambo 
Break down dismantle when I scramble 
Chorus: Erick Sermon (Parrish Smith) *repeat 2X* 
I just get down, and I go for mines 
Say check 1, 2 -- and run down the line 
(Inclined to shine) with techs and (forty-four mags and nines) 
Don't get too close because you might get shot 
[Erick Sermon] 
Uhh, yo, ey, and yo 
EPMD, fuckin with us is bad news 
Me and you got different views 
What you might say is dope, I say's not 
What I might call wack, you'll call hot 
The best thing for you, is to think and hope 
or get choked, and hung with +The Velvet Rope+ 
Cause you too theatrical, mess around 
and end up smackin you, jackin you, attackin you 
[Parrish Smith] 
That's why it's crucial, so stay neutral to collect the cash 
double beaucoup, just rippin up mics, is what my crew do 
Whatever suits you, pull out the burner, fuck the shoot through 
roadblocks and smear campaigns, with the two-two 
or tech nine, that'll chew, through your waistline 
I'm accurate, don't waste mine, spit on bassline 
Run with the unseen potential to be on Dateline 
I don't fake mine, you blaze crazy, while I pace mine 
[Erick Sermon] 
Yeah, now why y'all wanna mess with the vets? 
We've been doin this shit, since _Dear Yvette_, check 
I make shit that make you wanna smack your producer 
and ice grill him, and make you wanna kill him dead 
and walk around leakin, in the bed for the weekend 
for playin with the last Mohican 
?Madi gon? - that's fuck you in Puerto Rican 
Keep quiet when you hear grown men speakin 
[Parrish Smith] 
Or get smacked, this ain't no game, the shit is serious 
Delerious, that's how we leave cats and niggaz curious 
The true legend, got caught shit you better call Kevin 
Big like Dog 40 and the Dutch from the 7-11 
I'm danger like Norris the Texas Ranger 
The mic strangler, PMD, the fuckin _Head Banger_ 
Mo' skills fo' real for them cats that kill 
Pump a nine on the reg behind penetentiary steel 
Chorus