Step Off (Extended Mix)

[00:06.00] Step step step step step off
[00:07.89] Because you got to get lost
[00:09.16] Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
[00:11.06] Step step step step step off
[00:12.74] Because you got to get lost
[00:13.91] Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
[00:15.97] Step step step step step off
[00:17.71] Because you got to get lost
[00:18.92] Because you know you're soft
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[00:30.14] I was sittin' on the corner just a-wasting my time
[00:32.34] When I realized I was the king of the rhyme
[00:34.81] I got on the microphone, and what do you see?
[00:37.25] Huh, the rest was my legacy
[00:39.79] I was born to be the king of the be-bop swing
[00:42.13] To have starings in my dance, big diamond rings
[00:44.66] To own a castle and a yacht, pool, million in gold
[00:47.15] 'Cause rap is a game that I control
[00:49.69] I'm like Shakespeare, I'm a pioneer
[00:51.92] Because I made rap something people wanted to hear
[00:54.46] See, before my reign it was the same old same
[00:56.87] A-to the bar with a bar, that street talk game
[00:59.25] So if you ever, let me make this clear
[01:01.86] If you ever think that we're steppin' outta here
[01:04.10] You ever think you're gettin' up, down, around or in
[01:06.77] Huh, you better think again, my friend
[01:09.03] Because the door is closed, and we're in town
[01:11.70] And the only place you can go is down
[01:17.07] Step step step step step off
[01:18.45] Well, I'm Keith Cowboy, and you're my cow
[01:21.42] So what you MCs gonna do now?
[01:24.00] It's gonna be a slaughter, and here's my plan
[01:26.45] You won't even get bread and water, my man
[01:28.71] Gonna put you on the racks like a pair of slacks
[01:31.27] With another wack rapper tied to your back
[01:33.81] And if you wanna hang yourself out to dry
[01:36.06] It's the beautiful roundup in the sky
[01:38.58] I'm the carry-out kid when my trigger's in cock
[01:40.99] I be carrying out bodies stiff as a rock
[01:43.47] Carry out a million dollars in my pockets and hand
[01:45.80] But I carry out orders from no man
[01:48.03] 'Cause anything you wanna do, I already did
[01:50.61] You used to see me rock the house when you was a kid
[01:53.01] But in my MC school, my class was packed
[01:55.68] And tricks were for kids, so I left your ass back
[01:58.20] The bowlegged brother, there'll never be another
[02:00.65] I'll buy a mansion for my mother (Uh)
[02:03.15] A 24/7, the Kool-Aid smile
[02:05.45] The headcrack eleven, look at my pile
[02:08.46] Step step step step step off
[02:10.19] Because you got to get lost
[02:11.32] Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
[02:13.22] Step step step step step off
[02:15.03] Because you got to get lost
[02:16.28] Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
[02:18.13] Step step step step step off
[02:19.90] Because you got to get lost
[02:21.12] Because you know you're soft
[02:21.83] Uh, come on, uh, now you know just who I am
[02:25.18] And what I do, because I'm in demand
[02:27.27] Because I look good, uh, do you hear, my man?
[02:29.65] And if you can't take that, you chump your own hand
[02:32.19] You're one girl at a time gettin' MC
[02:34.94] So how could you think, uh, that you rank with me?
[02:37.18] If you only did your homework, you would surely find
[02:39.47] Uh, when Skorp get girls, they all be fine
[02:42.05] And the only girl that you could take of mine
[02:44.43] Is the one that I left way behind
[02:46.75] And plus you cheat, you're petty, your music is trash
[02:49.24] You need to go to the bank and get some cash
[02:51.60] Because talking don't pay, you're drifting away
[02:54.36] When I see you on the stage, I'ma blow you away
[02:56.57] You're right, there is no difference between me and you
[02:58.91] Except I look good, and you look through, take that
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[03:11.98] Step step step step step off
[03:13.65] Because you got to get lost
[03:14.91] Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
[03:16.83] Step step step step step off
[03:18.51] Because you got to get lost
[03:19.77] Because you know you're soft
[03:21.19] Little pieces of a king is all you mean
[03:23.49] Since the day you stepped into the MC scene
[03:26.39] Bitin' your moves, taking fake awards
[03:28.42] Saying everyone else is perpetratin' the fraud
[03:30.83] But you're nothing but a clone of my flesh and bone
[03:33.28] Now you're tryin' to play grown on the microphone
[03:35.75] But I tell you by tonight, and you know I'm right
[03:38.24] When you listen to us rockin' to the broad daylight
[03:40.50] And then you looked in the sky and you started to cuss
[03:43.09] But then you prayed to God that you could be like us
[03:45.52] Then God was great, and God was true
[03:47.88] When he tried to show you how to be like you
[03:50.45] But you still didn't get where you want to go
[03:52.92] When you gathered in a group and got your own show
[03:55.11] 'Cause without the source, the force won't survive
[03:57.62] But for eternity, the source is alive
[04:00.29] You forgot the words of your creator
[04:02.87] And now he's made you a perpetrator
[04:05.25] Forever in a world of you and a girl
[04:07.44] A few grams in a pipe to make your head swirl
[04:10.11] You must spread the words of the master teacher
[04:12.45] Or you'll die by the rhymes in the streets that eat ya
[04:15.00] The words are a gift we will never flaunt
[04:17.38] That's why we're gonna get everything we want
[04:19.56] 'Cause like a shadow in the night, I'm a sight unseen
[04:22.18] And I'm the bonafide vocal master supreme
[04:24.54] And I'm here to run it down for the ladies and gents
[04:26.98] 'Cause my rhymes make dollars, plus they make sense
[04:29.32] See, I'm down with Cowboy and we rock the show
[04:31.86] With King Lou, Tommy Gun and huh, Skorpio
[04:34.46] Kamikaze, Clayton Savage, and Eazy and Mike
[04:36.71] And going down in the books is the king of the night
[04:39.15] So if you're ever in a battle, I'ma make you my slave
[04:41.65] And I'ma give you a shovel so you can dig a grave
[04:44.53] Leave behind all your fame and wealth
[04:46.58] So you can say one rhyme, then bury yourself, ha
[04:49.34] I may sound possessed, but you know I'm blessed
[04:51.59] With the will to make sense of all this mess
[04:54.02] I'm the power of the sun that shines in the sky
[04:56.24] And I'm the only MC that'll never die
[04:58.68] So just rock and don't stop 'til you hit the top
[05:01.15] But when you see Melle Mel, you're gonna have to drop
[05:04.03] Right (Right, right, right, right)
[05:06.13] And not only that
[05:09.28] Step step step step step off
[05:10.95] Because you got to get lost
[05:12.15] Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
[05:14.07] Step step step step step off
[05:15.82] Because you got to get lost
[05:17.01] Because you know you're soft
[05:18.22] Now for all you MCs, you heard my story
[05:20.84] Of my Super Fly Cone crushing fame and glory
[05:23.36] How I rocked the children and the young ladies
[05:25.92] I even rocked the country that was overseas
[05:27.92] 'Cause I could rock anybody from any crew
[05:30.43] Because I did it to Chaka, I'ma do it to you
[05:33.11] I'ma show you how I rocked at y'all all night long
[05:35.37] And when I rocked with Chaka Khan, I just said
[05:37.82] Chaka Khan, let me rock you, let me rock you
[05:39.73] Chaka Khan, I said, let me rock you, that's all I wanna do
[05:42.83] Chaka Khan, let me rock you, let me rock you
[05:44.68] Chaka Khan, I said, let me rock you 'cause I feel for you
[05:47.65] Chaka Khan, won't you tell me what you wanna do?
[05:50.09] Do you feel for me the way I feel for you?
[05:52.64] Chaka Khan, let me tell you what I wanna do
[05:54.99] I wanna love you, wanna hug you, wanna squeeze you, too
[05:57.47] So let me take you in my arms, let me fill you with my charms, Chaka
[06:00.38] 'Cause you know that I'm the one to keep you warm, Chaka
[06:02.98] I'll make you more than just a physical spell
[06:04.70] I wanna rock you, Chaka, baby, 'cause my name is Melle Mel
[06:10.63] Say what, y'all? Say what?
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[06:26.87] To the DJ's scratch, you met your match
[06:29.26] 'Cause we coming out fresh with a brand new batch
[06:31.76] So we're taking you off into the galaxy
[06:34.11] It's vicious, vicious, vicious Lee
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[07:06.44] Step step step step step off
[07:08.22] Because you got to get lost
[07:09.47] Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
[07:11.31] Step step step step step off
[07:13.15] Because you got to get lost
[07:14.38] Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
[07:16.23] Step step step step step off
[07:18.09] Because you got to get lost
[07:19.25] Because you know you're soft, uh-huh
[07:21.16] Step step step step step off
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