Ain't No Half-Steppin'

[00:04.01] Ah yeah, I'm with this
[00:08.16] I'm just gon' sit here laid back to this nice mellow beat, you know
[00:12.08] And drop some smooth lyrics 'cause it's '88
[00:15.26] Time to set it straight, know what I'm saying
[00:17.45] And ain't no half stepping, word, I'm ready
[00:21.53] Rappers stepping to me, they want to get some
[00:24.14] But I'm the Kane, so yo, you know the outcome
[00:26.40] Another victory, they can't get with me
[00:28.78] So pick a BC date 'cause you're history
[00:31.24] I'm the authentic poet to get lyrical
[00:33.79] For you to beat me, it's gonna take a miracle
[00:36.13] And stepping to me, yo that's the wrong move
[00:38.48] So what you on, Hobbs, dope or dog food?
[00:40.81] Competition, I just devour like a pitbull against a Chihuahua
[00:45.36] 'Cause when it comes to being dope, hot damn
[00:47.45] I got it good, now let me tell you who I am
[00:50.06] The B-I-G D-A-double D-Y K-A-N-E
[00:52.62] Dramatic, Asiatic, not like many
[00:54.75] I'm different, so don't compare me to another
[00:57.23] 'Cause they can't hang, word to the mother
[00:59.42] At least not with the principal in this pedigree
[01:02.14] So when I roll on you rappers, you better be ready to die
[01:05.90] Because you're petty, you're just a butter knife, I'm a machete
[01:09.00] That's made by Ginzu, wait until when you try to front
[01:12.31] So I can chop into your body
[01:14.32] Just because you try to be basing Friday the 13th
[01:17.33] I'mma play Jason, no type of joke, gag, game, puzzle or riddle
[01:20.89] The name is Big Daddy, yes, Big not little
[01:23.08] So define it, here's your walking papers, sign it
[01:25.67] And take a walk as the Kane start to talk, 'cause
[01:28.15] Ain't no half-steppin'
[01:31.30] I'm the Big Daddy Kane
[01:32.83] Ain't no half steppin'
[01:36.04] I'm the Big Daddy Kane
[01:37.66] Ain't no half steppin'
[01:40.99] I'm the Big Daddy Kane
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[01:47.18] My rhymes are so dope and the rappers be hoping
[01:49.30] To sound like me, so soon I'll have to open
[01:51.89] A school of MCing, for those who want to be in
[01:54.26] My field in court, then again on second thought
[01:56.74] To have MC's coming out sounding so similar
[01:59.29] It's quite confusing for you to remember
[02:01.49] The originator, and boy do I hate a perpetrator
[02:04.83] But I'm much greater, the best
[02:06.80] Oh yes, I guess suggest the rest should fess
[02:08.76] Don't mess or test your highness
[02:10.99] Unless you just address with best finesse
[02:13.37] And bless the paragraph I manifest
[02:15.59] Rap Prime Minister, some say sinister
[02:18.24] Non-stopping the groove, until when it's the climax
[02:21.10] And I max, relax and chill
[02:22.61] Have a break from a take of me acting ill
[02:24.99] Brain cells are lit, ideas start to hit
[02:27.51] Next the formation of words that fit
[02:29.62] At the table I sit, making it legit
[02:31.91] And when my pen hits the paper, ah shit
[02:34.83] I stop and stand strong over MC's
[02:36.75] And devour with the power of Hercules
[02:39.20] Or Samson, but I go further the length
[02:41.62] 'Cause you could scalp my cameo and I'll still have strength
[02:44.02] And no, that's not a myth, and if you try to riff
[02:46.55] Or get with the man with the given gift of gab
[02:49.12] Your vocab, I'll only ignore
[02:51.36] Be sleeping on your rhymes 'til I start to snore
[02:54.10] You can't awake me or even make me
[02:56.39] Fear you, son, 'cause you can't do me none
[02:58.35] So think about it if you're trying to go
[03:00.78] When you want to step to me, I think you should know that
[03:03.39] Ain't no half-steppin'
[03:06.75] I'm the Big Daddy Kane
[03:08.24] Ain't no half steppin'
[03:11.44] I'm the Big Daddy Kane
[03:12.74] Ain't no half steppin'
[03:16.24] I'm the Big Daddy Kane
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[03:21.98] I appear right here and scare and dare
[03:24.14] A mere musketeer that would dare to compare
[03:26.21] Put him in the rear, back there where he can't see clear
[03:29.37] Get a beer, idea or near stare, yeah
[03:31.72] So on to be, want to be competition
[03:34.12] Trying to step to me, must be on a mission
[03:36.74] Up on the stage is where I'ma get you at
[03:39.26] You think I'm losing? Psst, picture that
[03:41.67] Ain't no half steppin'
[03:46.09] Ain't no half steppin'
[03:50.88] Ain't no half steppin'
[03:55.62] Ain't no half steppin'
[03:59.12] Mister Cee, step to me
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[04:19.38] The name is Big Daddy, you know, as in your father
[04:21.88] So when you hear a def rhyme, believe that I'm the author
[04:24.50] I grab the mic and make MC's evaporate
[04:26.80] The party people say, damn, that rapper's great
[04:29.37] The creator conductor of poetry
[04:31.53] Et cetera, et cetera, it ain't easy being me
[04:33.96] I speak clearly so you can understand
[04:36.23] Put words together like letter, man
[04:38.35] Now that's dictation, proceeding to my innovation
[04:41.06] Not like the other MC's, that are an imitation
[04:43.68] Or an animation, a cartoon to me
[04:46.07] But when I'm finished, I'm sure that you are soon to see
[04:48.16] Reality, my secret technique
[04:50.17] Because I always speak with mentality
[04:52.56] I put my title in your face, dare you to base
[04:54.82] And if you try and come get it, yo, I'ma show you who's with it
[04:57.21] So if you know like I know, instead of messing around
[05:00.15] Play like Roy Rogers and slow down
[05:02.64] Just give yourself a break or someone else will take
[05:04.68] Your title, namely me because I'm homicidal
[05:07.15] That means murder 'cause I'm about to hurt another MC
[05:10.39] That try to get with me, I'll just break him and bake him and rake him
[05:12.92] And take him and mold him and make him
[05:14.58] Hold up the peace sign, Assalam Walaikum
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