Im the minstrel man, the cleaning man, The pole man, the shoeshine man Im a nigger man, watch me dance {unknown movie} I put the lyrics on the paper with the pen Evil e makes the records spin Islam drops the beats that you rock to Thought that I would never get you? got you Doggin the floor like you know you never done before How could a brother be so hardcore And still keep you on the floor like a maniac Thats your question? well ima answer that Im on the mic tonight Im here to do it right Ice, the capital t, airtight Coolest of the cool, a mack on a mission Step to me fool - youre missin Minus, gone, pow, youre outta here This aint no game to me, this is my career Throw me a mic, plug it in, bet! I wont be happy til the dancefloors wet I aint no rookie, Im a microphone vet Evil es on the set, hit the deck! {scratching be easy on the cut （3x） And no mistakes allowed -> rakim} E-m-c-e-e, i-c-e-t, a-n-d, dj evil e Doggin the deck like its never been done before You had enough? more! Here we go, Im about to blow up Dont you dare bite my rhymes, Ill make you throw up Poison soaked in an acid bath Swallow homeboy, your throatll need a skin graft Toss it up, while the dj known as evil cuts You wanna know whats happenin - what? The beat become my soul, Im goin out of control Look in my face as my eyeballs roll Back in my head and the mic glows red Step in my face and youll wind up dead yo, thanks, I needed that I was posessed by this treacherous track Watch out word this aint no joke A sucker tried to flex and his arm got broke Dont make a move that youll regret Evil es on the set, hit the deck! {scratched kick it （4x）} You start to think and wonder bout how its done An emcee? maybe I could be one Drop the thought, get a job, change your mind To be a **** mc takes time Eight years of mine, no time for draggin You wanna be an mc? get off the bandwagon! But if its in your heart, get a pen Dont stop writin til the inkflow ends Work and work and dont halfstep Dog the mic every chance you get Motivation must be kept Stay down and build your rep Yo so let me demonstrate, rappin as a fine art And when Im finished, you can take this rap apart Analyze my elements and tactics First Im over there, and then Im back to this I jumble topics, you wont know where Ill go Back in your face with a cold but steady flow You feel the power of the ice in the first row You already know what to say, hooooooooo!!! On the mic is a stone cold vet Evil es on the set, hit the deck {evil e scratches for a long time} Im in my mode, called the fourth episode Or the last verse, if you wanna decode So I gotta raise the heat, hype up the beat Switch the mic from airtight to elite Pounce upon the deck, it aint wet yet Let me see how hot you can get Then Ill turn up the amps, blow out the lights Youre in darkness, then the mic ignites Glowin like it did before, but even more The room is lit, the raps are hardcore Evil cuts the records like a psycho with a switchblade You see a blur -- thats the crossfade Loud and proud, words bombard the crowd Look up in the air -- you see a mushroom cloud I kick flavor to a musical track Too fast to catch, too complex to match Im gettin hyped as hype can get Evil es on the set! hit the deck
[00:00.86]Im the minstrel man, the cleaning man, [00:02.42]The pole man, the shoeshine man [00:04.16]Im a nigger man, watch me dance {unknown movie} [00:22.20]I put the lyrics on the paper with the pen [00:24.45]Evil e makes the records spin [00:25.95]Islam drops the beats that you rock to [00:27.88]Thought that I would never get you? got you [00:30.06]Doggin the floor like you know you never done before [00:32.37]How could a brother be so hardcore [00:33.81]And still keep you on the floor like a maniac [00:35.93]Thats your question? well ima answer that [00:37.42]Im on the mic tonight Im here to do it right [00:39.80]Ice, the capital t, airtight [00:40.92]Coolest of the cool, a mack on a mission [00:43.04]Step to me fool - youre missin [00:45.04]Minus, gone, pow, youre outta here [00:46.99]This aint no game to me, this is my career [00:49.17]Throw me a mic, plug it in, bet! [00:50.98]I wont be happy til the dancefloors wet [00:52.67]I aint no rookie, Im a microphone vet [00:54.41]Evil es on the set, hit the deck! [00:57.59]{scratching be easy on the cut （3x） [01:13.23]And no mistakes allowed -> rakim} [01:14.67]E-m-c-e-e, i-c-e-t, a-n-d, dj evil e [01:15.92]Doggin the deck like its never been done before [01:17.79]You had enough? more! [01:19.60]Here we go, Im about to blow up [01:21.47]Dont you dare bite my rhymes, Ill make you throw up [01:23.72]Poison soaked in an acid bath [01:25.03]Swallow homeboy, your throatll need a skin graft [01:26.84]Toss it up, while the dj known as evil cuts [01:29.33]You wanna know whats happenin - what? [01:31.08]The beat become my soul, Im goin out of control [01:33.39]Look in my face as my eyeballs roll [01:35.07]Back in my head and the mic glows red [01:37.07]Step in my face and youll wind up dead [01:39.32]yo, thanks, I needed that [01:40.75]I was posessed by this treacherous track [01:42.38]Watch out word this aint no joke [01:44.56]A sucker tried to flex and his arm got broke [01:46.93]Dont make a move that youll regret [01:48.43]Evil es on the set, hit the deck! [01:50.24]{scratched kick it （4x）} [01:58.04]You start to think and wonder bout how its done [02:00.03]An emcee? maybe I could be one [02:01.85]Drop the thought, get a job, change your mind [02:03.96]To be a **** mc takes time [02:05.46]Eight years of mine, no time for draggin [02:07.46]You wanna be an mc? get off the bandwagon! [02:09.77]But if its in your heart, get a pen [02:11.77]Dont stop writin til the inkflow ends [02:13.33]Work and work and dont halfstep [02:14.70]Dog the mic every chance you get [02:16.82]Motivation must be kept [02:18.88]Stay down and build your rep [02:20.69]Yo so let me demonstrate, rappin as a fine art [02:22.87]And when Im finished, you can take this rap apart [02:25.18]Analyze my elements and tactics [02:26.93]First Im over there, and then Im back to this [02:29.18]I jumble topics, you wont know where Ill go [02:31.17]Back in your face with a cold but steady flow [02:33.42]You feel the power of the ice in the first row [02:35.85]You already know what to say, hooooooooo!!! [02:37.38]On the mic is a stone cold vet [02:39.19]Evil es on the set, hit the deck [02:40.81]{evil e scratches for a long time} [02:42.37]Im in my mode, called the fourth episode [03:12.70]Or the last verse, if you wanna decode [03:14.38]So I gotta raise the heat, hype up the beat [03:16.57]Switch the mic from airtight to elite [03:18.07]Pounce upon the deck, it aint wet yet [03:20.44]Let me see how hot you can get [03:22.12]Then Ill turn up the amps, blow out the lights [03:24.31]Youre in darkness, then the mic ignites [03:25.87]Glowin like it did before, but even more [03:27.74]The room is lit, the raps are hardcore [03:29.74]Evil cuts the records like a psycho with a switchblade [03:31.92]You see a blur -- thats the crossfade [03:33.73]Loud and proud, words bombard the crowd [03:35.54]Look up in the air -- you see a mushroom cloud [03:37.97]I kick flavor to a musical track [03:39.53]Too fast to catch, too complex to match [03:41.53]Im gettin hyped as hype can get [03:43.28]Evil es on the set! hit the deck
