Down With The King (Feat. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth)

Reporters clock, producers jock
They wanna be down with the king
The king, the king
The king, the king, king
The king, the king
The king, the king, the king
The king, the king, the
The king, the king
Producers jock, they wanna be down, down with the king

Down with the king for years, about ten of 'em
Recruitin' suckers, mackin' mic, and makin' men of 'em
Tears and fears for my peers, they rippin'
You think that it is, it is, if not it isn't (isn't)

Race for the border my daughter, 'cause beats you're bangin' out
Jeeps rockin' beats in the streets when there's time for hangin' out
Gather, or rather form a circle around a lot
'Cause brothers or others could never ever rock a crowd (crowd)

Is it because he's runnin' off with the mouth?
Or was he really clearly tryin' to play a nigga out (out)?
Nope, shut him down, the king with a crown
'Cause all you wanna be is Diggy Down

Down with the king (come on), the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king (uh, come on), the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king

Two years ago, a friend of mine
Asked me to say some MC rhymes
So I said this rhyme I'm about to say
The rhyme was Mecca, and it went this way

Recollect a Mecca, mic check on the windmill skills
Mac distracts, wearin' Godfather hat
It's ok to parlay to forte better
Tell 'em my nigga made a sweater tougher than leather

Swing another Rodney King thing and I'll wreck
But just like the white one, I get no respect
Money stay awake 'cause the other niggas are fake
From Hollis to the Beacon, now your dumb ass is leakin'

CL and Run D.M.C., so rush it
Big time weight before Hammer got to touch it
Remember the faces in all types of places
Look Ma, no shoelaces

(And I'm) down with the king, the king
Down with the king (you wanna be), the king
Down with the king (you wanna be), the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king (you wanna be), the king (you wanna be)
Down with the king (you wanna be, check it), the king

I'm takin' the tours (tours), I'm wreckin' the land (land)
I keep it hardcore because it's dope, man (man)
These are the roughest, toughest words I ever wrote down (down)
Not meant for a ho like a slow jam, check it

Sucka MCs could never swing with D (D)
Because of all the things that I bring with me (me)
Only G-O-D could be a king to me
And if the G-O-D be in me, then the king I be (be)

The microphone is branded when it's handed to me (me)
I was planted on this planet and I plan to MC (MC)
The MC fiends only seem to agree
That I rock all the world and the society ('ty)
Outrageous on the stages with a tune of verse (verse)
I give praises from these pages to the universe (verse)
My voice is raw, my lyrics is law
I keep it hardcore like you never saw, you wanna be

Down with the king (you wanna be), the king
Down with the king (you know you wanna be), the king
Down with the king (you wanna be), the king
Down with the king (you know you wanna be), the king
Down with the king (you down with Pete), the king
Down with the king (you down with Pete, C.L.), the king (Smooth)
Down with the king (Rock), the king
Down with the king (top), the king

I'm the man you see, in the place to be
I went to John Jay University
And since kindergarten, I acquired the knowledge
And after 12 grade, I went straight to college
Down with the kings on the mic, a full swinger
The P to the R, not an R&B singer
The R to the U-N-D-MC'n
The fly human beings, tonight, I hold the key in

Flowin' with the funk track, here to soul brother black
Pick up the bass, better yet, leave a space
So let me put my big black twinkie on into the early mornin'
Had the skins yawnin'
Mecca? (Yo), you want the Mecca? (Yo)
I'll make a funky beat so we can blow, check it out
Pete Rock's the beat knock, put you in a headlock
And now all the outty out, flock is on down with the kings

The king, down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king

Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king
Down with the ki-, ki-, the king
The king, down with the king, the king
Down with the king, the king

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