The Emcee

Lyrics

[Intro] Shout to KRS-One (Teach us) Without further ado (Teach us) I bring to you (Teach us, teach us) (The emcee) [Verse 1] Call me Heaven-sent, not hesitant It's evident when I'm presenting sentiment on instruments I'm dropping every month, but I ain't feminine And everything is real, ain't no editin' The emcee I'm not Young MC, so emcees hatin', and E equals MC squared I'm not MC Eiht, but I'm nine times better when I bend each phrase A momеnt of silence for MCA Okay, the еmcee, la-di-da-di, I'm God and Gotti, for real I gotta body these beats Don't try to stop me, I show up besides your lobby I'm yelling out, "Ali, Ali" Oxen-free, I'm not to be messed with, who do I be? The emcee, call me master of ceremony That mastered gettin' strangers to get to know me And mastered my delivery, it's not that y'all know No pepperoni, my stage show is dope, I might get a Tony The emcee The envy of the emcees that are empty And tempt me to send these shots at 'em like MD's Went from eating most of my meals daily at Wendy's To having chickens trying to blow it, really got windy Though I am not a Pimp C The Vitamin S is like medicine for your soul, so I gotta confess That I'm rhymin' about my rhymes, y'all, I try to progress But y'all keep bringing me back, and since I am the best, I do it Now I'm sounding like Big Sean, that's dumb funny A lot of rappers I like, I'll take their lunch money if I was in school with 'em Cats here meet me like, "I don't know what to do with him There he go, you got him" The emcee, you nicer? I know what you sayin' But see, I'm smilin' 'cause I'm hopin' you playin' The emcee, Daddy Kane without the eyebrow slashes LL without the homo rumors Slick Rick without the crazy jewels and the black eyepatch And Q-Tip before the solo music The emcee, I'm G Rap minus all of the gunplay Run before he started giving sermons on Sunday There's only one Biggie, one Nas, and one Jay But I promise I embody them some days The emcee, I watch A-B-C, B-B-D Wanted to be CL Smooth, EPMD Played ball, tried to join the ACC or SCC Instead, I was on MTV, my MP3s with E and D A lot of talking, you can B-E-T These rappers can't see me, I'm ill The emcee, you know me, the emcee, I go like a M3 If I smoke it's the best trees, a comedic emcee My lines been designed so you see it emcee My bars reaching hard when you need 'em emcee Repeat it, I'm intrigued to see what I'll do next My fans say, "Yes, please" Any instrumental is so essential, I show potential Not potential like there's room for improvement But since we're mentioning the room I guess I could improve My residential situation [?] with my blanket, cover my rental, I'm mental The emcee, the press it, the emcee And I brought somebody else to go send it, it ain't just me, huh [Outro] One question [?] who am I? The emcee What makes a great emcee? He is a master of ceremonies You gotta be able to captivate some kind of audience Story, believability, execution, breath control And the energy is pivotal Voice True talent Character Nice personality Clever wordplay Your adence, how you say it Pattern, flows Flow, style, and attitude Part of being a rapper is being arrogant, straight up So arrogant [?] I don't feel like I'm arrogant at all Rappers got egos The technique Performance Style Charisma Originality Delivery gotta be tight Lyrics He has to be true to what he's saying, and who he is Leader Know how to paint a picture You have to relate to people in a certain way That's exactly how I felt, the way you said that, that's how I feel sometimes What God gives you You gotta just be blessed All the elements combined properly Put all those things together That's what the job of an emcee is That's the complete emcee This is what it is