Big Daddy Kane - Young, Gifted & Black

Album: It's a Big Daddy Thing (c) 1989, produced by: Marley Marl, label: Cold Chillin' Records.

[Minister Farrakhan]
So out of the MERCY of Allah
and the LAW, written in our nature
We call an INDIVIDUAL, into existence
And when that individual, I make, NO apologies
for what I'm about to say

[Big Daddy Kane]
Rough, rugged and real, you're on standstill
to obey okay so let the man build
words of rapture that you have to capture
And I just slapped ya
with the hand full of literature
that's dope def fresh hype choice smooth and raw
Rappers I replace, rub out, and erase
Competition you must be on freebase
Smokin or chokin, bound to be broken
Man, get your damn hands off the mic that I'm chokin!
Cause I got a strangehold
You're still cold off the road for the role you stole
Rhymes that you yell out, but you did sell out
Crossed-over, lost over here, now get the hell out
I'm not a pop star, rock'n'roller
I'm a rebel, BLESSED, able to hold a
mic like a hammer, and drop grammar
Treat a rapper like a wrestler, and body slam him
Those who dispute get treated just like a prostitute
They get the boot and played like a flute
so just PLAY mute, don't even whisper
Open your mouth to speak and I'm diss ya
Ragtag and dog, put you in the morgue
Because you're petty confetti and not ready to rock steady
In other words, you're half-steppin'
Tiptoein, get goin, because my weapon
is not a nine, an uzi or a shotgun
But when it come to hype rhymes I got one
Just like the album is still the same
_Long Live the Kane_ ain't a damn thing changed
I still get ill and kill at will and build the skill
to fill your grill so don't tell me you're real
We sample beats, you sue and try to fight us
*tchk* Maaaan, you still be home with arthritis!
If we didn't revive em, bring back alive
old beats that we appreciated, you wouldn't survive
You'd be another memory to us
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
So understand, the way that I live
that's positive - and the message I got to give
It's a benefit for you and me
I'm talkin bout P.E.A.C.E.
The chosen one that has turned a new leaf
I got gold teeth, and they don't chew beef
No pork on my fork, strictly fish on my dish
The Kane fallin victim? *tchk* Sucker, you wish
I flow like water, slaughter
Put you out of order.. floored ya!
Rappers are raggin and taggin and snaggin and braggin
to be on the bandwagon, but I'm the Last Dragon
With the knack to attract the pack
so just GET BACK, I'm young, gifted and black

And just go with the flow you know
In the place to be with my man Marley Marl
Sendin this out to Divine Force
Can't forget my main man Heavy D
And to my good brothers EPMD
And to my man Ice-T over on the West Coast
Can't forget Kool Moe Dee, Busy Bee, MC Lyte, the Audio Two
I say, peace!

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• marley
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• originator

[lfc4evamullav]

born in 1992 i am fukin gutted that i wasnt born 10 or 15 years earlier so i could of lived through the golden age all the music we get now is crapp all i ever listen to is mobb deep biggie tupac nwa eazy e dre big daddy kane proof big l scarface ghetto boys the fugees bob marley all dat people need to bring back real music

[SDSOverfiend]

"Man get cha damn hands of the mic that im chokin!!!!"

[Kmq1968]

HIP HOP, WHEN HIP HOP WAS HOTT, NON STOP, BOYEE!!..

[los550]

@boystop369 this is one of the songs of the silent war him and rakim was having without all the bullshit we see today. even biggie smalls, nas az mobb deep and wu tang had theses same wars without calling each others names out. this is why the beats and rhymes were so fire at that time because it wasn't all this talking like the wwf and wcw today, just come back with some hot shit. if you heard something you said in a rhyme in their song being hit you just come back with some hot shit that'all.

[los550]

i was kin 5th grade, flat top fade, one gold chain and a pair loc shades. gettin cool before i go to school, that's when i began to make little girls drool, had me in their little love letter pool. man these were the glory days going into the the 90's with the snoop doggs, nas az, and biggie smalls, 2 pac, and wu tang to come. man where these muthaphukkaz come from today with all this wack shit. the 2000's has been a disgrace to hip-hop, a total slap in the face.80's and 90's fuck the millineum

[redrums911]

atmosphere ygm brought me here

[LanceVanceThug]

@RyanCastroTV

who?

[boystop369]

@DTRAVELZ He's not on Rakim's level but he still is one of the greatest

[newnegro1]

TIGHT!NOW GET UR DAM HANDS OFF THE MIC I'M HOLDIN