Stop, Look, Listen

I'm rhymin and designing, also creatin'

The dope def rhyme that is always being taken

By a sucker MC that wants to be like me

No trait of originality

But yo, I am not one to down another

So like I said before, just go for yours, sucker

I'm gonna take the time to drop a dope line

Or maybe even two, for you and your crew

So you can start shakin' and movin' all around

To the Lyte the MC, and the King of Chill sound

It's new and improved like a freshly cut diamond

Perfect timing, like a gem, it's shinin'

Or better yet, a ruby, somewhat like a sapphire

This jam, you are forced to admire

Yeah (Stop, look, listen)

(Stop, look, listen)

Wanna battle me? Now that's strange behavior

Drink and drive, yeah, you're probably safer

'Cause when I start, I never give slack

You feel like a kick me sign was pinned to your back

Yes, I'm a super-duper with the rope-a-dope-a

Got the clean drawers on, yeah, I hop you do

Because I'm gonna strip you of your peace of mind

Now your peace is mine, damn, that's unkind

Come on, admit, the Lyte is too fly

The rhymes that I say, you can't deny

Because a hundred percent is what I give it (Say what?)

I haunt the house with the hip hop spirit

I tear it, repair it, like a hand-me-down, make you wear it

Save all your crocodile tears, grin and bear it

And with all your other brothers, you're gonna share it

You hear me, Junior? 'Cause soon you'll

Be a grown man with the mic in your hand

And understand biting's not part of the plan

That's wrong, I thought I taught you better than that?

But that's what you get from a stabber in the back

(Stop, look, listen)

(Stop, look, listen)

MC, master of creativity

Rappin' is the activity

Rhyme is the sport, let it be taught that Lyte the MC is takin' no shorts

In '88, I was great, but '89 is my time

Stop, look, and listen to the right rhyme

K-Rock the DJ throws the cuts my way

Put 'em on the reel to reel and let them play

Leg one and leg two, they do the jumpin'

The dancin', the pumpin', always up to something

But when it comes to the rap category

MC Lyte headlines the story

Extra, extra, read all about it

Comin' out fresh and flier than we did before

Extra, extra, read all about it

Comin' out fresh and flier than we did before

Listen up, everybody

Extra, extra, read all about it

Listen, listen, listen, listen, listen up, everybody

Extra, extra, read all about it

Listen up, everybody

Extra, extra, read all about it

Listen up, everybody