Step Off (feat. Cowboy, Melle Mel and Scorpio)

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost

Because you know you're soft, uh-huh

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost

Because you know you're soft, uh-huh-huh

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost

Because you know you're soft

I was sittin' on the corner, just a-wastin' my time

When I realized I was the king of the rhyme

I got on the microphone, and what do you see?

Huh, the rest was my legacy

I was born to be the king of the be-bop swing

To have stallions and medallions, big diamond rings

I own a castle and a yacht, two million in gold

'Cause rap is the game that I control

I'm like Shakespeare, I'm a pioneer

Because I made rap something people wanted to hear

See, before my reign, it was the same old same

To the bop with the bop, that street-talk game

So if you ever, let me make this clear

If you ever think that we're steppin' out of here

You ever think you're gettin' up, down, around or in

Huh, huh, you better think again, my friend

Because the door is closed and we're in town

And the only place you can go is down

Step, step, step, step, step off

Well, I'm Keith Cowboy and you're my cow

So what you MC's gonna do now?

It's gonna be a slaughter and here's my plan

You won't even get bread and water, my man

Gonna put you on the racks like a pair of slacks

With another whack rapper tied to your back

And if you wanna hang yourself out to dry

It's the beautiful round-up in the sky

I'm the carry-out kid when my trigger's in cock

I'll be carryin' out bodies, stiff as a rock

Carryin' out a million dollars in my pockets and hand

But I carry out orders from no man

'Cause anything you wanna do, I already did

You used to see me rock the house when you was a kid

But in my MC school, my class is packed

And tricks are for kids, so I left your ass back

The bow-legged brother, there'll never be another

I buy a mansion for my mother

The 24/7, the Kool-Aid smile

Say, headcrack eleven, look at my pile

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost

Because you know you're soft, uh-huh-huh

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost

Because you know you're soft, uh-huh-huh

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost

Because you know you're soft

A-come on, a-now you know just who I am

And what I do because I'm in demand

Because I look good, a-do you head, my man?

And if you can't take that, you chump your own hand

You one girl at a time-gettin' MC

So how could you think that you rank with me?

If you only did your homework, you would surely find

When Scorp' get girls, they all be fine

And the only girl that you could take of mine

Is the one that I left way behind

And plus you're cheap, you're petty, your music is trash

You need to go to the bank and get some cash

Because talkin' don't pay, you're driftin' away

When I see you on the stage, I'ma blow you away

You right, there is no diff' between me and you

Except I look good and you look through, take that

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost

Because you know you're soft, uh-huh-huh

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost

Because you know you're soft

Little pieces of a dream is all you mean

Since the day you stepped into the MC scene

Bitin' your moves, takin' fake awards

Sayin' everyone else is perpetratin' the frauds

But you're nothing but a clone of my flesh and bone

Now you're tryna play gone on the microphone

But I tell you 'bout a night and you know I'm right

When you listen to us rockin' to the broad daylight

And then you looked in the sky and you started to cuss

But then you prayed to God that you could be like us

Then God was great and God was true

And he tried to show you how to be like you

But you still didn't get where you wanted to go

When you gathered in the group and got your own show

'Cause without the source, the force won't survive

For eternity, the source is alive

You forgot the words of your creator

And now he's made you a perpetrator

Forever in a world of you and a girl

A few grams in the pipe to make your head swirl

You must spread the words of the master teacher

Or you die by the rhymes and the streets'll eat you

The words are a gift we will never flaunt

That's why we gonna get everything we want

Just like a shadow in the night on a sight unseen

And I'm the bonafide vocal master supreme

And I'm here to run it down for the ladies and gents

For my rhymes make dollars, plus they make sense

See, you're down with Cowboy, you'll be rockin' the show

With King Lou, Tommy Gun and huh, Scorpio

Kami Kaze, Clayton Savage and Eazy Mike

You're goin' down in the books as the king of the night

So if you're ever in a battle, I'ma make you my slave

And I'ma give you a shovel so you can dig a grave

Leave behind all your fame and wealth

So you can say one rhyme, then bury yourself, huh

I may sound possessed, but you know I'm blessed

With the will to make sense of all this mess

I'm the power of the sun that shines in the sky

And I'm the only MC that'll never die

So just rock and don't stop till you hit the top

But when you see Melle Mel, you're gonna have to drop rock

And not only that

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost

Because you know you're soft, huh-huh

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost

Because you know you're soft

And for all you MCs, you heard my story

Of my super-fly, cold-crushin' fame and glory

How I rocked the children and the young ladies

I even rocked the country that was overseas

'Cause I can rock anybody from any crew

Because I did it to Chaka, I'ma do it to you

I'ma show you how I rocked it, y'all, all night long

But when I rocked with Chaka Khan, I just said

Chaka Khan, let me rock you, let me rock you, Chaka Khan

I said, let me rock you, that's all I wanna do

Chaka Khan, let me rock you, let me rock you, Chaka Khan

I said, let me rock you, 'cause I feel for you

Chaka Khan, won't you tell me what you wanna do?

Do you feel the way for me I feel for you?

Chaka Khan, let me tell you what I wanna do

I wanna love you, wanna hug you, wanna squeeze you too

So let me take you in my arms, let me fill you with my charms, Chaka

'Cause you know that I'm the one to keep you warm, Chaka

I'll make you more than just a physical spell

I wanna rock you, Chaka baby, 'cause my name is Melle Mel

Say what, y'all?

Say what

To the DJ scratch, you met your match

'Cause we're comin' out fresh with a brand new batch

So takin' you off into the galaxy

Is Vicious, Vicious, Vicious lee

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost

Because you know you're soft, huh-huh

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost

Because you know you're soft, yeah

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost

Because you know you're soft, uh-huh-huh

Step, step, step, step, step off because you got to get lost