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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Run-DMC
Run-DMC
Performer
Orange Crush
Orange Crush
Performer
Eddie Martinez
Eddie Martinez
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
D.M.C.
D.M.C.
Songwriter
Joseph Simmons
Joseph Simmons
Songwriter
Larry Smith
Larry Smith
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons
Producer
Larry Smith
Larry Smith
Producer
Roddey Hui
Roddey Hui
Assistant Producer
Elai Tubo
Elai Tubo
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]
I'm the king of rock, there is none
Higher
Sucker emcees should call me
Sire
To burn my kingdom you must use
Fire
I won't stop rockin' till I retire
[Verse 1]
Now we rock the party and come correct
All cuts are on time and rhymes connect
Got the right to vote and will elect
And other rappers can't stand us
But give us respect
[Verse 2]
They call us ill
We're gettin' iller
There's no
One chiller
It's not
Michael
Jackson
And this is not Thriller
As one def rapper, I know I can hang
I'm Run from Run-DMC, like Kool from Kool & the Gang
Roll to the rock, rock to the roll
DMC stands for "Devastating Mic Control"
You can't touch me with a ten-foot pole
And I even made the Devil sell me his
Soul
[Verse 3]
Now we crash through walls
Cut through floors
Bust through ceilings
And knock down doors
And when we're on the tape
We're fresh out the box
You can hear our sound
For blocks and blocks
For every living person
We're a verbal treat
It's me and DMC
Jay, where's the beat?
[Verse 4]
Now we're the baddest of the bad
Coolest of the cool, I'm DMC, I rock and roll
I'm DJ Run, I rock and rule
It's not a trick-or-treat
And it's not a April fool
It's all brand new, never
Ever
Old
School
[Verse 5]
You got the music
In your body
And you can't
Comprehend
When your
Mind
Won't
Wiggle
And your knees won't bend
Music ain't nothin' but a people's jam, it's DJ Run
DMC
Rockin' without a band
[Verse 6]
Now I walked on ice and never fell
I spend my time in a plush hotel
I stood on many stages, held many mics
Take airplane flights at huge heights
So all you sucker emcees, you gotta say, "Please"
'Cause when he jumps high
I'm pulling down weeds
Got a song so strong it's knocking down trees
Is it hard to believe it's Run
DMC's?
[Verse 7]
I am from around the way
And Run goes to school every day
And Jay plays the records he has to play
And we get down with no delay
Hey
I rock a party with the words I
Speak
And Run says the rhymes that are
Unique
And Jay cuts the records
Every day of the week
And we are the crew that could never be beat
So don't try to diss me, try to
Be my friend
'Cause if you do
You'll get yours in the end
The rhymes we say
Shall set a trend
Because a devastatin' rap
Is what we
Send
[Verse 8]
Every jam we play, we break two needles
There's three of us but we're not the Beatles
My name is Darryl
But you can call him D
You can call me Darryl Mac
Or you can call him DMC
People always ask
'"DMC", what does it mean?'
D's for never dirty
MC for mostly clean
[Verse 9]
Like we said before
We rock hardcore
I'm DJ Run, I can scratch
I'm DMC, I can draw
And now we got the knack
To attract
Our rhyme's an aphrodisiac
We'll rain on your brain
And rock your knot
When it comes to a rhyme
Give it all we got
To be emcees, we got what it takes
Let the poppers pop, and the breakers break
We're cool, cool cats
It's like that
That's the way it is
So stay the hell back
We're causing hard times for sucker emcees
'Cause they don't make no songs like
These
Period
Written by: Darryl McDaniels, Joseph Ward Simmons, Lawrence Smith
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