How You Like Me Now (Re-Recorded / Remastered)

I throw my tape on then I watch ya

Three seconds later, I got you shakin' your head

Dancin' instead of sittin'

The rhymes kick, the beat's hittin' you

Just like a home run, slammin' like a slam dunk

Ride the wave, James Brown gave funk

It happened to James like it happened to me

How you think it feel to see another MC

Get paid usin' my rap style

And I'm playin' the background meanwhile

I ain't with that, you can forget that

You took the style, I'm takin' it back

Comin' back like Return of the Jedi

Sucker MCs in the place that said I

Could only rock rhymes and only rock crowds

But never rock records, how you like me now?

How you like me now?

Now brothers are ridin' me like a pony

I'm no phony, I'm the only real mic-aroni

Playin' the mic like it's supposed to be played

New jacks, you all shoulda stayed

Out of the business, what is this

Amateur night at the Apollo?

Get off this stage, I'm in a rage

Just like a lion trapped inside of a cage

I'm the real king, rap is a jungle

I never understood, how could one go

To a party, watch me, stand around and jock me

Become a rapper then try to rock me

Schemin' like a demon, you're screamin' and dreamin'

I'm from the old school, I used to see men die for less

But I'm not livin' that way, I'll let my mic do the talkin'

And let the music play

How you like me now?

Rap is an art, and I'm like Picasso

But of course, why else would you try so hard

To pain a picture and try to get yourself in my shoes

But they won't fit ya, I'm bigger and better, forget about deffer

Every time I rocked the mic I left a stain in your brain that will remain

Stuck in the back of your brain until you see me again

Respect, I come correct

The rhymes I select are nothing short of perfect

Vernacular's pure and I can ensure

Life or death with my breath, my voice is the cure

I feel life from the words I spread

I'll make a sick man rock on his death bed

Sucker MCs, I'll make your girl say, ow

She's jockin', now how you like me now?

How you like me now?

It irked my nerves when I heard

A sucker rapper that I know I'll serve

Run around town sayin' he is the best

Is that a test? I'm not impressed

Get real, you're nothing but a toy

Don't you know that I'll serve that boy

Just like a waiter, hit him with a plate of these fresh rhymes

And make sure that he pay the, pay the, pay the bill

And leave him standin' still

And when he's had enough, hit him with a refill

And for dessert, it won't be no ice cream

I'm just gonna shatter and splatter his pipe dream

Make him feel the wrath, beat him down and laugh

And when I finish, then I'm gonna ask him

Who is the best?

And if he don't say Moe Dee

I'll take my whip and make him call himself Toby

Whip him good, then I'll make him sweat

Alway talkin' 'bout battles, but he never had a battle yet

But if he ever did, how could he beat me?

He's so petrified, he's scared to even meet me

My word's the law, that's why you don't beef

You're nothing but a punk, track star, and a thief

So I'm puttin' you on punishment, just like a child

Never touch another mic, how you like me now?

How you like me now?

I could continue, there's more on the menu

But I relax 'cause I'm so far in you

You had enough, I know you're overstuffed

And if I keep goin', you'll be throwin' up

Old rhymes I used to say, way back in the day

When you used to come to my parties and pay

Nobody's ever gonna rock me, and this I vow

So all I wanna say is how you like me now?

How you like me now?

How you like me now?