Hold It Down - Big Daddy Kane

[00:00.333](Featuring Kelly German)
[00:00.884]Something about the things that we do
[00:04.171]To make it funky for you
[00:09.429]And as you listen to the rhyme
[00:12.605]You'll see that it just gets better with time
[00:19.699]Rappers stepped to me
[00:20.829]But they didn't get none
[00:22.452]I'm the Kane so you know the outcome
[00:24.446]The microphone crooner
[00:25.532]Should have set the tone sooner
[00:26.992]Hip hop to me is like boxing to Roy Jones Junior
[00:29.873]The genuine, search and you'll find
[00:32.372]That on the microphone I can handle mine
[00:34.337]Here's a view to a kill as I flipped the skill
[00:36.816]When it's time to rock the mic like Al Skratch, I get ill
[00:39.427]I come equipped to fight and if I flip tonight
[00:41.743]Effects on emcees are similar to kryptonite
[00:44.762]The water flows that be hard to distinguish
[00:46.953]It's best to relinquish
[00:48.091]You don't want the God to bring this
[00:49.774]I'm marvelous at the art of this
[00:51.521]Even if you got assist
[00:52.795]Stepping to me is a lot of risk
[00:54.997]I release skills that's abundant
[00:56.780]To explode and drop on you like Flight 800, what
[00:59.956]Keep it moving, world renown
[01:04.507]Showing and proving, that we can hold it down
[01:09.900]Keep it moving, world renown
[01:14.578]Showing and proving, that we can hold it down
[01:19.872]Here's a percentage of that old vintage
[01:22.098]Macaroni flow but it's more than an image
[01:24.852]Don't let the smooth taste fool ya
[01:26.439]Let me school ya, on what it is
[01:28.256]Straight up, square biz
[01:29.549]Swift maneuvering to crush the crew you bring
[01:31.892]Last thing them want tell me is
[01:33.299]Kane go do your thing
[01:34.333]Who the king? Asiatic non-equivalent to any
[01:37.082]Plus I play the game a more harder way than Penny
[01:39.728]The plan that I mobilize
[01:41.099]For dough to rise is no surprise
[01:42.770]That it comes from what I vocalize
[01:44.770]I'm the best you can get
[01:46.118]As I hit you with the stroke of death
[01:47.934]And I ain't even broke a sweat
[01:49.419]But this is where I draw the line
[01:51.067]You're sure to find
[01:52.004]Lyrics I be dropping is too much for the mortal mind
[01:54.845]What's being caused
[01:55.716]Is many emcees I'm seeing lost
[01:57.653]The hip hop laws should be reinforced
[01:59.738]You made a record this year, oh you're hot?
[02:02.000]Something fishy about your style
[02:03.613]Who flow you got?
[02:04.564]You thought that you could hold me down?
[02:06.119]No, you're not, now back up off me
[02:07.770]Here I come to blow the spot
[02:09.877]Keep it moving, world renown
[02:14.545]Showing and proving, that we can hold it down
[02:19.834]Keep it moving, world renown
[02:24.338]Showing and proving, that we can hold it down
[02:29.620]Alright, here I come to get some
[02:31.750]But instead, you don't want the love to spread
[02:34.138]I heard that jealousy and envy is a dumb one's tool
[02:36.848]So Daddy says nothing, he keeps his cool
[02:39.377]I been through your tribulations and conflicts
[02:42.085]Anything possible to keep me out the mix
[02:44.501]But ease back, boy you better freeze that
[02:47.096]Where my rivalries lack
[02:48.227]I'm still nice with these Black
[02:49.835]I rap with the safety cap
[02:51.214]So that you don't get it twisted
[02:52.938]And be another statistic
[02:54.430]How many more to try is sure to die
[02:56.438]Slaughter I, all that playa-hating
[02:57.953]Only makes me fortify
[02:59.773]To get the papers to me is a necessity
[03:01.993]And I don't want a piece of the pie
[03:03.497]I want the recipe
[03:04.671]I can't lose with what I use
[03:06.775]I'm the reason why the lady sings the blues
[03:08.786]Don't get it confused
[03:09.937]Keep it moving, world renown
[03:14.392]Showing and proving, that we can hold it down
[03:19.728]Keep it moving, world renown
[03:24.379]Showing and proving, that we can hold it down
[03:29.199]Hold it down, baby, hold it down
[03:31.667]Hold it down, baby, hold it down
[03:34.174]Hold it down, baby, hold it down
[03:36.649]Uh, uh, uh, uh