KOOL MOE DEE - Get The Picture lyrics

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Yo<br>I had to go for mine<br>From the bottom to the top is a hard climb<br>But hard rhymes beat hard times<br>Gimme a spotlight and I'll shine<br>Brither than the brightest star<br>No matter who you are<br>You're outdone<br>I won<br>And for the coup de grace<br>Competition turns into fans<br>Like a politician<br>My competition spans<br>From country to country<br>It's never too far cause I'll take 'em all<br>From the shah to the czar<br>The fu man chu<br>The prime minister too<br>The king and the queen<br>My rhymes are so mean I'll do<br>A number on the country<br>Like never before<br>Is it a contest<br>Or the threat of world war<br>Choose your weapon no half-steppin'<br>And let's go<br>But if ya steppin' watch ya step<br>And step slow<br>Take your time change your mind<br>Cause steppin' to my rhyme is like<br>Steppin' on a land mine<br>Blowing you to kingdom come<br>This ain't vietnam<br>A brother thinks he's ready for war brings him on<br>A perilous journey<br>You catch a hernia<br>Trying to burn me<br>Cause like an attorney i'll<br>Cross-examine<br>Your rhymes of my design<br>And I'm styill standing<br>Tall<br>As the competition falls<br>In actuality ain't no competition y'all<br>Cause I'm rollin' over<br>Rappers like a u.s. tank<br>Meanwhile laughin' all the way to the bank<br>Get the picture (3x)<br>Suckers<br>Tried to put me down<br>Siad rap was crap<br>And wouldn't be around<br>Any longer than two years<br>But eight years later<br>I'm still here<br>Fully paid<br>Because the rhymes I made<br>Made dollars and cents<br>I wasn't dense<br>I stayed<br>Away from drugs<br>I never touched a pipe<br>When I wanna get high<br>I smoke the mic<br>I never did white lines<br>I only write lines<br>And I ain't sniffin' nothing but<br>The vapors from hype rhymes<br>As I start to float<br>On the rhymes I wrote<br>Ascending to a level with the gods and I tote<br>Loads and mounds of people<br>As they reach new heights<br>A half-a-mile from heaven is the party site<br>And I'm the attraction<br>The ods will be packed in<br>Coming out of their pockets for me to rock it<br>And acting<br>Like they've never ever ever been entertained<br>They try to act godly but they can't maintain<br>Aphrodite would freak<br>As her knees get weak<br>And venus would peak<br>Off every word I speak<br>Zeus would get loose<br>Fully induced<br>I'll make apollo's ryhmes sound like<br>Mother goose<br>By night's end<br>Mercury is so hyped<br>He'd spread the word<br>That there's a God on the mic<br>Captivating all the other gods<br>By the masses<br>Described as a dark-skinned brother in glasses<br>But unlike the other gods<br>I ain't a myth<br>You wanna rif<br>I suggest you take the fifth<br>Get the picture (3x)<br>Knowledge<br>Is the source of my success<br>History is the course<br>And life's the test<br>For those who don't know<br>History's repetitive<br>Lack of knowledge<br>Serves as a sedative<br>Makes you relax and max<br>The lack of facts<br>Holds you back<br>The odds are stacked<br>Against a weak mind<br>Makes a meek mind<br>But mine ain't weak<br>I got a piece and i'ma speak mine<br>Telling you the truth<br>I raise the roof<br>With rhymes so hard<br>I'm bulletproof<br>One slip of the lip<br>Could sink your ship<br>You wanna get hip<br>Let's take a trip<br>All aboard<br>This is the last call<br>I ain't a mandate cause<br>I'll only ask y'all<br>Once and only once<br>To purchase a ticket<br>Get on the rap train<br>Watch me kick it<br>From state to state<br>And every little hick town<br>They'll all be down<br>With the new hip sound<br>Treating me like more<br>Than just a star of the sport<br>But more like the judge in a court<br>Y'all rise<br>And raise your hands in the air<br>Pump your fists<br>And solemnly swear<br>To rock the truth<br>The whole truth<br>And nothing but the truth<br>Not only the youth<br>Cause the young and the old<br>Are all alike<br>It makes no difference<br>When I'm on the mic<br>For those who can't<br>Visualize what their eyes can't see<br>You wanna get the picture<br>Focus on me<br>Get the picture (3x)