I Ain't No Joke

Eric B. & Rakim

I ain't no joke I use to let the mic smoke



Now I slam it when I'm done and make sure it's broke



When i'm gone I wrote this song cuz I won't let



Nobody press up and mess up to seen I set



I like to stand in a crowd and watch the people wonder damn



Bu think about it then you'll understand



I'm just an addict addicted to music



Maybe it's a habit I gotta use it



Even if it's jazz or the quiet storm



I hook a beat up convert it in a hip-hop form



Write a rhyme in graffitti in every show you see me in



Deep concentration cuz I'm no comedian



Jokers are wild if you wanna be tame



I treat you like a child then you're gonna be named



Another enemy, not even a friend of me



Cuz you'll get fried in the end if you pretend to be



?Can be? cuz I just put your mind on pause



And I can beat you when you compare my rhyme wit yours



I wake you up and as I stare in your face you seem stun



Remember me, the one you got your idea from



But soon you start to suffer but you only get rougher



When you start to stutter that's when you had enuff of



Biting it, I make you choke, you can't provoke



You can't cope, you should of broke cuz I ain't no joke




I got a question, it's serious as cancer



Who can keep the average dancer



Hyper as a heart attack nobody smiling



Cuz you're expressing the rhyme that I'm styling



This is what we all sit down to write



You can't make it so you take it home, break it and bite



Use pieces and bits of all the hip-hop hits



Get the style down pack then it's time to ?swit?



Put my tape on pause and add some more to yours



Then you figure you're ready for the neighborhood chores



The E-M-C-E-E don't even try to be



When you c