I clock G’s while you clock Z’s…
And I don’t smoke crack, I smoke MC’s.
And I don’t smoke crack, I smoke MC’s.
- PMD, “Rampage,” from EPMD’s Business As Usual, 1990 (via ninetynow)
…Had dreams of fancy cars and limos,
And all I wanted was somebody to listen to my demo.
And all I wanted was somebody to listen to my demo.
- Erick Sermon, “Please Listen to My Demo,” from EPMD’s Unfinished Business, 1989
They smile in my face, behind my back they talk trash,
Mad and stuff because they don’t have cash.
Mad and stuff because they don’t have cash.
- Erick Sermon, “Strictly Business,” from EPMD’s Strictly Business, 1988
The employees of the year, yeah we back to work.
I took time off, while other rappers got jerked.
I took time off, while other rappers got jerked.
- Erick Sermon, “So Watcha Sayin’,” from EPMD’s Strictly Business, 1988
And while you was bangin on tables, I was bangin Snow White.
- Parrish Smith, “Rampage”, from EPMD’s Business as Usual, 1991
My father always told me to wisen up, son.
Cause if you hung with nine broke friends, you’re bound to be the tenth one.
Cause if you hung with nine broke friends, you’re bound to be the tenth one.
- Parrish Smith, “It Wasn’t Me, It Was the Fame,” from EPMD’s Unfinished Business, 1989
The rap era’s outta control,
Brothers’ sellin their soul to go gold…
Going, going, gone, another rapper sold!
Brothers’ sellin their soul to go gold…
Going, going, gone, another rapper sold!
- Parrish Smith, “Crossover,” EPMD’s Business Never Personal, 1993
