Ah yeah, I?m with this   I?m just gonna sit here laid back to this nice mellow beat, you know   And drop some smooth lyrics 'cause it?s ?88   Time to set it straight, know what I?m saying   And ain?t no half stepping, word, I?m ready      Rappers stepping to me they want to get some   But I?m the Kane, so yo, you know the outcome   Another victory, they can?t get with me   So pick a BC date 'cause you?re history      I?m the authentic poet to get lyrical   For you to beat me, it?s gonna take a miracle   And stepping to me, yo that?s the wrong move   So what you on, Hobbs, dope or dog food?      Competition I just devour like a pitbull against a Chihuahua   Cause when it comes to being dope, hot damn   I got it good, now let me tell you who I am   The B I G D A double D Y K A N E      Dramatic, Asiatic, not like many   I?m different, so don?t compare me to another   'Cause they can?t hang, word to the mother   At least not with the principal in this pedigree      So when I roll on you rappers, you better be ready to die   Because you?re petty, you?re just a butter knife, I?m a machete   That?s made by Ginzu, wait until when you try to front   So I can chop into your body      Just because you try to be basing Friday the 13th   I?mma play Jason, no type of joke, gag, game, puzzle or riddle   The name is Big Daddy, yes, Big not little   So define it, here?s your walking papers, sign it   And take a walk as the Kane start to talk, 'cause      Ain?t no half-steppin?   I?m the Big Daddy Kane   I?m the Big Daddy Kane   I?m the Big Daddy Kane      My rhymes are so dope and the rappers be hoping   To sound like me, so soon I?ll have to open   A school of MCing, for those who want to be in   My field in court, then again on second thought      To have MC?s coming out sounding so similar   It?s quite confusing for you to remember   The originator, and boy do I hate a perpetrator   But I?m much greater, the best      Oh yes, I guess suggest the rest should fess   Don?t mess or test your highness   Unless you just address with best finesse   And bless the paragraph I manifest      Rap Prime Minister, some say sinister   Non-stopping the groove, until when it?s the climax   And I max, relax and chill   Have a break from a take of me acting ill      Brain cells are lit, ideas start to hit   Next the formation of words that fit   At the table I sit, making it legit   And when my pen hits the paper, ah shit!      I stop and stand strong over MC?s   And devour with the power of Hercules   Or Samson, but I go further the length   'Cause you could scalp my cameo and I?ll still have strength      And no, that?s not a myth, and if you try to riff   Or get with, the man with the given gift of gab   Your vocab, I?ll only ignore   Be sleeping on your rhymes till I start to snore      You can?t awake me, or even make me   Fear you, son, 'cause you can?t do me none   So think about it if you?re trying to go   When you want to step to me, I think you should know that      Ain?t no half-steppin?   I?m the Big Daddy Kane   I?m the Big Daddy Kane   I?m the Big Daddy Kane      I appear right here and scare and dare   A mere musketeer that would dare to compare   Put him in the rear, back there where he can?t see clear   Get a beer, idea or near stare, yeah      So on to be want to be competition   Trying to step to me, must be on a mission   Up on the stage is where I?mma get you at   You think I?m losing? Psst, picture that      Ain?t no half-steppin?   Ain?t no half-steppin?   Ain?t no half-steppin?   Mister Cee, step to me      The name is Big Daddy, you know, as in your father   So when you hear a def rhyme, believe that I?m the author   I grab the mic and make MC?s evaporate   The party people say, damn, that rapper?s great      The creator conductor of poetry   Et cetera, et cetera, it ain?t easy being me   I speak clearly so you can understand   Put words together like letter, man      Now that?s dictation, proceeding to my innovation   Not like the other MC?s, who are an imitation   Or an animation, a cartoon to me   But when I?m finished, I?m sure that you are soon to see      Reality, my secret technique   Because I always speak with mentality   I put my title in your face, dare you to base   And if you try and come get it, yo, I?mma show you who?s with it      So if you know like I know, instead of messing around   Play like Roy Rogers and slow down   Just give yourself a break, or someone else will take   Your title, namely me, 'cause I?m homicidal      That means murder, 'cause I?m about to hurt another MC   That try to get with me, I?ll just break him and bake him and rake him   And take him and mold him and make him   Hold up the peace sign, Assalam Walaikum!