Sugarhill, fatback, run-d.m.c., epmd   Fat boys, redhead kingpin, cool c   And my man kurtis blow, yo..      [chubb rock]   The battlefield, the synonym - call it the wax   The recording sciences developing the tracks   Is not the essential fabric but if you have it   Might make you a household name and let you gain   A million fans, coliseums all out sold out   And when they call out your name you pull out fake clout   Cause you're sauerkraut, you're not really about   Nothin... you're bluffin   But I'm callin your bluff to see if you're really tough   Show me your stuff... enough!   Shut up, close your mouth, put away your tap shoes   Your feet can't say a rhyme this time, you lose   But I respect you for what you accomplished, a great deal   Just admit you can't handle the steel   Gregory hines can't take mines   The winans can't start rhymin   And you're just like them, you had a top ten   You have a rap feel, but you can't wield the steel   It takes many many moons, to create tunes   But loons assume that half past noon   They'll have rap down pat, but it's wack   You must be on crack, you're buggin cause your head is at   A place where reality doesn't seep in   Practice makes perfect then you might reap in   The benefits of this respectable field   And all respect due to the regiments of the steel   Assemble!      Word, this is goin out to some hip-hop greats, yaknowhati'msayin   Rakim and.. chuck d      [chubb rock]   The obese boulder, will shrug your shoulder   If you say you're a regiment and you can't hold the   Steel with some kind of appeal   Not dealin with sex, or a bicep flex   Has nothing to do with physical appearance   But the way you stimulate the kids and their parents   Will fulfill the applications to be inducted   Into the regiments, respect to the veterans   And the pioneers, with dying tears   To see rap has survived after 15 years   And ready to go 15 more   Three-fourths of every store has only rap on their racks   Rap force goin strong, on and on   Take a few seconds, to say peace to sarah vaughn   Now back to the steel that will wield a golden reel   And when you kick it to a james brown feel   Field was made twenty years ago   And not a penny-oh was saved cause the way he behaved   Was kinda ill, the regiments to his skill   Was extrordinary.. until   He took a fall, the regiments will keep his style   Flowin for a long while   The regiments made this artform universal   Whether it's a street sound, or commercial   Obstructors, are just realizing, that this is real   Respect to the regiments of the steel   Assemble!      More hip-hop greats, youknowhati'msayin?    Big daddy kane, krs-one, kool g. rap, super lover cee   Biz markie, heavy d, lady kazaam, special ed   Slick rick, lakim shabazz, queen latifah      [chubb rock]   Sugarhill, that sold about eight mill'   When "rappers delight" caused media fright   How could a bunch of kids possibly sell more than me   And randy travis kickin all that country madness?    Failing star, failing guitar or a banjo   Your whole artform needs to retire in orlando   Rap has developed in the motherland by storytellers of wisdom   No wonder we're best-sellers   The art was passed on from generation to generation   Developed in the mind cause the rhyme   The track is just a cosmetic background   Cause we all need some kind of sound..   To complete the whole feel   And it's wield by the regiments of the steel      Word up, mc lyte, my boys gangstarr   The d.o.c., eazy-e, salt-n-pepa, whodini   Grandmaster flash, furious five, grandmaster melle mel   Tribe called quest, the jungle brothers   Dana dane, kwame, shabba rank'n, de la soul   Stetsasonic, shinehead, lil' shawn   Kid'n'play, rob'n'dave, rich nice, fat doug   Finesse'n'synquis, groove b. chill   Ll cool j, flavor flav, professor griff   Positively black, utfo, dr. ice, esp   Sweet tee, kool moe dee, fearless four   Cold crush..