{dj premier cuts the phrase "step up..." over and over}      [guru]   Once you step in the arena, cheater; you're gonna be a-   Mazed when you gaze at the armor on this leader   Fully clad and glad to find a cause, I won't pause   Fear is a joke, slowpoke, I'm like claws   That'll rip 'cause your gift, is merely flesh   Superficial and I wish you, would give it a rest   But if you don't, I'll unsheath my excalibur   Like a noble knight, so meet ya challenger   A true hero, while you're a through zero   Gettin beat to a pulp so that you can't run for help   I heard a gulp in your throat, cause you hope that I'll be merciful   But coo-cluck, I made you strut as I rehearse a few   Battle drills, and watch your bladder spill   Yellow fluid, check out how I mellowed into it   Face to feet to defeat, you can tell I'm into it   As I'm pullin out my lance, to kill you and advance to   The winner's throne; cause I own you once you step in the arena      {dj premier cuts the phrase "step up..." over and over}      [guru]   In the arena... or rather colliseum   There's people gatherin by multitudes to see one   Perpretrator fall to the dust after the other   Quickly disposed of at the hand of a known brother   Born wit the art in his heart that is spartacus   And one-to-one combat jack, just a thought of this   Match-up, makes gangstarr wanna snatch up   One or two phrases from the new book with new pages   Of rhymes that are built like a chariot   Dope vocals carry it, to the battle set   If a beat was a princess, I would marry it   But now I must bow to the crowd as I stand proud   Victorius, glorious, understand now   Cause battles and wars and much fights I have been through   One mc got beheaded, and you can too   Forget it, cause you'd rather be just a spectator   An onlooker, afraid you may get slayed or   Struck by a blow, from a mic gladiator   I betcha that later you might be sad that you played yourself   Cause you stepped up, chest puffed out   And in just one lyric, you got snuffed out   Cause rhymin is serious, I'm strong, I'm like hercules   You'll get hurt with these lines, close the curtains please   And suckers can jet cause I wreck once you step in the arena      {dj premier cuts the phrase "step inside my... arena" over and over}      [guru]   In the arena or forum, weak mc's I will floor 'em   Causin mayhem, I'll slay them, and the blood'll be pourin   Furthermore I implore, that as a soldier of war   I go in only to win and be the holder of more   Trophies, titles, and triumphs cause I dump all the sly chumps   Never choosin to lose my spot, not once   For the mere idea of an opponent that I fear   Is foolish utterly, I mean but none'll be   Tryin to toy wit a destroyer of many   You shitted your pants cause you can't figure any   Foe that can step to this concept so   Tou better sit again citizen, weak mc's I get rid of them   Watch the way they get distraught when they get caught   In the worst positions, cause they didn't listen   And tried goin up against a hungry killer who's itchin   To mame and murder, those who claimed that they were the   Toughest ones, they get done once they step in the arena      {dj premier cuts the phrase "step inside my... arena"}