Check it out ya'll, ch-ch-check it out ya'll   2-2 Live Crew, 2 li-2 li-2 li-2 Live Crew   Fresh-fresh-fresh Kid Ice, tre-tre-Treach Dee Jay   Bro-brother Marquis, bus-bust a rhyme      Extra, extra, hear all the bad news   About the wacky-wack MCs and the ones like you   Because I've done everything that you have tried   And I've been accepted where you've been denied      I'm the M A R, the Q U I S   Here to run down a rhyme at your request   I'm the New York born, who's sharp as a thorn   I came here tonight just to get it on      So listen up close and listen up well   'Cause the Brother Marquis has a story to tell   This is a story about an MC   Who got real brave and challenged me      He thought that he was bad, he thought he was tough   Until I, what, until I called his bluff   And as the battle began, his rhymes got weaker   You couldn't even hear his voice come out the speaker      And as he started to get ignored   The party people turned and walked off the floor   They did not applaud and they did not cheer   And homeboys just said, "Get the fuck outta here"      So as I cracked a smile and started to laugh   I could see the sucka duck muthafucka gettin' mad   He had a frown on his face, he was hotter than fire   He wasn't competition but just a little biter      So, as he turned and walked away   With his head to the ground and nothin' to say   'Cause he was busted, disgusted, and couldn't be trusted   He tried to battle me and found self-destruction      2 Live Crew, 2 li-2 li-2 Live Crew   Bus-bust a rhyme, bus-bust a rhyme   Bus-bust a rhyme, Fresh-fresh Kid Ice      I've been rhymin' and designin', and always tryin'   Our beats are always strong, and never dyin'   The lyrics I recite, I say with power   So step aside or get devoured      I won't say I'm sorry 'cause I don't want glory   Gonna stimulate this party, so don't you worry   Bustin' all fresh rhymes, don't need to diss   'Cause I'm known at parties as a catalyst      Gonna make you all dance, keep ya body in motion   'Cause anything I do, I get an ovation   The compliments I get never cease to end   'Cause I say what I want and I never bend      To any silly shit that you got to say   But to hear me rap, ya gotta pay   'Cause you heard it before and it ain't no lie   That 2 Live music will never die      Check it out ya'll, ch-ch-check it out ya'll, ch-ch-check it out ya'll   Check it out ya'll, ch-ch-check it out ya'll   2-2 Live Crew, 2 li-2 li-2 Live Crew   Bus-bust a rhyme, Bro-brother Marquis, Bro-brother Marquis   Bust a rhyme, bus-bust a rhyme      I met this girl named Kisha, the daughter of a preacher   I met her in school and we did it on the bleachers   The kids were in gym as I went for a swim   I rocked her so good until she wanted it again      That was jet-set, so soft and wet   Now Kisha's on my tip, and that you can bet   Until one day I got caught in the act   With my girl named Melissa from a few days back      Kisha done called me up and asked me to explain   She said I played with her heart like it was a game   She said, "Why?", I couldn't deny   She said, "Don't lie", then she started to cry   But Kisha was yearnin' to be de-virgined   She told her father, and he preached her a sermon      Ch-ch-check it out ya'll, ch-ch-check it out ya'll   Check it, check it out, check it, check it, check it out ya'll   Bus-bust a rhyme, Fre-fresh Kid Ice, bus-bust a rhyme      My name is Kid Ice, Gemini is my sign   From the time I started rappin', your title was mine   I started in the west, brought back to the east   Got about my man Luke who unleashed the beast      In me, for oh so long, I was put down   Forced by others to listen to their sound   'Til the time has come as I proclaim to you   All you sucka duck rappers, your era is through      You call yourselves kings, that is only a dream   You need style and ability to make a team   So ya better come hard, and come correct   'Cause every weak rhyme ya bring, I will reject      So go back home and learn to write   But don't come back 'til ya say it right   So while you're still there lookin' stupid in the face   Ya better get lost with ya pat-pat bass      Ch-ch-check it out ya'll, ch-ch-check it out ya'll   Check it-check it out, check it-check it out   Check it-check it-check it out-check it out   Check it-check it out ya'll      Tre-treach Dee Jay, check it out ya'll, Tre-treach Dee Jay   Check it-check it-check it out   Tre-treach Dee Jay, Tre-treach Dee Jay, Treach Dee Jay   Check it out-check it out ya'll      Aw yeah, aw yeah, aw yeah   Aw yeah, aw yeah, aw yeah, aw yeah