Run] Let's begin, to talk!!      [D.M.C.]   1990, and this is what's goin on   to the break of dawn   24/7, Run-D.M.C. in effect   That's ??   All those weak-rhymin, rewindin MC's      [Run] That means you pause   [both] My word is born      [Run]   Yeah, speakin on truth    from the old school on down to the youth   Since the days, that I was the age of   "three"; stop - listen to me   This is how it used to be - "go!"   Stand on another line, why?   You did a crime now the time is mine   I school you and your crew, why?   Youse is my brother   Stop - sellin and killin one another   Take some time, to see what's missin   Brothers in the ?, we on a mission   Thinkin back from the sale you made   and back home, a grave is what your brother paid   His life, because of a system   Now you think you're down, you cold dissed him   Shut up, cause I'm fed up, with this culture   And flyin high in the sky, a big vulture   Waitin and debatin, to see who's next   for "brothers and sisters" of the opposite sex   So hold on, keep it intact   and go on, flow on, positive black   B-boys be black be proud, right on   "You know we're bout to" be black   and my word is born   My word is born   My word is born   My word is born      [D.M.C.]   Let's, let's..   Let's begin to talk truth -- it seems   that y'all make a big out of things that are small   We all play the same game for fame to claim   ?? bright lights and write your name   They'll soup you up, til you think you're large   Got a spot on tour, but I'm still in charge   A big nigga's hittin it, don't renege   Bust a rap like a cap like a snap of twig   that extends from the hands of a branch on a tree   Like you new jack rappers, run from me   I got proof of truth, I cut and go raw   (Word em up D!) My word is born      [cuts by Jay and samples to the last ten seconds]      [D.M.C.]   1990's   And ain't nuttin changed, PUNK!