[Verse 1: Erick Sermon]
I make a million...bucks
Every six months and y'all
Hating my game, saying my name, they call
Me the E, wrong things
Knowing I'm fly without wings
While some of y'all have to pull strings
In this era, I maintain the freak upon the beat
Master ba**lines of Raphael Saadiq
Lyrical mastermind, a genius so dont snooze
No mission's impossible, ask Tom Cruise
I keep a joint lit
When I have to spit
A rough paragraph
Laugh, when I'm bustin' your a**
Who want it?
Come and see me, like 112
And I'll rock that bell with Fox and L
E-Dub, Mr Excitement, right
The poltergeist of rap so come to the light
Yes, the recipient of this award goes to moi
The best qualified superstar
[Chorus: Erick Sermon (Parrish Smith)]
My squad stays on point like
Den en den den de den—it's the joint!
(Yeah my squad stay on point like)
Den en den den de den—it's the joint!
[EPMD (Ad Rock vocal sample)]
New York, I'm in your area (Over here!)
DC, I'm in your area (Over here!)
New Jers, I'm in your area (Over here!)
EPMD is a world premier
[Verse 2: Parrish Smith]
It's the joint
Stay on point
Plus I'm feelin' it
n***as k**in' sh** tryin' to duplicate the man*scripts
That's impossible, pray like the gospel
Overcoming set backs, and jumping over obstacles
Like Evil Kenevil
On point like a needle
EPMD's like the Beatles, back with another sequel
To hip-hop, check one two and you don't stop
Rap with mainstream R&B and pop
Now the world's shocked
The E-double's back with Mic-Doc
Like it or not
We 'bout to turn it up another notch
Mach speed
Put it down for my seeds
Raw breeds
Acres with the deeds
It's the joint
[Chorus: Erick Sermon (Parrish Smith)]
My squad stays on point like
Den en den den de den—it's the joint!
(Yeah my squad stay on point like)
Den en den den de den—it's the joint!
[EPMD (Ad Rock vocal sample)]
VA, I'm in your area (Over here!)
DC, I'm in your area (Over here!)
Chi-Town, I'm in your area (Over here!)
EPMD is a world premier
[Verse 3: Erick Sermon]
My style's digable, so I'm phat like that
I got a Benz too, and its black like that
I got millions of chips, and they stack like that
A five year spread, and now we back like that
How dare they, n***as sittin' in they room with Brandy
Way pissed off thinkin' how the can't stand me
He robbed Sean for his Penn, talkin'
Not lookin', shooken, a dead man walkin'
[Parrish Smith (Erick Sermon)]
You know me, from rippin' flows with my homie
The one and only, Ginuwine like Pony
You wanna ride? Call me up when you're lonely
I'm Parrish Smith, the sh**—great like Tony
I'm hittin'-hittin' (Where from?)
From Brentwood to San Quentin
I'ma keep rhymin', still representin'
(For who?)
For my n***as up north and in the courts
And for the MCs takin' no shorts, in this blood sport
[Chorus: Erick Sermon (Parrish Smith)]
My squad stays on point like
Den en den den de den—it's the joint!
(Yeah my squad stay on point like)
Den en den den de den—it's the joint!
[EPMD (Ad Rock vocal sample)]
Detroit, I'm in your area (Over here!)
Cali, I'm in your area (Over here!)
Philly, I'm in your area (Over here!)
EPMD is a world premier