* versions on "greatest hits" differ from the original recordings [erick sermon] The employees of the year, yeah we back to work I took time off, while other rappers got jerked Due to the fact that they wack in their track Have to go back and stack 'cause they lack The ingredients... epmd and scratch for that... *dj scratch cuts and scratches* Yo, i'm the hip-hopper, plus the show shocker Down with md, yes the microphone doctor One wrecks, the other destroys And if you think you ready to mess (k** the noise) We don't play when it's time to slay I get a cut from my homey, yo, then i lay Back and mack and all the rhymes i pack And wait for a s**er to jump and then attack [parrish smith] Well, i'm known to be the master in the mc field No respect in eighty-seven, eighty-eight you kneel Cause i produce and get loose, when it's time to perform Wax a s**er like mop & glow (that's word bond) Back a second time, but on a different a**ignment To do a s**er new jack, who needs a rappin alignment Cause i'm the cream of the crop, when it's time to do a show Girlies on my jock for my dope intro As i glance at e-double, king microphone wrecker Turn on my cordless, sayin mic checka To the ladies... and all partygoers Some call me p, and others slow flower Brothers on my jock, for the way i hold a piece of steel So what you sayin? So what you sayin? [erick sermon] Puttin heads to bed, straight out the box Mc's, are jumpin out shoes and socks I'm not playin, understand what i'm sayin Catch a s**er in my way, and i'm slayin Takin no shorts, showin vital signs You can tell by my lines that i'm gettin mines In ninety-nine, because i'm fine as wine Sit back and recline, watch the sun shine Take a stroll, listen to rock and roll Catch a flick at the movies, dance a bowl Cause i chose and refuse to slack while i'm back I take a chance jack, so i must attack With knick knack paddywack so i won't lack All my style is def, and as deadly as crack [parrish smith] While i'm slayin music's playin, a s**er is delayin Battle in the trenches where the funky be playin Cause with a partner like e double don't come a dime a dozen A kin not blood related, but you can call us cousins Cause as we climb the charts, better known as statistics Brothers on my jock while we kickin ballistics Droppin hits like i'm housin, you gots ta chill, and more The proof is in the puddin (yo check the billboard) People round town talkin this and that Of how we sound like the r, and our music was wack Dropped the album strictly business and you thought we was bold Thirty days later, the lp went gold So what you sayin So what you sayin [erick sermon] Now party people it's time for the exquisite No knock knock who that, who's there, or who is it It's the e-r-i-c-k, yes the boy wonder No fouls no bleeps no bloops or no blunders So hot, so you can say i'm blazin Or luther vandross says, yo i am "sooooooo amazing, and i've been waiting" For a s**er to attack yo me the e-double Cause me and pmd's like the funky fresh couple [parrish smith] I fight fire with fire, that's why most retired And when we needed a piss boy, you was hired You was mesmerized, for that style that we was bringin In the all out battle, p comes out swingin Cause i'm just the type of brother that's out to get mines And if the odd's against me, i still drop lines And get mines on time that's why most resign Sit in my lazyboy chair, relax my head and recline Sip a pepsi or coke, with a twist of lime Or crack a forty-oh, and then i go for mine So what you sayin So what you sayin