[LL Cool J] Check this I excel, they fell, I said - well, hell L can yell or make em melt like gel I signed the contracts that buils up stacks Play the wall or fall I stand tall you're small in fact step aside, you might get fried by the super technique that the rapper applied As a matter of fact, the impact will distract your attention away, from the rest who say they can mess with Cool J the best of to-day and best cause the rhymes are so funky fresh I'ma attack smack and make em stand back Black strong as cognac I got the knack to rhyme to the rhythm of this, and give em a gift that's swift, other rappers are stiff and don't riff with Mr. Smith, cause that ain't safe I get you wide open like an uncut eighth I write to fight, don't bite, to reach heights The mic makes right, give me the spotlight so I can prove the pen is mightier than the sword LL hard as hell, the lyrical lord The counterfeit misfits that rap had to admit that my rhymes are so dangerous, I need a permit to rap solo, on the microphone MC's -- don't let me catch you alone I'm nitro! Yo, I got the kick of a kettle drum, guaranteed to overcome You're just a minimum, messin with the maximum And when I swung my tongue among the high strung young MC's, they all got done by the legend Every second I'm wreckin not a mistake you'll find, but you can keep checkin out the sound you'll find that it's genuine Bet that you'll rewind this a thousand times You can taste the ba** like it's filet-of-sole I leave the microphone full of bullet holes I drop the bomb like I'm in 'Nam and go beyond the normal boundaries of too much harm to MC's, but as they say please I freeze Rhymes like these k** like a disease Tried to fill my shoes, and caught the blues because they get bruised by the rhymes I choose I k** rappers at random, I don't understand em The ones I didn't get, are on a memorandum Lines I recite are spontaneous The nursery rhymes you write, are miscellaneous So pa** the crown, bow down and give in I'm the Prince of Rap, that's how we livin Settin milestones on the microphone Empires are overthrown, and I ain't even baritone No joke I spoke then God stroke as Job tried to sweat the style and got soaked Conquered and k**ed on the microphone MC's -- don't let me catch you alone LL's nitro! Nitro! Yo, flammable -- like gasoline Threatening -- like a guillotine It's like a bad dream when you battle my team I go to every extreme to make MC's scream I'm clever, I last forever, we can do whatever with whoever, whenever, I never ever got rocked, stopped or dropped They got popped, by the hip-hop rock that I concoct I'm so nice yo, flowin with the maestro Murderin and hurtin MC's because I'm nitro The earthquakes'll k** snakes and fakes You can't flake, you made a mistake, give me a break, thanks Now that we're straight and that's clear watch all the big mouths - dissapear Disintergrate, deteriorate, fall I demonstrate, and devestate you all There's no doubt about the fact I turn it out, the wack be on the lookout, LL made a comeback Full of power, I'ma devour I stand tall as a tower, I won't allow a MC to C-O-M-E, C-L-O-S-E Play me long D-I-S-T-A-N-C-E, M-C's On the microphone, I'm nitro! Nitro! Yo (funky) I daze amaze faze blaze and beat em down Nowadays they crave and praise, the funky sound I pound Rhymes I write em in, recite em and then slide em in Order to slaughter comp that start soon as I begin Total domination, across the nation Devestation, cut sensation, it's the invasion of L the Terrible, devestating rhymin wiz I cut through through do and chew, you know what time it is Slick, I get off of kicks, vick your flick Hard as bricks, rock ya sick over the mix The L, L, C, O, O -- L J Period now you know bro! N-I-T-R-O yo go for what you know unless you're dumb cause yo I'm nitro-glycerin listenin and takin notes Icin enticin and slicin throats