Masta Ace - I Refuse lyrics

[Sample] “If you're ready for the star of the show, make some noise. I said, if you're ready for the star of the show, make some noise.” [Verse 1: Masta Ace] To be the best that ever do it is what I need and I pursue it Like an architect I drew it, you can tell that I been through it By the battle scars that you seen on my epidermis See it's me against the world I just left the skirmish In this game, boy, you better be ready for war Ensure that your lines are raw and you're ready for tour Another show, another audience Squeeze the competition like accordions Every minute, every second you nervous If you're wise, you'll keep your eyes on these bars like you're checking for service Y'all can hear me now, yeah I know you could And confidence rings through when you know you're good And greatness is defined by the length of time That one man can stand with the strength of nine And smile into the face of adversity And then say this ain't as bad as the worst could be That's when you know you the cream of the crop Way back when you was young you would dream of the top Schemin', scopin', hopin', knowin' that a lane is open ‘Cause when you're forced to eat your words that's the same as chokin' So you strive to set the bar higher Intoxicating heat, hotter than a car fire And when the rubber meets the road like a car tire You'll be on top and sharper than barbed wire [Hook: Wordsworth] I refuse to face defeat Refuse to surrender, to retreat Refuse to lose or to be beat But I won't refuse to compete [Verse 2: Masta Ace] In this line of work you don't wanna bomb, you wanna be the bomb Be stable in sound like the ground that your feet are on While these other lames are the same you won't be the norm At the dawn when it's calm you gon' beat us all And the forecast for the future that you gon' start Is a rain that they ain't seen since Noah's Ark What a sound when it's coming down torrentially Despite it all the sun is coming out eventually And this is higher education so essentially All these other cats are still in elementary Yeah, it's just another show we selling out k**ing the crowd with something they can live to tell about Can't name all of the territories we conquer South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Istanbul, Brisbane, Budapest All around the world they saying, “You the best” [Hook] [Sample] "Toronto and New York, the two best in the world."