Pete Rock - Down with the King lyrics

[Intro] Reporters cry, producers die They wanna be down with the King! Producers die, they wanna be down Wanna be down with the King! [Verse 1: Run] Down with the king for years, about ten of 'em Recruiting s**ers, Mac and Mike, and makin' men of 'em Tears and fears for my peers, they rippin' You think that it is, it is, if not it isn't Race for the border my daughter, cause beats you're bangin' out Jeeps rockin' beats in the streets when there's time for hangin' out Gather, or rather form a circle around a loud Cause brothers or others could never ever rock a crowd Is it because he's runnin' off with the mouth Or was he really clearly tryin' to play a n***a out Nope, shut him down, the king with a crown Cause all you wanna be is Diggy Down [Hook] Down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King [Verse 2: CL Smooth] Two years ago, a friend of mine Asked me to say some MC rhymes So I said this rhyme I'm about to say The rhyme was meeca, and it went this way Recollect a mecca mic check on the windmill sk**s Mac distracts, wearing Godfather hats It's okay to parlay to forte better Tell 'em my n***a made a sweater tougher than leather Swing another Rodney King thing and i'll wreck But just like the white one I get no respect Money stay awake, cause them other n***as are fake From Hollis to the Beacon, now your dumb a** is leakin' C.L. and Run DMC so rush it Big time way before Hammer got to touch it Remember the faces in all types of places Look Ma, no shoelaces And I'm [Hook] Down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King [Verse 3: DMC] I'm takin' the tours, I'm wreckin' the land I keep it hardcore because it's dope man These are the roughest toughest words I ever wrote down Not mean for a ho like a slow jam, check it s**a emcees could never swing with D Because of all the things that I bring with me Only G-O-D could be a king to me And if the G-O-D be in me, then the king I be The microphone is granted when it's handed to me I was planted on this planet and I plan to emcee The emcee fiends only seem to agree That I rock all the world and the society I rages on the stages with a tune of verse I get praises from these pages to the universe My voice is raw, my lyrics is law I keep it hardcore like you never saw [Hook] Down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King Verse 4: [Pete Rock] I'm the man you see, in the place to be I went to John Jay University And since kindergarten I acquired the knowledge And after twelve grade I went straight to college Down with the kings on the mic, a full swinger The P to the R, not an R&B singer The R to the U-N-D-MC'n The fly human beings, tonight I hold the key and Flowin' with the funk track, here to soul brother black Pick up the ba**, better yet leave a space So let me put my big black twinkie on in to the early mornin' Had skins yawning' Mecca? (yo) you want the mecca? (yo) I'll make a funky beat so we can blow, check it out Pete Rock's the beat knock, put you in a headlock And now all the outty out flock is down with the king [Hook] Down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King [Outro] Down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King down with the king, the king down with the king The King Down with the The King Down with the The King Down with the The King Down with the The King Down with the king