Ain’t No Half-Steppin’

Mmm, mmm, mmm

Aw yeah, I'm with this

I'm just gonna sit here laid back to this nice mellow beat, you know

And drop some smooth lyrics 'cause '88

Time to set it straight, know what I'm sayin'?

And Ain't No Half-Steppin'

Word, I'm ready






Rappers steppin' to me, they want to get some

But I'm the Kane, so, yo, you know the outcome

Another victory, they can't get with me

So pick a B.C. date 'cause you are history

I'm the authentic poet to get lyrical

For you to beat me, it's gonna take a miracle

And steppin' to me, yo, that's the wrong move

So what you on, Hobbs, dope or dog food?

Competition, I just devour

Like a pit bull against a Chihuahua

'
Cause when it comes to bein' dope, hot damn

I got it good, now let me tell you who I am

The B-I-G D-A-double-D-Y K-A-N-E

Dramatic, Asiatic, not like many

I'm different, so don't compare me to another

'
Cause they can't hang, word to the mother

At least not with the principal in this pedigree

So when I roll on you rappers, you better be

Ready to die because you're petty

You're just a butter knife, I'm a machete

That's made by Ginsu, wait until when you

Try to front, so I can chop into

Your body, just because you try to be basin'

Friday the 13th, I'mma play Jason

No type of joke, gag, game, puzzle or riddle

The name is Big Daddy, yes, Big, not little

So define it, here's your walkin' papers, sign it

And take a walk as the Kane start to talk, 'cause ...






Ain't No Half-Steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

Ain't No Half-Steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

Ain't No Half-Steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

"Down the road"






My rhymes are so dope and the rappers be hopin'

To sound like me, so soon I'll have to open

A school of emceein', for those who wanna be in

My field and court, then again, on second thought

To have MC's comin' out soundin' so similar

It's quite confusin' for you to remember

The originator, and boy, do I hate a

Perpetrator, but I'm much greater

The best, oh, yes, I guess, suggest the rest should fess

Don't mess or test your highness

Unless you just address with best finesse

And bless the paragraphs I manifest

Rap prime minister, some say sinister

Non-stoppin' the groove until when it's the

Climax, and I max, relax and chill

Have a break from a take of me actin' ill

Brain cells are lit, ideas start to hit

Next - the formation of words that fit

At the table I sit, makin' it legit

And when my pen hits the paper, ah shit!

I stop and stand strong over MC's

And devour with the power of Hercules

Or Samson, but I go further the length

'
Cause you could scalp my Cameo and I'll still have strength

And no, that's not a myth, and if you try to riff

Or get with, the man with the given gift of gab

Your vocab, I'll only ignore

Be sleepin' on your rhymes till I start to snore

You can't awake me, or even make me

Fear you, son, 'cause you can't do me none

So, think about it if you're tryin' to go

When you want to step to me, I think you should know that






Ain't No Half-Steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

Ain't No Half-Steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

Ain't No Half-Steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

"Down the road"






I appear right here and scare and dare

A mere musketeer that would dare to compare

Put him in the rear, back there where he can't see clear

Get a beer, idea or near stare, yeah

So on to be want to be competition

Tryin' to step to me, must be on a mission

Up on the stage is where I'mma get you at

You think I'm losin'? Pfft, picture that






Ain't No Half-Steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

Ain't No Half-Steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

Ain't No Half-Steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

Mister Cee, step to me






The name is Big Daddy, you know, as in, your father

So when you hear a def rhyme, believe that I'm the author

I grab the mic and make MC's evaporate

The party people say, '
Damn, that rapper's great'

The creator, conductor of poetry

Et cetera, et cetera, it ain't easy bein' me

I speak clearly so you can understand

Put words together like Letter Man

Now, that's dictation, proceedin' to my innovation

Not like the other MC's that are an imitation

Or an animation, a cartoon to me

But when I'm finished, I'm sure that you are soon to see

Reality, my secret technique

Because I always speak with mentality

I put my title in your face, dare you to base

And if you try and come get it, yo, I'mma show you who's with it

So if you know like I know, instead of messin' around

Play like Roy Rogers and slow down

Just give yourself a break, or someone else will take

Your title, namely me, 'cause I'm homicidal

That means murder, 'cause I'm about to hurt a-

-nother emcee, that try to get with me

I'll just break him and bake him and rake him

And take him and mold him and make him

Hold up the peace sign, As Salaam Alaikum!