strictly business

Dont get too close
Because you might get shot
Try to answer to the master on the MC rap artists
No joke on the lyric, its hard to be modest
I knew I was the man with the master plan
To make you wiggle and jiggle like gelatin
Just think while I sing and to the brain structure
Dont sleep on the E, ya see, something might rupture
I dont take time for me to blow your mind
It takes a second to wreck it because youre dumb and blind
So just lounge cause youre a MC clown
Or join the circus, EPMDs in town
Total chaos, no mass confusion
Rhymes so hypnotizing, known to cause an illusion
Like a magician, he draws a rabbit out a hat, son
Im drawin more like a .44 Magnum
MC, please stop, look and listen and try to imagine
Its travellin the speed of light but everythings in motion
Its frightening, plus the thought of you alone
You now enter the dimension called the twilight zone
Youre terrified plus you cant bear the thought
You and I, one on one, in the land of the lost
You start to shiver, then you scream, my friend
You wake up Muttley because youre dreamin again
But next time Im on the scene, do not try to diss us
Keep your mouth suckered up because Im strictly business
Dont get too close
Because you might get shot
(Strictly business)
Dont get too close
Because you might get shot
This is the rap season where the E starts pleasin
Girls around the world, noneed to be skeezin
When I roll, I stroll, cool, always pack a 2
Just in case a brother acts a fool
Ive got the energy to put the girls in a frenzy
Put a shock when I rock even though Im not stingy
Make sure I dont bore when Im on the dance floor
Get busy, boy, like you never saw before
Wine flow, good to go
After the show, Ill pull your hoe, boy
Do you sniff blow? Hell, no
Have my whole life ahead of me, no time to be sniffin
And if my parents find out, then they start riffin
So I stay, A-okay cause Im the E, the R I C K
MCs look me in my face, then their eyes get weak
Pulse rate descends, heart rate increases
Its like, beam me up , Scotty! I control your body
Im as deadly as AIDS when its time to rock a party
In all due respect, when I say mike check
I let a sucker slide once, then I break his neck
So when I say jump, you reply, 'How high?'
Because Im takin no prisoners, so dont play hero and die
Youre just a soldier and Im a Green Beret
I do not think twice about the MCs I slay
So if you want to battle, I highly recommend this
Bring your dog, mom and dad because Im strictly business
Dont get too close
Because you might get shot
(Strictly business)
Dont get too close
Because you might get shot
Yo, yo, youre still pickin on that four-leaf clover?
Bring in the Sandman, sucker, because its over
My name is Eric Sermon and Im back again
I see the heads still turnin of my so-called friends
They smile in my face, behind my back, they talk trash
Mad and stuff because they dont have cash
Like the E-Double or the PMD
He drives a Corvette, I drive a Samurai Suzuki
Im the locksmith with the key to fame
Never high on myself, always stay the same
Play a lot because Im hot, like a horse, I trot
Around the track and back, fatigued? No, Im not
Im the mellow, the fellow, the one that likes to say hello
To a fly girl that is good to go
With the slow tempo and the off-beat rhyme flow
Cause when I am in action, there is no time for maxin or relaxin
Just reactin and subtractin
On a sucker MC whos mouth keeps on yappin and flappin
I lose my cool, then Ill start slappin and smackin
You on a roll, then Albee starts jabbin and cappin
No time to lounge, Im packin and strappin
At my point attack, I soar at you like an eagle
Im the sheriff and bitin is illegal
So next time in town, I highly recommend this
You gots to chill because Im strictly business
Hey yo, E-Double man , let em know what time it is
Yo, Im strictly business
You know what Im sayin, PMD?
Yo word, EPMD is in full effect
Dont get too close
Because you might get shot
Lounge, be the E-Double, E-Double, E
In the place to be and with PMD
Know what I mean? My homeboy, Bernard on the scene
Knowwhat Im sayin, Mixmaster Chuck Chase?
Dont get too close
Because you might get shot
In the place
Yo, Id like to say peace to my homey
Big Daddy Kane and Biz Markie