[Hook]
Why do you think they call it dope?
Why do you--Why✦ do you think they call it dope?
[Verse 3]
'Cause I don't jab around you, I come inside✦
Bob and weave, deceive until you get tongue tied
Brawl for all give a lyrical display
And next time you know better✦ than to get in my way
"Yo whassup wit LL?
Will he ever✦ make another✦ 'Rock the Bells'?"
Yo brothers✦ is comin✦ up, "I think he's fallin'✦ off
I don't think he's still 'hard as hell'"
See, this is the attitude, of ignorant ones✦
'Cause they don't know, all them MCs'll get done
One or two might say, "Yo L'll be back"
But the rest they be suckin'✦ on Sugar✦ Smacks
Talkin✦ that crap about✦ who's better✦ than me
You think so? Just let a MC
Make me mad enough,✦ to really✦ wanna✦ battle
I put a L on his ass like he was cattle!
[Hook]
Why do you think they call it dope?
Why do you--Why✦ do you think they call it dope?
[Verse 4]
Just cause I make a love song, or say a simple rhyme
"Boom, move over✦ L, it's Miller✦ Time"
I don't know whether to laugh, get ill or get wild
'Cause brothers✦ don't realize, I got so many✦ styles✦
Like triplin' up the words, confusin' all the nerds
Heard put my sights on mics unless✦ I'm flippin' above✦ the
Word to the mother,✦ no other✦ MC brother✦
Can mess with Ladies✦ Lover✦
I'm original, I'm bright under✦ color
And when I get on the mic, yo I burn rubber✦
Can't stand criticism, give 'em extra✦ jism
Been rockin'✦ for years, now I have wisdom✦
The way I'm kickin'✦ the lines✦ you can hear my tongue twist
And it'll have your neck spinnin' like you're spineless
I'm pickin'✦ 'em up, throwin 'em down
Hypin'✦ 'em up and slowin✦ 'em down
All of these words with only✦ one tongue
Shakin'✦ 'em up and then bakin'✦ 'em up
Smash boom bash scrapin' 'em up
Now you thought that was hard, I just begun
'Cause I'm a roll on the microphone
And take control just like Al Capone✦
I'm notorious, you're foolish if you sleep on me
'Cause I'm too slick to let a rapper✦ get sweet on me
Try to make a move for my heavyweight belt
You get played like the Wizard✦ of Oz witch, you melt
Yo I'm crazy✦ dope, with super✦ hype lines✦
And a lot of hype lines✦ make one dope rhyme
[Hook]
Why do you think they call it dope?
Why do you--Why✦ do you think they call it dope?
Why do you think they call it dope?
Why do you--Why✦ do you think they call it dope?
'Cause that's what it is
[Interlude]
{*cutting✦ and scratching✦ "Got To Be Real" by Cheryll Lynn*}
[Chorus]
Why do you think they call it dope?
Why do you--Why✦ do you think they call it dope?
Why do you think they call it dope?
[Outro]
{*cutting✦ and scratching✦ "Straight from Queens" to the end*}