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Grand Larceny
Ice-T
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[Verse 3]
I'm a kleptomaniac when a jam is packed✦
You can fight all night, but you'll still get jacked✦ by the
Show stealer, crime rhyme dealer✦
Rap kingpin, L.A. big-wheeler
Got a posse so strong they could lift a tank, rob a bank
But now we steal shows, the cops say thanks
Breathe easy✦ 'cause the Syndicate's deep
And before✦ we started rappin'✦ they got no sleep
It's grand larceny✦
Grand larceny✦
[Verse 4]
Just give me a beat, give me a stage to stand on
I know that none y'all ever✦ planned on
A dude from L.A. who could rock shit this way
Have his record go gold with no radio✦ play
But it happened, the Ice is rappin'✦
Just listen✦ to my fans that are clappin'
Or come to the show, get in the front row
And watch me steal the motherfucker before✦ your ass can say "ho"
I'm like a time bomb, but I'm a rhyme bomb
Spray the whole audience with napalm
Or something just as hot, I'll bust a rhyme, why not?
Raps hittin'✦ so hard, you'll think you're shot
I'll take a show and abduct it, stone cold house it
If it gets wild, with gasoline I'll douse it
Set it ablaze✦ then I'll stomp it out
Many✦ burnt emcees✦ know what we're talkin'✦ about✦
This is grand larceny✦
[Interlude]
He's wanted✦ for twenty-four recent hold-ups
His background must be of extreme interest to criminology
Syndicate,✦ Syn-S-S-S-S-Syndicate✦
S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-Syndicate✦
Syn-Syn-S-S-S-S-S-Syndicate✦
S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-Syndicate✦
Syndicate,✦ S-S-S-S-Syndicate✦
[Verse 5]
Promoters on my tail now 'cause they billed✦ me low
Here I am 'bout to steal another✦ show
So they turn my mic down, fuck up my audio✦ sound
But too late, we just dogged✦ another✦ town
Rappin'✦ like a Mac 10, as soon as I begin✦
The only✦ way to stop the stealin' is throwin' me in the pen
But that'll never✦ happen✦ 'cause I'm just cool rappin'✦
My larceny✦ is legal,✦ so sorry✦ captain
I would never✦ steal a style or would ever✦ steal a rap
But I'll steal a show in a minute,✦ it's as simple as that
An interstate✦ crook, my pistol's my rhyme book
Any✦ show that I'm on is a show that's took
Better✦ watch my left hook, or your jaw will get shook
If my posse gets mad, it's best you book
From the grand larcenist, Ice-T✦ is my name
Got a rap like a mac and a game the same
[Chorus]
This is a hold-up✦
Grand larceny✦
This is a hold-up✦
Grand larceny✦
This is a hold-up✦
Grand larceny✦
[Outro]
Well, lieutenant, I guess we might as well call it quits
They knew I'd never✦ go to jail
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