Mama Said Knock You Out (Original Recipe - Short)

[Intro]
And with the local DBC news, LL Cool J with a triumphant comeback
But tonight

[Verse 1]
Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years
Rocking my peers and putting suckers in fear
Making the tears rain down like a monsoon
Listen to the bass go boom
Explosion, overpowering
Over the competition, I'm towering
Wrecking shop, when I drop
These lyrics that'll make you call the cops
Don't you dare stare, you better move
Don't ever compare
Me to the rest that'll all get sliced and diced
Competition's paying the price

[Chorus]
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)

[Verse 2]
Don't you call this a regular jam
I'm gonna rock this land
I'm gonna take this itty-bitty world by storm
And I'm just getting warm
Just like Muhammad Ali they called him Cassius
Watch me bash this beat like a skull
That you know I had beef with
Why do you riff with me, a maniac psycho
And when I pull out my jammy get ready 'cause it might go
BLAOW, how ya like me now?
The ripper will not allow
You to get with, Mr. Smith, don't riff
Listen to my gear shift
I'm blasting, outlasting
Kinda like Shaft, so you could say I'm shafting
Olde English filled my mind
And I came up with a funky rhyme

[Chorus]
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)
Breakdown

[Breakdown]
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie (Yeah)
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie (Yeah)
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie (Uh)
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie

[Verse 3]
Shadowboxing when I heard you on the radio (Uh)
I just don't know
What made you forget that I was raw?
But now I got a new tour
I'm going insane, starting the hurricane, releasing pain
Letting you know that you can't gain, I maintain
Unless you say my name
Ripping, killing
Digging and drilling a hole
Pass the Ol' Gold

[Chorus]
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)

[Verse 4]
Shotgun blasts are heard
When I rip and kill, at will
The man of the hour, tower of power, I'll devour
I'm gonna tie you up and let you understand
That I'm not your average man
When I got a jammy in my hand
DAMN! Ooh!
Listen to the way I slay, your crew
Damage UH, damage UH, damage UH, damage
Destruction, terror, and mayhem
Pass me a sissy soft sucker I'll slay him
Farmers (What?!) Farmers (What?!)
I'm ready (We're ready!)
I think I'm gonna bomb a town (Get down!)
Don't you never, ever, pull my lever
'Cause I explode
And my nine is easy to load
I gotta thank God
'Cause he gave me the strength to rock, HARD!
Knock you out, mama said knock you out (Huh!)

[Chorus]
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (Huh!)
Mama said knock you out (Huh!)

[Outro]
Don't call it a comeback
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Don't call it a comeback
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Don't call it a comeback
("They all fell")
("They all—, they—, they all fell")
("They all fell")
("I excel, they all fell")
("I excel, they all fell")
("I excel, they all fell")
("I excel, they all fell")