The Real Thing

[Verse 1]
Dance to the music that's made by Dangerous
And all you suckers tryna battle better hang it up
Because all my lyrics are strong since I begun
I'm second to none, son, cause I'm number 1
Or the greatest, the best, or even the team, number uno
They all mean the same damn thing
Fake rappers, I'm runnin them over like a tractor
You're subtracted, I'm the most comment factor
Like the president, yes, I'm the big man
You can't hang, you in fantasy land
And I'm the real thing

[Interlude: Record Scratching]
(Record scratch) real rapper
Real-real-real rapper
(Record scratch) real rapper
Real rap-rap-rap-rap-rapper
(Record scratch) dangerous
(Record scratch) real rapper

[Verse 2]
Versatile, I had to bend my style to make you dance, and clap your hands
To the funky beat and the funky song
Thought I was soft? Then boy, was you wrong
Cause I was too hard in the first damn place
But I had to cool off and speed up the pace
To make you dance and give you a chance to see the other side of Dame
Calm and cool, not the same as I was on my first damns
The ones on my first record
Top dollar, never disrespected
I'm the real thing

[Interlude: Record Scratching]
Yeah
(Record scratch) Dangerous Dame
Yeah
(Record scratch) Dame
Yeah
(Record scratch) Dangerous Dame
Dame

[Verse 3]
It takes a rapper, was a rap, that was made hardcore
But I made this jam so you could dance more...so just do it
Everybody shake your butts
And get down to the sound as my DJ cuts
On the record...that was mixed in the old days
I made it fresh with my lyrical ways of rhyming
Check the timing, you'll see
No other rapper could be equal to me
Yes, the D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S
Of course I'm fresh
Cause I'm the real thing

[Interlude: Record Scratching]
Get on up
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Get on up
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Get on up

[Verse 4]
My DJ name is Dopecut, my name is Dame
For those who oppose, always leaving shame
Know what I'm saying?
I'm not playing, I'm not a joke
I'm not a surface that can turn into smoke
So, don't try to base me with no pipe
I'm not a sucka and I'm not the soft type
Straight face, no smiles, no dimples
I'll leave my lyrics hard, plain and simple
So my fans can understand what I'm saying
Sophisticated rhymes only boggle the mind
You don't need big words to make a smart human being
You got to get the point across to be the real thing

[Interlude: Record Scratching]
Dangerous Dame
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Dangerous Dame
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[Verse 5]
From KRS-One to the Big Daddy Kane
I'm the real thing but I'm Dangerous Dame
Just a different name but the same type of quality
I play it cool but the suckas wanna bother me
I play it better, yeah, that's the tip
They can't beat me, so they all wanna slip
They failed in the rapping world, so now they criticize
And through the jealous and hate
They can't realize that one who talks about another is immaturity
But one who doesn't even sweat it, then you are sure to be the real thing

[Interlude: Record Scratching]
(Record scratch) real rapper
(Record scratch) real rapper
(Record scratch) real rapper

[Verse 6]
Now, rapping is a competition, nothing less
Who is the best that's saying they're the best
Because I never saw a rapper that didn't say he's number 1
And if you say you're number 2, you're kinda weird, son
I never would put myself to a level 2
Or would even say somebody is equal with you
To say you're number 1 don't make you better or weaker
It's not fiction, but it's not a fact either
It just confirms the confidence in one's self
And to me, I think it kinda helps to make the real thing
So just remember the name
It's D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S Dame!

[Interlude: Record Scratching]
Dangerous Dame
(Record scratch) real rapper
(Record scratch) real rapper
Dangerous Dame
(Record scratch) real rapper
Real rap-rap-rap-rap rapper
Dangerous Dame
(Record scratch) real rapper
(Record scratch) real rapper
Dangerous Dame
(Record scratch) real rapper
Dangerous Dame