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Raw Lyrics

Artist: Big Daddy Kane
Album: Colors Soundtrack

Verse One:

Here I am . . . R-A-W
terrorist, here to bring trouble to
phoney emcees, I move on and sieze
I just conquer, and stomp another rapper with ease
Cause I'm at my apex and others are be-low
nothing but a milliliter, I'm a kilo
Second to none, making emcees run
Also don't try to step to me, cause I ain't the one
I relieve rappers just like Tylenol
and they know it, so I don't see why you all
try to front, perpetrating a stunt
when you know that I'll smoke you up like a blunt
I'm genuine like Gucci, raw like sushi
The Sage of Rage is what rap did to me
To make me want to create chaos and mayhem
cold rock a party, until the A.M.
I'll make a muscle, grab the mike and hustle
while you stand dazed and amazed, I'll bust a little rhyme
with authority, superiority
and captivate the whole crowd's majority
The rhymes I use definately amuse
better than Dynasty or Hill Street Blues
I'm sure to score, endure for more without a flaw
Cause I get RAW!

Verse Two:

I give a speech like a reverend, rappers start severin
and in my lifetime, believe I've never been beaten
or eaten, or just tookin out
you know, come to think about, I keep emcees lookin out
And real nervous, when I'm at your service
Also give me that title boy, you don't deserve this
I work like a slave to become a master
And when I say a rhyme, you know that it has ta
be perfectly fitted, cause I'm committed
the entertainer and trainer and Kane'll get with it
I go and flow and grow to let you know, I'll damage ya
I'm not an amateur but a professional unquestionable, without a doubt superb
Also full of action, my name should be a verb
My voice will float, on every note
when I clear my throat, that's all she wrote
The minute that the Kane starts to go on
believe it's gonna be smooth sailing so sail on
As I put other rappers out of their misery
Get em in a battle and make them all history
Rulin and schoolin, emcees that I'm duelin
watch em all take a fall, as I sit back coolin
on a throne, with a bronze microphone
Uhm, God bless the child that can hold his own
Cause I get raw!

Verse Three:

chillin, killin like a villain
the meaning of RAW is Ready And Willing
to do whatever is clever, take a loss never
And the rhymes I bust, comin off is a must
And I come off hard with rhymes that are odd
I rip the microphone and leave it scarred
Never smokin or hittin or takin a sniff
Only crushin emcees that be tryin to riff
I get strong and titanic, do work like a mechanic
make emcees panic, they all get frantic
And skeptic, like a girl on a contraceptive
As I rocked, but hey, what you expected?
I'll get raw for ya, just like a warrior
rather like a samurai, and I;ll be damn if I
ever let a Fisher-Price emcee hang
their rhymes are toy, nothing but ying yang
So if we battle on the microphone
bring your own casket and tombstone
And I'ma preach your funeral, tell me who in the world
could ever come with more, I get RAW!

Comments/Interpretations

by Known2Few on 2/19/2009 10:39pm
This guy is crazy good

I'm sure to score, endure for more without a flaw
Cause I get RAW!

by agenda on 7/22/2009 6:02am
when mcee-n and dj-n was the rule of law law kane was one of the best if not the best. dont we miss real hip hop

by myspace.com/ncognitorapmusic on 10/10/2009 12:02am
Legend ahead of his time.

by jewelz of da ILS on 4/8/2010 12:40pm
Man, in 88 he was crazy nice, but Rakim had em. Now a days; em got em; Nas sometimes got em; and even Jay Z has pulled it off before.

by L Solo on 4/29/2010 12:54pm
Not many can reach the level of Kane. Keith Murray had mad skills, but damn, just look for yourself. The rhyme, the metaphors and similes. His transitions between light and dark. His ability to create images and mood in each line. A poetic genius. Long live the Kane!

by Mo Nur on 10/10/2010 8:06am
In '87, a friend of mine got this this on import. He came straight to mine and played on the decks. Man! We were blown away. RAW is the greatest rap/emcee track of all time. Period. Before Kane any talk of I'm the best emcee stopped, from LL, ice-T, and others were cool but Kane set a new standard. 25 years on and this track still makes me want to get dance like a nutter. Shout to all the UK hiphop heads from the mid eighties especially to me friends from Surrey.

by brad mfn t on 4/29/2011 12:58pm
Defiw the. Best. Rap f
real. Rap. Song of all. Tim

by FeV on 8/21/2011 7:47pm
Best rapper of all time...

by SiR on 11/22/2011 6:28am
Checkout the the 130 BPM Stanton Warrior Rmx. "I'l get raw for ya just like a Warrior"

by BizzO on 6/7/2012 10:37am
The meaning of RAW is Ready And Willing! Juice Crew Forever! They cannot be touched....

by MC JC on 4/22/2013 8:36pm
BDKane= Definitely a Top 5 MC,Legendary MC, only other MC that can match or maybe out rap is Rakim.

by tommo on 7/8/2013 8:22am
@MC JC: do you forget about other quality rappers like 2pac? btw these lyrics have quite a few errors in them..