Step In The Arena-Gang Starr

[00:00.00] {dj premier cuts the phrase " step up..." over and over}[guru ] [00:09.27]Once you step in the arena, cheater; you're gonna be a- [00:12.54]Mazed when you gaze at the armor on this leader [00:14.85]Fully clad and glad to find a cause, [00:16.80]I won't pause [00:17.64]Fear is a joke, slowpoke, [00:19.14]I'm like claws [00:19.92]That'll rip 'cause your gift, is merely flesh [00:22.32]Superficial and [00:23.22]I wish you, would give it a rest [00:24.78]But if you don't, [00:25.98]I'll unsheath my excalibur [00:27.93]Like a noble knight, so meet ya challenger [00:30.09]A true hero, while you're a through zero [00:32.37]Gettin beat to a pulp so that you can't run for help [00:34.80]I heard a gulp in your throat, cause you hope that [00:36.87]I'll be merciful [00:37.92]But coo-cluck, [00:38.61]I made you strut as [00:39.42]I rehearse a few [00:40.20]Battle drills, and watch your bladder spill [00:42.69]Yellow fluid, check out how [00:43.95]I mellowed into it [00:44.79]Face to feet to defeat, you can tell [00:46.77]I'm into it [00:47.46]As I'm pullin out my lance, to kill you and advance to [00:50.13]The winner's throne; cause [00:51.33]I own you once you step in the arena {dj premier cuts the phrase " step up..." over and over}[guru] [00:59.88]In the arena... or rather colliseum [01:03.00]There's people gatherin by multitudes to see one [01:05.34]Perpretrator fall to the dust after the other [01:07.59]Quickly disposed of at the hand of a known brother [01:10.32]Born wit the art in his heart that is spartacus [01:12.72]And one-to-one combat jack, just a thought of this [01:15.30]Match-up, makes gangstarr wanna snatch up [01:17.82]One or two phrases from the new book with new pages [01:20.67]Of rhymes that are built like a chariot [01:22.56]**** vocals carry it, to the battle set [01:25.14]If a beat was a princess, [01:26.76]I would marry it [01:27.66]But now I must bow to the crowd as [01:29.52]I stand proud [01:30.24]Victorius, glorious, understand now [01:32.67]Cause battles and wars and much fights [01:34.38]I have been through [01:35.10]One mc got beheaded, and you can too [01:37.71]Forget it, cause you'd rather be just a spectator [01:40.29]An onlooker, afraid you may get slayed or [01:42.78]Struck by a blow, from a mic gladiator [01:45.27]I betcha that later you might be sad that you played yourself [01:48.18]Cause you stepped up, chest puffed out [01:50.13]And in just one lyric, you got snuffed out [01:52.77]Cause rhymin is serious, [01:54.06]I'm strong, [01:54.48]I'm like hercules [01:55.41]You'll get hurt with these lines, close the curtains please [01:57.84]And suckers can jet cause [01:58.98]I wreck once you step in the arena {dj premier cuts the phrase " step inside my... arena " over and over } [guru] [02:20.13]In the arena or forum, weak mc's [02:22.02]I will floor 'em [02:22.68]Causin mayhem, [02:23.40]I'll slay them, and the blood'll be pourin [02:25.20]Furthermore [02:25.74]I implore, that as a soldier of war [02:27.72]I go in only to win and be the holder of more [02:30.18]Trophies, titles, and triumphs cause [02:31.71]I dump all the sly chumps [02:32.76]Never choosin to lose my spot, not once [02:35.10]For the mere idea of an opponent that [02:37.35]I fearIs foolish utterly, [02:39.18]I mean but none'll be [02:40.47]Tryin to toy wit a destroyer of many [02:42.87]You shitted your pants cause you can't figure any [02:45.21]Foe that can step to this concept so [02:47.61]Tou better sit again citizen, weak mc's [02:49.59]I get rid of them [02:50.52]Watch the way they get distraught when they get caught [02:52.92]In the worst positions, cause they didn't listen [02:55.20]And tried goin up against a hungry killer who's itchin [02:57.99]To mame and murder, those who claimed that they were the [03:00.45]Toughest ones, they get done once they step in the arena{dj premier cuts the phrase "step inside my... arena"}