Can You Dig It-MC Lyte

[00:00.00] I got the charm and the wit of a pop hit but [00:23.13]I'm street.. " Catch the beat" [00:25.59]Don't drop it, just don't stop it [00:27.63]Don't you dare step off the topic that [00:29.91]I got a one-track mind and this track's all mind the whole three four five six seven eight nine in the pocket, burstin in the air are rockets [00:37.65]Creatin lots of [00:38.82]Lyte -- get it? [00:40.41]How many different ways can [00:42.06]I say it? [00:42.63]Piano Man, how many ways can you play it? [00:45.42]I spell it out, the [00:46.62]L-Y-T- E Without a doubt.. "Got to be funky!" [00:51.15]And it damn sho' nuff is [00:52.77]It gotta be like that, in this rough biz of music, baby, use it or lose it [00:57.75]What's funky is funky, you can't refuse it [01:00.51]I got a grip on the groove and it won't move an inch until [01:03.39]I pinch this party " Can you dig it?" "Right on" "Right on!" (4X) [01:15.60]It's my style, love it, or lump it [01:18.12]It's my beat, pass it or pump it and it thumps, like a heartbeat [01:22.86]And when it gets old, it won't get weak [01:25.44]It'll get stronger, much stronger [01:27.87]Long live the [01:28.59]King, but the [01:29.22]Lyte lives longer [01:30.48]It's well argumented and well documented [01:33.18]I hold the title of the best, you can't prevent it [01:35.76]With a ten foot pole, you can't hold em [01:37.86]Born to be wild is what a song once told me was my destiny, so [01:41.97]I strive to be the best [01:44.13]Lo and behold.. [01:45.36]Every rhyme [01:46.14]I write, you gots to chant them [01:47.94]Every song [01:48.69]I sing, a national anthem [01:50.61]Is there a message in my music? [01:53.13]If I can do it -- you can do it! "Can you dig it?" " Right on" " Right on!" (8X) [02:15.33]The L, Y, [02:16.44]T, E, has to make "funky funky funky hit records" [02:19.80]Constantly! [02:20.67]So in the advent of an event [02:23.01]I have to invent a **** style comment [02:25.68]I come off with flyin colors [02:27.66]I keep my own identity, compared to no others [02:30.81]It's hard to do, but [02:32.13]I pull it through [02:33.12]Cause I'm [02:33.72]Lyte the M [02:34.29]C, that's what [02:35.22]I do The body snatcher, yo [02:37.20]I gots to catch a [02:38.40]MC head up, bring on a batch of new ones, so [02:41.28]I can systematically do em [02:42.99]The old ones, [02:43.80]HUH, I already been through em [02:45.81]Two by two, [02:46.77]I do em like [02:47.49]Noah Yes you know the time, so let's go the bottom line, is [02:51.69]I'm funk bound [02:52.80]K -Rock and [02:53.67]Master T, let's get down " Can you dig it?" " Right on" " Right on!" (8X)