So Whatcha Sayin` *

* versions on "Greatest Hits" differ from the original recordings<br><br>[Erick Sermon]<br>The employees of the year, yeah we back to work<br>I took time off, while other rappers got jerked<br>Due to the fact that they wack in their track<br>Have to go back and stack `cause they lack<br>The ingredients... EPMD and Scratch for that...<br>*DJ Scratch cuts and scratches*<br>Yo, I`m the hip-hopper, plus the show shocker<br>Down with MD, yes the Microphone Doctor<br>One wrecks, the other destroys<br>And if you think you ready to mess (kill the noise)<br>We don`t play when it`s time to slay<br>I get a cut from my homey, yo, then I lay<br>back and mack and all the rhymes I pack<br>And wait for a sucker to jump and then attack<br><br>[Parrish Smith]<br>Well, I`m known to be the master in the MC field<br>No respect in eighty-seven, eighty-eight you kneel<br>Cause I produce and get loose, when it`s time to perform<br>Wax a sucker like Mop & Glow (that`s word bond)<br>Back a second time, but on a different assignment<br>to do a sucker new jack, who needs a rappin alignment<br>Cause I`m the cream of the crop, when it`s time to do a show<br>Girlies on my jock for my dope intro<br>As I glance at E-Double, king microphone wrecker<br>Turn on my cordless, sayin mic checka<br>to the ladies... and all partygoers<br>Some call me P, and others slow flower<br>Brothers on my jock, for the way I hold a piece of steel<br>So what you sayin?<br><br>So what you sayin?<br><br>[Erick Sermon]<br>Puttin heads to bed, straight out the box<br>MC`s, are jumpin out shoes and socks<br>I`m not playin, understand what I`m sayin<br>Catch a sucker in my way, and I`m slayin<br>Takin no shorts, showin vital signs<br>You can tell by my lines that I`m gettin mines<br>in ninety-nine, because I`m fine as wine<br>Sit back and recline, watch the sun shine<br>Take a stroll, listen to rock and roll<br>Catch a flick at the movies, dance a bowl<br>Cause I chose and refuse to slack while I`m back<br>I take a chance jack, so I must attack<br>With knick knack paddywack so I won`t lack<br>All my style is def, and as deadly as crack<br><br>[Parrish Smith]<br>While I`m slayin music`s playin, a sucker is delayin<br>Battle in the trenches where the funky be playin<br>Cause with a partner like E Double don`t come a dime a dozen<br>A kin not blood related, but you can call us cousins<br>Cause as we climb the charts, better known as statistics<br>Brothers on my jock while we kickin ballistics<br>Droppin hits like I`m Housin, You Gots Ta Chill, and more<br>The proof is in the puddin (yo check the Billboard)<br>People round town talkin this and that<br>of how we sound like the R, and our music was wack<br>Dropped the album Strictly Business and you thought we was bold<br>Thirty days later, the LP went gold<br>So what you sayin<br><br>So what you sayin<br><br>[Erick Sermon]<br>Now party people it`s time for the exquisite<br>No knock knock who that, who`s there, or who is it<br>It`s the E-R-I-C-K, yes the Boy Wonder<br>No fouls no bleeps no bloops or no blunders<br>So hot, so you can say I`m blazin<br>Or Luther Vandross says, yo I am<br>"Sooooooo amazing, and I`ve been waiting"<br>For a sucker to attack yo me the E-Double<br>Cause me and PMD`s like the funky fresh couple<br><br>[Parrish Smith]<br>I fight fire with fire, that`s why most retired<br>And when we needed a piss boy, you was hired<br>You was mesmerized, for that style that we was bringin<br>In the all out battle, P comes out swingin<br>Cause I`m just the type of brother that`s out to get mines<br>And if the odd`s against me, I still drop lines<br>and get mines on time that`s why most resign<br>Sit in my LazyBoy chair, relax my head and recline<br>Sip a Pepsi or Coke, with a twist of lime<br>Or crack a forty-oh, and then I go for mine<br>So what you sayin<br><br>So what you sayin