[Erick Sermon]



As The Wind Sets The Mood It's Time To Let Off



A Sucker Tried To Play Me The E I'm Not Soft



I'm Very Hardcore Droppin Bombs Like Warsaw



It Reminds Me Back In 1984



When I Went To A Party With The Master Plan



To Step Up And Put The Mic In My Hand



Everybody Was There From Junior High To High Schools



Dyin To Get Busy Because I Knew I Had The Tools



Then I Got The Heart And Went By The Set



I Said, "Yo, I Wanna Rock The Set" "Yeah No Sweat"



Kickin Rhymes In The Place, People Couldn't Take It



The Style I Flowed, The Way I Shaked And Baked It



Later On I Made A Record, And Got Recognition



Everybody's Jockin, Now Nobody's Dissin



Written And Produced By The New Rap Duo



Yes EPMD, Now I'm Known In School



I See The Backstabbers, And The Elderly Creature Features



That Used To Diss Me, When I Was Tryin To Reach The



Tip Tip-top And I Won't Stop



To Be The Master, In The Field Of Hip-hop



I Did That, And Got A Name For Myself



The Image Of E, And All Of My Wealth



I See My Fake Friends, But Things Ain't The Same



Oh What A Shame, I Diss Em



Who To Blame? It Wasn't Me It Was The .. "Fame!"




[P] It Wasn't Me It Was The .. "Fame!"




[Parrish Smith]



Before I Cut Records I Had Dreams Of Livin Large



Earnin Crazy Cash Flow, The Whole Nine Yards



But When I Told My College Friends They Kicked Back And Laughed



Said, "You Better Grab Your Books And Take Your Behind To Class"



They Said, "You Couldn't Make A Record And Expect To Get Paid



Cause There's Too Many Def Rappers In The World Today"



I Said, "Yo, My Name Is M.D. And My Style Is Def"



They Said, "Your Name Is Pa