Busta Rhymes

Released: September 23, 1997

Featuring: Dolemite Spliff Star Lord Have Mercy

Songwriter: Dolemite Flipmode Squad

Producer: DJ Scratch Busta Rhymes

[Verse 1: Lord have Mercy]
As we approach the current time frame of 1997
With approximately two and a half years before the year 2000
Repeatedly it has been reported that there will be a time soon approaching
That major disaster will be striking all levels of existence
It has also been reported that this disastrous thing will be approaching
In the form of many many, as in squad squad, as in Flipmode Squad
It has also been reported that everyone out of the many will strike
But this particular motherfucker will strike with an unmeasurable
Blast and fuck up everything within his 360 degree radius
Warning: Prepare yourselves! Store your food, stamp your paper
Because when this motherfucker gets here, it's about to get real fucked up
For everyone and everything, everywhere!

[Verse 2: Dolomite]
Well, Busta Rhymes, come over here and let me talk to you, son
See now, Dolomite just got back from some shit that you about to be in
Well, are you prepared?
I hope you are prepared nigga, 'cause you know this is album number two
Yes, more bitches than before
There'll be more bitches, more and more and more
More thirsty niggas tryin' to get inside your shit
Tryin' to throw your whole chemistry off
Oh yes, there's gonna be a lot more money
Yes, a lot more money than before
So son, don't you worry about none of that shit
All you gotta do is just slap your dick in the mouth of these bitches that don't wanna act right
And put a hot one in any motherfucker that wants to get in the way of this power move shit right here
Ok son, all right Busta, enough of this shit talkin'! Let's be on our way
'Cause when disaster strikes, there's gonna be a whole lot of motherfuckers pourin' in
All right baby, lets go!

[Verse 3: Spliff Star]
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo
Ladies and gentlemen
Straight from the motherfuckin' street corner
Goin' out to all you motherfuckers, across the globe, on the return trip
It be the niggas, the niggas that live by the code of blood honor
My Flipmode niggas, ha
Spliff bring you that shit to another extreme
Here to hit you motherfuckers with a strike of disaster
I bring on to you once again
The eight wonder of the world, my nigga Busta Rhymes
And I be that nigga, that live nigga Spliff
Spliff comin through right at you wherever the fuck you at
Flipmode is the squad comin' through right at you
Wherever the fuck you at

[Outro: Busta Rhymes]
Ayo, cut my shit off, get it off
A-heh-a-heh, a-heh-heh
Here we go again motherfuckers
Heh, let's start this shit

Busta Rhymes is a Grammy-nominated rapper, producer, and actor. Born Trevor George Smith, Jr. on May 20, 1972 in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, he would later move to Uniondale, Long Island but attended high school in Brooklyn with the likes of JAY-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., and Special Ed. Prior to his graduation from Uniondale High School in 1990, Busta joined Dinco D, Charlie Brown, and Cut Monitor Milo to from Leaders of the New School. The group opened for Public Enemy and their frontman Chuck D gave Chill-O-Ski the name Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George “Buster” Rhymes.

Leaders of the New School released two albums, A Future Without a Past… (1991) and T.I.M.E. (The Inner Mind’s Eye) (1993), before splitting after an intense interview with Yo! MTV Raps. Busta’s popularity began to rise with his appearances on A Tribe Called Quest’s “Scenario” in 1991 and its remix in 1992, as well as the remix to Craig Mack’s “Flava in Ya Ear” in 1994.

This led to Busta releasing his platinum debut album The Coming in 1996, featuring the platinum single “Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check.” Busta’s subsequent four albums all went platinum, while It Ain’t Safe No More… and The Big Bang achieved gold status. He also released several international hits, including “Dangerous,” “What’s It Gonna Be?” with Janet Jackson, and “I Know What You Want” with Mariah Carey, as well as being featured on the #1 hits “Don’t Cha” with the Pussycat Dolls and “Look At Me Now” with Chris Brown and Lil Wayne.

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