Released: May 24, 1994

Songwriter: DJ Premier Jeru The Damaja

Producer: DJ Premier Jeru The Damaja

[Verse 1: Jeru the Damaja]
Electromagnetic beam, I get charged
Rhymes I run right through 'em like a big box of Trojan large
MCs tried to hang but it's a Brooklyn thing
Poison slang, poison fang
Poison pen let me begin
Tryin' to rhyme up in my cipher is gamblin'
Freestylin' me G, I be buckwildin'
You can't even challenge a nigga in my position
Technician, renditions more freaky than Rick James
Fly like airplanes through all it remain the same
My cuts like Freddy Krueger, don't need a German Luger
But shoot more shit than Sturm-Ruger
Dirty rottens comin' through punks cling to their guns
Don't start none, it won't be none
'Cause uhh... fuck around and it'll be tragic

[Hook]
And I could rock a rhyme with just statik
And I could rock a rhyme with just statik
And I could rock a rhyme with just statik

[Verse 2: Jeru the Damaja]
Devastating, I gotcha heart pulsating
Kool-Aid, you need aid, ejaculating
Rhymes like semen, MCs is scheming
Tryna bag me baby black you must be beemin'
Fiendin', I don't know who gassed ya head up
I'm straight up, for less niggas have got wet up
I'm on a mission, scrambling my enemies transmission
And when he least expect it, run up in his HQ
High IQ, every verse is EQed
Slither like a snake, still you can't elude
The neba, but not caneza
It's the toucha, no gun or God can protect ya
Neither the scripture, choke like a boa constrictor
This is my house and I'll evict ya
Big respect is automatic - black

[Hook]
And I could rock a rhyme with just statik
And I could rock a rhyme with just statik
And I could rock a rhyme with just statik
And I could rock a rhyme with just statik
And I could rock a rhyme with just statik

[Verse 3: Jeru the Damaja]
I'll snatch up your girlfriend, her friend and their friends
I got the game and fame, she got the condoms
She's a victim, you shouldn't have that mouth dirty rotten
For the longest we knew you were plottin'
On the downfall, who stands tall, lick the balls
I'm not like that, so I smash out pussy walls
On the low, oh no, on the high
I get high, praise to the most high
Try to battle me, step up and die
Like the arc of the covenant I electrify
Petrify, intelligence I glorify
So devils are horrified
Sprayin' like pesticide, come commit suicide
Step into my realm and be fried
By the statik

Jeru The Damaja

Jeru the Damaja is an emcee from East New York, Brooklyn best known for his 1994 debut album, The Sun Rises in the East. He has worked extensively with Guru and DJ Premier of Gang Starr, whom he has known since he was in high school.

Discography

The Sun rises in the East (1994)