I'm the king of rock, there is none higher
Sucker MCs should call me sire
To burn my kingdom, you must use fire
I won't stop rockin' 'til I retire
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All 14 lines are lyrics, and confidence is the defining tag, on 9 of them, with wit on 5 and craft on 2. Rock Box supplies four lines in all, with It's Tricky, My Adidas, Hit It Run, It's Like That, Darryl And Joe and King of Rock alongside. The albums credited run from Run-D.M.C. (1984) to King of Rock (1985) and Raising Hell (1986). The subject is overwhelmingly the group itself: kings from Queens, sucker MCs told to call the speaker sire, and the rhymes of rivals that keep the crowd "cold bored".
Kings from Queens, from Queens come kings
We're raisin' hell like a class when the lunch bell rings
For all you sucker MCs perpetratin' a fraud
Your rhymes are cold wack and keep the crowd cold bored
You're the kind of guy that girl ignored
I'm drivin' a Caddy, you fixin' a Ford
I'm the rapper of the year and this the year of the rap
And I'm never drinkin beer, it's champagne at the tap
And I'm cold makin money on a regular basis
Pullin out, knockin sucker MC faces
Sucker M.C.'s could never swing with D
Because of all the things that I bring with me
Only G-O-D could be a king to me
And if the G-O-D be in me, then the king I be
I'm the devastating mic controller D.M.C
And can't nobody mess around with me
You know it's like that and that's the way it is
Because it's like that and that's the way it is
And in the city, it's a pity 'cause we just can't hide
Tinted windows don't mean nothin', they know who's inside
My Adidas walk through concert doors
And roam all over coliseum floors
I stepped on stage, at Live Aid
All the people gave, and the poor got paid
And out of speakers I did speak
I wore my sneakers but I'm not a sneak
His name is Jay, to see him play, will make you say
"God damn that DJ made my day"
Because the rhymes I say sharp as a nail
Witty as can be and not for sale
I'm a wizard of a word, that's what you heard
And anything else is quite absurd
I'm the master of a mic, that's what I say
And if I didn't say that, you'd say it any way