I'M BAD (excerpts) by L.L. Cool J No rapper can rap quite like I can I'll take a musclebound man and put his face in the sand... Cool J has arrived so you better make way Ask anybody in the crowd they say the kid don't play! I'm like Tyson icin', I'm a soldier at war, I'm makin' sure you don't try to battle me no more Got concrete rhymes been rappin' for ten years and Even when I'm braggin' I'm bein' sincere. Never retire or put my mike on the shelf The baddest rapper in the history of rap itself Not bitter or mad just provin' I'm bad You want a hit, give me a hour plus a pen and a pad. MC's they retreat cause they know I can beat 'em And eat 'em in a battle and the ref won't cheat 'em I'm the best takin' out all rookies So forget Oreos eat Cool J coookies L.L. I'm bad. Other rappers know When I enter the center they say, "Yo, yo there he go!" My paycheck's large, Mr. Bogart in charge Not a puncher or hunter from a rap cool large My vulture's exact like rack and pinion in a Jag You try to brag you get your rhymes from a grab-bag No good scavenger catfish vulture My tongue's a chisel in this competition sculpture. back to the teaching journal | visit belz.net