Don't Sleep on It

MC's try to play close, play me up close

Brag and boast, you know

Things like that make me weary

But I never let a rapper get near me

'Cause I'm Rob Base, pick up the pace

It takes more than beats to rock this place

It takes more than rhymes to rock this time

Rhyme for rhyme, the base design

MC's get mad 'cause I'm blowing up

For every battle, the base be showing up

A fast tempo or with the hook

Don't judge a book by the way that the cover look

'Cause I'm mean, reign supreme

Wrote my first rhyme at the age of 15

I'm like a match when struck, I burn

Not concerned cause I'm sure that you won't learn

Now get up and let's start

I wanna see which sucker got heart

I get fresh as I get older

Every time I rock, I get bolder

So don't sleep and say I'm wack

'Cause if you do, you get backslapped, backslapped

If it's not in your vision

Don't sleep on it, don't sleep on it

Don't make no decision (turn it up)

Turn it up, rip your head

Drop your ego and let me go

And just show what I know, 'cause I'm on the go

I rock smooth, bust a move, hit me

In the way I perform, you can't forget me

Clear up the smoke, this ain't a joke

The new kid on the block is like dope

Been here for a while, been on punishment

But now I'm o, now I'm o, so let's start it

No, I'm not retarded or either crazy

I work hard, I'm not lazy

Rappers don't phase me or even amaze me

Or either come up close and just graze me

Cooling, never be a fool and

Give me just a little more time, I be ruling

Chilling to the max 'cause I'm on wax

Should I pay tax or should I just ask

To get a new job? Yes, time is what I'm pressed for

Every time I perform, you want more, so

If it's not in your vision

Don't sleep on it, don't sleep on it

Don't make no decision (turn it up)

Turn it up, rip your head

I break it down to get the dope sound

Then hang around with the posse from Uptown

On the Ave, they get cash

But I leave it alone 'cause I'ma smash

On the mic, I think differently

From another or other MC who

Intervene, try to just rip

Up the Rob on the sneak tip

I get mad, they get sad

Or either ride the hat 'cause I'm that bad

I'm not fronting 'cause this is my theory

You don't believe me? So just hear me

I rock harder, I rock longer

I do this 'cause I gotta get stronger

A lot of rappers rhyme harder and meaner

But I rhyme with a sound that's cleaner

I ain't nothing, that's what they say

Well, okay, if they wanna play that way

'Cause I'm Rob, butt-kicking base

One rapper's next to be erased

On my list, I'm not known to diss

But I do it, so don't sleep on this, come on

If it's not in your vision

Don't sleep on it, don't sleep on it

Don't make no decision (turn it up)

Turn it up, rip your head

Hit it, admit it, you did it, you can't fit it

So forget it 'cause I know you ain't with it

In the center, I didn't rent her

Sat your butt in the chair, got a splinter

Back in the days, amazed by the rap craze

Rap today, to me, it don't phase me

I'm not another MC

I ain't grieved by the way you speak to me

Jealousy what makes you wanna battle me

Dope beats what makes you wanna idol me

It ain't nothing to me or E-Z

'Cause I'm the R, the O, the B, and he's E-Z

Apostrophe, whatever it be, you see

He or me, the E, the Z, the A

The alphabets from A to Z, you see

I'm not trying to confuse your mind

I'm just trying to pump this plain, old fresh rhyme

I stay calm, rap like a pro

I know you know, so let's go, come on

If it's not in your vision

Don't sleep on it, don't sleep on it

Don't make no decision (turn it up)

Turn it up, rip your head

Now, EZ Rock, you remember how we did it before

I want you to do it one more time for your mind

One, two, three, give it to 'em, give it to 'em

If it's not (turn it up)

Don't sleep on it, come on

If it's not (turn it up)

Don't sleep on it, come on

If it's not (turn it up)

Don't sleep on it, come on

If it's, if it's, if it's not (turn it up)

Don't sleep on it, come on

If it's not (turn it up)

Don't sleep on it, come on