[00:00.00] 作词 : DJ Premier, Guru[00:00.00] 作曲 : Chris Martin/Keith Elam[00:00.00] {dj premier cuts the phrase " step up..." over and over}[guru ][00:09.27]Once you step in the arena, cheater; you're gonna be a-[00:12.54]Mazed when you gaze at the armor on this leader[00:14.85]Fully clad and glad to find a cause,[00:16.80]I won't pause[00:17.64]Fear is a joke, slowpoke,[00:19.14]I'm like claws[00:19.92]That'll rip 'cause your gift, is merely flesh[00:22.32]Superficial and[00:23.22]I wish you, would give it a rest[00:24.78]But if you don't,[00:25.98]I'll unsheath my excalibur[00:27.93]Like a noble knight, so meet ya challenger[00:30.09]A true hero, while you're a through zero[00:32.37]Gettin beat to a pulp so that you can't run for help[00:34.80]I heard a gulp in your throat, cause you hope that[00:36.87]I'll be merciful[00:37.92]But coo-cluck,[00:38.61]I made you strut as[00:39.42]I rehearse a few[00:40.20]Battle drills, and watch your bladder spill[00:42.69]Yellow fluid, check out how[00:43.95]I mellowed into it[00:44.79]Face to feet to defeat, you can tell[00:46.77]I'm into it[00:47.46]As I'm pullin out my lance, to kill you and advance to[00:50.13]The winner's throne; cause[00:51.33]I own you once you step in the arena {dj premier cuts the phrase " step up..." over and over}[guru][00:59.88]In the arena... or rather colliseum[01:03.00]There's people gatherin by multitudes to see one[01:05.34]Perpretrator fall to the dust after the other[01:07.59]Quickly disposed of at the hand of a known brother[01:10.32]Born wit the art in his heart that is spartacus[01:12.72]And one-to-one combat jack, just a thought of this[01:15.30]Match-up, makes gangstarr wanna snatch up[01:17.82]One or two phrases from the new book with new pages[01:20.67]Of rhymes that are built like a chariot[01:22.56]**** vocals carry it, to the battle set[01:25.14]If a beat was a princess,[01:26.76]I would marry it[01:27.66]But now I must bow to the crowd as[01:29.52]I stand proud[01:30.24]Victorius, glorious, understand now[01:32.67]Cause battles and wars and much fights[01:34.38]I have been through[01:35.10]One mc got beheaded, and you can too[01:37.71]Forget it, cause you'd rather be just a spectator[01:40.29]An onlooker, afraid you may get slayed or[01:42.78]Struck by a blow, from a mic gladiator[01:45.27]I betcha that later you might be sad that you played yourself[01:48.18]Cause you stepped up, chest puffed out[01:50.13]And in just one lyric, you got snuffed out[01:52.77]Cause rhymin is serious,[01:54.06]I'm strong,[01:54.48]I'm like hercules[01:55.41]You'll get hurt with these lines, close the curtains please[01:57.84]And suckers can jet cause[01:58.98]I wreck once you step in the arena {dj premier cuts the phrase " step inside my... arena " over and over } [guru][02:20.13]In the arena or forum, weak mc's[02:22.02]I will floor 'em[02:22.68]Causin mayhem,[02:23.40]I'll slay them, and the blood'll be pourin[02:25.20]Furthermore[02:25.74]I implore, that as a soldier of war[02:27.72]I go in only to win and be the holder of more[02:30.18]Trophies, titles, and triumphs cause[02:31.71]I dump all the sly chumps[02:32.76]Never choosin to lose my spot, not once[02:35.10]For the mere idea of an opponent that[02:37.35]I fearIs foolish utterly,[02:39.18]I mean but none'll be[02:40.47]Tryin to toy wit a destroyer of many[02:42.87]You shitted your pants cause you can't figure any[02:45.21]Foe that can step to this concept so[02:47.61]Tou better sit again citizen, weak mc's[02:49.59]I get rid of them[02:50.52]Watch the way they get distraught when they get caught[02:52.92]In the worst positions, cause they didn't listen[02:55.20]And tried goin up against a hungry killer who's itchin[02:57.99]To mame and murder, those who claimed that they were the[03:00.45]Toughest ones, they get done once they step in the arena{dj premier cuts the phrase "step inside my... arena"}