[Verse 2: Shaquille O'Neal] It's a fact many know that Shaq made of mills But did you know that Shaq made of Steel Feel me! No matter what I do the billy it's gon' flourish Big **** just like a bus full of Japanese tourists Or it's styles that flow like Hudson River debris Ship quarter keys of them Shaq CD's roo roo Next MC that claim to keep it real Shaquille gon' smack 'em with a mil Criss cut clean numerical order bills Ill, now put it on the wrist The best thing since grits and fake tits Man Of Steel who you with? I'm so fly when I walk I levitate My caliber's first rate Exceptional above great Diesel's large, guilty on every charge, of bein' dope Imagine Superman with a dookie rope
[Hook] 1 2 3 4 Hit it It's the Men Of Steel bangin' with the drum Hit it 4 3 2 1 Shaq B Real KRS Peter Gunz (Ice Cube) 1 2 3 4 Hit it It's the Men Of Steel bangin' with the drum Hit it 4 3 2 1 Shaq B Real
[B Real] Hip hop has plenty of Steel With Shaquille and Chris and Real Nobody move stay still while the Masters build the Track React the foundation hip-hop generation Hear my voice playin' at the station Immortal thought for the recorder Consider the picture deliver the scripture still hit ya If the shoe fits you wear it You'll inherit the culture Let me break down the whole structure East Coast West Coast universal flavour Pullin' together with my neighbor no playa haters Just real no outrageous fantasies Jump out the pages from the book of MC's And nothin' can penetrate the Steel mind state Like Shaq when he go back and dominate
[Peter Gunz] Aiiyo I stop many hearts Part many wigs *** and get it twisted and Play me for any kid Conceived in the Bronx Born and raised but on the real I be made of Steel like O' Neal Feel me if ya got the skill Squeeze pale **** cause disaster Have you makin' Tracks like Master Faster ghost like Casper Man Of Steel hangin' and bangin' in yo' district Never get it twisted I'm lifted, gifted Like Steel hard to penetrate Generate dollar signs you follow mine Come in peace money I will bless that Bring the noise leave you on the Fourth Where I rest at For real
[Hook] 1 2 3 4 Hit it It's the Men Of Steel bangin' with the drum Hit it 4 3 2 1 Hip-Hop's the same no matter where you came from (Cube) WESTSIDE (B Real) Men Of Steel (Cube) EASTSIDE (KRS) Men Of Steel throw ya hands up (Cube) WESTSIDE (B Real) Men Of Steel (Cube) EASTIIDE (KRS) Men Of Steel throw ya hands up
[KRS-One] WHOOP WHOOP That's the sound of EMS After some boy try test the KRS Pick a single any single What I bring you makes you tingle It's the lingo from the star like Ringo And I mingle in the clubs DJ's MC's get rug cut like shrubs Over the dub sound buzz No one's really knowin' How I'm comin' n' goin' showin' n' flowin' cold Throwin' these rappers chasin' the dough And out the frame my name remains the same I came to maintain Hip-Hop's the same no matter where you came from It's all the same son get it correct All that metal to pleather whatever Give me respect! Then I'll collect a check and you can expect Something you'll never forget Comin' from my intellect Oh what the heck Lyrical flex cash checks I step through the brush like a Tyrannosaurus Rex KRS-One is the nicest Shaquille O'Neal definitely from Men Of Steel You know how we feel Comin' through like that on the track KRS-One and we back (oooh oooooh)
[Hook] 1 2 3 4 Hit it It's the Men Of Steel bangin' with the drum Hit it 4 3 2 1 Shaq B Real KRS Peter Gunz (Ice Cube)
[Outro] Throw ya hands up what up now (It don't stop) South Bronx represent that, Brooklyn represent that (It don''t stop)(It don't stop) (Huh, What about South Central? Ha ha haa )
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“Men of Steel” is a single by rappers, Shaquille O'Neal, Ice Cube, B-Real, Peter Gunz and KRS-One from the soundtrack to the movie Steel.
“Men of Steel” was the only single released from the soundtrack. The single was released in 1997 for Warner Bros./Qwest Records and was produced by the Trackmasters (then known as Poke & Tone). The five rappers wrote their own verses. “Men of Steel” was a success, making it to #87 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 on the Hot Rap Singles and #53 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.
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