Mic Check Lyrics

[INTRO]
I don't give a fuck about your reputation
I'm the star from the top like Christmas decorations
And me merking you right now that's my estimation
Dedication plus patience equals elevation
Get your voice on any station
Why you waiting?

[KANO VERSE 1]
Why waste time debating fucking around not raving
Late night time im in the studio slaving
8 nights a week too many days in
That's when you see me with a beard fuck shaving
Im tired of rhyming but I am a pain in the backside, your plan backfired
You can look up anyone that's tried
They can't merk me never, no that's right
It's not that season nor that time
I ain't boasting but I am that type
So shut your noise and gimmie that mic
Heard the beat and I was like gimmie that mic
And I wrote some fuck lyrics that night
I'm on point, you're falling behind
It's all in the music it's all in the mind
What you call it garage? What you call it grime?
Call it what you wanna call it, I'm fine

But rhyme wise I got a short order of mine
Doogz, Dee, Wiley, Ghetto these have got new flows all the time
[Hook]
Testing mic check 1 2, someone so called your name, so what's new fuck him, fuck them, fuck you
If they want to clash with me I would love to
[Man on phone] hello who is this? Who are you?
[Kano] there's beef on Deja, it's going off on the roof
[Man on phone] shuut up, what now? What crew? What N.A.S.T.Y?
[Kano] nah
[Man on phone] fuck you!

[KANO VERSE 2]
My flows big, big, big I spit hits kid
Big tings rude boy im done with this shit, quick, quick, quick
The shit click, click and ill be like swift put the stick to his ribs
He's rich, rich, rich take thatshit, you win some you lose some son life's a bitch
Bitch bitch ain't that a bitch oh well bad luck piss
Piss, piss. I was born to be rich
Santa knows I had money on my Christmas list
And when you get some
Comes chicks, then all of your texts end in a kiss
Kiss, kiss, hi hug kiss, kiss that how they greet me
All because I flow ill like a sickness
Im a sick kid, but when I spit hot shit im on fire, but im a big blitz

[Hook repeated]

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A snipped of Kano’s Mic Check, which later featured on his debut studio album, Home Sweet Home.

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Release Date
2005
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