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Fascinatin' rhyme as I enchant them
So let's all sing the Big Daddy anthem Big Daddy Kane – Set it Off
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Livable, and most importantly, unforgettable
The lyrical manifestation of my rhymes is so empirical
That some say they came across a miracle
Like the scrolls of the Dead Sea, you won’t find a rhymer like me
I’ll stay in the game, and I’ll never stop improving
I’ll never stop running, like Russia and Putin
I’ll stop when I die, but even then, I’ll still be mean
I’ll keep it pumping through death, like the body and dimethyltrytamine
You could call me Mr. No-Quitter, Go-Getter, Flow Stepper
Or the Lyrical Dali Llama, The Gandhi of Rhymes
This time, I’ll save y'all instead stepping on spines
It’s my time to shine, yours to unwind
Just stop rapping for a second, cause for me? It’s go time
Except at 4:30, cause that’s Adventure Time UncleFondle – 15 Minute Rape
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Black hair is known to grow at an alarming rate. It also grows crazy dense.
Kane’s rhyme schemes are dense and complex, and his flow is rapid-fire, just like afro-growth.
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Rock the discotheques and this groove is what's next Big Daddy Kane – Set it Off
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This is a classic free-association DOOM song, though its overarching idea is that he sells his rhymes, or music, like drug dealers sell Dimebags of weed (which cost $10, roughly the same price as an album).
Or, on another angle he could be saying that his rhymes are fine like ‘dimes’ (beautiful women, Word up to L).
Finally, he might just be saying he’s not only a rapper, but also a pimp. He sells rhymes and he sells women (dimes). It’s DOOM, you know.
Samples the Quincy Jones cheese-fest “One Hundred Ways”.
The instrumental version of this song was later released on DOOM’s collection of beats, Special Herbs, under the name “Monosodium Glutamate.”
Or he could be talking about Ghost writing for rappers, hence the intro and title.
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Doom ain’t no pimp. This is strictly saying he sells rhymes like dime nags of weed.
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Who tf wrote this about section? Booooo
The song sampled features James Ingram on vocals as well. The lyrics from the bridge come from the vocals from Ingram on the Quincy Jones track.
He saying he drop rhymes like you drop dimes on the ground stop thinking so hard