Альбом Queen Latifah

It's a fact I'll attest to, mess around
and I'll arrest you
I ain't playing, you know what I'm
saying?
This ain't the best you've ever hear
coming from a female MC
But you know what I mean? (Hail to
the Queen!)
This MC stands for "Microphone
Commando"
When I command that you take a
hand
And throw it up in the air, yeah, just
like that now
Chill, and watch me rap cause I'm
flowing (Flowing)
Just like water I slaughter (Slaughter)
A battle, put me in it, I win it
The mission is music and rhythm
Rhythm backed by words, all in my
system
System by techniques, techniques I
got my heart in
Heart into the music, music I take part
in
One try, one God, and one destiny
Just dance for me

[Chorus 2x:]
Dance to the music

Now understand that you must
(dance) because this is a beat to clap
to
My brother Lance said "Latifah you
got to make them get up off their
feet"
So I put my rhyme to a DJ Mark beat
Ample samples, this for example
Are made by the 45 King, so cancel
Your plans of moving to the front lines
He's a DJ, producer, and mind you a
friend of mine
I hop, dip, and spend with the
children
So get down with the sound and you
will lend
To let me bring while I bring
Queen Latifah to the 45 King,
creating
A new style in the name of the Flavor
Unit
That's the way we like it, so I'm doing
it
So if you want to know what the plan
is to be
I order you to dance for me

[Chorus 2x]

My voice is your choice at a stage
show
I do it for the Flavor Unit to make you
say "ho"
With powerful lyrics I'm armed
To let a sucker step up and get
bombed
By a beat created by my producer
To break you out of the stuff that
you're used to
This here is a moment of truth
So take the record to the DJ booth
And let's start this, let the beat get
dumb
Cause I'm a shake it all night and
then some
People dancing, I can spot 'em
When I take control, you know I got
'em
Stop the music? That's not a question
The Flavor Unit takes no suggestions
If you're not on the dance tip, here's
your chance to be
I order you to dance for me

[Chorus 6x]

[Queen Latifah]
Possy, Dovey! (Yes mama?) Time to
get up!

Hello, I'm Queen Latifah, how ya
doing?
I hope that you're with this, I hope
that you're willing
I want to introduce you to a cut called
"Mama Gave Birth to the Soul
Children"

[Dove]
Well here comes the goy (Goy?)
The truth to the goy
You know the one, that ate up like
boy
Stepping with a step, keeping with a
kept
Making an appearance with a notty-
head set
Lunatics you lose cause the Plug 2's
singing
Peace to the negative, nah, you
make the weigh-in
Weigh-in, weigh-in, way out of order
If you know you're better, you'd better
that you caught a
Waving mine a peace sign higher
than a kite
If you're feeling sick, it's alright it's
fever night
Don't do "Do see do" and dig in no
potholes
Cause if you do we calling in March
Patrol
It's no different from the verbal last
heard
Cayumbo is the ruler that's bond to
the word
He's moving more than three feet,
jocking with the knee deep
Dove is going to leave you with a
tweet tweet tweet

[Posdnuos]
Next on the menu, we continue with
the pasta
Dipped in chocolate, served with
lotsa
Twizzlers and honey, yum yum yummy
Lyrics I'm flaunting is good for the
tummy
Tiptoing in I proceed to the floors
Selling much records like a pimp
mover
Excuse me mommy, Pos wins
Cause I'm the A to the Plug W-O-N
Brother freak it live for this tribe
Now let's ride down the highway of
vibes
Pushing that we start cause the soul
says please
Cutting back with the raps and we
don't get cheese
Ducks and we sit need to get ????
Cause preacher is the key to the
casualty
Polaroid flicks are back and you
know
That the soul is moving on up like the
Jeffersons

Go mommy! [16x]

[Queen Latifah]
I'm back, a black queen upon the
scene
With a knack for funky tracks, know
what I mean?
Prince Paul produces this and it's a fly
one
It has a beat that weigh, he's one of
my sons
It's a family affair and then we're out
of here
There is no doubt here, cause this is
our year
So flex to a Queen Latifah/De La
Soul sound
(Go ahead mama get down)
It's inevitable that this joint venture
would be incredible
We never put ourselves on any
pedistal
But the rhyme is so good it's
practically edible (Say what?)
So check the sounds of Mama Zulu
As I relay the story untold
And if you're wondering why I got kids
so big
They weren't born from the body, they
were born from the soul

[De La Soul gives shoutouts 'til fade]

Welcome into my Queendom (My
Queendom), come one come all
When it comes to lyrics I bring them (I
bring them)
In spring I sing, in fall I call out to
All the ones who had a hard day
I prepared a place on my dance floor
The time is now for you to par-tay
I thought it would be a good chance
for you to move
(One nation under a groove) House
music always soothes
So get with the flow, let's go, yo
Can you rock to a house groove
tempo?
If so, then shall we let the games
begin?
What better off position can you be
in?
I'm on fire, the flame's too hot to
douse
The pool is over, come into my house

[Chorus 2x:]
Don't make me wait, come into my
house
Give me body

Here's a dance step, from now I'll
kick a
Bass and treble flow through the
speakers
Ride the rhythm, I know it's gonna
reach ya
I'm the Queen, Latifah
Now it's time to run through it
45 King? (Yeah, baby?) Cue it
Yeah, there you go, I told you you
could do it
Now did you enjoy it? (That was cool)
I knew it
Dance to the beat of the drum, give
me some
With the Flavor Unit I've come to say
"Ride the grooveline"
Don't swing the pipeline, listen to the
smooth line
Throw away the white line
It's a house party I'm hosting (What?)
Come and rock with the one that's
chosen
It can't turn me inside out (Uh uh)
For those that dare, come into my
house

[Chorus 2x]

It's a new fusion I'm using
You ask what is it I'm doing?
Hip-hop house, hip-hop jazz, with a
little pizzazz
From the Queen, the Queen of Royal
Badness
Remember me from "Wrath of My
Madness?"
It's my rap that rocks this party
I'm a hijack and jack your body
This is not an erotic interlude
Keep in mind I move multitudes
The asiatic black woman, hardcore
beat drumming
It's hard to keep a good woman
down, so I keep coming
Blow for blow, I take and I get some
Still I rise in a civilized wisdom
I hope the lyrical display has you
around
It's an open invitation, come into my
house

[Chorus 4x]

Alright listen, I'm back again cause
that's what you required of
Me steady rhyming, and I'm so sick
and tired of
Being forced to put suckers in their
place
You make me mad enough to punch
you in the face
But I'm not trying, so never sound like
I don't bone to pick with you
Show and prove that you can stand
on your own two
I speak the poetry, dissing those who
keep on quoting me
Try to play me, cease it, you don't
know me
So smile in my face, behind my back
take a line or two
I'm not an idiot, so who you think you
lying to?
Queen Latifah's here to lay the law
down
So speed it up or shake it around
because it's a showdown
The 45 King is arising, suprising,
hypnotising star, he's up to par
So I hope you've prepared yourself
for what you're in for
This is Latifah's Law

BMW's and gold rope chains don't
impress me
Or get you closer to the point you can
undress me
Get skeezed, you nose will bleed,
that's how they live life
Prepare to feel the wrath of the giver
of all life
Fire and desire make you go a little
higher
When I grab the wire of the mic
And get hype, I'm sorry you sound dot
Cause I roll like the homicide squad
You must be broke and, hoping that
I'm soft but I'm dope and
Left you in the litter to consider
coping with
Life, it's trife yeah, but these things
happen
You need to make it better, stop
trying to be the mack again
Get a grip on the African way
Cause there's a sucker born every
day
Crime's the way for you to see what
the Queen saw
And this is Latifah's law

Now DJ Mark made up a beat that he
can bring you
And I of course supply the rhyme that
you can swing to
The Flavor Unit keeps all, and keeps
a way to band
And slides keep the hardcore fall,
cause I'm heavy-handed
Whip out a .45 caliber pen and begin
A funky message from beginning to
end
Peace be to Africa, can't forget my
other land
Won't fulfill my heart unless I speak
about the motherland
You say you're living right, but we
know it's nonsense
In case you forgot, just check your
conscience
At showtime, I blow lines, you don't
get yours, I get mine
Your showtimes, you behind, the
Queen Latifah divine
Rule number one: don't step across
the line that I drew
Number two: don't take credit for
something that you didn't do
Number three: check your heart,
every man has a call
It's time for me to go, but I'll be back,
y'all

My mellow Latee was kicking flavor
The R.E. posse said "Yo Latifah we
can do this"
So I paused in the thought and in my
brillance I caught
And I agreed because I already knew
this
Now you should want to flex, cause
I'm in full effect
Queen Latifah is five-oh on this set
You've been begging and dying for
somebody's rhyming to set you free
For God so loved the world he gave
to me
I'm coolin teaching those needing
schoolin
The mic, this mic in my hand, I'm rulin
So prepare your mind for my lifeline
And meet the new Queen of Royal
Badness
Latifah has the spirit so head for the
water
And dive into the wrath of my
madness

[Latifah: rasta chorus]
Cost of living getting higher cause
them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher cause
her to rhyme our way

Some MC's have gold and African
vein
And using each other to compete
with
Their subjects I pity because their
rhymes are not witty like mine
To write a rhyme so delicious you can
eat it
There are those who like my taste,
but don't consider biting
There's penalties for those who don't
do writing, just be reciting
Everyone else's word that took a lot
of thinking
It's not my fault your thoughts are
shrinking
while mine are growing, yes you know
like all the woman inside of me
Despite what you do or say, and
even in spite of me
Brothers, catch my eye with little
hijinks like eye winks
Dying to have a lover of my likeness
So release all your shyness, call me
"Your highness"
And dare to feel the wrath of my
madness

[Latifah: rasta chorus]
Cost of living getting higher cause
them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher cause
her to rhyme our way

Word of mouth is always everlasting
And everlasting are the words that I
bring
The ruler of the ring is Lord Ramsey
And music is made by Mark the 45
King
You tremble for my treble, you're
begging for the bass
The voice is too vicious, the same as
the pace
The crowds, they love me, they give
only hugs
The shrinked-to-fit buttonflies fit quite
snug
As a bug, you know why? Because
I'm bugging
Of the beats that DJ Mark is loving
So plex on the sounds that I'm
pumping
I'm jumping with the energy to turn
your mind to gladness
Come on, just get into it, don't lie and
say you've been through it
Feel the wrath of my madness

[More rasta singing]

I scene is mine cause I took it
I took it for the money and I took it for
the fun
Don't step up in my face, you don't
want to feel the taste
Don't try and play me out, cause I am
not the one
Brothers on my brastrap, sisters
clocking my sound, why?
Because they wanna be down with
the
Queen L-A-T-I-F-A-H in command
I supply the concept for you to
understand
For those who want to bite, don't
make me have to fuss
The only thing you get is the gluteous
maximus
Suckers on the tip, you're loving me,
you're leaving me
You wish that one day you could
have this
Come on, you know the time, just be
thankful for the rhyme
And get up on the wrath of my
madness

[Extended ragga outro]

[Queen Latifah]
I stepped into a basement party in
Brooklyn
The brothers was looking as soon as
I put a foot in
A female walked up to me and said
"Latifah bust a line"
I don't think you're on the strength,
show me the time
I said "If you really want to do this, we
can do this, fine
Take six paces and begin to rhyme"
As soon as attempted to make a
sound
I ate her up with the verb, broke her
down with the noun
Cause I hate it when someone
challenges with me but cannot
balance with me
I get annoyed when they can't go
blow for blow
I get pissed when I hear the lyrics a
sucker brings

[Daddy-O]
Ha ha, I was thinking the same thing
Well I was approached by a whole
damn group of them
Rhyme fiends, biters, and bums
Took me kind of light, said they
wanted to fight
I kinda got uptight (You didn't do
what I think you did?) Yeah, right!
Bash! went the first, Smash! went the
next one
He started, he started to run
But to his suprise, his feet must have
slipped
Cause I snapped that neck before
the second step

You see you may speculate, but
everybody knows
Not one amatuer can deal with the
pros
These are the pros, coming now from
Queen Latifah and Daddy-O
And if you want to hear more then just
follow
If you like the smooth chanted lyrics
then just say "Bo bo bo!"

[Daddy-O]
There was a time that a man could go
Anyplace, anywhere without a
Rambo
But now me have to keep me pistol
loaded with rhyme
Have to deal with bad breath biters
that step out of line
So when they make a move them
surely get a taste of it
I'm Daddy-O and I don't quit
So feel the flow, y'all, because you're
under attack
From my rhymes, cause I'm writing
swift rhymes in stacks
And four words to the wack, just
"Stay the hell back"
Cause it's a fact if you're wack you
ain't saying jack
So we can go rhyme for rhyme if you
wish
But eating you suckers is my favorite
dish
And I warned you suckers if you
messed with me
You'll be the next ingredient in my
recipe
Start and don't finish, I'll hunt you
down
And you can't run forever, so you'll be
found
And with nowhere to run, and
nowhere to hide
How you wanna be eaten, boy,
baked or fried?

These are the pros, coming now from
Queen Latifah and Daddy-O
And if you want to hear more then just
follow
If you like the smooth chanted lyrics
then just say "Bo bo bo!" [2x]

[Queen Latifah]
It's Latifah the Queen, pioneer of the
mainstream
I flow just like a pro cause it's the
same thing
Suckers have to realize how foolish
they sound
So button your lips and stop trying to
be down
I caught you out there (How many
times?) A lot of times
Cause when it comes to mine, you
know I gotta rhyme
Stepping to the right, to the left
To the best place, well I have to face
A sucker like a pooh-butt, weak and
soft
Riding my brastrap trying to get off
Understand and know, if you want to
go
You'd better be ready to floaw cause
I'm a pro

These are the pros, coming now from
Queen Latifah and Daddy-O
And if you want to hear more then just
follow
If you like the smooth chanted lyrics
then just say "Bo bo bo!" [2x]

[Latifah & Daddy-O]
We wax floors with bums, make
mocks out of some
Sting 'em hard, and watch them
complain how it stung
Kidnap the babysitter, lock 'em inside
a box
Daddy-O and the true blue Queen of
Rock

These are the pros, coming now from
Queen Latifah and Daddy-O
And if you want to hear more then just
follow
If you like the smooth chanted lyrics
then just say "Bo bo bo!" [4x]

[Queen Latifah]
The ladies will kick it, the rhyme that
is wicked
Those that don't know how to be
pros get evicted
A woman can bear you, break you,
take you
Now it's time to rhyme, can you relate
to
A sister dope enough to make you
holler and scream

[Monie Love]
Ayo, let me take it from here, Queen...
Excuse me but I think I'm about do
To get into precisely what I am about
to do
I'm conversating to the folks that
have no whatsoever clue
So listen very carefully as I break it
down for you
Merrily merrily merrily merrily hyper
happy overjoyed
Pleased with all the beats and rhymes
my sisters have employed
Slick and smooth throwing down the
sound totally a yes
Let me state the position: Ladies first,
yes? (Yes)

(Yeah, there's going to be some
changes in here)

[Monie Love]
Believe me when I say being a
woman is great, you see
I know all the fellas out there will
agree with me
Not for being one but for being with
one
Because when it's time for loving it's
the woman that gets some
Strong, stepping, strutting, moving on
Rhyming, cutting, and not forgetting
We are the ones that give birth
To the new generation of prophets
because it's Ladies First

[Queen Latifah]
I break into a lyrical freestyle
Grab the mic, look into the crowd and
see smiles
Cause they see a woman standing up
on her own two
Sloppy slouching is something I won't
do
Some think that we can't flow (can't
flow)
Stereotypes, they got to go (got to go)
I'm a mess around and flip the scene
into reverse
(With what?) With a little touch of
"Ladies First"

Who said the ladies couldn't make it,
you must be blind
If you don't believe, well here, listen
to this rhyme
Ladies first, there's no time to
rehearse
I'm divine and my mind expands
throughout the universe
A female rapper with the message to
send the
Queen Latifah is a perfect specimen

[Monie Love]
My sister, can I get some?

[Queen Latifah]
Sure, Monie Love, grab the mic and
get dumb

[Monie Lovie]
Yo, praise me not for simply being
what I am
Born in L-O-N-D-O-N and sound
American
You dig exactly where I'm coming
from
You want righteous rhyming, Imma
give you some
To enable you to aid yourself and get
paid
And the material that has no meaning
I wish to slay
Pay me every bit of your attention
Like mother, like daughter, I would
also like to mention
I wish for you to bring me to, bring me
to the rhythm
Of which is now systematically given
Desperately stressing I'm the
daughter of a sister
Who's the mother of a brother who's
the brother of another
Plus one more; all four
Have a job to do, we doing it
Respect due, to the mother who's the
root of it
And next up is me, the M-O-N-I-E L-O-
V-E
And I'm first cause I'm a L-A-D-I-E

[Queen Latifah]
Contact and in fact, the style, it gets
harder
Cooling on the scene with my
European partner
Laying down track after track, waiting
for the climax
When I get there, that's when I tax
The next man, or the next woman
It doesn't make a difference, keep
the competition coming
And I'll recite the chapter in verse
The title of this recital is "Ladies First"

[45 King]
Let's start the show off, sisters ago
look alive
The Queen Latifah, the King of 45
Bringing a mixture of pure flavor
I make beats, she rock rhymes, so I
gave a
A sample sound, the she added a
compound
Word, this is for those who haven't
heard
A King and Queen combine minds
and trample
Thos who oppose us, here's an
example

[Queen Latifah]
It's time to run, the King and Queen is
on the set
The competition is petty and ready to
step
To the first one, go ahead, rehearse
one
I hope you don't know you sound like
the worst one
Rhymes are smoking, concentration
can't be broken
Queen Latifah's outspoken
Use your imagination, picture this
Any male or female rapper trying to
diss
Here for excitement and enticement
With my competitors killed I go build
with my enlightenment
Teach the youth, feed the needy
Confident decendent of Queen
Nefertiti
The mother of civilization will rise
Like the cream and still build the
strong foundation
Secondary but necessary to
reproduce
Acknowledge the fact that I'm black
and I don't lack
Queen Latifah is giving you a piece of
my mind
A rhyme spoken by a feminine
teacher
Rhymes I do employ, no time for slimy
toys
I'm steady and stable and the label is
Tommy Boy
Backed by The Unit, produced by
The King
Perfection pressed with the style that
we bring
For the hip-hop patients, this is a King
and Queen creation

[45 King]
Technician, musical musician
I'm stating the facts, strictly non-fiction
In hip-hop, you wonder who's in
trouble most
Creativity, you get a double dose
How can you stop me? No, I put you
to a test
The rhymes are Romeo (The beat's a
Juliet)
With topic blend, this makes me a
hard one
Persevere, I'm here, gets taught one
Strength producer, I send you an
ultimatum
Hardcore worldwide is how I take 'em
I rock, never hyperventilate
Others get tired, could use a
commercial break
45 King, DJ Mark's my alias
It takes a ton of MC's to prevail
against me
Just listen, I'm unstoppable
You want a mission? This one's
impossible
Beats rock all night with no curfew
My talent's advanced, you haven't a
clue
How I do it, the smoothest loopest
spare it
If the style fits, I wear it
Many attempts were made, none was
recognized
45 King said sample soundified
I'm going to Wonderland to check,
find out who's next
You pretty good, but not quite a
legend yet
Studio mixer, I got the formula
And said the man from self, I'm
warning you
It's my domain, just ask my chauffer
My ride's equipped everything from a
pool to a sofa
On top, it's a usual act
Can't wait to get down to 45 Studios
I'm into rap, but no urge to sing
I'm DJ Mark, 45, 45 King of Swing

Let me remind you on how to unwind
your body
So dance and shake and just keep in
step
Understand, draw a clear picture
What I'm gonna hit you with is truly
def
These are the words of a Queen of a
Queendom
All competitors, I simply cream them
One by one, I dust a rush them all
If you have any more, bring them
To the front so they can sho me what
they got
What they got, it better be hot
Cause if it's not, I'll simply knock them
out the box
And they'll be put in a spot
The style I use will surely amuse
The party people to a state of
gladness
What I mean is I'm on the scene
I'm the Queen of Royal Badness

Well it's the Lah, T-I-F-A-H
While I say my rhyme, Mark creates
The direct hi-tech sound of the dope
noise
The bass will pound, I hope girls, I
hope boys
Understand what I'm quoting, I'm not
joking
Or freaking, this is a Queen speaking
Wis words, when I'm done I leave
your eyes blurred
When you address me, address me
as "Your Highness"
One of hip-hop's finest
You see, I can flow on tempo, off
tempo
It makes me no difference
So play that beat, play it, kick it,
watch me
Flip it, with dope lyrics, you want to
hear it?
Observe my ways and actions, I grab
the mic
And draw attractions
To the table, I'm a hit you at all angles
Those who think I caught a fit, I
strangled them
The result with a pen and a pad
Gets mean, see I'm the Queen of
Royal Badness

I can't wait until the party is jam-
packed
When I start to drop it, the people say
"Damn, black"
The queen is hyped up, awesome
and deadly
If you don't dance, grab a chair and
plex, B
Composure's kept, blows are thrown
in death, hard as hell
Guard as well as you can or step
Off the premisis, in one minute it's
Going to explode in a style that's
limitless
Make your first move, don't let it be
your worst move
Cause if you do, you'll be a hurt fool
Keep your mouth shut to those that
shout and cuss
It's no doubt that I got clout and I'll
bust
Literature that flows like liquid
Some can't comprehend the way I
kicked it
So don't say nothing
Just listen up, follow instructions
Rhyme, shake, slide, and dance like
Lat said
When I'm on stage I sold rage and
drop heads
Ambidextrous, skilled with both hands
Teaching a lesson, ready to throw
jams
Latifah loves to rip up the scenery
It's nothing special, just a Queen to
me
So do the knowledge, see if you can
catch this
You know what I mean, it's the
Queen of Royal Badness

[Queen Latifah]
You asked, I came, so behold the
Queen
Let's add a little sense to the scene
I'm living positive, not out here
knocked up
But the lines are so dangerous, I
ought to be locked up
This rhyme doesn't require prime time
I'm just sharing thoughts of mine
Back again cause I knew you
wanted it
From the Latifah with the Queen in
front of it
Dropping bombs, you're up in arms,
you're puzzled
The lines will flow like fluid while
you're guzzling
The sip I drop you on a BDP-
produced track
From KRS to be exact
It's a Flavor Unit quest that today has
me speaking
Cause it's knowledge I'm seeking
Enough about myself, I think it's time
that I tell you
About the evil that men do

Situations, reality, what a concept!
Nothing ever seems to stay in step
So today, here is a message to my
sisters and brothers
Here are some things I want to cover
A woman strives for a better life, but
who the hell cares?
Because she's living on welfare
I government can't come up with a
decent housing plan
So she's in no man's land
It's a sucker who tells you you're
equal

[KRS-One]
You don't need him, Johannasburg's
crying for freedom!

[Queen Latifah]
We the people hold these truths to be
self-evident

[KRS-One]
But there's no response from the
president

[Queen Latifah]
Someone's living the good life, tax-
free
Except for a girl, can't find a way to
be crack free
And that's just part of the message
I thought I had to send you about the
evil that men do

Tell me, don't you think it's a shame?
When someone can put a quarter in
a video game
But when a homeless person
approaches you on the street
You can't treat him the same
It's time to teach the def, the dumb,
the blind
That black-on-black crime only
shackles and binds
You to a doom, a fate worse than
death
But there's still time left
Stop putting your conscience on
cease
And bring about some type of peace
Not only in your heart, but also in your
mind
It will benefit all mandkind
Then there will be one thing that will
never stop
And it's the evil that men do

Basslines affect me when my rhymes
direct me
Forgive the crowds, O Lord, they
know not why they sweat me
Biting's against the law in the place
that I live
So I lock up the door with the keys to
my crib
The call me the high priestess of this
hasta
Although I'm not a dread and not a
rasta
There's never been a word I can't
master
I've always been, a piddly pastor
I reign, the lesson of today
You have to listen to each and every
single word I have to say
Because the Ruler Lord Ramsey is on
my side
And I'm the princess of the posse, so
yo, take it light

The Princess of the Posse, me say
she a cool one
She rhyme on my record and she ram
jam me gun
The Princess of the Posse, me say
she a cool girl
She rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA,
the world

You try to dissect my rhymes to see if
there's a pattern
I bounced it all around you like the
rings around Saturn
Let me know now if you'd like to
protest
And proceeding a greeting, or would
you rather progress
Onto a higher plateau, to the peak
and I'm taking it slow
Enough for you to see the knowledge
and to know
I'm the Q-U-E-E-N, L-A-T-I-F-A-H
Queen of the R.E. Posse the GLA
which is
Get Live Alright, you standing there
chewing on your fingernails
Nervous, watching me doing the live
thing
Singing like a bird sing, ringing like
the phone ring
I'm the Queen and you're the
underling
I'm never following, I follow none
The princess of the posse is a cool
one

The Princess of the Posse, me say
she a cool one
She rhyme on my record and she ram
jam me gun
The Princess of the Posse, me say
she a cool girl
She rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA,
the world

I'm the queen of the clan, with a mic
in my hand
I step over suckers to position myself
to rule this land
It's a concoction, for my ability
To show the skeezers the meaning of
humility
Cause they don't know I'm the one to
fly one or two
I'm snatching hearts cause I'm Latifah
and I want to
I find it necessary to tell you to get off
my tip
I'm kicking gold so grab a hold and
get a good grip
Stop the lying, the trying
The time buying, you've been
denying
You're dependent on me, the
princess of the posse
I got the cards, so I'm dealing a death
blow
You're taking no crowns, put that on
cease
My DJ's name is Mark the 45 King to
the posse
Peace, got to let you know where I
come from
The princess of the posse is a cool
one

The Princess of the Posse, me say
she a cool one
She rhyme on my record and she ram
jam me gun
The Princess of the Posse, me say
she a cool girl
She rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA,
the world

Now take run the family
Me say me have to do it for the R.E.
posse
You try to be down, you can't take
the crown
Maybe from someone else but not me
[2x]

Uh huh, well the name is Latifah, you
hear me coming through
the spreaker. Hit it Mark, 45 king

I am a bill, yes I'm only a bill when
It's time to ill I get ill and time to chill
I chill, my homeboy said this was the
D.A.I.S.Y. age
I take it as meaning you have to get
crazy paid
You hope I'm from your borough,
because I'm thorough
You want me to be down with you, to
be seen walking around with you
Go to the store and buy a brew and
rock a rhyme or two
So you can bite it, you taste it, you
like it
You think I'm sleeping on you?
Please, don't even try it
The name is Latifah, the scene, it is
mine
The 45 King keeps the beat and the
time while I
Rock to the rhythm and keep it
blowing out
So don't try to turn me inside out

Latifah is the name you love
Flying through rhymes like a dove
Slapping suckers with a glove
Challenge me and you will burn
Yes in the fire you will burn

It's so so simply done
When I find that I have to run
Lyrics to music by the King of Swing,
The 45 King
The words we bring I write, and sing
Cause I am Latifah, the Queen of
course
Don't try to get yours off, because the
cause is lost
Mark conducts the beat, I watch it hit
them
Won't you chill? I don't need another
victim
To add to the list of aggrivation
Subtracting suckers like a math
computation
We are not teaching pupils and
subjects with no scruples
This is a King and Queen creation
So hello hello hello and how ya
doing?
Forget the smalltalk now, it's time for
me to ruin
Those who don't believe in what I'm
saying
When I put up the wall of words ain't
no way into my Queendom
Controlled by me, the heir to the
throne is the Ruler Lord Ramsey
The Ruler Lord, to him there is no
equal
He grabs it and starts bombing people
Don't listen to me to figure me out
Because you can't turn my mind
inside out

Latifah is the name you love
Flying through rhymes like a dove
Slapping suckers with a glove
Challenge me and you will burn
Yes in the fire you will burn

Rhyming's not a question of one
superiority
But rather how you delegate the use
of your authority
I know who you are, and I know who
you are to me
But I came here just to party
If it's a show you want, the show it
live
And if it's trouble you seek, I have
arrived
When Mark requests my approval, I
nod
And after each and every single
rhyme I thank God
Altough a taste of my body would
soothe you
I give you just my voice and watch
the rhythm move you
The method of my lyrics makes the
funky people feel it
And Lord have mercy on those that
try to steal it
Latifah is a name meaning "delicate
and sensitive"
But I have no problem formulating
sentences
To break you down to the ground
I won't use violence, the color of this
is brown
And I am down, but never ever down
and out
So don't try to turn me inside out

Latifah is the name you love
Flying through rhymes like a dove
Slapping suckers with a glove
Challenge me and you will burn
Yes in the fire you will burn

Jah know? Cause ah...

Music, 45 King, music Latifah the
Queen
Music, domination to bring the world
Irie, say in the fire you will burn
[Repeats to fade]

It's a fact I'll attest to, mess around
and I'll arrest you
I ain't playing, you know what I'm
saying?
This ain't the best you've ever hear
coming from a female MC
But you know what I mean? (Hail to
the Queen!)
This MC stands for "Microphone
Commando"
When I command that you take a
hand
And throw it up in the air, yeah, just
like that now
Chill, and watch me rap cause I'm
flowing (Flowing)
Just like water I slaughter (Slaughter)
A battle, put me in it, I win it
The mission is music and rhythm
Rhythm backed by words, all in my
system
System by techniques, techniques I
got my heart in
Heart into the music, music I take part
in
One try, one God, and one destiny
Just dance for me

[Chorus 2x:]
Dance to the music

Now understand that you must
(dance) because this is a beat to clap
to
My brother Lance said "Latifah you
got to make them get up off their
feet"
So I put my rhyme to a DJ Mark beat
Ample samples, this for example
Are made by the 45 King, so cancel
Your plans of moving to the front lines
He's a DJ, producer, and mind you a
friend of mine
I hop, dip, and spend with the
children
So get down with the sound and you
will lend
To let me bring while I bring
Queen Latifah to the 45 King,
creating
A new style in the name of the Flavor
Unit
That's the way we like it, so I'm doing
it
So if you want to know what the plan
is to be
I order you to dance for me

[Chorus 2x]

My voice is your choice at a stage
show
I do it for the Flavor Unit to make you
say "ho"
With powerful lyrics I'm armed
To let a sucker step up and get
bombed
By a beat created by my producer
To break you out of the stuff that
you're used to
This here is a moment of truth
So take the record to the DJ booth
And let's start this, let the beat get
dumb
Cause I'm a shake it all night and
then some
People dancing, I can spot 'em
When I take control, you know I got
'em
Stop the music? That's not a question
The Flavor Unit takes no suggestions
If you're not on the dance tip, here's
your chance to be
I order you to dance for me

[Chorus 6x]

My mellow Latee was kicking flavor
The R.E. posse said "Yo Latifah we
can do this"
So I paused in the thought and in my
brillance I caught
And I agreed because I already knew
this
Now you should want to flex, cause
I'm in full effect
Queen Latifah is five-oh on this set
You've been begging and dying for
somebody's rhyming to set you free
For God so loved the world he gave
to me
I'm coolin teaching those needing
schoolin
The mic, this mic in my hand, I'm rulin
So prepare your mind for my lifeline
And meet the new Queen of Royal
Badness
Latifah has the spirit so head for the
water
And dive into the wrath of my
madness

[Latifah: rasta chorus]
Cost of living getting higher cause
them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher cause
her to rhyme our way

Some MC's have gold and African
vein
And using each other to compete
with
Their subjects I pity because their
rhymes are not witty like mine
To write a rhyme so delicious you can
eat it
There are those who like my taste,
but don't consider biting
There's penalties for those who don't
do writing, just be reciting
Everyone else's word that took a lot
of thinking
It's not my fault your thoughts are
shrinking
while mine are growing, yes you know
like all the woman inside of me
Despite what you do or say, and
even in spite of me
Brothers, catch my eye with little
hijinks like eye winks
Dying to have a lover of my likeness
So release all your shyness, call me
"Your highness"
And dare to feel the wrath of my
madness

[Latifah: rasta chorus]
Cost of living getting higher cause
them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher cause
her to rhyme our way

Word of mouth is always everlasting
And everlasting are the words that I
bring
The ruler of the ring is Lord Ramsey
And music is made by Mark the 45
King
You tremble for my treble, you're
begging for the bass
The voice is too vicious, the same as
the pace
The crowds, they love me, they give
only hugs
The shrinked-to-fit buttonflies fit quite
snug
As a bug, you know why? Because
I'm bugging
Of the beats that DJ Mark is loving
So plex on the sounds that I'm
pumping
I'm jumping with the energy to turn
your mind to gladness
Come on, just get into it, don't lie and
say you've been through it
Feel the wrath of my madness

[More rasta singing]

I scene is mine cause I took it
I took it for the money and I took it for
the fun
Don't step up in my face, you don't
want to feel the taste
Don't try and play me out, cause I am
not the one
Brothers on my brastrap, sisters
clocking my sound, why?
Because they wanna be down with
the
Queen L-A-T-I-F-A-H in command
I supply the concept for you to
understand
For those who want to bite, don't
make me have to fuss
The only thing you get is the gluteous
maximus
Suckers on the tip, you're loving me,
you're leaving me
You wish that one day you could
have this
Come on, you know the time, just be
thankful for the rhyme
And get up on the wrath of my
madness

[Extended ragga outro]

Basslines affect me when my rhymes
direct me
Forgive the crowds, O Lord, they
know not why they sweat me
Biting's against the law in the place
that I live
So I lock up the door with the keys to
my crib
The call me the high priestess of this
hasta
Although I'm not a dread and not a
rasta
There's never been a word I can't
master
I've always been, a piddly pastor
I reign, the lesson of today
You have to listen to each and every
single word I have to say
Because the Ruler Lord Ramsey is on
my side
And I'm the princess of the posse, so
yo, take it light

The Princess of the Posse, me say
she a cool one
She rhyme on my record and she ram
jam me gun
The Princess of the Posse, me say
she a cool girl
She rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA,
the world

You try to dissect my rhymes to see if
there's a pattern
I bounced it all around you like the
rings around Saturn
Let me know now if you'd like to
protest
And proceeding a greeting, or would
you rather progress
Onto a higher plateau, to the peak
and I'm taking it slow
Enough for you to see the knowledge
and to know
I'm the Q-U-E-E-N, L-A-T-I-F-A-H
Queen of the R.E. Posse the GLA
which is
Get Live Alright, you standing there
chewing on your fingernails
Nervous, watching me doing the live
thing
Singing like a bird sing, ringing like
the phone ring
I'm the Queen and you're the
underling
I'm never following, I follow none
The princess of the posse is a cool
one

The Princess of the Posse, me say
she a cool one
She rhyme on my record and she ram
jam me gun
The Princess of the Posse, me say
she a cool girl
She rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA,
the world

I'm the queen of the clan, with a mic
in my hand
I step over suckers to position myself
to rule this land
It's a concoction, for my ability
To show the skeezers the meaning of
humility
Cause they don't know I'm the one to
fly one or two
I'm snatching hearts cause I'm Latifah
and I want to
I find it necessary to tell you to get off
my tip
I'm kicking gold so grab a hold and
get a good grip
Stop the lying, the trying
The time buying, you've been
denying
You're dependent on me, the
princess of the posse
I got the cards, so I'm dealing a death
blow
You're taking no crowns, put that on
cease
My DJ's name is Mark the 45 King to
the posse
Peace, got to let you know where I
come from
The princess of the posse is a cool
one

The Princess of the Posse, me say
she a cool one
She rhyme on my record and she ram
jam me gun
The Princess of the Posse, me say
she a cool girl
She rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA,
the world

Now take run the family
Me say me have to do it for the R.E.
posse
You try to be down, you can't take
the crown
Maybe from someone else but not me
[2x]