How Ya Like Me Now (Longer Version)

All aboard

The night train

I throw my tape on, then I watch ya

Three seconds later, I got ya

Shakin' your head, dancin' instead of sittin'

The rhymes kick, the beats hittin' you

Just like a home run, slammin' like a slam dunk

Ride the wave James Brown gave funk

It happened to James like it happened to me

How you think I feel to see another MC gettin' paid

Usin' my rap style

And I'm playin' the background meanwhile

I ain't with that, you can forget that

You took my style, I'm takin' it back

Coming back like Return of the Jedi

Sucker MC's in the place that said I

Could only rock rhymes and only rock crowds

But never rock records

How ya like me now?

How ya like me now?

Now brothers are riding me, like a pony

I'm no phony, I'm the only real micaroni

Playin' the mic like it's supposed to be played

New jacks, you all shoulda stayed

Out of the business, what is this?

Amateur night at the Apollo?

Get off this stage, I'm enraged

Just like a lion trapped inside of a cage

I'm the real king, rap is a jungle

I never understood how could one go

To a party, watch me, stand around and jock me

Become a rapper, then try to rock me

Scheming like a demon, you're screamin' and dreamin'

I'm from the old school, I used to see men

Die for less, but I'm not living that way

I let my mic do the talkin'

And let the music play

How ya like me now?

Rap is an art and I'm like Picasso

But of course, why else would you try so

Hard to paint a picture, and try to get ya

Self in my shoes? But they won't fit ya

I'm bigger and better, forget about deffer

Every time I rock the mic, I left a

Stain in your brain that will remain

Stuck in the back of your brain until you see me again

Respect, I come correct

The rhymes I select are nothing short of perfect

Vernacular's pure and I can ensure

Life or death with my breath, my voice is a cure

I feel life from the words I spread

I'll make a sick man rock on his death bed

Sucker MC's, I'll make your girl say "Ow"

And she's jockin'

Now how ya like me now?

How ya like me now?

It irked my nerve, when I heard

A sucker rapper that I know I'll serve

Run around town sayin' he is the best

Is that a test? I'm not impressed

Get real, you're nothing but a toy

Don't ya know that I'll serve that boy?

Just like a waiter, hit 'em with a plate

Of these fresh rhymes and make sure that he

Pay the, pay the, pay the bill and leave him standin' still

And when he's had enough, hit him with a refill

And for dessert it won't be no ice cream

I'm just gonna shatter and splatter his pipe dreams

Make him feel the wrath, beat him down and laugh

And when I finish, then I'm gonna ask him

"Who is the best?"

And if he don't say "Moe Dee"

I'll take my whip and make him call himself Toby

Whip him good, then I'll make him sweat

Always talkin' 'bout battles but he never had a battle yet

But if we ever did, how could he beat me?

He's so petrified, he's scared to even meet me

My word's the law, that's why you don't beef

You're nothing but a punk, track star and a thief

So I'm puttin' you on punishment, just like a child

Never touch another mic

How ya like me now?

How ya like me now?

I could continue, there's more on the menu

But I'll relax 'cause I'm so far in you

You had enough, I know you're overstuffed

And if I keep going, you'll be throwin' up

Old rhymes I used to say way back in the day

When you used to come to my parties and pay

Nobody's ever gonna rock me and this I vow

So all I wanna say

Is how ya like me now?

How ya like me now?

How ya like me now?