Yeah, going out to Showbiz, Whiz One, Lord Finesse

Jazzy Jay, my man Q-Tip, KX, yo check it out



Check one, two, no one to run to

I Catch-22, when I began to

Express myself on the lyrical tip

Ayo I'm dip and I'm as smooth as Mircale Whip

But some try to flip, and claim I'm not legit

Say I need to quit (Ayo he's on some other shit)

Yeah, but I grab your attention

And bask in wealth, ayo I'm something else

The sound is raw, don't need a million samples

The kids just love it, next year my budget

Will be much fatter, because of my platter

See I'm the flavor in the hip-hop batter

Schooled in the trade so I'm gonna stay paid

Made in the shade from the tracks that I laid (Wooord up)

Like the golden goose, and it's good for the gander

On the DL, don't need propaganda

So put that in your pipe and smoke it

I took a blues break and I broke it

See I'm swift with the words and the verbs and the pronouns

Yeah, it's Diamond D with the dope sound

That you hear when it's pumping in the Benzi

From ??? all the way down to McKinley

I pay the bills from the use of my lingo

Don't try to play me or you'd better play bingo

Or Monopoly, by Milton Bradley

I had to school another brother, but had he

Only took a second, and checked the track record

He would have seen that I'm solid

So gather round there's a new hombre in town

Influenced by James Brown

It's Diamond D with the sound that pumps

And like Bambaataa, I won't fake the funk

Peace to Master Rob and the Ultimate Force

The 90's are here and we're on the right course

With the flavor that you savor and you know that it's true

Check one, two



[Stezo] "Check one two and you don't quit" [x4]



Check it out

I get hype when I kick the ballistics

And get paid from the use of my linguistics

The style is dope even though it's simplistic

Soda breaks me out, so now I drink Mystic

At the rest I listen to the Stylistics

Break down rappers like they had cystic

Fibrosis, never snacking on a Hostess

Or pork rinds (nah) none of that swine

Word got around that my shit is booming

It ran through the Bronx just like Paul Newman

Now everyone can get a sample of the skills that

Won't trample when I build an example of the will that's

Stronger than Sampson, see I'm the champ, son

When I relax, I'm off to the Hamptons

Compare the sound to another, and let's see

I slam shit up like Wayne Gretzky

So hey baby, what's happening? (What's happening?)

Yeah, it's Diamond D with the verbs and the acronyms

"Sing a Simple Song" like Sylvester Stone

(And I) Catch you out there like Rick Cerrone

Mature enough to be on my own

And all my beats are stone to the bone

So grab a chair and sip on some ?choca batzi?

I stimulate your brain like a game of Yatzee

Yeah, the New Jack with the new rap

(How'd you do that, Diamond D?)



Beacuase their styles are full of words

By any name that you ever heard

I find it, quite interesting (You know?)

But it doesn't mean a thing



Yeah, I flip styles the way you flip a flap jack

It's Diamond D with the fat tracks

Originality, my concepts are endless

Straight up grit, I'm simply stupendous

My words hug the beat like a pair of vice grips

So don't sleep cause you might slip, peace



[Stezo] "Check one two and you don't quit" [x4]