Mama Said Knock You Out - LL COOL J, Marley Marl

And with the local DBT news, LL Cool J with a triumphant comeback

But tonight

Don’t call it a comeback, I been here for years

Rocking my peers and putting suckas in fear

Making the tears rain down like a monsoon

Listen to the bass go boom

Explosion, overpowering

Over the competition, I’m towering

Wrecking shop, when I drop

These lyrics that’ll make you call the cops

Don’t you dare stare, you better move

Don’t ever compare

Me to the rest that’ll all get sliced and diced

Competition’s paying the price

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

Don’t you call this a regular jam

I’m gonna rock this land

I’m gonna take this itty bitty world by storm

And I’m just getting warm

Just like Muhammad Ali they called him Cassius

Watch me bash this beat like a skull

'Cause you know I had beef wit

Why do you riff with me, the maniac psycho

And when I pull out my jammy get ready 'cause it might go

BLAAAAW, how ya like me now?

The ripper will not allow

You to get with, Mr. Smith, don’t riff

Listen to my gear shift

I’m blasting, outlasting

Kinda like Shaft, so you could say I’m shafting

Olde English filled my mind

And I came up with a funky rhyme

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

Breakdown!

Uh, Shadow boxing when I heard you on the radio HUUUH!!!

I just don’t know

What made you forget that I was raw?

But now I got a new tour

I’m going insane, starting the hurricane, releasing pain

Letting you know that you can’t gain, I maintain

Unless ya say my name

Ripping, killing

Digging and drilling a hole

Pass the Ol' Gold

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

Shotgun blasts are heard

When I rip and kill, at will

The man of the hour, tower of power, I’ll devour

I’m gonna tie you up and let you understand

That I’m not your average man

When I got a jammy in my hand

DAAAAAM!!!

Oooooohh!

Listen to the way I slaaaaay, your crew

Damage UHH, damage UHH, damage UHH, damage

Destruction, terror, and mayhem

Pass me a sissy so suckas I’ll slay him

Farmers (What?!) Farmers (What?!)

I’m ready (We're ready!!)

I think I’m gonna bomb a town (Get down!!)

Don’t you never, ever, pull my lever

'Cause I explode

And my nine is easy to load

I gotta thank God

'Cause he gave me the strength to rock, HARD!

Knock you out, mama said knock you out

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)

I’m gonna knock you out (Huuh!)

Mama said knock you out (Huuh!)