[Note: cover of Eric B. & Rakim`s Microphone Fiend with changes]
[Zach de la Rocha]
Yo, I was a FIEND before I became a teen
I melted microphone instead of cones of ice cream
Music orientated so when hip-hop was originated
Fitted like pieces of puzzles, complicated
Shot grabbed the mic and try to say, Yes y`all!
They tried to take it, and say that I`m too small
COOL, `Cause I don`t get upset
I kick a hole in the speaker, pull the plug, then I jet
Back to the lab ...without a mic to grab
So then I add all the rhymes I had
One after the another one, then I make another one
To dis the opposite then ask if the brother`s done
I get a craving like I fiend for nicotine
But I don`t need a cigarette, know what I mean?
I`m Raging, ripping up the stage and
Don`t it sound amazing `cause every rhyme is made and
Thought of, cause it`s sort of...an addiction
Magnetized by the mixing..
[Hook]
E-F-F-E-C-T, a smooth operator operating correctly
An E-F-F-E-C-T, a smooth operator operating correctly
E-F-F-E-C-T, a smooth operator operating correctly
An E-F-F-E-C-T , a smooth operator operating correctly
..But back to the problem, I gotta habit
You can`t solve it, you silly rabbit
The prescription is a hypertone that`s thorough when -
I fiend for a microphone like heroin
Soon as the bass kicks, I need a fix
Gimme a stage and a mic and a mix
And I`ll put you in a mood or is it a state of
unawareness? Beware, it`s the reanamator!
A menace to a microphone, a lethal weapon
An assasinator, if the people ain`t stepping
You see a part of me that you never seen
When I`m fiendin` for a microphone....
Cause I take it to the maximum, I can`t relax see, I`m
Hype as a hyperchrondriac `cause the rap be one
HELL of a antidote, something you can`t smoke
More than dope, you`re trying to move away but you can`t, you`re broke
More than cracked up! You should have backed up!
For those who act up need to be more than smacked up!
[Hook]
E-F-F-E-C-T, a smooth operator operating correctly
An E-F-F-E-C-T, a smooth operator operating correctly
E-F-F-E-C-T, a smooth operator operating correctly
An E-F-F-E-C-T , a smooth operator operating correctly
A smooth operator operating correctly!
A smooth operator operating correctly!
A smooth operator operating correctly!
A smooth operator operating correctly!
Uh!
[guitar riff]
[*whispers*]
Music orientated so when hip-hop was originated ...originated
It fitted like pieces of puzzles, complicated ...complicated
Music orientated so when hip-hop was originated ...originated
It fitted like pieces of puzzles, complicated ...complicated
[*whispering starts to build up to saying*]
Music orientated so when hip-hop was originated ...originated
It fitted like pieces of puzzles, complicated ...complicated
Music orientated so when hip-hop was originated ...originated
It fitted like pieces of puzzles, complicated! ...complicated
[*shouting*]
MUSIC ORIENTATED SO WHEN HIP-HOP WAS ORIGINATED
IT FITTED LIKE PIECES OF PUZZLES, COMPLICATED!
MUSIC ORIENTATED SO WHEN HIP-HOP WAS ORIGINATED
IT FITTED LIKE PIECES OF PUZZLES, COMPLICATED!
[Hook]
Cause I`m an E-F-F-E-C-T, a smooth operator operating correctly
An E-F-F-E-C-T, a smooth operator operating correctly
E-F-F-E-C-T, a smooth operator operating correctly
An E-F-F-E-C-T , a smooth operator operating correctly
A smooth operator operating correctly!
A smooth operator operating correctly!
A smooth operator operating correctly!
`Cause I`m an E-F-F-E-C-T!
