The Regiments Of Steel Lyrics - Chubb Rock

Sugarhill, Fatback, Run-D.M.C., EPMD 

Fat Boys, Redhead Kingpin, Cool C 

And my man Kurtis Blow, yo 

The battlefield, the synonym call it the wax 

The recording sciences developing the tracks 

Is not the essential fabric but if you have it 

Might make you a household name and let you gain 

A million fans, coliseums all out sold out 

And when they call out your name you pull out fake clout 

'Cause you're sauerkraut, you're not really about 

Nothin', you're bluffin' 

But I'm callin' your bluff to see if you're really tough 

Show me your stuff enough 

Shut up, close your mouth, put away your tap shoes 

Your feet can't say a rhyme this time, you lose 

But I respect you for what you accomplished, a great deal 

Just admit you can't handle the steel 

Gregory Hines can't take mines 

The Winans can't start rhymin' 

And you're just like them, you had a top ten 

You have a rap feel, but you can't wield the steel 

It takes many many moons, to create tunes 

But loons assume that half past noon 

They'll have rap down pat, but it's wack 

You must be on crack, you're buggin' 'cause your head is at 

A place where reality doesn't seep in 

Practice makes perfect then you might reap in 

The benefits of this respectable field 

And all respect due to the regiments of the steel 

Assemble 

Word, this is goin' out to some hip-hop greats, yaknowhatI'msayin'? 

Rakim and Chuck D 

The obese boulder, will shrug your shoulder 

If you say you're a regiment and you can't hold the 

Steel with some kind of appeal 

Not dealin' with sex, or a bicep flex 

Has nothing to do with physical appearance 

But the way you stimulate the kids and their parents 

Will fulfill the applications to be inducted 

Into the regiments, respect to the veterans 

And the pioneers, with dying tears 

To see rap has survived after 15 years 

And ready to go 15 more 

Three-fourths of every store has only rap on their racks 

Rap force goin' strong, on and on 

Take a few seconds, to say peace to Sarah Vaughn 

Now back to the steel that will wield a golden reel 

And when you kick it to a James Brown feel 

Field was made twenty years ago 

And not a penny-oh was saved 'cause the way he behaved 

Was kinda ill, the regiments to his skill 

Was extraordinary 

Until he took a fall, the regiments will keep his style 

Flowin' for a long while 

The regiments made this art form universal 

Whether it's a street sound, or commercial 

Obstructors, are just realizing, that this is real 

Respect to the regiments of the steel 

Assemble 

More hip-hop greats, youknowhatI'msayin'? 

Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, Kool G. Rap, Super Lover Cee 

Biz Markie, Heavy D, Lady Kazaam, Special Ed 

Slick Rick, Lakim Shabazz, Queen Latifah 

Sugarhill, that sold about eight mill' 

When Rappers Delight caused media fright 

How could a bunch of kids possibly sell more than me 

And Randy Travis kickin' all that country madness? 

Failing star, failing guitar or a banjo 

Your whole art form needs to retire in Orlando 

Rap has developed in the motherland by storytellers of wisdom 

No wonder we're best-sellers 

The art was passed on from generation to generation 

Developed in the mind 'cause the rhyme 

The track is just a cosmetic background 

'Cause we all need some kind of sound 

To complete the whole feel 

And it's wield by the regiments of the steel 

Word up, MC Lyte, my boys GangStarr 

The D.O.C., Eazy-E, Salt-n-Pepa, Whodini 

Grandmaster Flash, Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel 

Tribe Called Quest, the Jungle Brothers 

Dana Dane, Kwame, Shabba Rank'n, De La Soul 

Stetsasonic, Shinehead, Lil' Shawn 

Kid 'n' Play, Rob 'n' Dave, Rich Nice, Fat Doug 

Finesse 'n' Synquis, Groove B. Chill 

LL Cool J, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff 

Positively Black, UTFO, Dr. Ice, ESP 

Sweet Tee, Kool Moe Dee, Fearless Four 

Cold Crush