[Run] Let's begin, to talk!!
    [D.M.C.]
  1990, and this is what's goin on
  to the break of dawn
  24/7, Run-D.M.C. in effect
  That's ??
  All those weak-rhymin, rewindin MC's
    [Run] That means you pause
  [both] My word is born
    [Run]
  Yeah, speakin on truth
  from the old school on down to the youth
  Since the days, that I was the age of
  "three"; stop - listen to me
  This is how it used to be - "go!"
  Stand on another line, why?
  You did a crime now the time is mine
  I school you and your crew, why?
  Youse is my brother
  Stop - sellin and killin one another
  Take some time, to see what's missin
  Brothers in the ?, we on a mission
  Thinkin back from the sale you made
  and back home, a grave is what your brother paid
  His life, because of a system
  Now you think you're down, you cold dissed him
  Shut up, cause I'm fed up, with this culture
  And flyin high in the sky, a big vulture
  Waitin and debatin, to see who's next
  for "brothers and sisters" of the opposite sex
  So hold on, keep it intact
  and go on, flow on, positive black
  B-boys be black be proud, right on
  "You know we're bout to" be black
  and my word is born
  My word is born
  My word is born
  My word is born
    [D.M.C.]
  Let's, let's..
  Let's begin to talk truth -- it seems
  that y'all make a big out of things that are small
  We all play the same game for fame to claim
  ?? bright lights and write your name
  They'll soup you up, til you think you're large
  Got a spot on tour, but I'm still in charge
  A big nigga's hittin it, don't renege
  Bust a rap like a cap like a snap of twig
  that extends from the hands of a branch on a tree
  Like you new jack rappers, run from me
  I got proof of truth, I cut and go raw
  (Word em up D!) My word is born
    [cuts by Jay and samples to the last ten seconds]
    [D.M.C.]
  1990's
  And ain't nuttin changed, PUNK!