Fakin` the Funk

[Large Professor]<br>Now I`ve never been one to knock the next man for getting his<br>You know what I`m saying? (Right, right)<br>And I do realize that now hip-hop is a form of showbiz (Uh huh)<br>But this has always been something with which you have to be true<br>So in the year on 1992...(this is how we do!)<br><br>[Large Professor]<br>At the age of 19, heard the scene<br>A lot of M.C.`s that do not come clean<br>Fronting on dealing hard times in rhymes<br>You see him in the streets and you see no signs<br>Of the hell, and they get on stage and tell<br>Some cornball war story, ring the bell (word)<br>You`re fakin the funk<br>Talking that extra hard junk, you`re probably a punk<br>And Imma let you know, that this way<br>You just don`t cut with the artificial flow<br><br>[Neek the Exotic]<br>Neek the Exotic breaks backs and necks<br>When fakes try to front, they get smoked like blunts<br>My rhymes penetrate like skunk<br>Ayo word up, I think you`re fakin` the funk<br><br>[Large Professor]<br>You`re fakin the funk! (You`re fakin the funk)<br><br>Chorus:<br>Yo! You`re fakin` the funk! (You`re fakin the funk) (Repeat 6x)<br><br>[Large Professor]<br>You do a song about a current event<br>Get on television and seem hesitant to represent<br>And that`s what we call fraud<br>You can`t kick the streets with a look I sold out a board (word)<br>And everywhere has streets<br>That`s not trying to hear the same wack rhymes<br>Over the same stink beats<br>Cause times are real, and I can`t feel<br>Putting...down on the reel to reel<br><br>[Neek the Exotic]<br>Now I`m a let you know<br>With those weak style of raps, it`s time to go<br>I eject rejects that step<br>I`m a vet ready to snap your neck<br>I shine and rhyme at the same time<br>The mastermind of the sport called the rhyme<br>Now it`s my time to dump chumps that front<br>(Ayo Professor what`s up?)<br><br>[Large Professor]<br>You`re fakin` the funk<br><br>Chorus (1/2)<br><br>[Large Professor]<br>The era of the wack M.C.<br>Is getting shut down when the Main Source stomps through your town<br>Cause we don`t play the role of a clown<br>And keep things jumping with the real rap sound<br><br>So to all the people stealing beats (You`re fakin the funk)<br>To the crossover rapper with the pleats (You`re fakin the funk)<br>To all the chumps that`s claiming the streets (You`re fakin the funk)<br>Fronting incredible feats (You`re fakin the funk)<br>To the girl acting like a prostitute (You`re fakin the funk)<br>Wearing that hooker type suit (You`re fakin the funk)<br>To the rapper with the big space suit (You`re fakin the funk)<br>To the artist that doesn`t pay dues (You`re fakin the funk)<br><br>[Neek the Exotic]<br>Cause, exotic and then you`re torn with the hyper tone<br>I can`t be blown because my rhymes are hard like stone<br>So prepare for the scare, because I`m you`re worst nightmare, punk<br>Cause you`re fakin the...<br><br>Chorus