Slick Rick - Teacher, Teacher Lyrics
well I've been a public figure for quite a long timeknown to the whole world for what [my style of rhyme]but tonight let's talk about the ones who bitealthough they know they won't [never get it right]because they have no [class] and they have no [shame]they'll bite another brother to boost their own [name]get paid correct on a one way gimmickI'm happy for you lowlifes but 'member there's a limit - so sayteacher, teacher, tell me how you do itit looks kinda easy like there was nothing to itbut they don't understand that the master will bethe creator of the style [Ricky D]teacher, teacher, tell me how you do itit looks so easy like there was nothing to itbut they don't understand that the master will bethe creator of the style [Ricky D]when I walk into a party cokesnorters laughas the girls be crazy coming for my mere autographand it seems that they aspiring my new style of rappin'and brothers all around me out of vanity are snappin'the girls say 'wow Rick you're so uniqueplease tell us how you organize the words you speak'but my will says chill and I go upon my way'cause class will be taught some other day - so sayteacher, teacher, tell me how you do itit looks kinda easy like there was nothing to itbut they don't understand that the ruler will bethe creator of the style [Ricky D]teacher, teacher, tell me how you do itit looks so easy like there was nothing to itbut they don't understand the ruler will bethe creator of the style [Ricky D]well I remember one night when the world was dead quietand out of nowhere some boy starts a riothe tore my clothes, I had to throw blowsa shotgun barrel was dead on my noseI froze - it was Big Foot and the Toesyup, a bunch of small timers that be it on my showssurrounded the ruler with machetes toothey said um 'if you don't teach us how to rap you're through'I said 'okay, now let me go, please'I seen an officer - then the officer screamed 'freeze!'he said 'Slick Rick you okay?'I had to play it off, some girls were looking my wayso I smacked one in the face and told him 'I won't retire'and many years from now I'll just be getting higherfor I am the master, set and donemy name is Ricky D and I'm the only one - so say[...Ricky D] - [...Ricky D]now when I was a lad my style was badso I had to use what little bit of knowledge that I hadso I quote and I wrote 'till I was up to parsome rhymes were [boo-hoo] and some rhymes were [hahahaa!]I educate myself so I'm able to reach yaanswering the call of teacher, teachertell us how you do it, it's so easy for methe creator of the style, emcee Ricky Dnow my only task is to warn all bitersslimy sluts and fake rhyme writersdon't try your luck and get the ruler annoyedfor when I'm through with you boy your whole world will be destroyedso chill mister muscle or I'll come and hunt yaif you are a girl I'll make no man want yaso if you wanna rule and no bribes in the waypay attention to my syllables and come see me and say hey heyteacher, teacher, tell me how you do itit looks so easy like there was nothing to itbut they don't understand the ruler will bethe creator of the style [Ricky D]teacher, teacher, tell me how you do itit looks kinda easy like there was nothing to itbut they don't understand that the ruler will bethe creator of the style [Ricky D]
