Hold It Now, Hit It

Album: Licensed to Ill (1986)
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  • (Hold it now, hit it)
    Yo, Leroy
    Ahh, yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah
    Why don't you hook up that def jam right about now?

    Now I chill real ill when I start to chill
    When I fill my pockets with a knot of dollar bills
    Sippin' pints of ale out the window sill
    When I get my fill I'm chilly chill

    Now, I just got home because I'm out on bail
    What's the time? It's time to buy ale
    Peter eater, parking meter all of the time
    If I run out of ale, it's Thunderbird wine

    Miller drinkin', chicken eatin', dress so fly
    I got friends in high places that are keepin' me high
    Get down with Mike D And it ain't no hassle
    I got the ladies of the eighties from here to White Castle

    Hold it now, hit it
    Yo, Leroy
    It's my drum, it's my, hold it now, it's my rhyme

    Now it's me, Adam Yauch, in the place to be
    All the girls are on me 'cause I'm down with Mike D
    I'm down with Mike D and it ain't no baloney
    For real, not phony, O.E. and Rice-a-Roni

    I come out at night 'cause I sleep all day
    Well, I'm the King Ad-Rock and he's MCA
    Well I'm cruisin', I'm bruisin', I'm never ever losin'
    I'm in my car, I'm going far and dust is what I'm usin'

    Around the way is where I'm from
    And I'm from Manhattan and I'm not a bum
    Because you're pud-slapping, ball-flapping, got that juice
    My name's Mike D and I can do that Jerry Lewis

    Hold it now hit it
    Yo, Leroy
    Yo, that was real def man, try that again, man
    I like that def stuff, boy

    Hip-hop, body rockin', doing the do
    Beer drinkin', breath stinkin', sniffin' glue
    Belly fillin', always illin', bustin' caps
    My name's Mike D and I write my own snaps

    I'm a peep-show seekin' on the Forty-deuce
    I'm a killer at large and I'm on the loose
    Pistol packin', Monkey drinkin', no money bum
    I come from Brooklyn 'cause that's where I'm from

    Cheap-skate, perpetrating, money hungry jerk
    Everyday I drink O.E. and I don't go to work
    You drippy nose knuckle-head, you're wet behind the ears
    You like men, and we like beer (beer, beer, beer)

    Hold it now, hit it
    Yo, Leroy
    Bust that choco-lotto
    What? Huh? Yo, man, pass that over here, man, alright

    King of the Ave. with the Def female
    You're rhymin' and stealin' with the freshest ale
    Kid coolin' at the crib watchin' my TV
    Ed Norton, Ted Knight, and Mr. Ed

    Pump it up homeboy, just don't stop
    Chef Boyardee coolin' on the pot
    I take no slack 'cause I got the knack
    And I'm never dusting out 'cause I torch that crack

    The King Ad-Rock, that is my name
    Y'all drinking Moët and we got the champagne
    A quarter droppin', going shopping buying wigs
    Surgeon general, cut professor, DJ Thigs

    Hold it now hit it
    Hit it
    Hold it now
    Yo, Leroy Writer/s: Adam Horowitz, Adam Yauch, Michael Diamond, Rick Rubin
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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