Head Banger

By EPMD

On Out of Business

Released on July 28, 1992

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[Intro: Redman]

Negroes!


[Chorus]

The head banger, what?!

The head banger

Parrish Smith gettin' wreck

The head banger


[Verse 1: Parrish Smith]

Ka-rank the boombox as my sound knock from blocks

As I chill, and bust grills you take snapshots

Of the maniac, dressed in black, alright I'm strapped

Kid you play me too close (slow down and catch a cap, pow!)

'Cause I don't play games, an outlaw like Jesse James

To hell with the bitches and the so-called fame (uh-huh)

Strictly biz to hard (kid yeah) as I climb charts

Bustin' heads daily as I compose like Mozart

Just stand, say you're mad damn, why him?

ZL1 Targa, 56 Benz

I'm sinking mad deep no shorts and no sleep

I'm bugged like a tapped phone, hard like concrete

So get a grip and don't slip or catch a clip

From the infrared aimed at your head as I blast my target

The Bozack, I rip up flows that

Make an emcee stop and chill and say he's all that!

Hardcore no R&B singer

Roll with the Hit Squad... down with the head banger


[Chorus]

The head banger (What!?)

The head banger

Parrish Smith gettin' wreck

The head banger


[Verse 2: Erick Sermon]

Surprise! You wonder where I've been, I've been workin'

But sounds makin' danger and black birds chirpin'

A real Damien, Omen possessed by the Devil

You dig the rhythm and I'll play the Runnin' Rebel!

Changed my style, so I can freak the funk

Yo pass the Philly, Hit Squad spark the blunt

I got the power, to ransack a stadium

Wubba Wubba, even Julie Brown at the Palladium

Yo, I'm from the Boondocks so I knows the flavor (yeah, yeah)

Sometimes I curse but now, I show behavior

EPMD, yo! Is in this to win this

A brand new LP so Mind Your Business!

No jokin', I'm gettin' paid fully

You wanna buy the cassette? Stop by Sam Goody

(Yo, where's my hoodie?) I wanna be hard and cause some ruckus

Talk with the b-boy slang and blast some suckers

Walk like an Egyptian, but packin' my steel

Plus I'm goin' to court, make my own appeal

As taught as a kid or told, never talk to a stranger!

'Cause I could be a head banger


[Chorus]

The head banger (What!?)

The head banger

Parrish Smith gettin' wreck

The head banger


[Verse 3: K-Solo]

I'm the original rap criminal (Yeah!)

My shots, spell spray (hoo-ahhhh) duck means my trigger finger DIGITAL

My gun’ll make men admit, they should dip when I get mad

And pissed cause I can make him my TARGET

Braggin' em taggin' em draggin' em mad hollow-point rhymes in my mic

Choose Smith or assault over Magnum (Huh)

So back up off me, here's a clip

For uzis and guns, and then you faggots gonna off me!

I'm sure you know the deal that my nine can box

I knock punks out quick like Evander Holyfield

More rhymes than music's, my solution

Subscribers of my style here's a contribution

Let's say you want a shovel layer parking emcees like cars

And drivin' emcees away

Tanks gon be full, to rappers wanna tempt me

I break this gear shift and leave 'em empty

'Cause they can't go, so I'ma call a ho tow truck

To come tow truck your weak side show

Back on the scene is the incredible one man team

When I get mad I turn green

The Fugitive's gone, peace, I'm out of here, later

And here's a finger, to all you non-movin' spectators


[Chorus]

The head banger (What?!)

The head banger

Parrish Smith gettin' wreck

The head banger

(Redman's in the house)


[Verse 4: Redman]

Surprise, niggas! The original P-Funk funks you up

I take a hit from a spliff then I get biz with the new cut!

Because I can Jam like Teddy if you let me

A goodfella but still rugged like Joe Pesci

My style is mad funka-to-the-delic with the irrelevant

Shit that I kick backflip semi-full bitch (Yeah)

Deduct and I dip then I switch

To an incredible nigga with a *nickel* nine on the hip

I always got played by a honeyDIP

But now I'm on the money tip so now I call the honeydip honey bitch

And swing hardcore because that's where I come from (yeah)

I Rock you like Chubb, and burn scrubs like a dum-dum

Remember Redman, last album I was Hardcore

Now I'm back to tear the frame out your ass crack!

'Cause I get wreck with the TEC, with the blunt or Moet

And what you see is what you get and what you're gettin' is your ass kicked, nigga

Hit you with the funkdafied figure

Like A plus funk, funk times stuffed in your back trunk punk!

Yes, the Redman that's what they call me

Wicked with the style you think I have cerebral palsy

Like AAIEEAHAAA, 'cause I freak the styles crazy

Lullaby your stupid ass, rockabye baby

The Funkadelic Devil hit your ass with a level from the new school

And still holdin' my jewels!


[Chorus]

The head banger (What?!)

The head banger

Parrish Smith gettin' wreck

The head banger

The head banger (What?!)

The head banger

Parrish Smith gettin' wreck

The head banger

The head banger (What?!)

The head banger

Parrish Smith gettin' wreck

The head banger