One, two, it's live so you can't undo
And I've acquired a taste that's upper echelon
The show, the show, it must go on
The show, the show, it must go on
Let alone I'm a man made of mere flesh and bone
They can never take the pen away and leave Roy Jones
For every wrong, makin' two rights
I keep spittin' 'til it's a truce or crucifixion
The show, the show, it must go on
The show, the show, it must go on
The show, the show, it must go on
And use mics to reach new heights, the blue lights
I make a crowd convulse and act on impulse and intuition
The show, the show, it must go on
Follow, I guess it's the scent of Chicago
Am I a poet or a prophet or a stone to build upon?
The show, the show, it must go on
My eyes wider than a baby that just was born
I remember The Show like Doug E. where people quiet was ugly
Uh, and I'm still the one
I will not, I will rock
I can't stop, I won't stop
Still doin' shows where the spots be bummy
I will not, I will rock
The leather gets tougher, we drive like a trucker through the night
And break it down like it's the walls of Jericho
That make 'em wanna mess with my tomorrow
The show, the show, it must go on
No sleep 'cause then your dreams won't come true
The show, the show, it must go on
The show, the show, it must go on
The show, the show, it must go on
I hit 'em like Ethiopia hit up Italy
I can't stop, I won't stop
Plate in my head that spin the way the record go
Fightin' a war they ain't pay me enough to join
The Ernest Hemingway of B-boy poems
In these borrowed days, the rhyme and the mind that pays
I can't stop, I won't stop
Roaches in the dressin' room, I'm thinkin' of a better room
The show, the show, it must go on
I will not, I will rock the show
Behind a phrase they was crazy enough to coin
I will not, I will rock the show
I will not, I will rock the show
I can't stop, I won't stop
I can't stop, I won't stop
You know the battle is off to infinity now
And every one's like a broad that we run through
Yellin', "Get money", now we're showin', we're dummy
I will not, I will rock
And all type of necessities they not givin' me
I can't stop, I won't stop
If they don't know by know they prob'ly never know
I can't stop, I won't stop
Where all the love and the trust is gone
Even though they try to stifle your man creativity
I will not, I will rock
How I'm on a hustle from dusk 'till dawn
Maybe The Upper, where my people won't suffer
I can't stop, I won't stop
Each finger, this ain't gonn' stop so we just gonn' continue
I put my body in jeopardy 'cause I'm committed
I can't help that my heart beat as a metronome
Swift as the bullet that killed King and Kennedy
Lyrical professional, maniac megalo
Nigga knowin' every nuance wit' two eyes closed
I will not, I will rock the show
The world is a show, you define your stage
They got hopes and plans of gettin' rid of me
And what's the reason I still perform? Feed my children on
The life I chose, more of a mission
You kiddin' me? The pursuit of happiness, life, liberty
The show, the show, it must go on
I've seen the future, listen, believe the superstition
Pushing a black [Incomprehensible] in a new time zone
The show, the show, it must go on
I’m at home in the pressure zone, weakness is never shown
