Lyrical Breakdown of Ain't No Half-Steppin' - A Journey through Words and Rhymes

Ah yeah, I'm with this

I'm just gon' sit here laid back to this nice mellow beat, you know

And drop some smooth lyrics 'cause it's '88

Time to set it straight, know what I'm saying

And ain't no half stepping, word, I'm ready

Rappers stepping to me, they want to get some

But I'm the Kane, so yo, you know the outcome

Another victory, they can't get with me

So pick a BC date 'cause you're history

I'm the authentic poet to get lyrical

For you to beat me, it's gonna take a miracle

And stepping to me, yo that's the wrong move

So what you on, Hobbs, dope or dog food?

Competition, I just devour like a pitbull against a Chihuahua

'Cause when it comes to being dope, hot damn

I got it good, now let me tell you who I am

The B-I-G D-A-double D-Y K-A-N-E

Dramatic, Asiatic, not like many

I'm different, so don't compare me to another

'Cause they can't hang, word to the mother

At least not with the principal in this pedigree

So when I roll on you rappers, you better be ready to die

Because you're petty, you're just a butter knife, I'm a machete

That's made by Ginzu, wait until when you try to front

So I can chop into your body

Just because you try to be basing Friday the 13th

I'mma play Jason, no type of joke, gag, game, puzzle or riddle

The name is Big Daddy, yes, Big not little

So define it, here's your walking papers, sign it

And take a walk as the Kane start to talk, 'cause

Ain't no half-steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

Ain't no half steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

Ain't no half steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

My rhymes are so dope and the rappers be hoping

To sound like me, so soon I'll have to open

A school of MCing, for those who want to be in

My field in court, then again on second thought

To have MC's coming out sounding so similar

It's quite confusing for you to remember

The originator, and boy do I hate a perpetrator

But I'm much greater, the best

Oh yes, I guess suggest the rest should fess

Don't mess or test your highness

Unless you just address with best finesse

And bless the paragraph I manifest

Rap Prime Minister, some say sinister

Non-stopping the groove, until when it's the climax

And I max, relax and chill

Have a break from a take of me acting ill

Brain cells are lit, ideas start to hit

Next the formation of words that fit

At the table I sit, making it legit

And when my pen hits the paper, ah shit

I stop and stand strong over MC's

And devour with the power of Hercules

Or Samson, but I go further the length

'Cause you could scalp my cameo and I'll still have strength

And no, that's not a myth, and if you try to riff

Or get with the man with the given gift of gab

Your vocab, I'll only ignore

Be sleeping on your rhymes 'til I start to snore

You can't awake me or even make me

Fear you, son, 'cause you can't do me none

So think about it if you're trying to go

When you want to step to me, I think you should know that

Ain't no half-steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

Ain't no half steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

Ain't no half steppin'

I'm the Big Daddy Kane

I appear right here and scare and dare

A mere musketeer that would dare to compare

Put him in the rear, back there where he can't see clear

Get a beer, idea or near stare, yeah

So on to be, want to be competition

Trying to step to me, must be on a mission

Up on the stage is where I'ma get you at

You think I'm losing? Psst, picture that

Ain't no half steppin'

Ain't no half steppin'

Ain't no half steppin'

Ain't no half steppin'

Mister Cee, step to me

The name is Big Daddy, you know, as in your father

So when you hear a def rhyme, believe that I'm the author

I grab the mic and make MC's evaporate

The party people say, damn, that rapper's great

The creator conductor of poetry

Et cetera, et cetera, it ain't easy being me

I speak clearly so you can understand

Put words together like letter, man

Now that's dictation, proceeding to my innovation

Not like the other MC's, that are an imitation

Or an animation, a cartoon to me

But when I'm finished, I'm sure that you are soon to see

Reality, my secret technique

Because I always speak with mentality

I put my title in your face, dare you to base

And if you try and come get it, yo, I'ma show you who's with it

So if you know like I know, instead of messing around

Play like Roy Rogers and slow down

Just give yourself a break or someone else will take

Your title, namely me because I'm homicidal

That means murder 'cause I'm about to hurt another MC

That try to get with me, I'll just break him and bake him and rake him

And take him and mold him and make him

Hold up the peace sign, Assalam Walaikum