LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
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★ intro ★
And with the local dbt news, ll cool j with a triumphant comeback
But tonight
★ verse 1 ★
Don't call it a comeback, i been here for years
Rocking my peers and putting suckas in fear
Making the tears rain down like a monsoon
Listen to the bass go boom
Explosion, overpowering
Over the competition, i'm towering
Wrecking shop, when i drop
These lyrics that'll make you call the cops
Don't you dare stare, you better move
Don't ever compare
Me to the rest that'll all get sliced and diced
Competition's paying the price
★ chorus ★
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
★ verse 2 ★
Don't you call this a rеgular jam
I'm gonna rock this land
I'm gonna take this itty bitty world by storm
And i'm just getting warm
Just like muhammad ali thеy called him cassius
Watch me bash this beat like a skull
That you know i had beef with
Why do you riff with me, a maniac psycho
And when i pull out my jammy get ready 'cause it might go
Blaaaaow, how ya like me now?
The ripper will not allow
You to get with, mr. smith, don't riff
Listen to my gear shift
I'm blasting, outlasting
Kinda like shaft, so you could say i'm shafting
Olde english filled my mind
And i came up with a funky rhyme
★ chorus ★
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
Breakdown
★ breakdown ★
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie (yeah)
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie (yeah)
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie (uh)
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
★ verse 3 ★
Shadowboxing when i heard you on the radio (uh)
I just don't know
What made you forget that i was raw?
But now i got a new tour
I'm going insane, starting the hurricane, releasing pain
Letting you know that you can't gain, i maintain
Unless you say my name
Ripping, killing
Digging and drilling a hole
Pass the ol' gold
★ chorus ★
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
★ verse 4 ★
Shotgun blasts are heard
When i rip and kill, at will
The man of the hour, tower of power, i'll devour
I'm gonna tie you up and let you understand
That i'm not your average man
When i got a jammy in my hand
Damn! oooooohh!
Listen to the way i slaaaaay, your crew
Damage uhh, damage uhh, damage uhh, damage
Destruction, terror, and mayhem
Pass me a sissy so sucker i'll slay him
Farmers (what?!) farmers (what?!)
I'm ready (we're ready!)
I think i'm gonna bomb a town (get down!)
Don't you never, ever, pull my lever
'cause i explode
And my nine is easy to load
I gotta thank god
'cause he gave me the strength to rock, hard!
Knock you out, mama said knock you out
★ chorus ★
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
★ outro ★
Don't call it a comeback
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Don't call it a comeback
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Don't call it a comeback
("they all fail")
("they all...they, they all fail")
("they all fail")
("i excel, they all fail")
("i excel, they all fail")
("i excel, they all fail")
("i excel, they all fail")
And with the local dbt news, ll cool j with a triumphant comeback
But tonight
★ verse 1 ★
Don't call it a comeback, i been here for years
Rocking my peers and putting suckas in fear
Making the tears rain down like a monsoon
Listen to the bass go boom
Explosion, overpowering
Over the competition, i'm towering
Wrecking shop, when i drop
These lyrics that'll make you call the cops
Don't you dare stare, you better move
Don't ever compare
Me to the rest that'll all get sliced and diced
Competition's paying the price
★ chorus ★
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
★ verse 2 ★
Don't you call this a rеgular jam
I'm gonna rock this land
I'm gonna take this itty bitty world by storm
And i'm just getting warm
Just like muhammad ali thеy called him cassius
Watch me bash this beat like a skull
That you know i had beef with
Why do you riff with me, a maniac psycho
And when i pull out my jammy get ready 'cause it might go
Blaaaaow, how ya like me now?
The ripper will not allow
You to get with, mr. smith, don't riff
Listen to my gear shift
I'm blasting, outlasting
Kinda like shaft, so you could say i'm shafting
Olde english filled my mind
And i came up with a funky rhyme
★ chorus ★
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
Breakdown
★ breakdown ★
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie (yeah)
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie (yeah)
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie (uh)
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
★ verse 3 ★
Shadowboxing when i heard you on the radio (uh)
I just don't know
What made you forget that i was raw?
But now i got a new tour
I'm going insane, starting the hurricane, releasing pain
Letting you know that you can't gain, i maintain
Unless you say my name
Ripping, killing
Digging and drilling a hole
Pass the ol' gold
★ chorus ★
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
★ verse 4 ★
Shotgun blasts are heard
When i rip and kill, at will
The man of the hour, tower of power, i'll devour
I'm gonna tie you up and let you understand
That i'm not your average man
When i got a jammy in my hand
Damn! oooooohh!
Listen to the way i slaaaaay, your crew
Damage uhh, damage uhh, damage uhh, damage
Destruction, terror, and mayhem
Pass me a sissy so sucker i'll slay him
Farmers (what?!) farmers (what?!)
I'm ready (we're ready!)
I think i'm gonna bomb a town (get down!)
Don't you never, ever, pull my lever
'cause i explode
And my nine is easy to load
I gotta thank god
'cause he gave me the strength to rock, hard!
Knock you out, mama said knock you out
★ chorus ★
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
I'm gonna knock you out (huuh!)
Mama said knock you out (huuh!)
★ outro ★
Don't call it a comeback
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Don't call it a comeback
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Gangster boogie, gangster boogie
Don't call it a comeback
("they all fail")
("they all...they, they all fail")
("they all fail")
("i excel, they all fail")
("i excel, they all fail")
("i excel, they all fail")
("i excel, they all fail")
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Deriving his name from the statement “Ladies Love Cool James,” LL Cool J became a superstar rapper after his Def Jam debut in 1984. He mixed a hardcore hip-hop style from songs like “I’m Bad” with R&B style on songs like “I Need Love,” which led him to multi-platinum success and several awards. He would later venture into movies and television, write several books, and start different business ventures.Born January 14, 1968, Queens, New York native James Todd Smith began rapping at the age of nine and started to seriously pursue rapping when he was 16 years old after his grandfather bought him music equipment, which he used to create a demo tape that was sent to numerous labels. He was signed by upstart independent label Def Jam, working with founders Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin to release his debut single “I Need a Beat” in 1984, which sold over 100,000 copies. This success helped Def Jam secure a distribution deal with Columbia Records.
LL released his debut album Radio in 1985, which achieved platinum status with help from the hit singles “I Can’t Live Without My Radio” and “Rock the Bells.” After working exclusively with Rick Rubin on his debut, LL worked with the West Coast production crew L.A. Posse on his second album Bigger and Deffer, released in 1987. The album featured two of LL’s signature songs: the hard-edged “I’m Bad” and the “rap ballad” “I Need Love,” which was a Top 20 pop hit, helping the album achieve double platinum status.
His third album, 1989’s Walking with a Panther, was another platinum hit, featuring the singles “Going Back to Cali,” “Big Ole Butt,” “I’m That Type of Guy,” and “Jingling Baby.” LL came right back a year later with the Marley Marl-produced Mama Said Knock You Out, a double platinum success featuring “The Boomin' System,” the Top 10 pop hit “Around the Way Girl,” and the explosive title track, which won LL a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance in 1991.
While his 1993 album 14 Shots to the Dome didn’t make much noise, his 1995 follow-up Mr. Smith brought LL back to double platinum success with the hits “Doin' It,” “Loungin' (Who Do Ya Luv Remix),” and the lead single “Hey Lover” with Boyz II Men, which won LL another Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance in 1996. LL went on to release several albums, including his All World: Greatest Hits collection in 1996.
In 2000, LL titled his album G.O.A.T., proclaiming himself the Greatest Of All Time in the rap game. LL’s braggadocios bravado had him involved in several beefs throughout his career. His first major beef came against Kool Moe Dee, with Moe Dee’s main attack coming from “How Ya Like Me Now” in 1987 and LL responding with “Jack the Ripper.” LL then responded to jabs from Moe Dee, Ice-T and MC Hammer in 1990 on “To Da Break of Dawn.” In 1997, LL had a misunderstanding with Canibus over one of his lines on LL’s “4, 3, 2, 1,” causing Canibus to be removed from the song and LL changing his verse to subliminally diss Canibus. This led to Canibus dissing LL on “Second Round K.O.” and LL responding with “The Ripper Strikes Back.”
LL made his acting debut in the 1985 movie Krush Groove and would later star in several films such as Deep Blue Sea, In Too Deep, and Any Given Sunday among others. From 1995-99, LL starred in his own NBC sitcom, In the House, starred in the CBS drama NCIS: Los Angeles for ten seasons from 2009-19, and he is the host of the karaoke competition Lip Sync Battle. He released his autobiography I Make My Own Rules in 1998, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016, and in 2017, he became the first rapper to be a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors.