EPMD - Knick Knack Patty Wack Lyrics






[Erick Sermon:]
Yo, and special guests on my show
Is the K

[K-Solo:]
To the S to the O-L-O

[Parrish Smith:]
And me, the capital D, the O to C
The a.k.a., the P the M the D

[Erick Sermon:]
And me, the E to the D to the O
To the you to the B to the L to the E

[K-Solo:]
It's time P

[Parrish Smith:]
To rip the M the I to C

[Erick Sermon:]
So knick knack paddy wack give a dog a bone
K-Solo (yo) I pass P the microphone

[Parrish Smith:]
Nah black (why P?) to each his own
So knick knack paddy wack give the dog a bone
Aiyyo, I pass E the microphone

[Erick Sermon:]
It's me, yes the MC Grand Royal
Who loves rappin', and to it I stay loyal
I can't tell, you ain't caught up in my spell
You dwell on the other crab MC's that fell
Apart from the start, that didn't know the art
Of rappin', to keep the people's hands clappin
But it's me, I know the way it should be
The flow slow, like me and PMD
And that black, will make you real fat
A real swinger, and a real cool cat
Like a jazz player, or someone on the accordion
Producing crazy hits like, if I was Barry Gordy
Here's a tip, to show you how to rip
A crab in half, and watch his posse flip
So me, the E, I come equipped
Heavy ammunition, so I don't have to dip
So listen, to this funky fresh lesson
The way I drop it, and the way that I was flexin
So knick knack paddy wack give a dog a bone
PMD (yo) I pass Solo the microphone

[K-Solo:]
Yo I pass (why Solo?) to each his own
Yo knick knack paddy wack give a dog a bone
Yo, I pass P the microphone

[Parrish Smith:]
As I take the stage, with the fresh dipped gear
I start to show off, with throw your hands in the air
Because the older I get, the harder I kick
Usin' my rap-fu style from a rap-fu flick
Of my Bic oh shit another MC's lit
Like a Jack-o-Lantern, on the Halloween tip
Cause as the bass thumps, [?] meters peaks
All pens and pads are drawn, as the teacher speaks
Because a naughty rapper, tried to steal the flow
But the buck stops here, 'cause I'ma let you know
No swingin', or knuckles, strictly ammo
Cause as I dust bust, crush, and then rush
A sucker new jack, with no if's and's or but's
You roll with the good times, we like to roll with Rush
I drive a 'Ratti (I drives a Benz) you ride the bus
So get out the mustard crab, because it's time to catch-up
And in the act of war, P refuse to let up
On a gonna-be, wanna-be, soon-to-be, whatever's clever
In any type of weather, cause two birds of a feather
Always flock together
So knick knack paddy wack give the dog a bone
K-Solo, I pass E the microphone

[Erick Sermon:]
I pass (why E? To each his own)
So knick knack paddy wack give a dog a bone
Aiyyo, I pass Solo the microphone

[K-Solo:]
Yo, my style's aggressive, like a pit bull terrier
Harder it sounds on wax, the more the merrier
Maestro though, releases beats for me
So I can rig up a hit and get paid easily
People, gather round listen to flow
Yo, so I can prove, that I'm the true Solo
Too many suckers, have bit my name in vain
Punk rappers thought I was sleepin', but Solo came
To so many places, other rappers faces
That called theirself Solo, I made 'em erase it
I'm Solo, no name lender or pretender
Yo, I am the Solo the on-ly solo contender
Duck MC's, grab my name and bit it boldly
Put it behind they name and ate this up like ravioli
I heard on Kiss, with Red Alert and Chuck
A rapper said he went Solo, I said, "What the fuck??!"
My man came over, and said, "Yo, I thought we heard you"
Joke's on you you heard a bitin ass crew
They bit my name, I want it back, and it's a fact
Yo PMD tell 'em (damn you shouldn'ta did that)
Now for the record, what do I stand for
One lonely rapper on the stage, who gets one, single applause
Give me a break my brother
My name stands for Kevin Self, Organization Left Others
My name's no game for those who claim to use my name
In vain cause their name sounds plain
I remain the same, my flow of style won't change yo
The name of the game is for the real Solo to explain
I don't know was where you ran or came
I know your vein I hate your name
You're ashamed, playin' the game that drove you insane
That walk around puddles, snow and the rain
With a cane, nothin' to gain but shame
And my momentum of the fast flow of rhyme'll get 'em tamed
The pain of no fame, no title again, nobody but the real
K-S-O-L-O to blame
When I S-P-E, L-L, very W-E, L-L
People all out there can T-E-L-L
Rhymes that I got, or write will S-E-L-L
For those who don't believe me, can go to H-E-L-L
I'm from C-I, L-I, F-L-Y
Like a B-R-I-D, in the S-K-Y
Don't even T-O-Y to be dat's why
L-I-N-E's belong to M-I-N-E
I'm makin' veche, some rappers imitate
Yo fuck it, Solo here's to make parties sway
People, I won't take any kind of losses
Battlin rappers grabbin the mic and usin' resources
Like household utensils, kitchen appliances...





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  1. J.... D....

    Solo was kicking part of " Will the real solo stand up". "Tell the world my name " the album ,was classic!

  2. C.... H....

    California Love got this beat from EPMD

  3. G.... X....

    K solo said like a b-r-I-d in the s-k-y.😭😭😭

  4. Z.... ....

    its ANT V

  5. w.... ....

    a real swinger and a real cool cat

  6. K.... M....

    You can put K-Solo's verse among the best

  7. A.... ....

    The joys of hearing the debut of the guest appearance MC, and topped everybody else. Solo was that nugga!!

    But that one part, he failed the spelling bee, "like a B-R-I-D in the S-K-Y!!" 😂😂😂I'm joking, but he still ripped it.

  8. H.... ....

    So DRE sampled this or they sampled DRE?

    H.... ....

    They sampled Ultramagnetic MC's, who sampled Joe Cocker. Nice & Smooth sampled this after EPMD, then Dre & Pac sampled after Nice & Smooth.

    H.... ....

    stoled it is more like it

  9. G.... P....

    I never knew that this is where they got the music for "California Love"!!!! Wow!! ..Dre and Tupac stole this beat from EPMD!!

    G.... P....

    The original artist who made thus song is Joe Cocker "woman to woman" in 1972! I was a kid jamming to it. He wrote it! He is the original!

  10. T.... h....

    As i take the stage with the fresh up gear.. I start to show off.... My big gold shit... As the teacher speaks... No if ands or butts.... In the act of war P refuse to let up..... P was barking.... They sleeping

  11. F.... T....

    Mumble rappers class is in session lesson #1 blank blank blank blank blank get it!

  12. t.... t....

    so nurse dre stoled this instrumental background huh for overly used song California love

  13. R.... M....

    K solo commin hard

  14. L.... H....

    K solo best black out verse of all time

  15. H.... Z....

    Looking back I feel the same way. They should have let K Solo go until he finished his rhyme.

  16. L.... B....

    I was 16 when this came out 89

  17. D.... G....

    Tommy Davidson got me here. All the interviews he has done he never mentioned hjs Rap history knowledge. I thought Dre made a dope original beat when all along he was paying a tribute to these brothers

  18. G.... P....

    Pac always loved the east coast, he knew biggie did nothing he just saw gwuap (money) I do t blame Jim shiet, but bitch ass Diddy had B.I.G. and Pac GOT!!! Fuck gay ass Diddy. !!!!!! Word up it's all facts

  19. M.... D....

    Who still listen to this in 2018

    M.... D....

    2019 also and beyond

  20. w.... _....

    They stole this from Tupac.

    w.... _....

    lls... tupac wasnt heard of yet...facts

    w.... _....

    wavy9 _ this was our wayy before pac dropped california love

    w.... _....

    Dre and Tupac stoled this from EPMD via Joe cocker

  21. M.... C....

    Classic hip hop. Loving it all day.

  22. g.... ....

    Joe Cocker brought me here!

  23. l.... l....

    california love haha

  24. M.... B....

    Kool G Rap checked K Solo for bitting his style of the Symphony

  25. b.... c....

    sway in the morning and tommy davidson brought me here 6/14/2018..on another note, i had no idea this was a sample i thought this was a dre and pac original

    b.... c....

    It's older than that, it's actually from a song called "Woman To Woman" by Joe Cocker which is where this beat was taken from.

  26. D.... ....

    LEGENDARY.

  27. w.... ....

    Sway and Tommy Davidson brought me here

    w.... ....

    williest1 Exactly!

  28. C.... ....

    One of them sounds like Mf Doom

  29. K.... S....

    Damn Yo K-Solo Murk that shit

  30. R.... M....

    Tommy Davidson got me here!

    R.... M....

    @XCLent0 lol yeah that is rediculous

    R.... M....

    Theme music. This is how I am walking into places with this playing. Man I might even have someone playing the acordian. The next song has got to be something from Rakim, then DMX, then Raw. What? It's a long hallway.

    R.... M....

    @Hakim Ziyad- Bey *_*ridiculous_*

    R.... M....

    im surprised California love didnt send you here lol

    R.... M....

    Me too !!!!

  31. G.... H....

    to each his one

    G.... H....

    It's _ "to each's own"_* 😂

  32. C.... M....

    Classic

  33. C.... B....

    What up to my dawg ksolo . Orlando FL ain't no joke baby.

  34. x.... ....

    Solo's bars sounds like he could keep flowing for another 30 mins

    x.... ....

    He could have. That's why they cut the track off on him!

    x.... ....

    xodus1914 ... yep just like a “B-R-I-D” in the s-k-y. 😂

  35. L.... B....

    Classic hip hop here!

  36. t.... ....

    My name stands for: Kevin's Self Organization Left Other's!

    t.... ....

    *_*Others_*

  37. c.... ....

    My styles aggressive like a pitbull terrier....

  38. C.... Z....

    K-solo destroyed this track at the end!!! Original letterman!!!

    C.... Z....

    Carlo Zurlino loll X Orignal Spellbound

  39. D.... G....

    EPMD - Knick Knack Patty Wack

  40. D.... G....

    EPMD - Knick Knack Patty Wack 1989

  41. J.... L....

    Refreshing ! Real Hip Hop ! Not this crap mumble rap ! Mofos sound like they stacked a bunch of coks in thier mouths trying to rap nowadays ! True Hip Hop rule BX baby !

    J.... L....

    Jorge, Word! you better say that! Bx stand tf up homie!

  42. C.... M....

    Real Hip Hop

  43. c.... ....

    The back and forth was classic hip hop.... A lost art since we don't have groups anymore.

  44. T.... H....

    K Solo must've been influenced by LL. He sounds a lot like him here.

    T.... H....

    Raphael Nelson loll His Flow And Tha way He Structure His Barz Too

  45. j.... j....

    K-Solo: Yo A B C D E F G, H I J K and L M N O P!

  46. A.... C....

    California ...this is original beat of Dre and 2pac

    A.... C....

    Ultramagnetic MC’s rhymed over this sample first

    A.... C....

    This came out before California Love

    A.... C....

    Epmd used this sample twice. On the first album. Strictly Business

    A.... C....

    Antonio Condjo lmao....hope you're kidding

    A.... C....

    stolen by Dre and Tupac

  47. B.... R....

    4:36 B-R-I-D? LOL

    B.... R....

    on 'Rockin For My Hometown' he starts that with the exact same lines except he spells EXACTLY what says...B-I-R-D!

    B.... R....

    walter kibbs _ Ummm... yeah he did say B R I D.
    I noticed it way back when it came out. I laughed!!
    He messed up... studio time was too expensive to re-record. So they left it.

  48. B.... R....

    'Woman To Woman' by Joe Cocker and the Chris Stainton Band ('72)

  49. D.... B....

    EPMD pitched Solo a bone and he buried IT! ....MY GOODNESS!!! This is STILL DOPE till this very day!!!

  50. R.... W....

    Another rapper said he was Solo I said what the Fuck classic line nobody fucking with his intro to Hip Hop

    R.... W....

    Ricky White word. That was an ill ass line.

    R.... W....

    Ricky White 👍

    R.... W....

    Too bad he stole it from DMX

  51. R.... H....

    they copied dre"s California love beat

    R.... H....

    Rick Harding bro, I don't know you're age, but this was first...!!!! chk your hip hop history

    R.... H....

    They are right sir. This joint did drop a good number of years before California Love.

    R.... H....

    T. Quest Ultramagnetic use this first for Funky

    R.... H....

    Cox Official 1995!

    R.... H....

    what meth are you using this was out in 89
    before that Joe cocker 👩 to 👩 in 72 .
    Dre stoled it

  52. K.... A....

    K Solo ripped it

    K.... A....

    def the illest verse on this whole song. His flow was ahead of its time.

    K.... A....

    Kurt Adams ... listen close... on k-solo's verse. He misspells 'bird'. He goes, "Like a b-r-i-d in the s-k-y."

    😂&😢 at the same time.

    K.... A....

    mc4christ Lol I hear you

    K.... A....

    @mc4christ ... I caught that when I was a kid too..  Also the part where he's like "Don't even T.R.Y. to be dance Y...  L.I.N.Es belong to M.I.N.E".....Grammatically he's all over the place but it sounds good tho.

    K.... A....

    Fkin solo..!shesshhhh

  53. C.... J....

    Eric Sherman bodied this track(crazy ill lyrics)

    C.... J....

    E Double....nah worst verse by far on this, K Solo shined on this, his first time on wax. Parrish waaaaaay better than E on every song ever! Hardcore-Battle Rhymes every album and PMD Great Solo Shit too!

    C.... J....

    Barium Brad E Dub had the ill slow flow that nobody was on @ that time. His style was funky.

    C.... J....

    BARIUM BRAD FACTS

    C.... J....

    He did. They all bodied this track.

    C.... J....

    How you going to have a lisp and still rock out on the mic and have a one of the best classic songs ever you can't say that he was better than anybody they was all good the only and that's what I like about hip hop back then it was different and everybody did their own thing they wasn't trying to be the same.

  54. H.... ....

    classic k solo killed it

    H.... ....

    walter kibbs nooooo he did spelled it wrong...When I S-P-E, L-L, very W-E, L-L
    People all out there can T-E-L-L
    Rhymes that I got, or write will S-E-L-L
    For those who don't believe me, can go to H-E-L-L
    I'm from C-I, L-I, F-L-Y
    Like a B-R-I-D in the S-K-Y.

    H.... ....

    real niccaz felt dat!!! that was the shit!!!!

    H.... ....

    @SocialMediaCensor na that's the slow flow it's laid back casual because they at this point are OG's and they are bringing out the youngin. That's what you call letting him shine.

    H.... ....

    He did spell brid. Lol that's the way it is spelled from now on. Creative license. I tell you at that point we heard it on the radio during the only few hours they played rap. We were so glad to something so hot. I probably heard this a thousand times. To break down all the mistakes now but back then that was the first time someone spelled in they're rhyme like that.

    H.... ....

    So DOPE we never paid the mispelling any attention.

  55. L.... R....

    One in a long list of cuts during the '80s that put LI at the front of hip hop

  56. R.... L....

    DAMN...!!! K-SOLO KICKED EPMD'S ASS ON THEIR OWN TRACK...!!!

    R.... L....

    Roye Love It wasn't a battle, but Black Thought stole a line from K-Solo.

    R.... L....

    Roye Love solo was suppose to..ir was solo debut.and epmd let him shine....classic shit

    R.... L....

    With DMX Style 😏

    R.... L....

    @slum heem155 exactly!!!

  57. k.... ....

    The official introduction of K-SOLO ... his 2 albums have some nice tracks. Letterman and your moms in my business comes to mind quickly. If you need that hardcore from KSOLO check out Premonition Of A Black Prisoner.

    k.... ....

    "Fugitive" & "Tales From The Crack Side" were my favorite joints. They had the batteries in my Walkman wear out all summer long, bruh!!

    k.... ....

    Can't hold me back was the shit

  58. L.... F....

    cali love fuck ny

    L.... F....

    +Lee Furman sounds like california love right

    L.... F....

    Lee Furman Stop choosing sides man that's the reason why Pac & Big died cuz of that bullshit coast vs. coast beef

  59. M.... M....

    Where's my backstage pass?  You promised?

  60. U.... ....

    give a dog a bone !!!

  61. M.... M....

    I live in the Hague, looking forward to your visit!  To the Oh and The Eye and paddy whack!  I'm not giving my dog a bone tonight at least  he has been bad!

  62. L.... D....

    Classic

  63. s.... ....

    epmd means the world to me :)

  64. L.... W....

    Joe cocker is the original woman to woman , they didn't sample back in 72:) Joe is from my city in Sheffield and my dad knew him in the 60s when he was getting known before breaking America and the world ... But today is a sad day , he passed away at 70 years old from lung cancer . R.I.p

    L.... W....

    Spread knowledge Liam.......to the uninformed....

    L.... W....

    Sad. So many producers sampled this song. Of the top of my head Ultra Magnetic MC's - Funky.

    L.... W....

    RIP Joe Cocker

    L.... W....

    With most cats 'California Love' comes to mind first. But I'm like you....I remember UltraMag....and EPMD - SALUTE !!!

    L.... W....

    and Dr Dre stoled the instrumental background for the song California love

  65. p.... g....

    Dopeness

  66. s.... ....

    stay in school kids

  67. G.... W....

    Back in 89

  68. T.... h....

    E & P ripped it too....K solo got off too but the Legends got it in too.....Hit Squad all day

  69. k.... ....

    Had this beat! This is the sample from Joe Cocker's original song! The original shit!

  70. V.... m....

    Kevin , self organization , left others, lmao

  71. R.... ....

    Killer track, could've used spell check though.

  72. C.... M....

    California no time to party

  73. T.... ....

    Absolutely.

  74. t.... ....

    Na a guy called Joe Cocker had this beat in the early 70s for his song Woman to Woman.

  75. s.... ....

    this beat were originaly created by ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S in the year 1985 the track is called funky and u can find it in the 12" funky and a remixed version in their debut album critical beatdown ... this album set foundations... there are a lot more samples that u can find in popular groups songs , all from this album (2pac, public enemy, prodigy and a lot more). kool keith and ced gee the best of their time hands down !!

    s.... ....

    Classic  EPMD at best K SOLO dope back then my favorite track still rock on 2018

    s.... ....

    Woman to woman by Joe cocker originally.

  76. M.... J....

    I know right ? Same here

  77. 7.... ....

    And I thought Dre created this beat, ain't that something.

  78. P.... P....

    LMAO... #Classic

  79. P.... P....

    This was the Debut of KSOLO... he ripped this shit

  80. P.... P....

    Woman to Woman... This is his beat

  81. W.... S....

    Actually, Joe Cocker released a song with this beat in 1972.

    W.... S....

    Wayne Smail it was his song duh

    W.... S....

    only for Dre to steal it to make millions of dollars

    W.... S....

    @terry tyler Dr. Dre didn't steal it. He sampled it.

    W.... S....

    Virgil George he stoled it not sampled it

  82. B.... E....

    i just realized solo spelled bird wrong at the end. lol. even so, still the dopest verse on one tight ass track

  83. S.... P....

    k solo ripped this beat

  84. s.... b....

    dre ripped this off, this was let out it 1989 and dre produced California love in 1995

    s.... b....

    Nope this is an old sample.

    s.... b....

    Damn yo I never thought of tha

    s.... b....

    @moomoo hakim epmd used it first is the point, most east coast old heads knew this

  85. c.... ....

    Amazing still to this day,no one can ever do slow flow again,sum say 50,cent compare but I disagree

  86. S.... ....

    One person is a punk rapper crab.

  87. t.... ....

    SOLO COMES OFF ON THIS TRAX .....

  88. b.... ....

    still ill

  89. G.... ....

    du bon sa man