Ice-T - Intro/Rhyme Pays Lyrics
A child was born in the East one day
Moved to the West coast after his parents passed away
Never understood his fascination with rhymes or beats
In poetry he was considered elite
Became a young gangster in the streets of L.A.
But no matter the job or crime
He never lost his hardcore obsession to rhyme
New York's hip hop movement broke loose
DJ's cut records, raps had the juice
Since busting rhymes was his natural thing
He was crowned the west coast MC king
But after his inauguration there was a rush
Of wack rappers with one intention to crush
This master rapper and take his throne
A simple job,he had no crew, he stood all alone
With raps no mortal MC could survive
But he showed no mercy, he rapped blood thirsty
Battling from Friday on through to Thursday
Never losin a bout, never ending in doubt
Every confrontation K.O. knock out
On his never ending journey to the T.O.P.
The L.A. player M.C. ICE-T
[Verse 1]
Magnificent rhymer, I'm the ill beat designer
If they ask you if I'm def, don't front and say kinda
Merciless, meticulous, so fresh it's ridiculous
I'm raised in the heart of Los A-N-G-E-L-E-S
King word connector, the vocal projector
Your girl tried to jock me, I had to reject her
Always adventurous voice some say is sensuous
Now, I'm on the mic so I think I better mention this
I don't like Gucci, Fila, Louie or Fendi
Those are fads and I ain't trendy
But whether your name's Lucy, Terry, Laura or Cindy
Ice got beef and this ain't Wendy's
Bust a move while I'm talkin'
Sucker rappers I be stalkin'
When they see me on the street with my homeboy walkin'
They slow down, turn around and ask was that Ice?
Then they see me cold countin' my cash
Rhyme pays!!
[Verse 2]
Moves must be busted, girls can't be trusted
I looked at your lady and I was disgusted
Came into the party just to rock the place
And your big zombie lookin' freak still won't get out of my face
I don't mean to diss her, but do you kiss her?
Look at her lips, she got them crazy blisters
Body that smells like the New York mets
Arm pits all nappy packed full of sweat
I hope this something that you never forget
Tie that freak outside next time you come in the set
Because my jams be crazy, packed with all fly ladies
I'm talkin' def girlies and I don't mean maybe
The way I rhyme no one will ever slay me
And I ain't lyin' rhyme do pay me!
Rhyme pays!!
[Verse 3]
I'm notorious, I'm infamous, like a snake I'm venomous
For those who may diss I think you should consider this
I can make a rhyme complicated as a puzzle
Dangerous and as violent as a pit bull in a muzzle
But this record is for radio S-T-E-R-E-O
It not to be banned or for some underground mix show
My hearts in my pen every time I begin
Sometimes my lyrics go crazy and I just can't control em my friend
I try to edit what I'm rappin' about
But I can't write polite my anger just jumps out!!
Perpetrators in the business claim their hard as hell
Talkin' that gangster shit, know'n they're soft as jell-
Oh! I better chill out before I ill out
And my negative potential just might spill out
And then this record won't be gettin played
I'll save that rap for another day
-Rhyme pays-
[Verse 4]
The front stage area goes into hysteria
As I start to rhyme and unleash my criteria
Of what is to come during the beat of the drum
And Evil agitates the records with the use of his thumb
Using his intricate moves, the record stays in the groove
My boy cuts like Jason, it's easy to prove
That Evil E is the great, his cuts are real not fake
Not emulated effects or a play back tape
So suckers witness your fate while Evil demonstrates
I'm bout to get off this mic, E., dog the break - Kick it!
[Verse 5]
Like me if ya want'a, diss me if you're gonna
But my jam will still be kickin' on your neighborhood corner
As my bass is max'n out the V.U.S. on your box
There'll be no doubt within your mind whether this MC do rock
Like granite, I planned it, So you could understand it
If someone's talkin' when I'm rhymin'
Then just say, "Damn shut up!"
While Ice is breakin' the boy don't be fakin'
Maybe they're just jealous of the dollars I'm makin'
But you're down with me. You know god gifted me
Black kids say I'm trech, white kids say I'm nifty
Spell out my name ya go I-C-E T
But right now it's time for Evil E to hit me!
[Verse 6]
Rhyme pays, buys my food every night and day
It pays my rent my bills I guess I'm doin' ok
But when I say rhyme pays, I mean in different ways
Cause rappin' gets a lot of kids out of the streets each day
It makes me feel real nice when someone likes the Ice
Or some young MC asks me for advice
But there will always be rappers who hate Ice T
Maybe I dogged 'em in a battle or just jealousy
Inevitable situation, sucker rapper frustration
I rhyme too tough to bite, too intricate for notation
Syllables jumble, competitors crumble as they witness mic attack
And the microphone rumbles like hurricane
I maim, sometimes I go insane
Step toward my rap and I inflict the pain!
No shame Ice capital T's my name!!
Damn there I go illin' out again!!!!
Rhyme pays
Other Lyrics by Artist
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- Ice-T - The 5th
- Ice-T - It's Goin' Down
- Ice-T - They Want Me Back In
- Ice-T - Inside Of A Gangsta
- Ice-T - Forced To Do Dirt
- Ice-T - Haters
- Ice-T - Cramp Your Style
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- Ice-T - Check Your Game
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Ice-T Intro/Rhyme Pays Comments
ICE T had the dopest bit*h
Triple...
bs viagra !
Classic I listened to this every week going up in Detroit.
He walked away from the rap game but in the late 80's and 90's he was the man no bull shit!!! the Original.
2019 you here?
A Chow did porn on the beach one day..
With a Seagull since the Parrot flew away..
Never understood his fascination
with wings or beaks.
On poor trees he would piss on discrete.
Became a dog gangster with the bitches he'd lay.
Lost connection with his Shitzu's far away.
But no matter Kal Kan or IAMS..
He never lost his hard core bone that tasted like swine.
New Yorkies,and Hippo's broke loose.
Seagulls caught rodents,and ,Rats had that juice.
Since fucking birds was his natural thing.
He was crowned the Wet Coat bird fuckin king.
But since his Doggeration there was a rush .
Of Waggy yappers with one intention to "Ruff".
Underrated to people.
Rated above by God.
What an opening.............. And a few years later there would be a West and East East West so called rival between what is said and what is said back........ HIP HOP DONT BITCH ....SOLVE AFRICA?! xxxxxxxxxxxxx
the master raper ! ice t..... the best!
Hard rap and not one cuss word. No f*$k. No a$$. No motherf#%er. None.
This is still banging in 2019.
I love Ice T 👊👊👊👏👏👏
War Pigs
Perpetrators in the business claim they hard as hell, talk'n that gangsta shit know'n they soft as gel, oh
Rap and Roll
Heavy Metal and HIP HOP.... Just the right amount of each... HAIL ICE T AND BLACK SABBATH!!
NRG-He never lost his hardcore.Sample at 0:35
I remember moving to L.A. in 1987 to live with my older brother. I was 16 years and this was the first tape he bought me. I remember reading all the lyrics inside the liner notes and this was the dopest shit I had headed coming out of the West Coast at that time. Changed my life. Was on some playa shit after I heard this.
man dang you brought back memories about lyrics in the tape cover.
Timeless Classic, too bad as time went on Ice just not what he used to be ,I still enjoy The Classic Ice T
the OG Ice-T Rhyme Pays 💯
dam yes man, yes. It gets no bettah
1986 brought me here
Gave me the chills 😁
this is the shit that I grew up listening to back in the 80's the good old days straight gangsta shit
STILL BUMPIN FROM THE 80'S to 2018!!! AS A MATTER OF FACT ON MY MUFUCKIN B DAY IN 87 B!!! released on July 28, 1987
Summer of 87’. Played this out. 6 months later Nwa came out. Living in LA was the shit back then.
G.O.A.T.!!!!!
Gangsta rap !! ice T
nice facsimilie of tubular bells
I’m listening to this because I’m reading a hip hop book for my writing class and this was one of the songs it mentioned.. This is so different from hip hop music nowadays, it shows how much it’s evolved. The riffs in the background are pretty cool actually... 😌
Rayna Pajares-Held Well, those riffs are from Black Sabbath War Pigs
The word you meant to use was "DEVOLVED"
42nd Degree Music Few's.... !!42. CHINO42 / FTW
STILL BUMPIN IN 2018
One of the dopest intro's ever!
Bad ass! Even a lil drum solo and guitar riff. I mean when do hear drum solos on a rap song? True intervader
But he showed no mercy ...he rapped *BLOOD-THIRSTY !!!*
The most underrated MC in the rap game
The Exorcist Tubular Bells
This here's the Hardest intro ever put on Wax,"HE SHOWED NO MERCY,HE RAPPED BLOOD THIRSTY" DAMN THAT SHITS WICKED.
baby sitting sucks.
I'm a white boi in the Midwest that grew up with this shit during high school in the late 80's and this has SUPREME NOSTALGIA VALUE for me.
I LOVE IT!
Oh yeah, I remember this shit, I was 17, from the D thinkin danm this shit toooo hard, the L.A player Ice T. Wow
Ice T MURDERED Rhymes Pays.
Schoolly D was first but Ice-T(not lemonade) is a legend in his own right...my first gangsta album. With hiphop roots.
YO, this shit goes hard. My man is killing those drums. Classic Ice talking shit.
west coast L L cool j
Arthur Griffeth That's part of why they used to have beef years ago
he had so many bars on this song
Ice T Predates Schoolly D. 1983 he was writing rhymes with Grandmaster Melle Mell and in 1984, he's actually rappin' hard with Evil E in the Movie "BREAKIN"
Jason Darrough I saw that.i loved the noise of the rap beats.
SCHOOLY D 1985 PSK "WHAT DOES IT MEAN" CHECK YOUR FACTS EVEN ICE T ADMITTED IT HIMSELF.
Ice T actually had a underground mix tape entitled "Dogging The Wax" prior to School D's PSK. However, Schooly D is due some props for being a pioneer.
Bushido-Kai Martial Arts Ice t wasn't gangsta rap at that time,he changed his style because of schooly d.
Ice T started this gangsta shit!!!!! That's a fact!!!!! Before NWA.
They both came out around the same time...N.W.A. and the Posse came out in 1986 (had the first version of Boyz in the Hood on it, also the reason why Ice Cube says "I started this gangsta shit in '86" on the Scarface song "Hand of the Dead Body"), ICE-T rhyme pays came out in 1986 as well, honorable mention Too-Short born to mack came out in the same timeframe, not gangster per se but definitely street.
John Hancock I agree.. NWA and the Posse was out that same year. Eazy did say 6 n the morning inspired boyz in the hood though which in turn was inspired by PSK by Schoolly D. Not to mention BDP's part early on. Just ice too. That kind of year
Rodney Johnson before nwa eazy came out solo..
NWA and the posse came out in 87 the same year rhyme pays came out.
coolassclay nwa 86 Ice T 82
Rhyme pays ... Even title is a master piece
its corney and dope all in one.
thats funny that its ice t trying a different voice. haha
Old School HipHop Rules!!!!
its marshall mathers .. oh my GOD !!!
this record is still so fuckin dope!
cant front on ice.... this shit is still hard as shit!!!
In the battle if you never listen to this intro and got the message, you didn't win too many battles! Dude MCeed on two coasts and killed it, but this intro has always been dope and the way the title jam comes on is just too classic! Peace!
The Real Boss Of Gangster Rap ((((BOOM))))
Came thru to show respect to the OG Ice T. This was my first gangsta rap album (cassette). I still know all the words to rhyme pays. One of my top 5 songs of all time. they sampled war pigs by black sabbath on this track. Ice T. Evil E. Africa Islam. The SYNDICATE. Much Respect
Nobody can tell a story like Ice mutha fuckin T!
So fucking awesome...even till today i listen to Ice's first Album ....the LA playser MC Ice-T
Ice T graduated from Crenshaw High. Also LL's Bigger and Deffer was produced by some L.A. cats. The L.A. Posse. Most people don't know that.
i do. Ice hung with the 60's and one in particular was my older cousin and they had a mutual homie named baby Rod who was mudered at the intersect of florence and crenshaw back in the day.
Yeah the homie DJ BobCat
A lot rappers created there style and got a lot from this man that they put into todays music he was the 1st rapper to even rap on the deep 808 bass heavy drums that are still used today in todays trap music.
Too Short?
2 Live Crew?
"A child was born in the East one day ... Assassins came in groups of 1 through 5" <0> BEST EVER
ULTRA EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rhyme still Pays ..
Str8 classic. Check my Facebook page for more old school vibes. Hip-Hop back in the day. Peace
Yeah, "Rhyme Pays" is a Black Sabbath sample. Read his book..."The Ice Opinion". He likes Sabbath. I don't know who was first...but, Ice & LL sound very similar. Who cares...both are great!
+Ray Baby yup Ice t is a zulu king from bambatta himself. Ice BEEN around since the beginning. These youngstas dont get this fact. Its amazing he has remained relevant for 40 years. true pioneer
Christopher Parrett ice t was spitting bars in high school in the 70s
its the war pigs/walpurgis sample
Noooooo!
Old school
The guitar riff sample is from Black Sabbath's song entitled War Pigs.
Ice T vs the Bestie Boys !!
Part of the genius to ol skool rap.
Is that Ice-T ?? That's my Nigga right there !!
NGA please
Damn I didn't know that. You learn something new everyday
True That.. True That.
Holy shit, the sample is War Pigs of Black Sabbath !!!!!
yes...and here he explains why : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiitaegUUbo
Also 6 N The Mornin'
nah man real hip hop just went back were it started, underground.
The realest and rawest album ever written.
Mr. Akki The Targeted. Word its straight lace with no cut!☝️☝️
best ice t album cd or record..prime time...rap sucks now.
mhh what is about 6 in the morning ^^
bow down
mine did .. and i knew when the knot i made to tie it together was gonna make the player eat the tape ..lol
Man Africa Bambaataa really is the truth on these beats!!!!!1
Afrika Islam.
this man made the eminem`s future///////
Ham Mathers ummmm no. Wrong Ice
Someone talking when I'm rhyming then just say 'Damn, Shut Up!'
Back when scratching wasn`t placed way in the back of the mix. That shit`s BLASTIN`!
this is one of my favorites
I have this joint on vinyl
1 PERSON IS A SOULESS KID JOCK RIDER
Great intro to great album.
War Pigs
Nice Black Sabbath sample.
@FranticLes
Ice did grow up in Northern NJ, you can hear a lot of NY metro influence in his rhyme style, but he (use to ) dance and dj like a he was from LA.
"Make it Funky" sounds like it could be a track on LL's Bigger and Deffer.
what a nice black hoe in the car
@boazandjiacinth I'm glad you appreciate my comment, unlike most youtube people I wasn't trying to be clever or claim to have a better understanding of music than anyone else, but honestly telling people what this particular piece of music meant to me. It comes from an era when a particular sound and type of music was evolving and forming, and maybe that is why it seems to fuse so many sounds together. What is important is it still rocks to this very day, and I suppose that's all that counts!