It`s tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that`s right on time,
It`s tricky, it`s tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky.
It`s tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that`s right on time,
It`s tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky.

I met this little girlie, her hair was kinda curly,
Went to her house and bust her out, I had to leave real early.
These girls are really sleazy, all they just say is "please me",
Or spend some time and rock a rhyme, I said "It`s not that easy".

It`s tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that`s right on time,
It`s tricky, it`s tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky.
It`s tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that`s right on time,
It`s tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky.

In New York, the people talk and try to make us rhyme,
They really hope but we just walk because we have no time.
And in the city it`s a pity coz we just can`t hide,
Tinted windows don`t mean nothin, they know who`s inside.

It`s tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that`s right on time,
It`s tricky, it`s tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky.
It`s tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that`s right on time,
It`s tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky.

Huh! When I wake up, people take up mostly all of my time,
I`m not singin, phone keep ringin coz I make up a rhyme.
I`m not braggin, people naggin coz they think I`m a star,
Always tearin what I`m wearin, I think they`re goin too far.
girl named Carol follows Daryll every gig we play,
Then dissed her and dismissed her, now she`s jockin Jay.
I ain`t lyin, girls be cryin coz I`m on TV,
They even bother my poor father coz he`s down with me.

It`s tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that`s right on time,
It`s tricky, it`s tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky.
It`s tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that`s right on time,
It`s tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky.

We are not thugs, we don`t use [bad word] but you assume on your own,
They offer coke and lots of dope but we just leave it alone.
It`s like that y`all, y`all, but we don`t quit,
You keep on rock, shock, coz this is it.

Introducing to you,
Jam Master [bad word] DMC, jam Master [bad word] DMC,
Jam Master [bad word] DMC, jam Master [bad word] DMC,
Jam Master [bad word] DMC, jam Master [bad word] DMC,
Jam Master [bad word] DMC.
Jam Master [bad word] DMC, jam Master [bad word] DMC,
Jam Master [bad word] DMC, jam Master [bad word] 

It`s tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that`s right on time,
It`s tricky, it`s tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky.
It`s tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that`s right on time,
It`s tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky.