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Jack The Ripper

By LL Cool J · Targeting Kool Moe Dee

Jack The Ripper is a diss track by LL Cool J targeting Kool Moe Dee. The record belongs to LL Cool J's late-1980s and early-1990s exchanges with Kool Moe Dee and other veteran rivals.

Released1988

Annotated1

ExplicitYes

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Lyrics & breakdown

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[Verse 1]
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Milky, and I'm back
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My ace in the whole was this brand-new track
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I'ma slow it up and speed it up and now you're gonna eat it up
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Listen to the funky beat, my tongue is gonna beat it up
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I did it, but the devil didn't make me
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I did it for the suckers who tried to shake and bake me
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Proving a point that I'm the serious joint
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You can roll me up and puff me, and then I'll anoint
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Your head with oil, lots of oil
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Make it run like water, watch it boil
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'Cause I made 'em play it, made 'em say it
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Made 'em okay it, made 'em obey it, huh!
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Prince of the growl is on the prowl
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How Ya Like Me Now, punk? You're living foul
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Here's what my game is, kill is what my aim is
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A washed-up rapper needs a wash-up, my name is
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[Refrain]
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Jack the Ripper
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Jack-Jack-Jack the Ripper
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Jack-Jack, Jack-Jack, Jack-Jack-Jack the Ripper (King Hercules)
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[Verse 2]
Multi-line diss block
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Back for the payback, I must say that
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I heard your new jam, I don't play that
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It ain't loud, punk, it ain't hittin'
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This year, you tried, next year, you're quittin'
Block noteForces the dispute into a direct contest
TargetKool Moe Dee
MeaningWhat it means: In “This year, you tried, next year, you're quittin',” LL Cool J addresses Kool Moe Dee as an opponent who must prove the claims being made rather than rely on reputation. Why it was said: The record belongs to LL Cool J's late-1980s and early-1990s exchanges with Kool Moe Dee and other veteran rivals. The challenge narrows the argument to performance under pressure, where refusing or failing to answer can itself be presented as a loss for Kool Moe Dee.
ContextThe record belongs to LL Cool J's late-1980s and early-1990s exchanges with Kool Moe Dee and other veteran rivals.
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Last year, you thought I was dying out
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But again and again and again, without a doubt
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It's the gangster boogie, the earthquake sound
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Pump it up and play it so they hear it all around
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I do it up rough, tough, I don't bluff
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And this an example of funky stuff
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When you wanna make hits, you make 'em like this
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They ain't like this, they don't hit, they miss
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It's a strong record, a record for the strong
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For those who appreciate real rap songs
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Listen how I won't allow myself to go off track
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Stay back, I got the power, I'm
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[Refrain]
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Jack the Ripper
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Jack-Jack-Jack the Ripper
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Jack-Jack, Jack-Jack, Jack-Jack-Jack the Ripper (King Hercules)
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[Verse 3]
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Jack the Ripper, a man, not a myth
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A.K.A. James Todd Smith
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Hard like penitentiary steel
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Breaking necks while I flex my sex appeal
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Homegirls in the house, come on
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Homegirls in the house, give it up
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You gotta want to get hot-a
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Movin' and groovin' and always improvin' a lot-a
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People don't know how nice I am
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He was sleeping, so now I gotta slice my man
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Like ham in a pan, wrap him up in Saran
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Kidnap him and slap him up inside of a van
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While you're doing your dance, I want you to make moves
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No one out there thought you could do
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If you know my name and my game and what I'm here to do
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Party people, let me see if you could dance to
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[Refrain]
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Jack the Ripper
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Jack-Jack-Jack the Ripper
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Jack-Jack, Jack-Jack, Jack-Jack-Jack the Ripper (King Hercules)
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[Bridge]
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Break it down! (Hard rock, hard rock)
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Break it down! (Hard rock, hard ro-rock)
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Break it down! (Hard rock, hard ro-rock, hard rock-rock-rock-rock j-jam, hip-hop!)
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Yo, Bob, show that old school sucker-punk what real hip-hop is, boy
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(Hip-hip, hip-hip, hip-hip, hip)
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Uh, uh, uh (Hip-hop)
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[Verse 4]
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How Ya Like Me Now?
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I'm gettin' busier
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I'm double-platinum, I'm watchin' you get dizzier
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Check out the way I say my, display my fame, my
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'J' on the back, behind the 'cool,' without the A-Y
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I love to ride the groove because the groove is smooth
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It makes me move, and I'll improve
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As it goes, as it flows on
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When you see me, don't ask me if the show's on
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How that sound? Don't come around
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Playin' me close, Brown
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Pull on my jock, to be down
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You need to stay down, way down, because you're low-down
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Do that dance, the prince of rap is gonna throw down
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Aiming to please while I'm killin' emcees
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I'ma keep on hittin' you with rough LPs
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Day after day after day
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You're smacked in the face by the bass of Cool J, I'm—
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[Bridge]
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The crowd is— the crowd is—
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The crowd is— the crowd is—
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The crowd is rockin' their head (Wow)
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The crowd is— the crowd is—
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The crowd is— the crowd is—
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The crowd is rock-rock-rockin' their head (What?)
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The crowd is— the crowd is—
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The crowd is rock-rock-rockin'— (Cool)
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Jack the Ripper, the baddest around!
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[Verse 5]
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I'ma feast on the microphone, The Night Stalker
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A killing machine, a savage street-talker
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Jason with a axe, but I put it on wax
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To eradicate the suckers who thought I had relaxed
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The prince of hip-hop, straight from Queens
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Kickin' it mean, keepin' it clean
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And you've never seen anybody rock the party
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All you funky-beat-aholics, this beat's Bacardi
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I go to the show and terrorize emcees, don't you know?
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Movin' my hand like I'm playin' the piano
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Don't touch the dial, don't change the channel
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Don't let me hear you say I ain't debonair
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I'm better than any emcee out there
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As a matter of fact, suckers can't compare
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When I'm rockin' the mic, people stop and stare