Noble Art
IAM Lyrics

Ladies and gents it's pandemonium
Attention everyone, there is chaos and disorder

Brick Napoleon
A powerful and dominant figure from the Bricks neighborhood

Doc and Meth all in your girl fallopian
Both Method Man and Redman are intimately involved with your girl

Fuck you up like a double stack Pokemon
We will defeat and destroy you easily, just like in a Pokemon battle

Pikachu you're a puss
You are weak and pathetic, just like Pikachu

(Doc Load me in)
(Load me in, Doc) - Method Man is requesting Doc to bring him into the song

I'm from the Bricks where the real car thieves
I come from the Bricks neighborhood, known for its skilled car thieves

Rock this funky joint like PRT
We will perform and enjoy this funky song like the group PRT (Paris Rap Underground)

Tricks up my sleeve, just gimme an hour
I have secret plans and strategies, just give me some time

I bang two women on the Eiffel Tower
I have sexual encounters with two women on the Eiffel Tower

Mes dits saignent, y a tempête, voici un son d'compéte
My fingers bleed, there's a storm, here's a competitive sound

Pour l'occas', kho, on ramène sur la poudrière l'allumette
For the occasion, dude, we bring the match to the powder keg

Celle qui régénère, la base, et les crimes qu'on n'a pu commettre
The one that regenerates, the foundation, and the crimes we couldn't commit

Sur disque pour la peine v'l'a cinq comètes
On record, as a tribute, here are five comets

D'entrée le team occupe le ring comme Ali
From the beginning, the team takes control of the ring like Muhammad Ali

Déjà ça palit sentant le péril proche
Already pale, sensing the imminent danger

Le coeur kaki la plume façon coup de pioche phalange active
The heart is greenish-brown, the pen like a pickaxe hits with active force

Place la droite en sortie de rotative, ressent la force vive
Throw the right punch like a rotary press, feel the strong force

L'énergie de ce son où on sévit à vie
The energy of this sound where we thrive forever

C'est le chant que nos tripes entonnent
It's the song that resonates in our guts

Comme un choc électrique
Like an electric shock

Chaque phrase touche égotrip ou métaphorique
Each phrase touches on egotrip or metaphoric themes

Blast les blasés sur actif puissant submersible
Blast those bored by powerful and submersible activeness

Vise l'esprit fier irascible, IAM irréductible
Aim for the proud and irascible spirit, IAM is unyielding

Dès le départ, faut que tu comprennes
From the start, you need to understand

Understand that Redman got a gun and when I cock it back fire (IAM somebody)
Realize that Redman possesses a gun and when he pulls the trigger, it will shoot (IAM somebody)

Roll up or we can throw up drinks until we throw up
We can either roll up (smoke marijuana) or drink until we vomit

Ay yo right off the back I want to y all to know
Hey, right from the start, I want all of you to know

Que c't'équipe secoue les têtes, y a le fire dans le show (IAM somebody)
That this team shakes heads, there's fire in the show (IAM somebody)

Sens l'atmosphère, la haute sphère, la sale rime kho
Feel the atmosphere, the high realm, the dirty rhyme, bro

Yo the bigger they are the harder they fall
The bigger they are, the more difficult their downfall

I got toe corns and love songs harder than y all
I have foot problems and love songs that are tougher than yours

I don't fear nothing at all
I'm not afraid of anything

Fronting at all
No pretending at all

I even got female cops busting my balls
Even female police officers give me a hard time

Don't mess with my Meth, my disc in the deck
Don't mess with Method Man or my music playing in the car stereo

Is like a clip in the tech, your risking your neck
It's as dangerous as loading a clip in a gun, you're putting your life at risk

If your fixin' to flex
If you're planning to show off or challenge me

Come with your vest, or don't come
Come prepared with body armor, or don't come at all

Name the track I don't run
Name a song, and I won't back down from it

J'débarque sec à la 'Starsky'
I arrive abruptly like in the TV show 'Starsky & Hutch'

C'est la querre
It's war

Massive, t'sais que c'est parti, esprit de panthère
Massive, you know it's starting, spirit of a panther

Siège dans mes dits d'artiste, sans comédie ni médire
Resides in my artistic words, without comedy or badmouthing

J'connais c'biz estampillé, mec averti qui médite
I know this stamped industry, a knowledgeable guy who meditates

Tu reconnais le son tu veux ta part, n'essaie même
If you recognize the sound and want your share, don't even try

Pas on sort cru jusqu'au sang surpuissant
No, we come out raw and powerful to the point of bloodshed

Faut que tu sentes l'aisance rimes et assonance
You need to feel the ease of the rhymes and assonance

Fais l'effort capte le sens des textes à l'essence
Make the effort to grasp the meaning of the lyrics' essence

Le crew frappe grave dès sa naissance
The crew hits hard right from its beginning

Mets tes mitaines, tes mythes aiment
Put on your gloves, your myths love

Quand t'imites pas, limite pas man
When you don't imitate, don't limit yourself, man

Chacun son combat ici l'beat mène
Everyone has their own battle, here the beat takes the lead

Donc v'la, on s'amène et les cous' crient amen
So here we come, and the listeners cheer

Allez sonner l'gong, qu'on sert les gamelles
Go ring the gong, so the food can be served

V'la du noble art, nos bars, nos pars, briseur d'bobards
Here is the noble art, our bars, our parts, breaker of lies

Sur sol fixe et loin du gotha
On solid ground, far from the elite

Sur, son élevé aux pères Labat, créé pour abattre
Sure, raised on Labat fathers, created to tear down

Chaque mesure qui s'présente, même si on doit m'abattre
Every measure that comes, even if they have to kill me

I'm an animal a real wise guy
I'm a wild creature, a genuine clever person

I don't talk, I let my boom bye bye
I don't talk, I let my actions speak for me

I shut down the club then I hit the Ave
I close down the club then I go to the Avenue

Doctor, fix a ho like fix a flat
Doctor, I can fix a promiscuous woman like fixing a flat tire

They yellin' out 'He ain't shit'
They're shouting 'He's not worth anything'

Believe that when I act like my weed ain't lit
Believe that when I act like I'm not high on marijuana

Def Jam Vendetta, JMJ forever
Def Jam Vendetta, Jam Master Jay forever

Rock an umbrella when I spit
Protect yourself when I rap, it's like rain

Nigga
Dude

Plutôt warrior comme Holly Field, ma poésie prolifique
More like a warrior like Holly Field, my poetry is prolific

Base mes origines au rap qui horrifie, la masse
I base my origins on rap that horrifies the masses

Qui crache des orifices, la haine de l'habit comme on hait l'uniforme
That spits from orifices, hatred of the habit like we hate the uniform

pas l'homme et la forme de nos rimes horripile
Not the man, and the form of our rhymes horrify

Le poids des maux tue les clavicules, et les choix que l'Etat véhicule
The weight of the evils kills the clavicles, and the choices spread by the State

en laisse au régime, c'est la rage et l'écume
Leashed to the regime, it's rage and foam

Les traces du vécu sont les traces qu'on inflige au Ridim
The traces of the past are the traces we inflict on the Ridim

Terrorise comme les PSY 4 à coup d'crime auditif
Terrorize like the PSY 4 with auditory crimes

Fuck the fame, I'm hard headed, my nuts the same
Forget about fame, I'm stubborn, my testicles are the same

I'm bringing dope back in the game
I'm reintroducing drugs into the game

Tap your vein and get a fix
Inject drugs into your vein and get a fix

Y all ain't really seen bomb shit
You all haven't truly witnessed explosive stuff

Even if you got Inspectah Deck or Hans Blix
Even if you have Inspectah Deck or Hans Blix (UN weapons inspector)

Meth Man, Funk Doc and IAM
Method Man, Funk Doctor and IAM

Got these half naked Hollywood hoes on spy cam
We have these semi-naked Hollywood women on a hidden camera

Y all know the program, get with program
You all know the plan, get on board

I ain't no singer nigga this ain't no slow jam
I'm not a singer, dude, this isn't a slow romantic song

Haha, ah
Haha, ah

Yeah, han, yeah
Yeah, han, yeah

Wait, wait
Wait, wait