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Title: No Compromise
Artist: Blade
Label: 691 Influential
Year: 1993
Album: The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength
Cat #: Blade 1207

Last Modified: 13th April 2004
Transcribed by: Flat 4
Contact: flat4@ukhh.com
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Blade:
Damn it, I crush 'em in a battle and leave 'em for dead and done
And then I make 'em scatter like cattle
It ain't a case of who, what, where, why, when
What I'm into, where I've been to
So many know I got the knack to swing back
You better take it back if it's somethin' you lack
Grab the pieces of the jigsaw, put it all together
I bet it's somethin' that you dig so
Rock Steady, now and forever ready
Questeds had the sound comin' out
System, rugged, rough, callin' your bluff
Bein' down with your beats ain't good enough
You got to know about the culture
Fill the application, join the nation

I'm not a hoodlum, here's the capital
Stick the tape in, get your hands off
Street music, take it to the border
Vocal attacker, plug it in your tape recorder
And I ain't compromisin'
Forever risin' to the next horizon
And it might sound surprisin'
But every thin' I see I'm analysin'
Crew cuts, I'm goin' all nuts
While you're livin' at your local pizza huts
Here's a strategy , cause a catastrophy
Show no mercy for them that dismissed me
And I got actions to back what I'm sayin'
No playin', heads noddin', butts are swayin'
'B' for Beneficial, 'L' for Livin'
'A' for Always, 'D' for develops
Through 'E' for Experience
No interference
My time never for prime time
Any time is the right time to get mine
Artificial flavours, nothin' for the ravers
This is a gift that God gave us
Coolin' with the savers of the universe
Yet another verse but first
I drop lyrics on your head like a bombshell
Who gives a damn if it's only ten I sell
No compromise

Cabbage, doin' what I can and I'm causin' much damage
And it's myself that I manage
Fader levels are high
And like I said in '91 they all want a piece of the pie I
Don't believe a word that I'm hearin'
Domineerin', tell it like it is, no fearin'
Ultramags I got to show respect to
The same goes for KRS1 'cause he wrecked you
Once and for all, put you in your nappies again
Droppin' the styles that's fuckin' up your brain
Only a few can cope, the others get a rope
Tie it round the neck, no hope
Word for word, many wanna copy
Yours are shit and mine are for the
Hip Hoppy Discs are floppy
When will you understand you can't stop me
Most incredible, Blade the terrible
Unforgettable, pens are edible
Chewin' on the tip, I flip like a wild flower
I got crazy power, sweet and sour
So you can suck this and suck that
And you can fuck this and fuck that
I don't compromise
No compromise.

(14th Sept 1992)