Stop Shammin' - Big Daddy Kane

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Embed: The ghetto life I've seen a lot overcome
Make a little money and then forget where they came from
Livin a plastic lifestyle, you're more false than dentures
Don't make me pull your file -- stop shammin!

"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)

So why you wanna be what you're not?
And claim to have things that you know you ain't got
You're just a fantasizer -- spendin all your money
On lustrous pink oil moisturizer
Just to make your hair curly and thin
You say, "black is beautiful," but then you go and bleach your skin
Money you're worse than yacub
Cause their are eight stages of graft and you broke down to two
Plus you got a bad case of jungle fever
And nmmana-nah-nah I just can't believe ya
It's quite obvious you don't wanna be a black man
So what's next - you're gonna join the klu klux klan?
You sold out to your race and it's a big disgrace
You can't look your own people in the face
You wonder why it ain't no black schools or hospitals
You're makin millions of dollars and it's pitiful
That you can donate to leukemia all the time
But you can't give the nation of islam a dime
They mention muslims, you change the subject
You can't even shake farrakhan hand in public
That whole busy attitude is a sham
Umm bro, umm brother, umm. brougham, stop shammin!

"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
"change the groove and funk it up a little bit"

I look in the mirror, at times I say, "damn black caesar;
How'd you get to be the woman pleaser? "
Cause I remember when girls didn't notice me
And now they wanna come and talk to me like jodeci
It's strange, how back in the days I couldn't get with em
Now all of a sudden the honies they wanna give me rhythm
Well i'ma hit it, but still I show no pity
So I hope you don't think you gonna be in my next video
And many brothers I never even ran with
Be actin like they been hangin with me since I was a kid
I mean just to get a piece of the action
Man they start rememberin more times than michael jackson
But I can't fade to the tag-alongs
That want me to drag em on
Frontin like a friend just so I can put em in
But you cuttin yourself paper thin - stop shammin!

"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]yo, stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]and I'm outLyrics provided by TANCODEhttp://lyricsever.com/" readonly=""/>

Stop Shammin' Lyrics

One-fifty-eight lewis avenue
Between lafayette and van buren, that was back during
The days of hangin on my bed-stuy block
With spence and mitch, followin my cousin murdoch
All the brothers were real, goin for what they feel
By the way, peace to my man sha and big neal
Now in ninety-three I'm still bein me
You think my 'fridgerator ain't full of olde e? huh
A lot of times I get fly with a suit and a tie
Yeah I went from rags to riches but I still rock the saggy britches
And I don't try to act brand new
Eatin escargots and usin words like "rendezvous"
The ghetto life I've seen a lot overcome
Make a little money and then forget where they came from
Livin a plastic lifestyle, you're more false than dentures
Don't make me pull your file -- stop shammin!

"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)

So why you wanna be what you're not?
And claim to have things that you know you ain't got
You're just a fantasizer -- spendin all your money
On lustrous pink oil moisturizer
Just to make your hair curly and thin
You say, "black is beautiful," but then you go and bleach your skin
Money you're worse than yacub
Cause their are eight stages of graft and you broke down to two
Plus you got a bad case of jungle fever
And nmmana-nah-nah I just can't believe ya
It's quite obvious you don't wanna be a black man
So what's next - you're gonna join the klu klux klan?
You sold out to your race and it's a big disgrace
You can't look your own people in the face
You wonder why it ain't no black schools or hospitals
You're makin millions of dollars and it's pitiful
That you can donate to leukemia all the time
But you can't give the nation of islam a dime
They mention muslims, you change the subject
You can't even shake farrakhan hand in public
That whole busy attitude is a sham
Umm bro, umm brother, umm. brougham, stop shammin!

"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
"change the groove and funk it up a little bit"

I look in the mirror, at times I say, "damn black caesar;
How'd you get to be the woman pleaser? "
Cause I remember when girls didn't notice me
And now they wanna come and talk to me like jodeci
It's strange, how back in the days I couldn't get with em
Now all of a sudden the honies they wanna give me rhythm
Well i'ma hit it, but still I show no pity
So I hope you don't think you gonna be in my next video
And many brothers I never even ran with
Be actin like they been hangin with me since I was a kid
I mean just to get a piece of the action
Man they start rememberin more times than michael jackson
But I can't fade to the tag-alongs
That want me to drag em on
Frontin like a friend just so I can put em in
But you cuttin yourself paper thin - stop shammin!

"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]yo, stop shammin!
"stop, hold-up, pause, wait" (2x)
[kane]and I'm out

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Big Daddy Kane (born Antonio Hardy, September 10, 1968) is a rapper from Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in the notorious Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn. During his career, he has worked with artists including Biz Markie, Marley Marl, Teddy Riley, Rudy Ray Moore and Barry White. Part of Marley Marl's legendary Juice Crew, he also penned lyrics for fellow members Biz Markie and Roxanne Shante. Kane was responsible for jump-starting the career of Jay-Z, now a hugely commercially successful rapper who got his start as Kane's hypeman.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers during the 'golden age' of hip hop (1986–1993), Kane's experimentation with R&B beats and his alignment to the Five Percent faction drew criticism. Later albums, such as Looks Like a Job For..., were acclaimed, but he was never able to return to the commercial and artistic success of It's a Big Daddy Thing. However, he still tours extensively and is involved in several upcoming projects. He recently featured in Morcheeba's hip hop trip song 'What's your Name'.

During 1996, before the murder of 2Pac, it was said that Pac intended to start his own label, Makaveli Records, featuring promintently East Coast acts; one of the artists he intended to sign was Kane, and the two even recorded a song before the rapper's death, entitled Wherever U Are.

Big Daddy Kane has posed for Playgirl and Madonna's Sex book. As an actor, he debuted in Mario Van Peebles' western, Posse.

Big Daddy Kane is famous for his pimp persona that is portrayed in his lyrics. He is famous for the title of his song, "Pimpin' Ain't Easy". The backronym "King Asiatic Nobody's Equal," is often applied to his moniker.

Recently (especially as of 2002), Big Daddy Kane has been increasingly doing collaborations with underground/alternative hip hop artists (ie. Little Brother, The Alchemist and DJ Babu from the Beat Junkies) and Kane has mentioned that he is not intending to release another solo album as he is looking towards a career in acting.

Discography
1988 Long Live the Kane (Cold Chillin')
1989 It's a Big Daddy Thing
1989 Back on the Block
1990 Taste of Chocolate
1991 Prince of Darkness
1993 Looks Like a Job For...
1994 Daddy's Home (RCA)
1998 Veteranz Day (Blackheart)
2002 The Man, The Icon (Landspeed)(Produced by Alchemist and DJ Babu on 2002's "Duck Season Vol. 1"
2003 Any Type of Way (Landspeed)(12" single produced by DJ Premier)
2003 Parts of the Process Morcheeba Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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