Krush Groove: 15 Iconic Lyrics From Run-D.M.C.’s Self-Titled Debut Album

"Hard times spreading just like the flu/Watch out homeboy, don't let it catch you/P-p-p-prices go up, don't let your pocket go down/When you got short money you're stuck on the ground"

"For all you sucker MC's perpetratin' a fraud/Your rhymes are cold wack and keep the crowd cold bored/You're the kind of guy that girl ignored/I'm drivin' a Caddy, you fixin' a Ford/My name is Joseph Simmons but my middle name's Ward/And when I'm rockin on the mic, you should all applaud"

"Because the rhymes I say, sharp as a nail/Witty as can be and not for sale/Always funky fresh, could never be stale/Took a test to become an MC and didn't fail/I couldn't wait to demonstrate/All the super def rhymes that I create/I'm a wizard of a word, that's what you heard/And anything else is quite absurd" - Run & D.M.C.

"We bake a little cake with Duncan Hines/And never wear the vest they call the Calvin Kleins/'Cause Calvin Klein's no friend of mine/Don't want nobody's name on my behind/Lee on my legs, sneakers on my feet/D by my side and Jay with the beat" - Run

"J-a-y are the letters of his name/Cutting and scratching are the aspects of his game/So check out the Master as he cuts these jams/And look at us with the mics in our hands/Then take a count, 1 2 3/Jam Master Jay, Run-D.M.C" - Run & D.M.C.

"Cool chief rocker, I don't drink vodka/But keep a microphone inside my locker/Go to school everyday, on the side makin pay/Cause I'm rockin on the mic until the break of day"

"Hey, they used to call me Easy Dee/Cause I rapped on the mic so easily/But now they call me D.M.C/(He's) the Emcee of the party/The D's for doin it all of the time/The M's for the rhymes that are all mine/The C's for cool, cool as can be/(And why you wear those glasses?) So I can see" - D.M.C.

"Took a test to become an MC/And Orange Krush became amazed at me/So Larry put me inside his Cad-illac/The chaffeur drove off and we never came back/Dave cut the record down to the bone/And now they got me rockin on the microphone/And then we talkin autograph, and cheers and laugh/Champagne caviar, and bubble bath" - Run

"I got a big long Caddy not like a Seville/And written right on the side it reads 'Dressed to Kill'/So if you see me cruisin girls just a-move or step aside/There ain't enough room to fit you all in my ride/It's on a, ah first come, first serve basis/Coolin out girl, take you to the def places/One of a kind and for your people's delight/And for you sucker MC, you just ain't right" - Run

"I'm D.M.C. in the place to be/I go to St. John's University/And since kindergarten I acquired the knowledge/And after 12th grade I went straight to college/I'm light skinned, I live in Queens/And I love eatin chicken and collard greens/I dress to kill, I love the style/I'm an MC you know who's versatile" D.M.C.

"Unemployment at a record high/People coming, people going, people born to die/Don't ask me, because I don't know why/But it's like that, and that's the way it is/People in the world tryin to make ends meet/You try to ride car, train, bus, or feet/I said you got to work hard, you want to compete/It's like that, and that's the way it is" - Run & D.M.C.

"When you feel you fail sometimes it hurts/For a meaning in life is why you search/Take the bus or the train, drive to school or the church/It's like that, and that's the way it is/Here's another point in life you should not miss/Do not be a fool who's prejudiced/Because we're all written down on the same list/It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is" - Run & D.M.C.

"Everyone was treated on an equal basis/No matter what colors, religions or races/We weren't afraight to show our faces/It was cool to chill in foreign places" - Run & D.M.C.

"Heard that they said that it's rainin' men/But the offer that I make, it won't be made again/You don't have to write, you don't have to call/It's a one-time offer for nothing at all/And there's no red tape, I don't make it hard/You don't need cash money or a Master Card/I got easy terms, and a lay-away/But I need a quick decision, and I need it today" - Run & D.M.C.

"I'm gonna give you everything that you ever need/If you need a pint of blood, then I'll even bleed/If you're lookin for a car, I will buy you two/And if you're lookin for a pet, I'll buy a kangaroo/If you need a vacation, we can fly the world/And you'll know I'll never look at another girl/I'm a single-minded man, and my mind is set/You're the lady of the '80s that I'm gonna get" - Run & D.M.C.