[Verse 1: Dembow male MC, rapid and chanted over the dembow loop] Seven years old, I talked back by the stove and the rice Never saw her turn around, it hit me once, not twice Came around the fridge door with a curve you wouldn't believe Mami never even looked, she was rollin' up her sleeve Twelve I snuck out to the roof, she threw it up three floors Fifteen I came home at four, it met me at the door Eighteen I was bigger than her, thought my duckin' days were done She threw it from the laundry room, it bounced off the wall and won [Hook: Dembow male MC, full dembow loop, booming kick] Dale! Mami got the chancla and she don't miss Thirty feet across the kitchen with a flick of the wrist Duck, duck, wepa, I been duckin' since I was six Whole block know the rule, man, Mami don't miss [Verse 2: Dembow male MC, faster, sharp rimshots] Twenty-six, my birthday, and the rooftop's packed and hot Mami in a folding chair, she's guardin' the rice pot Speaker on the roof hatch and Dyckman down below Every cousin, every neighbor, every girl I used to know Some big dude from the Bronx bumps me hard and spills my drink Gets up in my face, he's huge, and I don't have time to think Pulls his arm back and the whole roof freezes in the heat Then I hear it in the air, that sound I know from the street [Breakdown: Dembow male MC, chancla slap, the beat stops on a whoosh and a rubber slap on the one, then the dembow loop slams back] Whoosh Wepa Rubber on the ear, he's down Mami never left her chair, dale, run it now [Hook: Dembow male MC, full dembow loop, booming kick] Dale! Mami got the chancla and she don't miss Thirty feet across the kitchen with a flick of the wrist Duck, duck, wepa, I been duckin' since I was six Whole block know the rule, man, Mami don't miss [Verse 3: Dembow male MC, the payoff, rapid chanted dembow flow] Big man on the floor and he's holdin' on his ear Mami's back down in her chair like she was never even here Twenty-six years I thought that chancla was a curse Turns out it was always aimed at whoever came at me first Every time it found me, she was teachin' me the range Every bounce around a corner was a lesson in the aim Now I walk around the city and I never fear attack There's a size-six rubber missile and it's always got my back [Hook: Dembow male MC, full dembow loop, booming kick] Dale! Mami got the chancla and she don't miss Thirty feet across the kitchen with a flick of the wrist Duck, duck, wepa, I been duckin' since I was six Whole block know the rule, man, Mami don't miss [End]
