[Intro: Brash female Baltimore club MC, choppy club kick pattern, crisp handclaps] Brown paper, mallet, and a butter knife Fastest hands on Eastern Avenue, I'm living right [Verse 1: Brash female Baltimore club MC, Baltimore club shouted female bars, heavy sub bass] Friday at the crab house, every table's full Old Bay to my elbow and I'm picking like a bull Crack the back, pull the apron, then the lump comes out Finger in the claw and I'm done, no doubt Big Vince own the building and he hate my noise Every time I finish first I'm laughing at his boys He said Nikki, you talk too much for a girl with a bib I said Vince, you pick slow and your crabs are a fib So he slam down a bushel, he slam down two Said one for me, baby, and one for you And if you beat me, Nikki, I'll give up the place Whole room went quiet and then I looked in his face [Hook: Brash female Baltimore club MC, full club drums, heavy sub bass] Crack it on the table, bushel on the floor Bet me the building, I'll pick you some more Mallet in my right hand, knife in my left Clean the whole bushel, Vince, and pay your debt [Verse 2: Brash female Baltimore club MC, faster Baltimore club shouted female bars, chopped horn hits] Ready, set, the mallets go off like a drum He was quick for a dozen, then his fingers went numb I was cracking two at once like a machine in a mill Shells flying off the paper and the claws in a pile He was sweating on his forty, I was done with my sixty Spitting Old Bay like a dragon, baby, crispy Waitress stopped serving, the kitchen came out Dishwasher on a chair, the whole block's in the house Vince on seventy-one when I cracked my last Held up the claw and I tapped on the glass Said who owns the crab house on a Friday night Put my name up, Vince, and spell it right [Bridge: Brash female Baltimore club MC, kick pileup, the club kicks pile into a rapid run, Baltimore club shouted female bars] Monday morning, ladder, new paint on the sign Took his letters down, put up every one of mine He can stay in the kitchen if he picks up the pace Now he's working for the fastest hands in the place [Final Hook: Brash female Baltimore club MC, full club drums, heavy sub bass, raw full voice] Crack it on the table, bushel on the floor Bet me the building, I'll pick you some more Mallet in my right hand, knife in my left Clean the whole bushel, Vince, and pay your debt [End]
