When Kenpo Strikes

When Kenpo Strikes - RedCloud Lyrics

(hook)

Everybody was kung fu fighting

Kicks as fast as lightning

And my sense is guiding me through endless writing

And it might seem frightening

But it's not it's my thing

So come out your hiding

It's just Kenpo striking (kia)



(verse 1)

I accept your challenge, right here right now

Right or left, south paw bro I know them all

Muay thai, kenpo, dragon, tiger claw

Y'all I'm rude when I brawl like I'm Steve Seagal

See, all I gotta do is get loose like I'm fluid dude

Rolling up my sleeves on my Gi and get into it

You and who, him and them ?

Line up in a single file

One on one, all for one

End up in a bigger pile

Rojas Kenpo, I'm full contact

Attacking in the mental I'm beyond the mat

The ambiance of martial arts is constant

Nunchucks chucking when I step in the mosh pit

Win Chung dummy getting splintered apart

My escrima sticks whipping and I'm chipping the bark

What are you, a pink belt? I'll give you a head start

Kumite killin', with the spirit of Ed Parker

Way of the intercepting fist to your floating rib

Leave your guard open again and get a second hit

Breathe in through the nose, out the mouth

I admire your courage for trying to come and duke it out

Papa never taught me how to knock a brother out

Vatos in the barrio would try to take me out

Enrolled in the temple till I'm all Kenpo'd out

Now I clothesline the biggest baddest cholo in the crowd

Underground cockfight, like a pitbull's bite

Stricken in the jaw as the canine gnaws

Gnashing of the teeth, from the blood you've lost

People stand in disbelief as it floods across

You knew the pros and cons, the pain I cause

Your blood is oozing lots

Need towels and gauze

I stand in my neutral bo with feet aligned

You're better off jumping the fence to feed the lions



Everybody was kung fu fighting

Kicks as fast as lightning

And my sense is guiding me through endless writing

And it might seem frightening

But it's not it's my thing

So come out your hiding

It's just Kenpo striking (kia)



Look at me, I'm a Kenpo practitioner

Speed like a velociraptor launching in Jurassic times

Pistons pumping adrenaline in its purest form

War is the last of the resort

Your style is taken hostage

Organized commandos of the Circle of Iron

Words catapult through your spine

When Kenpo strikes, huh

It's Kumite time



Everybody was kung fu fighting

Kicks as fast as lightning

And my sense is guiding me through endless writing

And it might seem frightening

But it's not it's my thing

So come out your hiding

It's just Kenpo striking (kia)



(verse 2)

Me and Hugo go to China Town roads bro

Him in his clean fade and me in my cornrows

Picking out uniforms for a tournament storm

Black belt sparring music weapons and forms

Ain't that the dude with the tae kwon do shoes

Who was hating on them Kenpo cats from my crew?

Didn't we spar with him early '92

At the Challenge of the Dragons I dropped him in a few

He's giving you the evil eye and mad dogs

Let's pay for the uniforms and were gone

I walk out the front, he follows closely

Reaching for his pistol

He's trying to smoke me

Back flip kick and chip his front teeth

His homeboy's blocking off the whole streets

Run the guns are gonna fire rapidly

They think you're Dolph Lundgren and I am Brandon Lee

I'm right behind you bro, don't abandon me

Let's hide inside of the trash till set free

So freaking close I wrecked my clean clothes

Koreans multiplying like sheets from Kinko's

But they don't know Tae Bo like Hugo

Fifth degree Black belt Chinese Kenpo

An honorary black belt melts my whole soul

Let's jump out of this dump, dude, lets go

Ready to pop lock, dog we stretched out

Attacked by a flock and threw their backs out

Some couldn't stand the pain and passed out

Paralyzed in the physical, life says lights out

License to kill at will if I must

You'll sense infinite skill when I bust

In the streets, in the ring

Better praise the King

Find something to cling on

Dragon tail swings



Everybody was kung fu fighting

Kicks as fast as lightning

And my sense is guiding me through endless writing

And it might seem frightening

But it's not it's my thing

So come out your hiding

It's just Kenpo striking (kia)