Words: n.glover, l.dukes, r.wheeler music: l.smith arranged by: j.saddler - 1987 from the album "ba-dop-boom-bang"
The house that rocked (x5)
I was walkin' down the street,cold playin' the post
I was takin' my time
I was chilly the most contemplating and debating about what I should do
I made a sharp left turn
And there was my crew lookin' for a def jam in order to rock
Because it's gonna hit the fan at 12:00 o'clock
Then there was this flygirl,she said she wanted to know
Why are you all dressed up with no place to go?
She said she'd take us to a place where we could hear some hip hop
But little did we know she meant the house that rocked
The house that rocked(x3)
She was a real flygirl,dressed in leather and lace
She looked pale "yo",i thought it was paint on her face
She said it was the last house,corner rockin' bird lane
But you might need a cross and a little wolfsbane
Well we were at the door
And when it opened inside there were freaks galore
Their eyes glowed as if lit by an eerie light
I said "i don't think I should have came here tonight"
And when I asked her what was up,he door slammed and locked
She was gonne and we were,trapped inside the house that rocked
The house that rocked(x3)
Zombies were on the floor and what do ya know
They were doin' the pee-wee herman,what a real creep show
Creatures were playin' cards (igor was cuttin' the deck)
Somebody screamed (there's dracula,cover your neck)
Now lurch was rockin' the mix and on his shirt it read
The music hideously provided for the living dead
Now they was illin' and that was no doubt
But all we wanted to do was get out
I was wishing I was chillin' back around the block
Instead of running for my life inside the house that rocked
The house that rocked(x3)
It was a grizzly situation,very gruesome indeed
And would you believe tha walls started to bleed
Frankstein was steady scheming as he left the room
In came the mummy and the creature from the black lagoon
They said "your time has come" you could scream and can holler
But you're never gonna leave this little shop of horror
You can think that it's a joke to have a heart full of fear
But you feel that way because you're not here
Take heed and stay away,whether you like it or not
'cause those who enter never leave the house that rocked
Hey girl, you need a lift
Ah, ha
I got this big black Caddy outside
To take you wherever you want to go
Oh, really
You wanna see it?
Yeah
Oh what's that
My big black Caddy, Caddy
My big black Caddy, Caddy
Hey girl,you wanna take a little spin
Well just hop on because you can't get in
But just be careful how you
(Sit down)
Or I'll make you
(Get down)
I'll even be your chauffeur and drive you from town to town
You ought to be glad that I let you cum
The only kind of gas I ever use is premium
As we were driving to our destination on a quest
She said, "May I relax on your big head rest?"
Now we listened to her favorite song, relaxed and laid back
As I drove, her to Jersey on my big black Cadillac
My big black Caddy, Caddy
My big black Caddy, Caddy
Now when I'm drivin' down deep dark tunnels on slick wet roads
That's when I put my black Caddy in cruise control
You fellas Caddy's on the side of the road, then go tow it
Because my horn is workin' fine, don't believe me
Come blow it
Not Mercedes, BMW, Porsche or Masarati, it's a big fat stretch
I'm tellin' everybody
(My big black Caddy)
Yo, I know ain't nothing wrong with your hearin'
And I got a strong back that provides the power steering
The fellas all, the ladies all
(Jealous, want it)
You can't get in it but you all can ride on it
My big black Caddy, Caddy
My big black I drives a Caddy, Caddy
A uh, uh, well, it's not the kind of Caddy that runs on gas
It's the kind of Caddy that runs on
(Ass)
The ladies waitin' in line to keep polished and shined
It's designed so they never make one like mine
It's rammed through many towns
Really got around
(Did work, done damage)
And it never broke down
My Cadillac is great, earth's 8th wonder of the world
Take it out my garage and scare the
(Shit out of girls)
It's big, you dig but there no need to panic
'Cause the Caddy's fully loaded and it's aerodynamic
My big black Caddy, Caddy
My big black I drives a Caddy, Caddy
Joy-riding with my Caddy, cold chillin', gettin' loose
When I saw this fly girl who needed a boost
So I dipped into her bumpers with skill and with class
She screamed, "Harder, won't you give me just a little more gas"
Doin' my best so she wouldn't feel inferior
She said, "I like your nice plush vinyl exterior"
She was holdin' on tighter than a figure-four leg lock
This is what she said the first time she saw the jock
Who Johnny Carson, your Caddy's so large
But you can park your Cadillac in my greasy garage
My big black Caddy, Caddy
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
Broken glass everywhere
People pissing on the stairs, you know they just dont care
I can't take the smell, I can't take the noise no more
Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back
Junkie's in the alley with a baseball bat
I tried to get away, but I couldn't get far
'Cause a man with a tow-truck repossessed my car
Chorus:
Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head, ah huh-huh-huh
[2nd and 5th: ah huh-huh-huh]
[4th: say what?]
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
Standing on the front stoop, hangin' out the window
Watching all the cars go by, roaring as the breezes blow
Crazy lady livin' in a bag
Eatin' out of garbage pails, she used to be a fag-hag
Said she danced the tango, skipped the light fandango
The Zircon Princess seemed to lost her senses
Down at the peepshow, watching all the creeps
So she can tell the stories to the girls back home
She went to the city and got Social Security
She had to get a pimp, she couldn't make it on her own
[2nd Chorus]
My brother's doing bad on my mother's TV
Says she watches too much, its just not healthy
All My Children in the daytime, Dallas at night
Can't even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight
The bill collectors they ring my phone
And scare my wife when I'm not home
Got a bum education, double-digit inflation
Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station
Neon King Kong standin' on my back
Can't stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac
A mid-range migraine, cancered membrane
Sometimes I think I'm going insane, I swear I might hijack a plane
[3rd Chorus]
My son said: Daddy, I don't wanna go to school
Cause the teacher's a jerk, he must think I'm a fool
And all the kids smoke reefer, I think it'd be cheaper
If I just got a job, learned to be a street sweeper
Id dance to the beat, shuffle my feet
Wear a shirt and tie and run with the creeps
Cause it's all about money, ain't a damn thing funny
You got to have a con in this land of milk and honey"
They pushed that girl in front of the train
Took her to the doctor, sewed her arm on again
Stabbed that man right in his heart
Gave him a transplant for a brand new start
I can't walk through the park, cause it's crazy after dark
Keep my hand on my gun, cause they got me on the run
I feel like a outlaw, broke my last glass jaw
Hear them say: You want some more?" livin' on a seesaw
[4th Chorus]
A child is born with no state of mind
Blind to the ways of mankind
God is smiling on you but he's frowning too
Because only God knows what youll go through
Youll grow in the ghetto, living second rate
And your eyes will sing a song of deep hate
The places you play and where you stay
Looks like one great big alley way
You'll admire all the number book takers
Thugs, pimps, pushers and the big money makers
Driving big cars, spending twenties and tens
And you wanna grow up to be just like them, huh,
Smugglers, scramblers, burglars, gamblers
Pickpockets, peddlers even panhandlers
You say: I'm cool, I'm no fool!
But then you wind up dropping out of high school
Now you're unemployed, all non-void
Walking round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd
Turned stickup kid, look what youve done did
Got sent up for a eight year bid
Now your manhood is took and you're a Maytag
Spent the next two years as a undercover fag
Being used and abused to serve like hell
'Til one day you was found hung dead in your cell
It was plain to see that your life was lost
You was cold and your body swung back and forth
But now your eyes sing the sad, sad song
Of how you lived so fast and died so young
Words: l.dukes, g.williams music: g.williams - 1987 from the album "ba-dop-boom-bang"
Walkin' through my neighborhood
Her backfield's in motion
Clingin' to body smooth as lotion
Struttin' that stuff so firm and lean
Hey girl,i love the way you look in
Them jeans
I was never that crazy about stone-washed denin
At least until I saw a girl in 'em
They fit so tight but look so rough
I'm sayin' uh uh uh now,tha's fine stuff
In pastel colors,pink is so hot
Why don't you run me over with that truck you got
Hey virginia slim,don't be so mean
'cause I love the eay you look in
Them jeans
Jordache,sasson or,huh,calvin klein
I gotta put on my shades 'cause you're makin' me blind
Don't even know her name,but still I can't get enough
I'll call her earthquake,'cause I'm all shook-up
I followed her across the street and I nearly got killed
Your name must be gloria,damn you're built
Looks like they're comin' apart at the seams
But,girl,i love the way you look in
Them jeans
I know you must be a damn good lover
By the way you look,girl,in those hip-huggers
If I was a zipper I'd sneak a peek
To see if you were wearing anything undermeath
I don't mean to be bold,but I was told
That if you took your pants off your butt'll explore
Everybody in the house,yo show no shame
And shout out the choise of your brand name!
Wrangler
Levis
Paisley
Ju ju
Jag jeans
Lee's ya'll
Alessio
Guess jeans
All the ladies in the house let me hear you scream
We love the way we look in our jeans
Sittin' on my stoop with my needle and thread
Got a stiff from jerkin' my head
Bound to hurt somebody by the way she switches
Don't shake it too hard or you'll bust them breeches
I know you couldn't 've put'em on all by yourself
'cause they fit so tight you had to have help
I watched her walk down the block until she was gone
'cause her jeans look like they were painted on
Next time you walk by me,girl,you better run
'cause I'm thinkin' 'bout chewin' your bubble gums
You use butter,lard and margarine
And that was just to get your two legs in
You used crisco and a shoe horn at the same time
To get the pants up over your big behind
Had to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
'cause her jeans were so tight,they cut off her circulation
I wanna be your king and you be my queen
'cause I love the way you look in
Words: l.dukes, g.williams, n.glover music: j.saddler, l.smith, g.vaughn - 1987 from the album "ba-dop-boom-bang"
Stop sleepin',ya'll,if you know what time it is
Because someone is talkin' yours as well as gettin' his
You can front and ignore,but one thing's for sure
I'm gettin' mine,so you better get yours
Get yours,go for yours
Get yours,go for yours
Get yours
Get yours everytime the opportunity knocks
And don't chill-out too hard or you'll be out of the box
Stop running your face and try to listen instead
Or you'll be known as a loud-mouth joe rockhead
Success is out there for everybody,take it from me
Achieve without a license or some sort of degree
And if they claim you can't do it,this is what you say
Yo follow,lead,but get out of my way
Get yours,winners never quit
Get yours,go for yours
Get yours,winners never quit
Get yours,go for yours,we went for ours
Why sit at home bummin' just a-wastin' your time
When all ya gotta do is seek an' you'll find
What you want out of life,it's there so get it
If you don't,then later you'll grow to regret it
You can ignore and think I'm talkin' out loud for my health
But don't ya do it for me,just do it for yourself
And if you need a little push,here's food for me thought
We know that you can do it,so take no shorts
Get yours,winners never quit
Get yours,go for yours
Get yours,winners never quit
Get yours,go for yours,we went for ours
For those sittin' back coolin',relaxed,gettin' fat
Waitin' for the right thing to come and drop in your lap
You see,you don't want to try,just let time fly
While your life goes by before your two eyes
You got to crawl before you walk,you see that opens the doors
Because you can't start buildin' from the sixth floor
If you work real hard,all your dreams will come true
If it happened to us,it can happen to you
The world is yours for the talkin' so what you waitin' for
You should be contemplating on how to go out and
Get yours
Get yours,winners never quit
Get yours,go for yours
Get yours,winners never quit
Get yours,go for yours,we went for ours
Get yours everybody,your ambition shows
Get on top of yours game as your confidence grows
Never take a short,give-up no slack
You can't make it with a monkey ridin' on your back
Got to get up to get down,get on over the hump
Let your feelings flow and adrenalin pump (ugh)
Stay on your guard,never take three strikes
Get everything you want but get the best out of life
Ya see,what your future holds is no mystery
When you're the one who's in control of your destiny
Just put that weak pride aside,go make it or break it
You don't need it,then leave it,someone else will sure take it
An eternal flame burns in everyone of us
Turnin' the negative things in your life to a plus
Workin' real hard beats the competition
So what you waitin' for,you don't need no permission.....
Get yours,winners never quit
Get yours,go for yours
Get yours,winners never quit
Get yours,go for yours,we went for ours
Get yours,winners never quit
Get yours,go for yours
Get yours,winners never quit
Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah)
Uhraah!
Bass!
Ooh White, White
Ooh White, White
Ooh White, White
(Ooh White Lines) Vision dreams of passion
(Blowin' through my mind) and all the while I think of you
(High fry) a very strange reaction
(For us to unwind) the more I see, the more I do
(Something like a phenomenon) Baby!
(Tellin your body to come along, but white lines blow away)
(Blow! Rock it! Blow!)
Ticket to ride, white line highway
Tell all your friends, they can go my way
Pay your toll, sell your soul
Pound for pound costs more than gold
The longer you stay, the more you pay
My white lines go a long way
Either up your nose or through your vein
With nothin to gain except killin' your brain
(Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock!)
(Blow!)
(Ahhh) Higher, baby
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby!
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby!
And don't ever come down! (Freebase!)
Rang dang diggedy dang di-dang
Rang dang diggedy dang di-dang
Rang dang diggedy dang di-dang
Diggedy dang di-dang diggedy dang di-dang
(Pipeline) pure as the driven snow
(Connected to my mind) and now I'm havin' fun, baby!
(High fry) it's getting kinda low
(Cause it makes you feel so nice) I need some one-on-one, baby!
(Don't let it blow your mind away) Baby!
(And go into your little hideaway 'cause white lines blow away)
(Blow! )
A million magic crystals, painted pure and white
A multi-million dollars almost overnight
Twice as sweet as sugar, twice as bitter as salt
And if you get hooked, baby, it's nobody else's fault, so don't do it!
(Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock!)
Raah! (Blow!)
(Ahhh) Higher, baby
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby!
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby!
And don't ever come down! (Freebase!)
(Don't you get too high) don't you get too high baby!
(Turns you on) you really turn me on and on
(When you gonna come down) my temperature is risin'
(When the thrill is gone) no, I don't want you to go
A street kid gets arrested, gonna do some time
He got out three years from now just to commit more crime
A businessman is caught with 24 kilos
He's out on bail and out of jail
And that's the way it goes
Raah!
(Kane! Sugar! Kane! Sugar! Kane!)
Athletes rejected, governors corrected
Gangsters, thugs and smugglers are thoroughly respected
The money gets divided
The women get excited
Now I'm broke and it's no joke
It's hard as hell to fight it, don't buy it!
(Freeze! Haha ha ha! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock!)
Raah! (Blow!)
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby
(Ahhh) Get higher, girl!
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby!
C'mon!
Raah!
(White Lines) Vision dreams of passion
(Blowin' through my mind) and all the while I think of you
(High Fry) a very strange reaction
(For us to unwind) the more I see, the more I do
(Something like a phenomenon) Baby!
(Tellin your body to come along, but white lines blow away)
Little Jack Horner sitting on the corner
With no shoes and clothes
This aint funny, but he took his money
And sniffed it up his nose
(Hey man, you wanna cop some blow?)
(Sure, what you got, dust, flakes or rocks?)
(I got China White, Mother of Pearl, Ivory Flake, What you need?)
(Well yeah, well let me check it out man, just let me get a freeze)
(Go ahead man, stuff I got should kill ya!)
(Yeah man th-that's that's raw, wuh)
(Freeze! Haha ha ha! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock!
What if Hip Hop was never born, yo?
No Herc, No Flash, No Band, No Change, yo (?)
No DJ's, No grab, No breakers, No MC
What would the state of dope world truly be?
No throw your hands, no screaming, no noise no DJ's cutting
No B-Boys, no B-Girls, No Grafitti, No nothing
If Hip Hop was never born? let me make this clear
just a thought if it (?)
It's not about a salery it's all about reality,
And Hip Hop is the reality that creates all these saleries.
HIP HOP, HIP HOP, HIP HOP
It's in the academies,
hauled from the streets of the hood every family
But what if Hip Hop didn't exist?
There wouldn't be this, there wouldn't be Chris,
Or a Public Enemy with a black power fist.
No Queen Latifa, no Will Smith either,
There would only be tight jeans, tight suits and black sneakers.
No Tango hats either, no bandana headdress, no TV's in the headrest
Who would be a big mess, trust me
drew it, without rap I'd be saying this here in country music.
We be no stars, imagine B-Boying over acoustic guitars,
Not the sixteen bars.
FEEL ME!
The art of sampling as well as cutting and scratching.
It's all ours.
But really think about it.
FEEL ME!
What if Hip Hop was never born, yo?
No Herc, No Flash, No Band, No Change, yo (?)
No DJ's, No grab, No breakers, No MC
What would the state of dope world truly be?
No throw your hands, no screaming, no noise no DJ's cutting
No B-Boys, no B-Girls, No Grafitti, No nothing
What if Hip Hop was never born? let me make this clear
just a thought if it (?)
So what if Hip Hop was never born?
Never (?)
Never forever wrong,
Never criticing our songs?
What if Hip Hop was never here?
Never that flavour in your ear,
Never that thing that make you want to say OH YEAH!
No street millionaires, no billionaires.
No Russell, No Diddy, No Wayne, No Chamillionaire
Let me get this clear, today you have a real choice,
Because of Hip Hops existance you have a real voice.
But what if Hip Hop never came around to the boogie down,
Never touched Herc and it touched another sound.
You wouldn't know about James Brown, Pull in the Funkdelic, the radio and still have a play in the sound. (?)
It's like wearing the same gown as a model,
stepping off the runway and go eat out at McDonalds.
We was the models, and society was McDonalds
Comnplete with a presidential clown, McRonald.
But really...
What if Hip Hop was never born, yo?
No Herc, No Flash, No Band, No Change, yo (?)
No DJ's, No grab, No breakers, No MC
What would the state of dope world truly be?
No throw your hands, no screaming, no noise no DJ's cutting
No B-Boys, no B-Girls, No Grafitti, No nothing
What if Hip Hop was never born?
Let me make this clear,
just a thoughtif it(?)
Now that would be something
No scratching, no cutting
Now Listen,
No cars driving by with the boomin' systems,
No prison coz non of us would be in 'em,
No one would be advertisng that rap to our children.
Sure there be murder, and thugs and drugs
But they be on the low, and hardly heard of,
except if you watch the news.
See,
If there was no Hip Hop in society,
then there would be fewer alternative views.
See we not about to lose.
Real Hip Hop, is like real estate,
It's never going to move.
I'd be singing the Blues literally,
If I didn't acknowledge and cultivate the Hip Hop living in ME!
So what's It going to be I ask!
Hip Hop wasn't even supposed to last
So I gotta laugh when I look at Flash!
Yeah Grandmaster Flash is on the tracks,
But where would we be without the cut and the scratch?
SO I ask!
What if Hip Hop was never born, yo?
No Herc, No Flash, No Band, No Change, yo (?)
No DJ's, No grab, No breakers, No MC
What would the state of dope world truly be?
No throw your hands, no screaming, no noise no DJ's cutting
No B-Boys, no B-Girls, No Grafitti, No nothing
What if Hip Hop was never born? let me make this clear
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In the darkness of night, huh
All the stage lights are shining bright
Hey, And we work very hard to make you stay, Raah!
But it aint no thing y'all
'Cause I know that you can hang
We're not too expensive but you got to pay, Raah!
Some say that money is the root of all evil
It's not the love but the lust of it that makes men greedy, ooh
And you say, âYou wanna go for a ride? You gotta pay the fare!â
So Stop, You aint got no money
You aint got no beat
Hooo, Say you
Got no satisfaction, won't you come and work for me?
And I say to you
Can't you see baby, We don't work for free
You know you gotta live
But shit they give you stuff for free
Man these times are hard, Hey!
Don't nothin' come easy, Heee!
I just got good news, you wanna come with me?
Hey, let's go up town, I got something you should see
And my friends all say to you
They say
Got no satisfaction, won't you come and work for me?
And I say to you
Can't you see baby, we don't work for free
Finance, city lights
You gotta work to afford paradise, huh!
But if you're living in a glasshouse don't throw no stones, Raah!
Slave trade, don't get laid
You gotta get paid if you wanna go places where you've never been before
O.K Baby, Raah!
Where you been before, don't matter with me
Better save your Pennies, Nickels and Dimes
'Cause we don't work for free, heee
Yeah!
I just got good news from the IRS, you wanna come with me?
C'mon let's go up town babe 'Cause we all drink for free
He he he he oww
We Don't Work For Free
Gotta understand what I mean
Don't you wanna come with me?
Can't divide yourself, Let's work for free
C'mon now and I don't know what to say
I've got something that you should see
C'mon baby, gotta come along with me
'Cause girl I'm ready for you, are you ready for me?
I'm sure
And I say to you now
We don't work for free
C'mon baby, you gotta come along with me
'Cause satisfaction is guaranteed
(We don't work for free)
Come along now, Girl I'm ready to jam
C'mon now, you gotta understand what I mean
(We don't work for free)
I've got something that you should see
C'mon baby, you gotta come along with me
(We don't work for free)
(We don't work for free)
C'mon baby, you gotta come along with me
'Cause satisfaction is guaranteed
(We don't work for free)
I'm ready, I'm ready now, c'mon now, here I am
C'mon now, you gotta understand what I mean
(We don't work for free)
I've got something that you should see
C'mon baby, don't you wanna come along with me
(We don't work for free)
I'm ready so tell me are you ready for me?
(We don't work for free)
No money, we can't work for free
(We don't work for free)
C'mon now you gotta understand what I mean
(We don't work for free)
No money, we can't work for free
(We don't work for free)
No money, we can't work for free
Words: G.Williams, L.Dukes, N.Glover Music: L.Smith, G.Vaughn, G.Williams Arranged by: L.Smith, J.Saddler - 1987 From the Album "Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang"
Well you got a hot date and you wanna be fly
Throw on a Gucci blazer and a Gucci tie
Not a hair out of place,a freshly-shaved face
You think you're walkin' out the house with style and grace
(Don't you)
You pick up your girl and take her to dinner
'Cause when the night is over you think you're gonna win her
Then you move real close using all your charm
And then your girl says "Baby guess that"
(I smell your underarms)
That odor,it's ringin' out loud and clear as a bell
You can't hear it because you're immune to the smell
I describe your aroma as foul and pathetic
And they can use your odor as the latest anesthetic
Now I know that it's stone cold funk,I can tell
'Cause it's written all over by the way you smell
That funk the aroma,that smell,that scent
You'll be arrested for malicious body odor intent
Your odor going 'round,doin' people bodily harm
And then somebody turned around and said
(I smell your underarms)
You woke up late for work usin' the same old line
Don't think I'm gonna wash my underarms this time
The more you ignore,the worse the smell grows
And you pick out all clothes by using your nose
It was the rush hour when I was on the train
And the smell of underarms was drivin' me insane
It was a sure-fire way of bringing me to my death
I couldn't hold a conversation,I was holding my breath
And you cold see the funk just like a cloud in the air
Was homeboy sittin' next to me,I swear!
And when I saw the direction this girl was leaning
You could hear homebody's underarms just screaming
(ugh.....)
(I smell your underarms)
Hanging at a party one night,all alone
Sippin' on a bottle of Dom Perignon
The crowd was on the floor,rocking the beat
Smelling like thay ain't bathed since last week
The smell was all through the house,cold rockin' the place
The funk fill the air like a fresh can of Mace
When you raised your hands I had to sound tha alarm
A girl said "Look,there's Monster growin under his arm"
We were so shocked we couldn't even run (uhgh)
And they declared his arm public enemy number one
Now throw your hands in the air,if you want to party hard
Now put your hands back down,everybody's,'cause
You didn't use Right Guard
Just get off the wall, let's have a ball
The 70's are gone, it's the 80's y'all
Grab a fly girl by the hand and ask her to dance
C'mon fellas, don't be shy, just take a chance
You'll never know it might lead to romance
'Cuz the beat is cold stompin', it'll put you in a trance
You're so hypnotized that you stop and stare
I'm steppin' out of this 'cuz I'm not with that there
Get on the dancefloor, c'mon, take a stand
All the girlies in the place wanna dance with you, my man
Get on the floor and work it out if you can
Here's my ulterior motive, I mean my game plan
It doesn't hurt to flirt, just go ahead and chase the skirt
You can't help it, it's your line of work
To get women on the floor
It's you they adore, you might as well
U know what time it is?
Hang on party, people, 'cuz here we go
We're gonna cold take the party to another plateau
But in order for us to achieve a new height
We wanna hear flash cut the beat up, ain't that right?
While flash is choppin' the mix like an ax on wood
You gotta dance 'cuz the beat is finger lickin' good
Throw your hands above your head and reach for a cloud
And if there's anything you want to say, say it loud
I know the bass is pumpin' so hard, the lights are dim
And y'all are lettin' me know we're cold blowin' the rim
That's right, you're being served, served with a smile
And homeboy, you don't like it, we can step in the aisle
Just show no shame, you know it's only right
And if there's anything you want to get off, get it off tonight
U know what time it is?
A simple punch of the fade, a little flex of the wrist
Flash whoopin' the mix while I'm kickin' the gift
Yo, like a double edge razor, the boy is nice
When he cuts, give him room or you might get sliced
He's too cold to hold, too hot to be stopped
This jam that we got is good to the last drop
Weather you like it or not, we rock
Yo, since the day we emerged, have you heard?
That it was all about a party and yo, this is word
This party's rated NS for no suckers allowed
That's the scoop, hear me troop
So don't you come here actin' wild
But as you know there's always one in the crowd
You wanna party, then act like you know, can you dig it?
And if you came to get I'll forget it, I ain't with it
Step right up, Hurry, hurry, Hurry
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls
Children of all ages
Move closer and bear witness to the one who cuts on
Not one, not two, but three turntables
Known throughout the four corners of the world as
The Fastest Man Alive
He's The Fastest Man Alive
Cut it up Flash
He's The Fastest Man Alive
Breakdown!
Born in a ghetto, lived in a slum
But he was raised high and mighty to be number one
The park was his stage, cost didn't exist
And everybody was invited to be a witness
Running things on the South Bronx streets
Known for great feats of skill and techniques
He's the priest of the beats, the king of the scratch
And all the rest are just a product of wacks!
He's The Fastest Man Alive
Cut it up Flash
He's The Fastest Man Alive
Breakdown!
Pull up your seats, class is in session
The master's gonna teach you all a good lesson
It's an open invitation despite what you've heard
And the first to come will be the first served
Perpetrated a fraud, said that you was the best
You tried to fool the public and lied to the press
You wasn't even all of that way back in the past
When you know you learned all you know from Flash!
He's The Fastest Man Alive
Cut it up Flash
He's The Fastest Man Alive
Breakdown!
Cuts are controlled by the swiftness of hand
The Turntables obey his every command
The method he uses, you say could never be bought
And only by the Grandmaster could he ever be taught
Now you gather 'round the stage to watch him perform
Taking notes for the next time you go on
But you can't duplicate it, so don't even try
Because the Grandmaster's hands are quicker than the eye
He's The Fastest Man Alive
Cut it up Flash
He's The Fastest Man Alive
Bus' dis
He wrote the book on the tricks that you've learnt
And the name wasn't given homeboy, was earned
He's the man called Flash, fresh from the beginning
Taking out sucker D.J's for a living
King of Hip Hop, godfather of rock
Cuts are leaving D.J's in a state of shock
You took the name Grandmaster and you made it your own
Well it belongs to Flash and you should leave it alone
Now fate's taking it's toll on the road you stole
And you can't live up to the name you hold
Grandmaster's his name you just can't take
If the people don't give it to you, you're fake
You can't hide the shame, you're every bit a disgrace
And the guilt is written all over your face
There's no doubt about it, not a question to ask
Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Chaka Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan let me rock you, let me rock you Chaka Khan
I said let me rock you that's all i wanna do
Chaka Khan let me rock you, let me rock you Chaka Khan
I said let me rock you 'cause i feel for you
Chaka Khan won't you tell me what you wanna do
Do you feel for me the way i feel for you
Chaka Khan let me tell you what i wanna do
I wanna love you, wanna hug you, wanna squeeze you too
So let me take you in my arms, let me fill you with my charms
Chaka, 'cause you know that i'm the one to keep you warm, Chaka
I'll make you more than just a physical spell
I wanna rock you Chaka baby 'cause my name is Melle Mel
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step off
Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft (ha, ha!)
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step off
Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft
I was sitting on the corner just a wasting my time
When i realised i was the king of the rhyme
I got on the microphone and what do you see huh!
The rest was my legacy
I was born to be the king of the be bop swing
To have Stallions and medallions, big diamond rings
To own a castle and a yacht, two million in gold
'Cause rap is the game that i control
I'm like Shakespeare, i'm a pioneer
Because i made rap something people wanted to hear
See before my reign it was the same old same
You took "the ba with the ba"
That's street-talk game
So if you ever, let me make this clear
If you ever think that we're stepping out of here
You ever think you're getting up, down, around or in huh huh!
You better think again my friend
Because the door is closed and we're in town
And the only place you can go is down
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step off
Well, i'm Keith Cowboy and you're my cow
So what ya M.C's gonna do now?
It's gonna be a slaughter and here's my plan
You won't even get bread and water my man
Gonna put you on the racks like a pair of slacks
With another wack rapper tied to your back
And if you wanna hang yourself out to dry
It's the beautiful round up in the sky
I'm the carry-out kid when my trigger's at cock
I'll be carrying out bodies stiff as a rock
Carrying out a million dollars in my pockets and hand
But i carry out orders from no man
'Cause anything you wanna do i already did
You used to see me rock the house when you was a kid
But in my M.C school, my class was packed
And tricks were for kids so i left your ass back
The bow-legged brother, there'll never be another
I'll buy a mansion for my mother
A 24/7, the kool-aid smile
Say hey Track 11, look at my power
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step off
Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft (ha, ha!)
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step off
Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft (ha, ha!)
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step off
Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft
C'mon
Now you know just who i am
And what i do because i'm in demand
Because i look good, do you hear my man?
And if you can't take that ya chump ya own hand
You one-girl-at-a-time getting M.C
So how could you think that you rank with me?
If you only did your homework you would surely find
When Scorp get girls, they all be fine
And the only girl that you could take of mine
Is the one that i left way behind
And plus you're cheap, you're petty, your music is trash
You need to go to the bank and get some cash
Because talking don't pay, you're drifting away
When i see you on a stage i'm a blow you away
You're right, there is no difference between me and you
Except i look good and you look Through
Take that!
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step off
Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft (ha, ha!)
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step off
Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft
Little pieces of a dream is all you mean
Since the day you stepped in to the M.C scene
Biting your moves, taking fake awards
Saying everyone else was perpertrating a fraud
But your nothing but a clone of my flesh and bone
Now you trying to play grown on the microphone
But i'll tell ya 'bout a night, and ya know i'm right
When you listen to us rocking to the broad daylight
And then you looked in the sky and you started to cuss
But then you prayed to God that you could be like us
Then God was great and God was true
And he tried to show you how to be like you
But you still didn't get where you wanted to go
When you gathered in a group and got your own show
'Cause without the source, the force won't survive
For eternity the source is alive
You forgot the words of your creator
And now he's made you a perpertrator
Forever in a world of you and a girl
A few grams in a pipe to make your head swirl
You must spread the word of the master teacher
Or you die by the rhymes and the streets'll eat ya
The words are a gift we will never flaunt
That's why were gonna get everything we want
'Cause like a shadow in the night, i'm the sight unseen
And i'm the bona-fide vocal master supreme
And i'm here to run it down for the ladies and gents
'Cause my rhymes make vowels plus they make sense
See i'm down with Cowboy, you will rock the show
With King Lou, Tommy Gun and huh! Scorpio
Kami-Kazi, Clayton Savage and Easy Mike
And going down in the books is the king of the night
So if you're ever in a battle, i'm a make you my slave
And i'm a give you a shovel so you can dig a grave
Leave behind all your fame and wealth
So you can say one rhyme then bury yourself huh!
I may sound possessed, but you know i'm blessed
With the will to make sense of all this mess
I'm the power of the sun that shines in the sky
And i'm the only M.C that'll never die
So just rock and don't stop 'til you hit the top
But when you se Melle Mel you're gonna have to drop
RAAH!
And not only that!
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step off
Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft (ha, ha!)
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step off
Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft
Now for all you M.C's, you heard my story
On my superfly cold crushin' fame and glory
How i rocked the children and the young ladies
I even rocked the countries that was overseas
'Cause i can rock anybody from any crew
Because i did it to Chaka, i'm a do it to you
I'm a show ya how i rocked it y'all all night long
But when i rock with Chaka Khan i just said
Chaka Khan let me rock you, let me rock you Chaka Khan
I said let me rock you that's all i wanna do
Chaka Khan let me rock you, let me rock you Chaka Khan
I said let me rock you 'cause i feel for you
Chaka Khan won't you tell me what you wanna do
Do you feel for me the way i feel for you
Chaka Khan let me tell you what i wanna do
I wanna love you, wanna hug you, wanna squeeze you too
So let me take you in my arms, let me fill you with my charms
Chaka, 'cause you know that i'm the one to keep you warm, Chaka
I'll make you more than just a physical spell
I wanna rock you Chaka baby 'cause my name is Melle Mel
Say what y'all
Say what!
To the D.J's scratch, you've met your match
'Cause were coming out fresh with a brand new batch
So taking you off into the galaxy
It's Vicious, Vicious, Vicious Lee!
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step off
Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft (ha, ha!)
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step off
Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft Yeh
Step, Step, Step, Step, Step off
All wrapped up
All wrapped up
You're entangled in a great big ball of confusion
Trapped in a world that is just an illusion
You're thinking it's real but that's not what's happening
Well, we're here to let you know the real deal
(That's why we're rappin')
(Yo)
Life's just a game, one great big riddle
And we're all wrapped up, smack dab in the middle
Play the Lotto everyday in hopes you're gonna win it
But it's just another game and you're wrapped up in it
You haven't won it yet but you ain't had enough
'Cause you know it like a poet, you're
(All wrapped up)
All wrapped up
All wrapped up
We're gonna rap about the game that people are playin'
(Yo)
If you're ready, just listen to what I'm sayin'
Talking about homeboys and the fly young ladies
Men, woman, sons, daughters and the little-bitty babies
Speaking on the Def Jams everybody's be-bopping
Super stupid, cold chillin' and the party is rockin'
Soap opera in the day got the ladies cold illin'
One life to live and all my chillin'
(You know it)
You know you gotta have it, too much ain't enough
Because the fact of the matter is you're all wrapped up
All wrapped up
All wrapped up
Doctors wrapped up in the ill and the sick
We got wrapped up in politics
Some wrapped up in living long
(And you're)
All wrapped up in the beat of his song
Gamblers wrapped up in making bets
And the lovers wrapped up in this game called sex
(Now trouble's)
Out there and it won't ignore ya
Don't look for any trouble, it'll surely look for ya
If you try to play tough then it's just your luck
That it'll call your bluff and then trouble's gotcha
All wrapped up
All wrapped up
All wrapped up
You're seen hanging on the corner nine days a week
(You gonna blow)
You don't know you're wrapped up in the streets
Sporting 50-dollar sneakers and all the money's spent
While Mom's, trying to pay rent
(All wrapped up)
We got the weekend girls and all you fly guys
Wrapped up in a world of 9-to-5
We got the sly, slick and wicked, ain't it funny
(Yo)
How they're cold trying to take money
(All wrapped up)
If you get it, you're with it you don't, that's tough
(If)
And you know the real reason is you're
(All wrapped up)
All wrapped up
All wrapped up
All wrapped up
(Uh Yea Uh Yea)
Yo flash let me talk to shawty right here real quick let me say this
Looking at you sometimes is hard on my eyes i get blinding
So when the sun shines on my mind and love your booty in a general way uh
When im around you girl im never tired im like a car's engine pissing fire
Im always hoped up on this fire when your around me it makes a better day
Yea ominics clouds come and get dreary when your around little girl im never weary
Make me feel so good i get teary when i think about the love we have uh
Let me share this one thing wit ya better define to clear up your picture
Your my misses and im your mister never kno more of the days that are sad
Where you at baby are you comin (Lay down)
So sexy i want you (Right now)
Look at how you shine (So bright now)
Come on (Shine all day)
[Where you at baby are you comin (Lay down)
So sexy i want you (Right now)
Look at how you shine (So bright now)
Come on (Shine all day)] (Uh uh uh)
Hey flash i think she likes me (Yes)
I wouldn't mind making her my wifey (Yes)
Maybe take her out to sight see
The South Bronx where the streets are ivory (Ivory)
I'll remind her where she came from
The same blocks that you got your name from
Well who else could you break and wa (Break and wa)
She frontin now she knows she hot (Ha ha ha )
She did her thing when she move to the A (Ayy)
That's alright i forgive her anyway (Anyway)
Cuz i can only be myself with her
She don't judge who the streets perfer
They make fun when you fall in love (Fall in love)
But she the one I've been dreaming of (Dreaming of)
Plus she shyce she won't let me pop
I admit my Shawtys Hip Hop
Where you at baby are you comin (Lay down)
So sexy i want you (Right now)
Look at how you shine (So bright now)
Come on (Shine all day)
Roses are red Starbust are orange
You my two scoops topped with the almonds
You like Pop Poppa bear's bowl of porage
Way to hott to touch to taste the perfect Melody to my druming bass
Since you broke up with whats his face
I made it Ma roman numeral I
Underline it Y im here to protect whats in your chest's left side
Im seeing clear skies in my forcast
I remember when we first crossed paths
I did a double take looking at you like Ahh
You keep it moving cuz you didnt give Ahh
If theres 6 millon ways to die then theres 6 hundred millon ways to live
I pray forgive anything I've done that can block the sun
From you shining all day You mine all day
Where you at baby are you comin (Lay down)
So sexy i want you (Right now)
Look at how you shine (So bright now)
Come on (Shine all day)
Where you at baby are you comin (Lay down)
So sexy i want you (Right now)
Look at how you shine (So bright now)
Come on (Shine all day)
(Starts to fade)
Where you at baby are you comin (Lay down)
So sexy i want you (Right now)
Look at how you shine (So bright now)
Pump, pump, pump, pump me up
For anything you say
There is no cure for this
(Rockness, hooo)
Come on, I said come on, I said come on
[Verse One: Grandmaster Flash]
Rappers might be willin but they ain't able
Cause out were was the king straight from my quedo
I screamed and holla and shout my rado
And dreamt of a fedo that all in battle
There was no food in my silverspoon
So I grew up hard and I grew up soon
I'm a wreathes king and I'm hungry too
And I eat up chunks to rap like you
Then I meat this shark and his name was George
He was biting my rhymes like you bites yours
I starting writing my rhymes
The shark was growing through
But I was writing more ryhmes than the shark could chew
(ha!)
The shark got sick and then he exploded
Cause he didn't realised that my rhymes were loaded
He flew in the air and into the sea
And the whole universe knew that the king was me
Come on, I said come on, I said come on
[Verse Two: Grandmaster Flash]
I'm not at laserbene or domint mind
Or a platten watch that some bitches whine
I'm not a pocket full of pearls
I'm a ayeowealth
Like black go baby I'm l & l
And to all fly girls I come off hard
Stlarted to swing or nood
big steel gaurd
I'm wrong to small
So my pockets are large
With the wock to the dock
Oh baby I'm in charge
Chief N like jewell and down in ring
So my fingers and arms on everything
On the streets, on the streets can't be beat
So don't ask wheres the fied
Baby here is the meat
I'm gonna get me some soap a towel in the cup
Cut the bomb and sea all washed up
Put your women on the line with the rest of the crew
So I can make love to her in a nalley shu
pump, pump, pump ( me up!) me what? (me up!)
Uargh!
Pump, pump, pump, pump me up
[Verse Three: Grandmaster Flash]
I'm like the genie in the lamp
And face and yo stamped
The hiphop rocka
The microphone champ
Gotta knock out boys
Like a rolls royce
Gotta write them a one
To be the evil choice
Cause you humma this and then you humma daw
Its just like the friendly game of pingpong
When you hit the boll upside the paddle
Its just like cowboy rattle on a sadle
Up above your head is the flash off light
Cause I can rock to the vido any darker and to the
night
Like to rock like to flow like to entertain
Whop the car outside waiting for the train
The train stood across the whop towards ever
Another Mc rock any type of weahter
I'm the bold legged broher
There never be another
I bought a mantion for my mother
Come on, I said come on, I said come on
[Verse four: Scorpio]
I got a certain cool, that break the rules
that give me patience and a lot of fuel
And the women I'm calling day and night
Thats proofs I getting mine like a peep in the night
Cause the scorpe is known as the singer
The quiet storm that lover the linger
I will not change cause its in my blood
I'm like dynamite and you a rappin thug
And if its fuzzy is here in the makin
And than why I can't be part of the satan
Cause you know I like cars and fancy women
That give me good love in the beginnest
Welcome bath ,and casual lights
And girls say "scorpe you alright?"
So stop standing there like you from above
And just relax yourselves and get in this thug
Pump, pump, pump, pump me up
For all you beutiful people out there, if you having a
good time, everybody screaaam!
[Verse Five: Grandmaster Flash]
I'm not at laserbene or domin't mind
Or a platten watch that some bitches whine
I'm not a pocket full of pearls
I'm a ayeowealth
Like black go baby I'm l & l
And to all fly girls I come off hard
Stlarted to swing or nood
big steel gaurd
I'm wrong to small
So my pockets are large
With the wock to the dock
Oh baby I'm in charge
Chief N like jewell and down in ring
So my fingers and arms on everything
On the streets, on the streets can't be beat
So don't ask wheres the fied
Baby here is the meat
I'm gonna get me some soap a towell in the cup
Cut the bomb and seas, all washed up
Put your women on the line with the rest of the crew
So I can make love to her in a nalley shut
pump pump pump ( me up!) me what? ( me up!)
New York New York, big city of dreams
And everything in New York ain't always what it seems
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around
Too much, too many people, too much (aha-ha)
Too much, too many people, too much, Raaah!
A castle in the sky, one mile high
Built to shelter the rich and greedy
Rows of eyes, disguised as windows
Looking down on the poor and the needy
Miles of people, marching up the avenue
Doin' what they gotta do, just to get by
I'm living in the land of plenty and many
But I'm damn sure poor and I don't know why
Too much, too many people, too much
Too much, too many people, too much!
A man's on a ledge, says he's gonna jump
People gather round, said, "He won't he's just a chump"
'Cause he lost his job, then he got robbed
His mortgage is due and his marriage is through
He says he ain't gonna pay no child support
Because the bitch left him without a second thought
He got nothing to eat, no shoes on his feet
She even left his clothes out in the street
He keeps hearing noises when he's at home
He always hears voices when he's all alone
His wife took the kids, the car and the crib
In this man's world, so much for Women's Lib
New York New York big city of dreams
But everything in New York ain't always what it seems
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law, and I know my way around
Down in the Village, you might think I'm silly
But you can't tell the women from the men sometimes
They're sugar and spice and everything nice
But when you get 'em home ain't no telling what you find
Right next door is a little old man
I seen him eating dog food out of a can
He says, "I got to eat, when I can't afford meat
I barely can stand, on my own two feet
I got a bad habit and I just can't break it
Something's on my mind and I just can't shake it
I need some time, and I want some space
I gotta get away from the human raceâ
Too much, too many people, too much (aha-ha)
Too much, too many people, too much! Raaah!
Staring at a skyscraper reaching into heaven
When over in the ghetto I'm livin in hell
Just play ball or be an entertainer
'Cause niggaz like me can't read too well
Nobody loves me, nobody cares
I dreamed about a life but I'm livin in a nightmare
Paranoid schizo, set back, snowbound
Bad news psycho, heart attack, breakdown!
Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh
Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh
Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh
Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, HUH!
If only I could sleep just ten more minutes
I might find the strength to make another day
If I didn't have to get up and do my thing
I would probably sleep my whole life away
I messed up a nice dream, somethin' bout ice cream
Whipped cream, fruits and a cherry on top
Now I gotta get up and face the world, huh
The pressure is on, It ain't never gonna stop
I sho' gotta learn to use my mind
I don't wanna be kissing nobody's behind
Just standin' on line lookin' like a jerk
Gotta get off my butt and do a full day's work
I ran into a pothole, got into a car crash
Should'a been thinking and tried to fake whiplash
A crowd gathered round, they're callin' me fat
Who you lookin at with a face like that?
New York New York big city of dreams
Everything in New York ain't always what it seems
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around
On 42nd Street, lookin for some action
Women standing on the corner selling satisfaction
One young punk just leaning on the fence
Tryin' to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
Really is a prankster, tried to be a gangster
Real big wheel when a gun is in his hands
Just did a stick-up, just got picked up
One dead punk, killed by the man
New York New York big city of dreams
And everything in New York ain't always what it seem
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around
Too much, too many people, too much (haha ha ha)
Too much, too many people, too much! Huh!
A baby cries and a mother dies
And the tears fall from the doctor's eyes
Because in this room, on this day
The Good Lord has giveth, and taketh away, huh!
The gift of life really means a lot
And in the ghetto your life is all you got
So you take to the streets, trying to exist
In the trash and slime of a world like this
What you watch on TV tells you what life is supposed to be
But when you look outside the only thing you see
Is the poverty stricken reality, Heh!
Abandoned places, angry faces
Much hate and hunger throughout the races
You say, "I'm grown and I'm on my own
So why don't everybody just leave me alone!"
Now you stay at home, talking on the phone
Doin ninety miles an hour in the fifty mile zone
They never took the time to tell you 'bout sex
So you had to learn about it in the discotheques
Nine months later, the baby is there
And the Nigga that did it said, "I don't care!"
You don't have enough money to help feed two
So you have to choose between the baby and you
The sky was crying, rain and hail
When you put your baby in the garbage pail
Then you kissed the kid and put down the lid
And you tried to forget what you just did, Huh!
The muffled screams of a dying baby
Was enough to drive the young mother crazy
So she ran in the rain trying to ease the pain
Huh huh, And she drove herself insane
New York New York big city of dreams
But everything in New York ain't always what it seem
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around
Too much, too many people, too much (haha ha ha)
Too much, too many people, too much! HUH!
New York New York big city of dreams
But everything in New York ain't always what it seem
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around
Too much, too many people, too much (haha ha ha)
He's coming, he's coming, he's coming
He's coming, he's coming, he's coming
He's coming, he's coming, he's coming
He's here
His name is Jesse
His name is Jesse
Hypocrites and uncle toms are talking trash (Let's talk
about Jesse)
Liberty and justice are a thing of the past (Let's talk
about Jesse)
They want a stronger nation at any cost (Let's talk
about Jesse)
Even if it means that everything will soon be lost
(Let's talk about Jesse)
He started on the bottom, now he's on the top
He proved that he could make it, so don't ever stop
Brothers stand together and let the whole world see
Our brother Jesse Jackson go down in history
So vote, vote, vote, everybody get up and vote
Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote
Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote
Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote
See Ronald Reagan speaking on TV, smiling like
everything's fine and dandy
Sounded real good when he tried to give a pep talk to
over 30 million poor people like me
How can we say we got to stick it out when his belly is
full and his future is sunny?
I don't need his jive advice but I sure do need his
jive time money
The dream is a nightmare in disguise (Let's talk about
Jesse)
Red tape and lies fill your for spacious skies (Let's
talk about Jesse)
But don't think that DC just did it first (Let's talk
about Jesse)
There's a lot of DC's all over this universe (His name
is Jesse)
He started on the bottom, now he's on the top
He proved that he could make it, so don't ever stop
Brothers stand together and let the whole world see
Our brother Jesse Jackson go down in history
So vote, vote, vote, everybody get up and vote
Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote
Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote
Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote
The land of the free and the home of the brave but it
might as well be the home of the slave
They got me walking around, saying freedom's come but
my body is free and my mind is dumb
The people ain't black but the house is white and just
because I'm different they don't treat me right
They done cast me aside and held me down, dragged my
name down to the ground
Oh beautiful for spacious skies with your amber waves
of untold lies
Look at all the politicians trying to do a job but they
can't help but look like the mob
Get a big kick back and put it away, watch the FBI
watch the CIA
They want a bigger missile with a faster yet but yet
they forget to hire you the vet
Hypocrites, just talkin' trash (Let's talk about Jesse)
Liberty and Justice are a thing of the past (Let's talk
about Jesse)
They want a stronger nation at any cost (Let's talk
about Jesse)
Even if it means that everything will soon be lost (His
name is Jesse)
Breakdown
Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote
Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote
Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote
Vote, vote, everybody get up and vote
The 30th day that's in December is a day that
everyone's gonna remember
Because on that day a righteous man, thought about
taking a brand new stand
The name of the man is Jesse Jackson and his call is
for peace without an action
'Cause now is the time to change the nation without
just another negotiation
He went to the East for human rights to free a
lieutenant shot down in flight
Just another statistic and the government knew it, they
didn't even want the man to go do it
Before he left, he called the president's home and
Reagan didn't even answer the phone
But I tell you one thing and that's a natural fact, you
can bet he calls Jesse when Jesse got back
He started on the bottom, now he's on the top
He proved that he could make it, so don't ever stop
Brothers stand together and let the whole world see
Our brother Jesse Jackson go down in history
So vote
Hypocrites just talking trash (Let's talk about Jesse)
Liberty and Justice are a thing of the past (Let's talk
Hey people, we got a little something
That we wanna tell you all, so listen
Understand, "Yo God made one no better than the other
Every girl becomes a woman, every boy a man"
While you're livin' in your mansion driving big cars
There's another on the street cold sleepin' on the ground
So when you walk by, "Yo, don't act cold-blooded
'Cause it just ain't fair to kick a man when he's down"
'Cause, he is somebody
Like I am somebody
You are somebody
Like I am someone
Whether you're here or you're gone
Right or you're wrong, you were meant
To be somebody from the second you're born
Don't criticize and knock one another
It ain't really that hard to just be a brother
So be good speak up don't wait for it to happen
Life is passing you by and homeboy
You're cold knappin'
Don't get hung up on what you're not
Be proud of what you are and whatever you got
'Cause it's a cold cruel world causing
Kids to cry, if you're hangin'
Your head,cold kiss it goodbye
Stand up for your heritage, rejoice
In the fact whether you're red, white, tan
Yellow, brown or black
'Cause he is somebody
Like I am somebody
He is somebody
Like I am someone
There are fireman, bankers, messengers, preachers
Brokers, policeman, executives, teachers, journalists
Janitors, architects, doctors, restaurant workers
Nurses, chief rockers
If you feel you're somebody
Be proud and show it
'Cause everybody's somebody
(Uh)
And ya know it
It doesn't matter if you're black, white or Chinese
Livin' in the States or reside overseas
'Cause you and I are special, same as everyone else
And if you don't believe me you're only cheating yourself
'Cause we all got a purpose in life to achieve
(That's a fact)
And here's another
That you better believe
That I am somebody
Like you are somebody
He is somebody
Like I am someone
You got wealth, good health and you're stuck on yourself
Let me tell you that you're better than no body else
'Cause you got no self-esteem, so I'm richer
And when you leave this earth you can't take money wit' cha
So play your dumb game, call me out
My name but there's nothing
You can do that could make me feel shame
We're all created equal we live and we die
So when you try to bring me down I keep my head up high
Don't judge a book by its cover 'cause it's never what it seems
Now I know what I'm sayin' and I feel
I gotta scream
That I am somebody
Like you are somebody
He is somebody
Like I am someone
Beat Street Breakdown, Raah!
Hip Hop!
Beat Street
The king of the beat
You see him rocking that beat from across the street
And Huh Huh!
Beat Street is a lesson too, because you can't let the Streets beat you!
Well a picture can express a thousand words to describe all the beauty of life you give
And if the world was yours to do over, I know you'd paint a better place to live
Where the colours would swirl and the boys and girls can grow in peace and harmony
And where murals stand on walls so grand as far as the eyes are able to see, Ha!
I never knew art til I saw your face and there'll never be one to take your place
'Cause each and every time you touch the spray paint can
Michelangelo's soul controls your hand
Then serenades of blue and red and the beauty of the rainbow fills your head
Crescendo of colours hang in tune, Man why oh why d'ya have to die so soon?
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, where the good die young it's all thy must
'Cause as life must live, death must die and the tear shall fall from the living eye, Huh!
The teardrops fall for the state of mind of the beautiful lady that you left behind
In love and alone, but now you're dead, and she still can't get you out of her head, Huh!
More tears fall for all you've done, trying to be a good father to your only son
But now who's gonna make sure that he's fed, put a shirt on his back and a roof overhead?
Tell me who's gonna dream the impossible dream of the beautiful cities in the islands genes?
When your works of art brought into being all that the ghetto stopped you from seeing
Bums on the sidewalk, garbage in the streets, abandoned buildings, bricks of concrete
The ladies on the corner are selling their bodies, and everybody wants a part in that party
I'm hanging out tough, rocking late at night, running wild in the town of the neon light
You either play some ball or stand in the hall Huh!
You gotta make something outta nothing at all
I'm sitting in the classroom learning the rules and it says you can't do graffiti in school
They can't be wrong in the hallowed hall, so my notebook turned into a brick wall
The heart of a lion and the courage of three, and the mind of a man much wiser than me
You're the soul of the brother who won't come back
Who died in my arms on the railroad track
'Cause I'm caught in the rat race, looking for my own space
There's gotta be a better place for you and me
There's pie in the sky, and an eye for an eye
Some people gotta die just to be free
You search for justice and what do you find?
You find just us on the unemployment line
You find just us sweating from dawn to dusk
There's no justice, there's Huh, just us, Ha!
Still life urban masterpiece, your trademark was written on trains and walls
A million dollar gift only God released, and yet you got killed for nothing at all
So after this there'll be no more hard times, no more bad times and no more pain
No more chump change, none of that bull
Just movies, museums and the hall of fame
So all you Hip Hops get on up, and let's take it to the top where we belong
'Cause the age of the Beat Street wave is here
Everybody let's sing along, now c'mon, say 'Ho!' ('Ho!'), Say 'Ho!' ('Ho!')
And to let me know I'm rocking the microphone everybody say 'Ramo!' ('Ramo!')
'Ramo!' ('Ramo!')
Raah!
A newspaper burns in the sand, and the headlines say 'Man destroys Man!'
Extra! Extra! Read all the bad news on the war for peace that everybody would lose
The rise and fall, the last great empire, the sound of the whole world caught on fire
The ruthless struggle, the desperate gamble
The game that left the whole world in shambles
The cheats, the lies, the alibis
And the foolish attempt to conquer the skies
Lost in space, and what is it worth, huh?
The president just forgot about Earth
Spending multi billions, and maybe even trillions
The cost of weapons ran into zillions
There's gold in the street, and diamonds under feet
And the children in Africa don't even eat
Flies on their faces, they're living like mice
And the houses even make the ghetto look nice, Huh!
The water tastes funny, it's forever too sunny
And they work all month and don't make no money
A fight for power, a nuclear shower
And people shout out in the darkest hour
Of sights unseen and voices unheard
And finally the bomb gets the last word
Christians killed Muslims, and Germans killed Jews
And everybody's bodies are used and abused, Huh!
Minds are poisoned and souls are polluted
Superiority complex is deep rooted
Leeches and lice's, and people got prices
Egomaniacs control the self-righteous
Nothing is sacred and nothing is pure
So the revelation of death is our cure
Hitler and Caesar, Custer and Reagan
Napoleon, Castro, Mussolini and Begin
Ghengis Khan and the Shah of Iran
Mixed with the blood of the weaker man
The peoples in terror, the leaders made the error
And now they can't even look in the mirror
'Cause we gotta suffer while things get rougher
And that's the reason why we got to get tougher
To learn from the past and work for the future
And don't be a slave to no computer
'Cause the Children of Man inherits the land
And the future of the world is in your hands
So just throw your hands in the air
And wave 'em like you just don't care
And if you believe that you're the future
Scream it out and say 'Oh yeah!' ('Oh yeah!')
'Oh yeah!' ('Oh yeah!')
Raah!
Beat Street Breakdown
Raah!