US3 - Cantaloop
Ladies and Gentlemen As you know we have something special for you At Birdland this evening A recording for Blue Note Records
Yeah, yeah, yeah - what's that? Diddi-diddi bop Funky funky - yeah yeah - diddi-diddi bop How 'bout a big hand now? Wait, wait a minute
Groovy groovy Jazzy funky pounce bounce dance As we dip in the melodic sea The rhythm keeps flowin, it drips to MC Sweet sugar pop, sugar pop rocks it pops ya Dont stop till the sweet beat drops I show and prove as a stick in move Hear the poems recited on top of the groove Smooth, mind, floating like a butterfly Notes start to float, suttle like a lullabye Brace yourself as the beat hits ya Dip trip, flip fantasia
Yeah, yeah, yeah - what's that? Diddi-diddi bop Funky funky - yeah yeah - diddi-diddi bop
Feel the beat, drop, jazz and hip hop Drippin in the dome and mix is on the lock Funk and fusion, a fly illusion Keeps ya coastin on the river we cruisin Up down round and round, round the found But nevertheless ya gots to get down Finesse the freak, thru the beat so unique Ya move your feet, the sweat from the heat
Back to the fact I'm the mack and I know that The way I kick the rhymes, some would call me a poet Funky flowin goin on with the sweet sound Caught in the groove in Fantasia I'm found Trip the tour upon the rhymes they soar To an infinite height to the realm of the hardcore Here we go off I take ya Dip trip - flip fantasia
Jump to the jam, boogy woogy jam slam Bust the dialect I'm the man in command Come flow with the sounds of the mighty mic masta When I rhyme on the mic I bring a sucka disasta Beaucoup bucks and I still rock Nike With the razzle dazzle star I might be Scribble scrabble on the microphone I babble As I flip the funky words, into a puzzle Yes yes yes, on and on as I flex Get with the flow words manifest Feel the vibe from here to Asia Dip trip - flip fantasia
C'mon get me more of that funky horn
I've found it - at last - put it on
Yeah, yeah, yeah - what's that? Diddi-diddi bop Funky funky - yeah yeah - diddi-diddi bop ....
| | Run DMC - It's like that
[Run] 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
[D.M.C.] People in the world try to make ends meet You try to ride car, train, bus, or feet I said you got to work hard to want to compete It's like that, and that's the way it is Huh!
[Run & D.M.C. alternate lines for the remainder of the song] Money is the key to end all your woes Your ups and your downs, your highs and your lows Won't you tell me last time that love bought you clothes? It's like that, and that's the way it is
Bills fly higher every day We receive much lower pay I'd rather stay young, go out and play It's like that, and that's the way it is Huh!
War's going on across the sea Street soldiers killing the elderly What ever happened to unity? It's like that, and that that's the way it is
Disillusion is the word That's used by me when I'm not heard I just go through life with my glasses blurred It's like that, and that's the way it is Huh!
You can see a lot in this lifespan Like a bum eating out of a garbage can You notice one time he was your man It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
You should've gone to school, you could've learned a trade But you laid in bed where the bums have laid Now all the time you're crying that you're underpaid It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is Huh!
One thing I knoe is that life is short So listen up homeboy, give this a thought The next time someone's teaching why don't you get taught? It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
If you really think about it times aren't that bad The one that stretches for success will make you glad Stop playing start praying, you won't be sad It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is Huh!
When you feel you fail sometimes it hurts For a meaning in life is why you search Take the boys on the train, drive to school on 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 prejudice Because we're all written down on the same list It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is Huh! (Repeat 4x)
You know it's like that, and that's the way it is Because it's like that, and that's the way it is |