Rapper's Delight-The Sugarhill Gang

[00:00.63]Now what you hear is not a test, I'm rappin' to the beat [00:04.59]And me, the groove and my friends are gonna try to move your feet [00:08.80]See I am Wonder Mike and I'd like to say hello [00:12.88]To the black, to the white, the red and the brown, the purple and yellow [00:17.11]But first I gotta bang bang the boogie to the boogie [00:19.72]Say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie [00:21.85]Let's rock, you don't stop [00:23.75]Rock the riddle that will make your body rock [00:25.83]Well, so far youve heard my voice, but I brought two friends along [00:29.64]And next on the mic is my man Hank: come on, Hank, sing that song [00:33.72]Check it out, I'm the C-A-S-AN, the O-V-A and the rest is F-L-Y [00:38.24]You see, I go by the code of the doctor of the mix and these reasons I'll tell you why [00:42.01]You see I'm six foot one and I'm tons of fun and I dress to a tee [00:46.31]You see, I got more clothes than Muhammad Ali and I dress so viciously [00:50.64]I got bodyguards, I got two big cars, that definitely ain't the wack [00:54.75]I got a Lincoln continental and a sunroof Cadillac [00:58.83]So after school, I take a dip in the pool, which is really on the wall [01:03.04]I got a color TV so I can see the Knicks play basketball [01:07.20]Hear me talking 'bout checkbooks, credit cards, more money a than a sucker could ever spend [01:11.35]But I wouldn't give a sucker or a bum from the Rucker, not a dime 'til I made it again [01:15.43]Everybody go, "Hotel, motel, whatcha gonna do today?" (Say what?) [01:20.03]'Cause I'ma get a fly girl, gonna get some spank and drive off in a def OJ [01:23.99]Everybody go, "Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn" [01:27.96]You see, if your girl starts acting up, then you take her friend [01:32.37]A Master Gee, a my mellow? [01:34.56]It's on you so what you gonna do? [01:36.60]Well it's on and on and on, on and on [01:38.59]The beat don't stop until the break of dawn [01:40.70]I said a M-A-S, a T-E-R, a G with a double E [01:44.72]I said I go by the unforgettable name of the man they call the Master Gee [01:48.61]Well, my name is known all over the world [01:51.07]By all the foxy ladies and the pretty girls [01:53.15]I'm going down in history [01:55.02]As the baddest rapper there ever could be [01:57.50]Now I'm feeling the highs and you're feeling the lows [01:59.73]The beat starts getting into your toes [02:01.22]You start popping your fingers and stomping your feet [02:03.60]And moving your body while you're sitting in your seat [02:05.68]And then damn, you start doing the freak [02:07.71]I said damn, a right outta your seat [02:09.69]Then you throw your hands high in the air [02:11.75]You're rocking to the rhythm, shake your derriere [02:13.88]You're rocking to the beat without a care [02:15.84]With the sure-shot MCs for the affair [02:17.93]Now, I'm not as tall as the rest of the gang [02:20.10]But I rap to the beat just the same [02:22.05]I got a little face and a pair of brown eyes [02:24.25]All I'm here to do ladies is hypnotize [02:26.37]Singing on and on and on, on and on [02:28.50]The beat don't stop until the break of dawn [02:30.45]A singing on and on and on, on and on [02:32.70]Like a hot ready to pop the pop the pop dibbie dibbie [02:34.83]Pop the pop, pop, you don't dare stop [02:36.84]A come alive, y'all gimme what you got [02:38.87]I guess by now you can take a hunch [02:40.94]And find that I am the baby of the bunch [02:43.21]But that's okay, I still keep in stride [02:45.10]'Cause all I'm here to do is just a wiggle your behind [02:47.02]Singing on and on and on, on and on [02:49.17]The beat don't stop until the break of dawn [02:51.05]A singing on and on and on, on and on [02:53.36]Rock-rock, y'all, a get on the floor [02:55.62]I'm gonna freak ya here, I'm gonna freak you there [02:57.44]I'm gonna move you outta this atmosphere [02:59.55]'Cause I'm one of a kind and I'll shock your mind [03:01.57]I'll put the t-t-tickets in your behind [03:03.63]I said a 1-2-3-4, come on, girls, a get on the floor [03:07.78]A come alive, y'all, a gimme what ya got [03:10.05]'Cause I'm guaranteed to make you rock [03:12.13]I said 1-2-3-4, tell me Wonder Mike what are you waiting for? [03:16.15]Said a hip-hop, the hippie to the hippie [03:18.43]The hip, hip-a-hop and you don't stop rockin' [03:20.27]To the bang-bang, the boogie, say up jump the boogie [03:22.65]To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat [03:24.32]A-skiddlee bebop, we rock a scooby doo [03:26.06]And guess what, America, we love you [03:28.66]A 'cause ya rock and a roll with a so much soul [03:30.82]You could rock 'til you're hundred and one years old [03:32.67]I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast [03:34.88]But we're like hot butter on a breakfast toast [03:36.90]We rock it up, a baby bubba [03:39.14]Baby bubba to the boogie, the bang-bang, the boogie [03:41.29]To the beat, beat, it's so unique [03:43.21]Come on, everybody, and dance to the beat [03:45.25]Have you ever went over a friend's house to eat [03:47.42]And the food just ain't no good? [03:49.07]I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mushed [03:51.72]And the chicken tastes like wood [03:53.27]A so you try to play it off like you think you can [03:55.51]By saying that you're full [03:57.17]And then your friend says, "Mama, he's just being polite [03:59.72]He ain't finished, uh-uh, that's bull" [04:01.53]A so your heart starts pumping and you think of a lie [04:04.00]And you say that you already ate [04:05.46]And your friend says, "Man, there's plenty of food" [04:08.03]So you pile some more on your plate [04:09.94]But while the stinky food's steaming, your mind starts to dreaming [04:12.36]Of the moment that it's time to leave [04:14.03]And then you look at your plate and your chicken's slowly rotting [04:16.48]Into something that looks like cheese [04:18.12]Oh, so you say that's it, I got to leave this place [04:20.59]I don't care what these people think [04:22.40]I'm just sitting here making myself nauseous [04:24.54]With this ugly food that stinks [04:26.51]Oh, so you bust out the door while it's still closed [04:28.77]Still sick from the food you ate [04:30.49]And then you run to the store for quick relief [04:32.86]From a bottle of Kaopectate [04:34.89]And then you call your friend a two weeks later [04:37.08]To see how he has been [04:38.74]And he says "I understand about the food [04:41.03]Baby bubba, but we're still friends" [04:42.83]A with a hip-hop, the hippie to the hippie [04:45.29]The hip, hip-hop and you don't stop the rockin' [04:47.88]To the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie