Rapper's Delight
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About Rapper's Delight
Rapper's Delight is a 1979 single by American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang. While it was not the first hip hop single, "Rapper's Delight" is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip hop in the United States and around the world. The song is ranked #248 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. .
Rapper's Delight Lyrics
[00:35.24] I said-a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie
[00:38.28] To the hip hip hop-a you don't stop the rock
[00:40.64] It to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie
[00:42.78] To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
[00:44.44] Now what you hear is not a test: I'm rappin' to the beat
[00:48.04] And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
[00:52.59] See, I am Wonder Mike, and I'd like to say hello
[00:56.89] To the black, to the white, the red
[00:59.45] And the brown, the purple and yellow
[01:01.14] But first I gotta bang bang the boogie to the boogie
[01:03.21] Say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie
[01:06.03] Let's rock, you don't stop
[01:08.16] Rock the riddle that will make your body rock
[01:10.55] Well, so far you've heard my voice, but I brought two friends along
[01:14.35] And next on the mike is my man Hank, come on Hank, sing that song
[01:18.51] Check it out, I'm the C-A-S-AN, the O-V-A and the rest is F-L-Y
[01:22.86] You see, I go by the code of the doctor of the mix and these reasons I'll tell you why
[01:27.30] You see I'm six foot one and I'm tons of fun and I dress to a D
[01:31.19] You see I got more clothes than Muhammad Ali and I dress so viciously
[01:35.86] I got bodyguards, I got two big cars, that definitely ain't the whack
[01:40.18] I got a Lincoln continental and a sunroof Cadillac
[01:44.47] So after school, I take a dip in the pool, which is really on the wall
[01:48.92] I got a color TV so I can see the Knicks play basketball
[01:52.92] Hear me talking 'bout checkbooks, credit cards, more money than a sucker could ever spend
[01:57.47] But I wouldn't give a sucker or a bum from the Rucker, not a dime 'til I made it again
[02:02.36] Everybody go: Hotel, motel, whatcha gonna do today (Say what?)
[02:06.84] 'Cause I'ma get a fly girl, gonna get some spank and drive off in a def OJ
[02:11.36] Everybody go: Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
[02:14.71] You see, if your girl starts acting up, then you take her friend
[02:19.46] Uh Master Gee, my mellow?
[02:21.58] It's on you so what you gonna do?
[02:23.96] Well it's on and on and on, on and on
[02:27.76] The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
[02:30.03] I said a M-A-S, a T-E-R, a G with a double E
[02:32.24] I said I go by the unforgettable name of the man they call the Master Gee
[02:36.00] Well, my name is known all over the world
[02:39.49] By all the foxy ladies and the pretty girls
[02:42.24] I'm going down in history
[02:43.79] As the baddest rapper there ever could be
[02:45.43] Now I'm feeling the highs and you're feeling the lows
[02:48.88] The beat starts getting into your toes
[02:51.41] You start popping your fingers and stomping your feet
[02:53.36] And moving your body while you're sitting in your seat
[02:55.25] And then damn, you start doing the freak
[02:56.96] I said damn, right outta your seat
[02:58.42] Then you throw your hands high in the air
[03:00.55] You're rocking to the rhythm, shake your derriere
[03:02.53] Ya rockin' to the beat without a care
[03:04.62] With the sureshot MCs for the affair
[03:06.74] Now, I'm not as tall as the rest of the gang
[03:10.30] But I rap to the beat just the same
[03:12.50] I got a little face, and a pair of brown eyes
[03:14.01] All I'm here to do, ladies, is hypnotize
[03:16.12] Singing on an' an' on an' on, on an' on
[03:18.23] The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
[03:21.09] Singing on an' an' on an' on, on an' on
[03:22.58] Like a hot party the pop the pop the pop dibbie dibbie
[03:24.67] Pop the pop, pop, you don't dare stop
[03:26.45] Come alive y'all, gimme whatcha got
[03:28.50] I guess by now you can take a hunch
[03:30.43] And find that I am the baby of the bunch
[03:32.74] But that's okay, I still keep in stride
[03:34.96] 'Cos all I'm here to do is just wiggle your behind
[03:37.29] Singin' on'n'n'on'n'on n'on
[03:39.28] The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
[03:41.50] Singin' on'n'n'on'n'on on'n'on
[03:43.69] Rock rock, y'all, throw it on the floor
[03:45.56] I'm gonna freak ya here I'm gonna freak you there
[03:48.34] I'm gonna move you outta this atmosphere
[03:52.29] 'Cos I'm one of a kind and I'll shock your mind
[03:54.39] I'll put TNT tickin' in your behind
[03:56.83] I said one, two, three, four, come on, girls, get on the floor
[03:58.60] A-come alive, y'all, a-gimme whatcha got
[04:00.76] 'Cos I'm guaranteed to make you rock
[04:03.09] I said one, two, three, four, tell me, Wonder Mike
[04:06.27] What are you waiting for?
[04:07.79] I said a hip hop the hippie to the hippie
[04:10.34] To the hip hip hop and you don't stop
[04:11.80] The rock it to the bang bang the boogie
[04:13.51] Say up jump the boogie, dig the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
[04:16.10] Skiddlee beebop a we rock a scooby doo
[04:18.62] And guess what, America: we love you
[04:20.73] 'Cause ya rock and ya roll with so much soul
[04:22.90] You could rock 'til you're a hundred and one years old
[04:25.03] I don't mean to brag I don't mean to boast
[04:27.36] But we like hot butter on a breakfast toast
[04:30.60] Rock it up, uh, baby bubbah
[04:32.03] Baby bubbah to the boogie the bang bang the boogie
[04:33.82] To the beat beat, it's so unique
[04:35.55] Come on, everybody, and dance to the beat
[04:39.50]
[04:55.83] A hip hop the hippie the hippie
[04:57.66] To the hip hip hop and you don't stop
[04:59.30] The rock it out baby boppa to the boogity bang bang
[05:01.69] Boogie to the boogie, the beat
[05:03.55] I said I can't wait 'til the end of the week
[05:05.98] When I'm rappin' to the rhythm of a groovy beat
[05:08.09] An attempt to raise your body heat
[05:09.95] Just blow your mind so that you can't speak
[05:12.34] To do a thing but a rock and shuffle your feet
[05:14.45] And let it change up to a dance called the freak
[05:17.04] And when ya finally do come into your rhythmic beat
[05:19.54] Rest a little while so ya don't get weak
[05:21.29] I know a man named Hank
[05:23.44] He has more rhymes than a serious bank
[05:25.31] So come on Hank, uh, sing that song
[05:27.67] To the rhythm of the boogie the bang bang the bong
[05:29.82] Well, I'm imp the dimp, the ladies pimp
[05:31.92] The women fight for my delight
[05:33.04] But I'm the grandmaster with the three MCs
[05:34.96] That shock the house for the young ladies
[05:38.17] And when you come inside, into the front
[05:40.29] You do the freak, spank, and do the bump
[05:42.38] And when the sucker MCs try to prove a point
[05:44.52] We're treacherous trio, we're the serious joint
[05:46.82] A-from sun-to-sun and from day-to-day
[05:49.08] I sit down and write a brand new rhyme
[05:51.38] Because they say that miracles never cease
[05:53.20] I've created a devastating masterpiece
[05:55.40] I'm gonna rock the mike 'til you can't resist
[05:57.96] Everybody, I say, it goes like this
[06:00.13] Well, I was comin' home late one dark afternoon
[06:02.46] A reporter stopped me for a interview
[06:04.32] She said she's heard stories and she's heard fables
[06:06.75] That I'm vicious on the mic and the turntables
[06:08.85] This young reporter, I did adore
[06:10.58] So I rocked a vicious rhyme like I never did before
[06:13.17] She said, "Damn, fly guy, I'm in love with you!
[06:15.46] The Casanova legend must have been true!"
[06:17.57] I said, "By the way, baby, what's your name?"
[06:19.96] Said, "I go by the name Lois Lane
[06:21.62] And you could be my boyfriend, you surely can
[06:24.21] Just let me quit my boyfriend called Superman"
[06:26.15] I said, "He's a fairy, I do suppose
[06:28.04] Flyin' through the air in pantyhose
[06:29.98] He may be very sexy or even cute
[06:32.35] But he looks like a sucker in a blue and red suit"
[06:35.59] I said, "You need a man who's got finesse
[06:37.42] And his whole name across his chest
[06:39.88] He may be able to fly all through the night
[06:41.23] But can he rock a party 'til the early light?
[06:43.08] He can't satisfy you with his little worm
[06:45.35] But I can bust you out with my super sperm!"
[06:47.63] I gon' do it, I gon' do it, I gon' do it, do it, do it
[06:51.37] And I'm here, and I'm there, I'm Big Bank Hank, I'm everywhere
[06:55.17] Just throw your hands up in the air
[06:58.35] And party hardy like you just don't care
[07:00.46] Let's do it, don't stop y'all
[07:02.46] A-tick a-tock, y'all, you don't stop!
[07:04.35] Go hotel, motel
[07:06.36]
[00:38.28] To the hip hip hop-a you don't stop the rock
[00:40.64] It to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie
[00:42.78] To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
[00:44.44] Now what you hear is not a test: I'm rappin' to the beat
[00:48.04] And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
[00:52.59] See, I am Wonder Mike, and I'd like to say hello
[00:56.89] To the black, to the white, the red
[00:59.45] And the brown, the purple and yellow
[01:01.14] But first I gotta bang bang the boogie to the boogie
[01:03.21] Say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie
[01:06.03] Let's rock, you don't stop
[01:08.16] Rock the riddle that will make your body rock
[01:10.55] Well, so far you've heard my voice, but I brought two friends along
[01:14.35] And next on the mike is my man Hank, come on Hank, sing that song
[01:18.51] Check it out, I'm the C-A-S-AN, the O-V-A and the rest is F-L-Y
[01:22.86] You see, I go by the code of the doctor of the mix and these reasons I'll tell you why
[01:27.30] You see I'm six foot one and I'm tons of fun and I dress to a D
[01:31.19] You see I got more clothes than Muhammad Ali and I dress so viciously
[01:35.86] I got bodyguards, I got two big cars, that definitely ain't the whack
[01:40.18] I got a Lincoln continental and a sunroof Cadillac
[01:44.47] So after school, I take a dip in the pool, which is really on the wall
[01:48.92] I got a color TV so I can see the Knicks play basketball
[01:52.92] Hear me talking 'bout checkbooks, credit cards, more money than a sucker could ever spend
[01:57.47] But I wouldn't give a sucker or a bum from the Rucker, not a dime 'til I made it again
[02:02.36] Everybody go: Hotel, motel, whatcha gonna do today (Say what?)
[02:06.84] 'Cause I'ma get a fly girl, gonna get some spank and drive off in a def OJ
[02:11.36] Everybody go: Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
[02:14.71] You see, if your girl starts acting up, then you take her friend
[02:19.46] Uh Master Gee, my mellow?
[02:21.58] It's on you so what you gonna do?
[02:23.96] Well it's on and on and on, on and on
[02:27.76] The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
[02:30.03] I said a M-A-S, a T-E-R, a G with a double E
[02:32.24] I said I go by the unforgettable name of the man they call the Master Gee
[02:36.00] Well, my name is known all over the world
[02:39.49] By all the foxy ladies and the pretty girls
[02:42.24] I'm going down in history
[02:43.79] As the baddest rapper there ever could be
[02:45.43] Now I'm feeling the highs and you're feeling the lows
[02:48.88] The beat starts getting into your toes
[02:51.41] You start popping your fingers and stomping your feet
[02:53.36] And moving your body while you're sitting in your seat
[02:55.25] And then damn, you start doing the freak
[02:56.96] I said damn, right outta your seat
[02:58.42] Then you throw your hands high in the air
[03:00.55] You're rocking to the rhythm, shake your derriere
[03:02.53] Ya rockin' to the beat without a care
[03:04.62] With the sureshot MCs for the affair
[03:06.74] Now, I'm not as tall as the rest of the gang
[03:10.30] But I rap to the beat just the same
[03:12.50] I got a little face, and a pair of brown eyes
[03:14.01] All I'm here to do, ladies, is hypnotize
[03:16.12] Singing on an' an' on an' on, on an' on
[03:18.23] The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
[03:21.09] Singing on an' an' on an' on, on an' on
[03:22.58] Like a hot party the pop the pop the pop dibbie dibbie
[03:24.67] Pop the pop, pop, you don't dare stop
[03:26.45] Come alive y'all, gimme whatcha got
[03:28.50] I guess by now you can take a hunch
[03:30.43] And find that I am the baby of the bunch
[03:32.74] But that's okay, I still keep in stride
[03:34.96] 'Cos all I'm here to do is just wiggle your behind
[03:37.29] Singin' on'n'n'on'n'on n'on
[03:39.28] The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
[03:41.50] Singin' on'n'n'on'n'on on'n'on
[03:43.69] Rock rock, y'all, throw it on the floor
[03:45.56] I'm gonna freak ya here I'm gonna freak you there
[03:48.34] I'm gonna move you outta this atmosphere
[03:52.29] 'Cos I'm one of a kind and I'll shock your mind
[03:54.39] I'll put TNT tickin' in your behind
[03:56.83] I said one, two, three, four, come on, girls, get on the floor
[03:58.60] A-come alive, y'all, a-gimme whatcha got
[04:00.76] 'Cos I'm guaranteed to make you rock
[04:03.09] I said one, two, three, four, tell me, Wonder Mike
[04:06.27] What are you waiting for?
[04:07.79] I said a hip hop the hippie to the hippie
[04:10.34] To the hip hip hop and you don't stop
[04:11.80] The rock it to the bang bang the boogie
[04:13.51] Say up jump the boogie, dig the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
[04:16.10] Skiddlee beebop a we rock a scooby doo
[04:18.62] And guess what, America: we love you
[04:20.73] 'Cause ya rock and ya roll with so much soul
[04:22.90] You could rock 'til you're a hundred and one years old
[04:25.03] I don't mean to brag I don't mean to boast
[04:27.36] But we like hot butter on a breakfast toast
[04:30.60] Rock it up, uh, baby bubbah
[04:32.03] Baby bubbah to the boogie the bang bang the boogie
[04:33.82] To the beat beat, it's so unique
[04:35.55] Come on, everybody, and dance to the beat
[04:39.50]
[04:55.83] A hip hop the hippie the hippie
[04:57.66] To the hip hip hop and you don't stop
[04:59.30] The rock it out baby boppa to the boogity bang bang
[05:01.69] Boogie to the boogie, the beat
[05:03.55] I said I can't wait 'til the end of the week
[05:05.98] When I'm rappin' to the rhythm of a groovy beat
[05:08.09] An attempt to raise your body heat
[05:09.95] Just blow your mind so that you can't speak
[05:12.34] To do a thing but a rock and shuffle your feet
[05:14.45] And let it change up to a dance called the freak
[05:17.04] And when ya finally do come into your rhythmic beat
[05:19.54] Rest a little while so ya don't get weak
[05:21.29] I know a man named Hank
[05:23.44] He has more rhymes than a serious bank
[05:25.31] So come on Hank, uh, sing that song
[05:27.67] To the rhythm of the boogie the bang bang the bong
[05:29.82] Well, I'm imp the dimp, the ladies pimp
[05:31.92] The women fight for my delight
[05:33.04] But I'm the grandmaster with the three MCs
[05:34.96] That shock the house for the young ladies
[05:38.17] And when you come inside, into the front
[05:40.29] You do the freak, spank, and do the bump
[05:42.38] And when the sucker MCs try to prove a point
[05:44.52] We're treacherous trio, we're the serious joint
[05:46.82] A-from sun-to-sun and from day-to-day
[05:49.08] I sit down and write a brand new rhyme
[05:51.38] Because they say that miracles never cease
[05:53.20] I've created a devastating masterpiece
[05:55.40] I'm gonna rock the mike 'til you can't resist
[05:57.96] Everybody, I say, it goes like this
[06:00.13] Well, I was comin' home late one dark afternoon
[06:02.46] A reporter stopped me for a interview
[06:04.32] She said she's heard stories and she's heard fables
[06:06.75] That I'm vicious on the mic and the turntables
[06:08.85] This young reporter, I did adore
[06:10.58] So I rocked a vicious rhyme like I never did before
[06:13.17] She said, "Damn, fly guy, I'm in love with you!
[06:15.46] The Casanova legend must have been true!"
[06:17.57] I said, "By the way, baby, what's your name?"
[06:19.96] Said, "I go by the name Lois Lane
[06:21.62] And you could be my boyfriend, you surely can
[06:24.21] Just let me quit my boyfriend called Superman"
[06:26.15] I said, "He's a fairy, I do suppose
[06:28.04] Flyin' through the air in pantyhose
[06:29.98] He may be very sexy or even cute
[06:32.35] But he looks like a sucker in a blue and red suit"
[06:35.59] I said, "You need a man who's got finesse
[06:37.42] And his whole name across his chest
[06:39.88] He may be able to fly all through the night
[06:41.23] But can he rock a party 'til the early light?
[06:43.08] He can't satisfy you with his little worm
[06:45.35] But I can bust you out with my super sperm!"
[06:47.63] I gon' do it, I gon' do it, I gon' do it, do it, do it
[06:51.37] And I'm here, and I'm there, I'm Big Bank Hank, I'm everywhere
[06:55.17] Just throw your hands up in the air
[06:58.35] And party hardy like you just don't care
[07:00.46] Let's do it, don't stop y'all
[07:02.46] A-tick a-tock, y'all, you don't stop!
[07:04.35] Go hotel, motel
[07:06.36]
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Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang , -
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