Rapper’s Delight (Short Version)

By Sugarhill Gang

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[Chorus: Wonder Mike]

I said a hip-hop, the hippie, the hippie

To the hip, hip-hop and you don't stop the rockin'

To the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie

To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat

Now, what you hear is not a test I'm rappin' to the beat

And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet

See, I am Wonder Mike, and I'd like to say hello

To the black, to the white, the red and the brown

The purple and yellow, but first, I gotta

Bang bang, the boogie to the boogie

Say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie

Let's rock, you don't stop

Rock the rhythm that'll make your body rock

Well so far you've heard my voice but I brought two friends along

And the next on the mic is my man Hank

C'mon, Hank, sing that song, check it out

Well, I'm Imp the Dimp, the ladies' pimp

The women fight for my delight

But I'm the grandmaster with the three MCs

That shock the house for the young ladies

And when you come inside, into the front

You do the Freak, Spank, and do the Bump

And when the sucker MC's try to prove a point

We're Treacherous Trio, we're the serious joint

A from sun to sun and day to day

I sit down and write a brand new rhyme

Because they say that miracles never cease

I've created a devastating masterpiece

I'm gonna rock the mic 'til you can't resist

Everybody, I say it goes like this

Well, I was coming home late one dark afternoon

A reporter stopped me for an interview

She said she's heard stories and she's heard fables

That I'm vicious on the mic and the turntable

This young reporter I did adore

So I rocked some vicious rhymes like I never did before

She said, "damn, fly guy, I'm in love with you

The Casanova legend must have been true"

I said, "by the way, baby, what's your name?"

Said, "I go by name of Lois Lane"

"And you could be my boyfriend, you surely can

Just let me quit my boyfriend called Superman"

I said, "he's a fairy, I do suppose

Flyin' through the air in pantyhose

He may be very sexy, or even cute

But he looks like a sucker in a blue and red suit"

I said, "you need a man man who's got finesse

And his whole name across his chest

He may be able to fly all through the night

But can he rock a party 'til the early light?

He can't satisfy you with his little worm

But I can bust you out with my super sperm!"

I go do it, I go do it, I go do it, do it, do it

An' I'm here an' I'm there, I'm Big Ban Hank, I'm everywhere

Just throw your hands up in the air

And party hardy like you just don't care

Let's do it, don't stop, y'all, a tick tock, y'all, you don't stop!

Go ho-tel, mo-tel, whatcha gonna do today? (say what?)

I'm gonna get a fly girl, gonna get some spank, drive off in a def OJ

Everybody go, "ho-tel, mo-tel, Holiday Inn"

You say if your girl starts actin' up, then you take her friend

I say skip, dive, what can I say?

I can't fit 'em all inside my OJ

So I just take half, and bust 'em out

I give the rest to Master Gee so he can shock the house

I said M-A-S T-E-R, a G with a double E

I said I go by the unforgettable name

Of the man they call the Master Gee

Well, my name is known all over the world

By all the foxy ladies and the pretty girls

I'm goin' down in history

As the baddest rapper there ever could be

Now I'm feelin' the highs and you're feelin' the lows

The beat starts gettin' into your toes

Ya start poppin' ya fingers and stompin' your feet

And movin' your body while you're sittin' in your seat

And the damn you start doin' the freak

I said damn, right outta your seat

Then ya throw your hands high in the air

Ya rockin' to the rhythm, shake your derriere

Ya rockin' to the beat without a care

With the sureshot MCs for the affair

Now, I'm not as tall as the rest of the gang

But I rap to the beat just the same

I got a little face and a pair of brown eyes

All I'm here to do ladies is hypnotize

Singin' on an' an' on an' on an' on

The beat don't stop until the break of dawn

Singin' on n n on n on on n on

Like a hot buttered a pop da pop da pop dibbie dibbie

Pop da pop pop ya don't dare stop

Come alive y'all gimme what ya got

I guess by now you can take a hunch

And find that I am the baby of the bunch

But that's okay, I still keep in stride

Cause all I'm here to do is just wiggle your behind

Singin' on an' an' on an' on an' on

The beat don't stop until the break of dawn

Singin' on an' an' on an' on on an' on

Rock rock y'all throw it on the floor

I'm gonna freak ya here I'm gonna freak ya there

I'm gonna move you outta this atmosphere

Cause I'm one of a kind and I'll shock your mind

I'll put t-t-tickets in your behind

I said 1-2-3-4, come on girls get on the floor

A-come alive, y'all a-gimme what ya got

Cause I'm guaranteed to make you rock

I said 1-2-3-4 tell me Wonder Mike what are you waitin' for?

I said a hip hop the hippie to the hippie

The hip hip hop, a you don't stop

The rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie

To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat

Skiddlee beebop a we rock a Scoobie-Doo

And guess what America we love you

Cause ya rock and ya roll with so much soul

You could rock till you're a hundred and one years old

I don't mean to brag i don't mean to boast

But we like hot butter on our breakfast toast

Rock it up baby bubbah

Baby bubbah to the boogie da bang bang da boogie

To the beat beat, its so unique

Come on everybody and dance to the beat

Have you ever went over a friends house to eat

And the food just ain't no good?

I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mushed

And the chicken tastes like wood

So you try to play it off like you think you can

By saying that you're full

And then your friend says, "mama, he's just being polite

He ain't finished, uh-uh, that's bull!"

So your heart starts pumpin' and you think of a lie

And you say that you already ate

And your friend says "man, there's plenty of food"

So you pile some more on your plate

While the stinky food's steamin', your mind starts to dreamin'

Of the moment that it's time to leave

And then you look at your plate and your chicken's slowly rottin'

Into something that looks like cheese

Oh so you say "that's it, I gotta leave this place

I don't care what these people think

I'm just sittin' here makin' myself nauseous

With this ugly food that stinks"

So you bust out the door while it's still closed

Still sick from the food you ate

And then you run to the store for quick relief

From a bottle of Kaopectate

And then you call your friend two weeks later

To see how he has been

And he says, "I understand about the food

Baby Bubba, but we're still friends"

With a hip hop the hippie to the hippie

The hip hip a hop, a you don't stop the rockin'

To the bang bang boogie

Say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie the beat