Ahlberg, Allan | Ahvenjärvi, Juhani | Angelou, Maya | Bakhtiar, Shireen | Beatty, Paul | Boland, Eavan | Brooks, Gwendolyn | Brown, Sterling | Bryant, Dana | Chapman, Tracy | Clifton Read, Lucile | Coleman, Anita Scott | Coleman, Wanda | Cullun, Countee | Dashiell, J.M. | Dove, Rita | Dylan, Bob | Evans, Mari | Gaines, Reg E. | Giovanni, Nikki | Goldbarth, Albert | Harper, Michael | Hayden, Chris | Hayden, Robert | Jordan, June | Lorde, Audre | Madhubuti, Haki R. | Mc Kenty, Bob | Moore, Richard | Reed, Ishmael | Salt'n'Pepa | Sayar, Keyvan | Scott-Heron, Gill | Shakur, Tupac | Sinervo, Helena | Stevens, Cat | Teasdale, Sarah | The Sugarhill Gang | Walcott, Derek | Walker, Alice | Walker, Margaret | Williams, Saul | Wyclef Jean | Young, Al
The Sugarhill Gang
Rapper's Delight
[Redman]
Ha Ha Turn me up a little bit Haha What'cha know about it What'cha know about it Uh Uh I said a hip hop the hibbe the hibbe to the hip hip a hop and ya don't stop A rock on baby bubba to the boogety bang bang the boogie to the boogety beat Now what'chu hear is not a test I'm a rappin to the beat It's just me the groove and my squad we gonna try to move your feet See I am the doctor spoc and I'd like to say hello A to the black to the white the red and the brown the purple and yellow Well, first I gotta bang bang the boogie to the boogie say up jump the boogie to Bang bang boogie let's rock you don't stop Rock the rhythm that'll make your body rock Now, so far you heard my voice a but I brought 2 friends along And next on the mic is my man E come on E sing that song (Ha Ha Ha Ha)
[Erick Sermon]
Well I'm imp the dip the ladies pimp The womens fight for my delight Cus im the grandmaster with the 3 MCs That shocked ya house for the young ladies And when ya come inside into the front And you do the freak spank and you do the bump But when a sucka MCs tryin to prove a point They trust this trio and with this serious joint And from sun to sun and from day to day I sit back and write a brand new rhyme Because they say that lyricals never cease I created a devastated masterpiece I'm gonna rock the mic 'til you can't resist EVERYBODY! I said it goes like this See I was comin home late one dark afternoon Reporter stopped me for an interview She said she heard stories and she heard fables That I Mrs. On the mic and the turntables This young reporter I did adore Start rockin through this rhyme like I never did before She said damn fly guy I'm in love with you Said that casanova legs you musta been through I said by the way baby what's your name? She said I go by the name of Lois Lane And you could be my boyfriend you truly can Just let me cut 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 look like a sucka in a blue & red suit I said I need a man who got finesse and his whole name across his chest He may be able to fly all through the night But he can't rock a party through the early light He can't satisfy you with his little worm But I can bust you out with my Supersperm I go do it - I go do it - I go do it - do it - do it And I'm here and I'm there And I'm big bad E and I'm everywhere So just throw your hands up in the air And party hard like you just don't care And just do it and don't stop y'all Tick a tock y'all and ya don't stop It goes Hotel Motel whatcha gonna do today im gonna get a fly girl and get some spankin and drive off with def O.J. Everybody go hotel motel holiday inn I say if your girl starts actin up then you take her friend I say skip die what can I say I can't fit it all inside my O.J. So i just take half and bust'em out And leave the rest to master gee so he could rock the house
[Keith Murray]
Well I'm the M - A - S - the T - E - R a G with the double E I said I go by the unforgettable name of the man they call the Keith Murray 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 badest rapper there ever could be Now I'm feelin the highs and your feelin the lows The beat start gettin into your soul You start snappin your fingers and stompin your feet And moving your body to the shore shot beat And then DAMN! You start doin the freak I mean DAMN! Right outta your seat And then you throw your hands high in the air Your rockin to the beat and shake your derriere Your rockin to the beat without any care Because the shore shot 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 gotta slim face and the bear brown eyes All I'm here to do ladies is hypnotize I said a on and a on an on on an on The beat don't stop till the break of dawn I said a on and a on an on on an on Like a hot butta pop ta pop to hibbe Hibbe pop ta pop pop you don't dare stop Come alive y'all and gimme what'chu got I guess by now that you could take a hunch And father I am now the baby of the bunch And thats okay i still keepin --?-- and thats all i need to do --?-- behind I said a on and a on an on on an on The beat don't stop till the break of dawn I said a on and a on an on on an on Rock rock yall and get on the floor I'm gonna freak you here im gonna freak you there I'm gonna freak you out of this atmosphere Cuz im one of a kind I shock your mind And put your dig dig on your behind I say one, two, three, four Come on girl get on the floor I'm commin live yall and give whatcha got Cuz i guarantee to make you rock I say a one, two, three, four tell my doctor spoc what you wattin for
[Redman]
Said a hip hop the hibbe to tha hibbe the hip hip a hop You don't stop a rockin to the bang bang boogie Say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogety beat Skippity we bopp a we rock a scooby doo A guess what america we love you Cus you rock & you roll with a so much soul You could rock till ya 101 years old I don't mean to brag I don't mean to post But Def Squads like butter on ya breakfast toast A rock it out a baby bubba a baby bubba to the boogety Bang bang the boogie to the beat beat So unique come on everybody Let's dance to the beat Have ever went over a friend house to eat and the food was just no good And I say the macoroni is sour, the peas all mush and the chiken taste like wood I say you tried to play it off like you thinkin you can by saying your full then your friend said mom he's just being polite he aint finish uh uh thats bull so your heart start pumpin and you think up a lie and you said you already ate then your friend said man there's plenty of food so he bounce some more on your plate while the stinky food steaming your mind starts dreaming at the moment its time to leave and you look at your plate and your chiken slowly rotten into something that look like cheese Then you say thats it i gotta leave this place i don't care what these people think Im just here making my self nauseous and with this ugly food that stinks and you so bust out the door while its still close still sick from the food you ate and you run to the store for a quick relife of a bottle of K-O petate an then you call up your friend two weeks later to see how's he has been and he say he I understand about the food baby borther were still friend and when the hip hop the hibbe the hibbe to the hip hip a hop and ya don't stop A rock to the bang bang the boogie say up jumps boogety beat