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Sugarhill Gang - Rappers Delight Lyrics



Sugarhill Gang - Rappers Delight Lyrics
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I said a hip hop, the hippie, the hippie
+
To the hip hip hop-a, you don't stop
+
Rock it out, baby bubba to the boogie, the bang-bang
+
The boogie, to 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
+
You 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 with a serious joint
+
From sun to sun and from 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
+
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 the name, 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 who has 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
+
And I'm here and I'm there, I'm Big Bad Hank, I'm everywhere
+
Just throw your hands up in the air
+
And party harder like you just don't care
+
Let's do it, don't stop, y'all, a-tick tock, y'all, you don't stop
+
A-go hotel, motel, whatcha gonna do today? (Say what?)
+
Yes, I'm gon' get a fly girl, gonna get some spankin'
+
Drive off in a def OJ
+
Everybody go, "Hotel, motel, 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
+
You start poppin' your fingers and stompin' your feet
+
And you're movin' your body while you're sitting in your seat
+
And then damn, ya start doin' the freak
+
I said, bam, right outta your seat
+
Then you 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-and-and-on-and-on-on-and-on
+
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
+
Singin' on-and-and-on-and-on-on-and-on
+
Like a hot buttered pop-da-pop-da-pop, dibbie dibbie
+
Pop-da-pop-pop, you don't dare stop
+
Come alive, y'all, gimme whatcha 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-and-and-on-and-on-and-on
+
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
+
Singin' on-and-and-on-and-on-on-and-on
+
Rock, rock, y'all, throw it on the floor
+
I'm gonna freak you here, I'm gonna freak you 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 the ji-ji-jiggles in your behind, a-said
+
One, two, three, four, come on, girls, get on the floor
+
A-come alive, y'all, a-gimme whatcha got
+
'Cause I'm guaranteed to make you rock
+
I said one, two, three, four
+
Tell me, Wonder Mike, what are you waiting for?
+
Said-a hip hop, the hippie, to the hippie
+
The hip hip hop and you don't stop rockin'
+
To the bang-bang, the boogie, say up jump the boogie
+
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
+
A skiddleebebop, we rock, a scooby doo
+
And guess what, America? We love you
+
'Cause you rocked and a rolled with so much soul
+
You could rock 'til 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 out, a-Baby Bubba
+
Baby Bubba to the boogie, the bang-bang, the boogie
+
To the beat, beat, it's so unique
+
Come on everybody and dance to the beat
+
Have you ever went over a friend's house to eat
+
And the food just ain't no good?
+
I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas all 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 he piles 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 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
+
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I said a hip hop, the hippie, the hippie
+
To the hip hip hop-a, you don't stop
+
Rock it out, baby bubba to the boogie, the bang-bang
+
The boogie, to 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
+
You 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 with a serious joint
+
From sun to sun and from 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
+
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 the name, 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 who has 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
+
And I'm here and I'm there, I'm Big Bad Hank, I'm everywhere
+
Just throw your hands up in the air
+
And party harder like you just don't care
+
Let's do it, don't stop, y'all, a-tick tock, y'all, you don't stop
+
A-go hotel, motel, whatcha gonna do today? (Say what?)
+
Yes, I'm gon' get a fly girl, gonna get some spankin'
+
Drive off in a def OJ
+
Everybody go, "Hotel, motel, 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
+
You start poppin' your fingers and stompin' your feet
+
And you're movin' your body while you're sitting in your seat
+
And then damn, ya start doin' the freak
+
I said, bam, right outta your seat
+
Then you 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-and-and-on-and-on-on-and-on
+
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
+
Singin' on-and-and-on-and-on-on-and-on
+
Like a hot buttered pop-da-pop-da-pop, dibbie dibbie
+
Pop-da-pop-pop, you don't dare stop
+
Come alive, y'all, gimme whatcha 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-and-and-on-and-on-and-on
+
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
+
Singin' on-and-and-on-and-on-on-and-on
+
Rock, rock, y'all, throw it on the floor
+
I'm gonna freak you here, I'm gonna freak you 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 the ji-ji-jiggles in your behind, a-said
+
One, two, three, four, come on, girls, get on the floor
+
A-come alive, y'all, a-gimme whatcha got
+
'Cause I'm guaranteed to make you rock
+
I said one, two, three, four
+
Tell me, Wonder Mike, what are you waiting for?
+
Said-a hip hop, the hippie, to the hippie
+
The hip hip hop and you don't stop rockin'
+
To the bang-bang, the boogie, say up jump the boogie
+
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
+
A skiddleebebop, we rock, a scooby doo
+
And guess what, America? We love you
+
'Cause you rocked and a rolled with so much soul
+
You could rock 'til 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 out, a-Baby Bubba
+
Baby Bubba to the boogie, the bang-bang, the boogie
+
To the beat, beat, it's so unique
+
Come on everybody and dance to the beat
+
Have you ever went over a friend's house to eat
+
And the food just ain't no good?
+
I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas all 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 he piles 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 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
+
[ Correct these Lyrics ]
Writer: Edward Bernard, Giles Goodman, Mark Summers, Nile Rodgers
Copyright: Lyrics © Boa Musica Europa, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.





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"Rapper's Delight" is a 1979 hip hop track that serves as the debut single of American hip-hop trio the Sugarhill Gang, produced by Sylvia Robinson. Although it was shortly preceded by the Fatback Band's "King Tim III (Personality Jock)", "Rapper's Delight" is credited for introducing hip hop music to a wide audience, reaching the top 40 in the United States, as well as the top three in the United Kingdom and number one in Canada.

It was a prototype for various types of rap music. The track interpolates Chic's "Good Times", resulting in Chic's Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards threatening to sue Sugar Hill Records for copyright infringement; a settlement was reached that gave the two songwriting credits. It also interpolates Love De-Luxe's "Here Comes That Sound Again". The track was recorded in a single take. There are five mixes of the song.

"Rapper's Delight" was ranked at number 251 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2010, and number 2 on VH1's "100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs". It is also included on NPR's list of the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century. It was preserved in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2011 for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

In 2014, the record was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Performed by: Sugarhill Gang
From Album: Just Dance 2024
Genre(s): One Hit Wonder
Written by: Edward Bernard, Giles Goodman, Mark Summers, Nile Rodgers
Released: September 16th, 1979
Year: 1979
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