[ VERSE 1: G ] Remedies for house parties stayed and plain Little wine, little music, Mary Jane Gotta keep the dim, so when the people walk in The vibe stays nice and mellow, fits in And everybody hey and ho, are gettin groove on The record stops when the lights came on Then they went off, we continued to groove Then somebody grabbed the mic like they had somethin to It was just the spirit got em, it let loose There right before our eyes was produced The fire kept on burnin like a in heat You couldn't help to feel the flavor as you through the streets Everybody had a crew on every for blocks seemed to be insurance that the beat won't stop So one day ring and it was no one to blame All you was would it ever all be the same But if you got the love, baby, won't a damn change As long as you it always remains
[ CHORUS: The Brothers ] I When we to play shoot-em-up, bang-bang I When we used to play shoot-em-up, and DJ's (2x)
[ 2: Afrika Baby Bam ] Block parties jam-packed, the first I heard rap And spinnin breakbeats back These were the last good days of the It wasn't all about jiggy, so save that rap for Jell-O Down on my knees in the street skelly Rushin to see _Graffiti Rock_ on the telly With one eye on the droppin I knew that one day would come I'd be on the mic rockin Every day after practisin I mixed blues smarts with smarts, and then started battle rappin But for me it wasn't So I up my style, to the ladies been mackin I wrote a about 'Roxanne, Roxanne' I used to it out when I went to a jam My mother read the rap She said, "You ain't gon' go too far expressin like that black women And what's gon' when you turn around and try to have your own children?" So I up my style once again So me and my moms could be friends My daddy buggin out so far Watchin me to be another rap star Through my he saw a child changin Growin up to be a man and behind the shootin, bangin
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[ VERSE 3: Afrika Bam ] Now one goes out to the ones who set it off And all the pioneers that made it it was Cause we been doin this for 25 long So we gotta and keep hip-hop strong JBeez, we on a plateau, ain't nothin us with the spirit of God, now watch it jump in us Cause you cut the roots off the family tree All you leave behind is the memory Right the start, we did it in the park It wasn't for the money, and it from the heart But in these days and times, when rappers rhymes All we think about is signin on the dotted Me, I thinkin about the way it used to be before you was a rapper, you became an MC I'm of my heritage, and glad that we made it I still bust rhymes bein player-hated Standin on the same stage, with the JBeez Was a dream come for a brother like me rap was consumed, and hip-hop was doomed I was bangin on tables, rhymin in the I to walk the street with my ghetto blaster My on the block was startin Zulu chapters You know what I'm talkin about if you go way And yo, big ups to all my sisters, in the of rap Cause it comes to hip-hop, you know you gotta keep it true Take from the old, mix it the new I used to go by the of MC Shazaam But now you know me as Afrika Bam
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