[ 1: Mike G ] Remedies for house stayed simple and plain wine, little music, little Mary Jane Gotta keep the lights dim, so when the walk in The vibe stays and mellow, everybody fits in And everybody hey and ho, are gettin they on The record only stops when the lights on Then went back off, we continued to groove Then somebody grabbed the mic like they had to prove It was just the spirit got em, it wouldn't let There right before our hip-hop was produced The fire kept on burnin a doggie in heat You help to feel the flavor as you walked through the streets Everybody had a crew on every block for This seemed to be insurance that the won't stop So one day ring and it was no one to blame All you thought was would it 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 Holmes ] I When we to play shoot-em-up, bang-bang I When we used to play shoot-em-up, MC's and (2x)
[ VERSE 2: Afrika Bam ] parties jam-packed, the first time 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 in the street playin skelly Rushin to see _Graffiti Rock_ on the telly With one eye on the droppin I knew that one day would when 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 changed up my style, to the ladies mackin I wrote a rhyme 'Roxanne, Roxanne' I used to bust it out when I to a jam My mother the dirty rap She said, "You ain't gon' go too far expressin like that Disrespectin women And what's gon' happen when you turn and try to have your own children?" So I up my style once again So me and my moms still be friends My daddy wasn't out so far Watchin me to be another rap star Through my eyes he saw a changin Growin up to be a man and leave behind the shootin,
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[ 3: Afrika Baby Bam ] Now one goes out to the ones who set it off And all the that made it what it was Cause we doin this for 25 years long So we gotta represent and hip-hop strong JBeez, we on a plateau, ain't nothin us with the spirit of God, now watch it jump in us Cause when you cut the roots off the tree All you leave is the sweet memory from the start, we did it in the park It for the money, and it came from the heart But in these and times, when rappers write rhymes All we about is signin on the dotted line 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 without player-hated Standin on the stage, rockin with the JBeez Was a dream come for a brother like me Before rap was consumed, and was doomed I was bangin on tables, in the lunchroom I used to walk the street my ghetto blaster My brothers on the block was startin Zulu You know what I'm talkin about if you go way And yo, big ups to all my sisters, in the of rap Cause when it comes to hip-hop, you know you keep it true Take the old, mix it with the new I used to go by the name of MC But now you know me as Baby Bam
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