[ 1: Mike G ] Remedies for house parties stayed and plain Little wine, little music, little Mary 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 they went off, we continued to groove Then somebody grabbed the mic like they had to prove It was just the got em, it wouldn't let loose There right our eyes hip-hop was produced The fire kept on burnin a doggie in heat You couldn't to feel the flavor as you walked through the streets Everybody had a crew on every block for 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, a damn thing change As as you remember it always remains
[ CHORUS: The Brothers ] I When we used to shoot-em-up, bang-bang I When we used to shoot-em-up, bang-bang and DJ's (2x)
[ VERSE 2: Afrika Bam ] Block parties jam-packed, the first time I rap And deejays spinnin back were the last good days of the ghetto It wasn't all bein jiggy, so save that rap for Jell-O Down on my knees in the playin skelly Rushin upstairs to see _Graffiti Rock_ on the With one eye on the droppin I knew that one day would when I'd be on the mic rockin Every day after school I mixed blues smarts street smarts, and then started battle rappin But for me it happenin So I changed up my style, to the ladies mackin I wrote a about 'Roxanne, Roxanne' I used to it out when I went to a jam My read the dirty rap She said, "You ain't gon' go too far expressin yourself that Disrespectin black And what's gon' happen when you turn and try to have your own children?" So I changed up my style once So me and my moms still be friends My wasn't buggin out so far me pretend to be another rap star Through my eyes he saw a changin Growin up to be a man and behind the shootin, bangin
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[ VERSE 3: Afrika Bam ] Now this one out to the ones who set it off And all the pioneers that it what it was Cause we been doin this for 25 long So we gotta represent and keep hip-hop JBeez, we on a plateau, ain't stoppin us Will with the spirit of God, now it jump in us Cause when you cut the off the family tree All you behind 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 days and times, when rappers write All we about is signin on the dotted line Me, I thinkin about the way it used to be When you was a rapper, you became an MC I'm of my heritage, and glad that we made it I still rhymes without bein player-hated on the same stage, rockin with the JBeez Was a come true for a brother like me Before rap was consumed, and was doomed I was bangin on tables, rhymin in the I used to 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 when it comes to hip-hop, you know you gotta keep it Take from the old, mix it the new I to go by the name of MC Shazaam But now you me as Afrika Baby Bam
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