Song | Tic Toc |
Artist | Lords of the Underground |
Album | Keepers of the Funk |
[00:05.416] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[00:07.418] | Throw your hands in the air |
[00:08.836] | And do it for your block (um) |
[00:10.702] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[00:12.721] | Throw your hands in the air |
[00:14.035] | And please don't stop (um) |
[00:15.980] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[00:18.614] | (Tic toc, you don't stop...) |
[00:21.161] | {DoItAll} Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[00:23.202] | We're those same (um) brothers |
[00:24.718] | Who brought you "Chief Rocka” |
[00:25.693] | Now, um, underground's my style |
[00:27.318] | To this I have vows, and I swear to my god |
[00:29.861] | I'll always rock a crowd |
[00:30.949] | So (um) peace to my area, N.W.K. |
[00:33.009] | Which is scarier, so if your on the deals |
[00:35.045] | Who cares, the more the merrier |
[00:36.445] | Now right off South Orange on the block of one-nine |
[00:39.027] | Of course, thirteenth ave is my stomping grounds |
[00:41.725] | I open up my chest and to my 'hood give my heart |
[00:44.319] | Cause without the heart then your 'hood falls apart |
[00:46.752] | So respect to the cement |
[00:48.250] | The park called "the Corner" |
[00:49.597] | Cause that's where the DoItAll do was performin' |
[00:52.280] | Runnin' from the cops, I couldn't be stopped |
[00:54.472] | Cuz I was jumpin' big gates that connected the blocks |
[00:57.173] | Now before makin' records, the 'hood was my savior |
[00:59.990] | But now I'm making tunes |
[01:00.975] | To make you jam wit 'cha neighbor |
[01:03.015] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[01:05.061] | Throw your hands in the air |
[01:06.381] | And do it for your block (um) |
[01:08.293] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[01:10.301] | Throw your hands in the air |
[01:11.667] | And please don't stop (um) |
[01:13.522] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[01:15.512] | Throw your hands in the air |
[01:16.852] | And represent your block (um) |
[01:18.722] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[01:21.343] | (Tic toc, you don't stop...) |
[01:23.049] | {Mr. Funke} Well, I be the funk-ular |
[01:24.384] | Ultra-funk-ular |
[01:25.253] | Gamma-funk-ular |
[01:26.262] | Half you rappers out there |
[01:27.265] | Couldn't see me with binoculars |
[01:28.938] | Anyone who thinks he'll take me out |
[01:30.387] | is just a dreamer. If you think you're the bomb |
[01:32.691] | Then I'm Hiroshima. When I die, |
[01:34.584] | I hope they're making records up in heaven |
[01:36.522] | On a scale of one to ten, I'm like 100-5th-11 |
[01:39.212] | And sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones |
[01:41.889] | But if you ever try to diss the Lords |
[01:43.643] | Then it's on. I go on beat... off beat... |
[01:45.868] | Then jump right back on time |
[01:46.811] | I drop another rhyme and talk about |
[01:48.417] | your fat ugly mama (EEWWW!) |
[01:49.746] | M.C.'s cannot rock me, I'm stone-proof |
[01:51.846] | Me grabbin' the mic is like |
[01:53.128] | Superman running to a phone booth |
[01:55.405] | Straight from Martin Luther King Boulevard |
[01:57.393] | In the heart of Newark, New Jersey |
[01:58.723] | Make you say "Lord have mercy" |
[01:59.950] | If you step up in my face then it's do or die |
[02:02.865] | And I'm gonna make you cry (waaahhhhh!!) |
[02:05.891] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[02:07.864] | Throw your hands in the air |
[02:09.228] | And do it for your block (um) |
[02:11.122] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[02:13.098] | Throw your hands in the air |
[02:14.431] | And please don't stop (um) |
[02:16.318] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[02:18.328] | Throw your hands in the air |
[02:19.646] | And represent your block (um) |
[02:21.567] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[02:24.274] | (Tic toc, you don't stop...) |
[02:26.187] | {DoItAll} Well, times have changed |
[02:27.704] | Not only for the urban but also for suburban |
[02:30.081] | We get props, we're deservin' |
[02:31.635] | From black kids to white kids |
[02:32.788] | I see them bob their heads |
[02:34.024] | From the blond hair to redhead |
[02:35.484] | I even seen a dread |
[02:36.762] | So now it doesn't matter |
[02:37.983] | As the clock winds down |
[02:39.218] | With the tic and the toc |
[02:40.710] | Because they love the sound |
[02:42.043] | But people 'round your area say you sell out |
[02:44.329] | Because you sell a million copies |
[02:45.795] | And your tone goes BAAAAOOWW! |
[02:47.335] | So do it for yourself, and do it for the 'hood |
[02:49.924] | But do it from the heart |
[02:51.250] | Cause that's when it's good |
[02:52.526] | Now tell me what's gonna happen after the rappin' |
[02:54.924] | When the clock ticks away |
[02:56.252] | And ain't nothin' happenin'... |
[02:57.611] | {Mr. Funke} I remember way back in the days |
[02:59.593] | On my block |
[03:00.204] | When the kids used to meet up in the hallway |
[03:02.231] | And rock on Martin Luther King's boulevard |
[03:04.975] | With P.C., wise, Easy Ed |
[03:06.793] | And my brother hard Bernard |
[03:08.032] | Used to hit the ill rhymes from the head |
[03:10.217] | While I'd hit the beat on the wall |
[03:11.824] | Until my hands turned red |
[03:13.209] | You had the Shorty two MC's, the Educated Three |
[03:16.135] | I got to give them props for helping me be me |
[03:18.412] | Now I'm the one who's educated |
[03:20.110] | I suffered but I made it |
[03:21.362] | I only write rhymes that will be appreciated |
[03:23.937] | No matter how large I get, the fire still burns |
[03:26.550] | Cause from the 'hood I came |
[03:27.615] | And to the 'hood I must return |
[03:29.615] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[03:31.585] | Throw your hands in the air |
[03:32.986] | And do it for your block (um) |
[03:34.882] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[03:36.890] | Throw your hands in the air |
[03:38.203] | And please don't stop (um) |
[03:40.115] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[03:42.049] | Throw your hands in the air |
[03:43.370] | And represent your block (um) |
[03:45.310] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[03:47.981] | (Tic toc, you don't stop...) |
[00:05.416] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[00:07.418] | Throw your hands in the air |
[00:08.836] | And do it for your block um |
[00:10.702] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[00:12.721] | Throw your hands in the air |
[00:14.035] | And please don' t stop um |
[00:15.980] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[00:18.614] | Tic toc, you don' t stop... |
[00:21.161] | DoItAll Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[00:23.202] | We' re those same um brothers |
[00:24.718] | Who brought you " Chief Rocka" |
[00:25.693] | Now, um, underground' s my style |
[00:27.318] | To this I have vows, and I swear to my god |
[00:29.861] | I' ll always rock a crowd |
[00:30.949] | So um peace to my area, N. W. K. |
[00:33.009] | Which is scarier, so if your on the deals |
[00:35.045] | Who cares, the more the merrier |
[00:36.445] | Now right off South Orange on the block of onenine |
[00:39.027] | Of course, thirteenth ave is my stomping grounds |
[00:41.725] | I open up my chest and to my ' hood give my heart |
[00:44.319] | Cause without the heart then your ' hood falls apart |
[00:46.752] | So respect to the cement |
[00:48.250] | The park called " the Corner" |
[00:49.597] | Cause that' s where the DoItAll do was performin' |
[00:52.280] | Runnin' from the cops, I couldn' t be stopped |
[00:54.472] | Cuz I was jumpin' big gates that connected the blocks |
[00:57.173] | Now before makin' records, the ' hood was my savior |
[00:59.990] | But now I' m making tunes |
[01:00.975] | To make you jam wit ' cha neighbor |
[01:03.015] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[01:05.061] | Throw your hands in the air |
[01:06.381] | And do it for your block um |
[01:08.293] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[01:10.301] | Throw your hands in the air |
[01:11.667] | And please don' t stop um |
[01:13.522] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[01:15.512] | Throw your hands in the air |
[01:16.852] | And represent your block um |
[01:18.722] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[01:21.343] | Tic toc, you don' t stop... |
[01:23.049] | Mr. Funke Well, I be the funkular |
[01:24.384] | Ultrafunkular |
[01:25.253] | Gammafunkular |
[01:26.262] | Half you rappers out there |
[01:27.265] | Couldn' t see me with binoculars |
[01:28.938] | Anyone who thinks he' ll take me out |
[01:30.387] | is just a dreamer. If you think you' re the bomb |
[01:32.691] | Then I' m Hiroshima. When I die, |
[01:34.584] | I hope they' re making records up in heaven |
[01:36.522] | On a scale of one to ten, I' m like 1005th11 |
[01:39.212] | And sticksandstonesmaybreakmybones |
[01:41.889] | But if you ever try to diss the Lords |
[01:43.643] | Then it' s on. I go on beat... off beat... |
[01:45.868] | Then jump right back on time |
[01:46.811] | I drop another rhyme and talk about |
[01:48.417] | your fat ugly mama EEWWW! |
[01:49.746] | M. C.' s cannot rock me, I' m stoneproof |
[01:51.846] | Me grabbin' the mic is like |
[01:53.128] | Superman running to a phone booth |
[01:55.405] | Straight from Martin Luther King Boulevard |
[01:57.393] | In the heart of Newark, New Jersey |
[01:58.723] | Make you say " Lord have mercy" |
[01:59.950] | If you step up in my face then it' s do or die |
[02:02.865] | And I' m gonna make you cry waaahhhhh!! |
[02:05.891] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[02:07.864] | Throw your hands in the air |
[02:09.228] | And do it for your block um |
[02:11.122] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[02:13.098] | Throw your hands in the air |
[02:14.431] | And please don' t stop um |
[02:16.318] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[02:18.328] | Throw your hands in the air |
[02:19.646] | And represent your block um |
[02:21.567] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[02:24.274] | Tic toc, you don' t stop... |
[02:26.187] | DoItAll Well, times have changed |
[02:27.704] | Not only for the urban but also for suburban |
[02:30.081] | We get props, we' re deservin' |
[02:31.635] | From black kids to white kids |
[02:32.788] | I see them bob their heads |
[02:34.024] | From the blond hair to redhead |
[02:35.484] | I even seen a dread |
[02:36.762] | So now it doesn' t matter |
[02:37.983] | As the clock winds down |
[02:39.218] | With the tic and the toc |
[02:40.710] | Because they love the sound |
[02:42.043] | But people ' round your area say you sell out |
[02:44.329] | Because you sell a million copies |
[02:45.795] | And your tone goes BAAAAOOWW! |
[02:47.335] | So do it for yourself, and do it for the ' hood |
[02:49.924] | But do it from the heart |
[02:51.250] | Cause that' s when it' s good |
[02:52.526] | Now tell me what' s gonna happen after the rappin' |
[02:54.924] | When the clock ticks away |
[02:56.252] | And ain' t nothin' happenin'... |
[02:57.611] | Mr. Funke I remember way back in the days |
[02:59.593] | On my block |
[03:00.204] | When the kids used to meet up in the hallway |
[03:02.231] | And rock on Martin Luther King' s boulevard |
[03:04.975] | With P. C., wise, Easy Ed |
[03:06.793] | And my brother hard Bernard |
[03:08.032] | Used to hit the ill rhymes from the head |
[03:10.217] | While I' d hit the beat on the wall |
[03:11.824] | Until my hands turned red |
[03:13.209] | You had the Shorty two MC' s, the Educated Three |
[03:16.135] | I got to give them props for helping me be me |
[03:18.412] | Now I' m the one who' s educated |
[03:20.110] | I suffered but I made it |
[03:21.362] | I only write rhymes that will be appreciated |
[03:23.937] | No matter how large I get, the fire still burns |
[03:26.550] | Cause from the ' hood I came |
[03:27.615] | And to the ' hood I must return |
[03:29.615] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[03:31.585] | Throw your hands in the air |
[03:32.986] | And do it for your block um |
[03:34.882] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[03:36.890] | Throw your hands in the air |
[03:38.203] | And please don' t stop um |
[03:40.115] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[03:42.049] | Throw your hands in the air |
[03:43.370] | And represent your block um |
[03:45.310] | Tic toc, this is how we rock |
[03:47.981] | Tic toc, you don' t stop... |