[00:00.00]Ladies First(Amended LP Version) - Queen Latifah
[00:20.24]The ladies will kick it  the rhyme that is wicked
[00:22.64]Those that don't know how to be pros get evicted
[00:24.41]A woman can bear you  break you  take you
[00:26.79]Now it's time to rhyme  can you relate to
[00:29.10]A sister d**e enough to make you holler and scream
[00:31.16]Ayo  let me take it from here  Queen
[00:33.67]Excuse me but I think I'm about due
[00:35.29]To get into precisely what I am about to do
[00:37.44]I'm conversating to the folks that have no whatsoever clue
[00:39.69]So listen very carefully as I break it down for you
[00:41.89]Merrily merrily merrily merrily hyper happy overjoyed
[00:43.34]Pleased with all the beats and rhymes my sisters have employed
[00:45.96]Slick and smooth throwing down the sound totally a yes
[00:48.50]Let me state the position Ladies first  yes  (Yes)
[00:52.42](Yeah  there's going to be some changes in here)
[00:55.86]Believe me when I say being a woman is great  you see
[00:58.50]I know all the fellas out there will agree with me
[01:00.42]Not for being one but for being with one
[01:02.50]Because when it's time for loving it's the woman that gets some
[01:04.83]Strong  stepping  strutting  moving on
[01:07.71]Rhyming  cutting  and not forgetting
[01:09.86]We are the ones to give birth
[01:11.66]To the new generation of prophets because it's Ladies First
[01:14.30]I break into a lyrical freestyle
[01:15.42]Grab the mic  look into the crowd and see smiles
[01:18.06]Cause they see a woman standing up on her own two
[01:20.52]Sloppy slouching is something I won't do
[01:22.78]Some think that we can't flow (can't flow)
[01:25.46]Stereotypes  they got to go (got to go)
[01:27.34]I'm a mess around and flip the scene into reverse
[01:29.56](With what ) With a little touch of  Ladies First
[02:07.42]Who said the ladies couldn't make it  you must be blind
[02:10.04]If you don't believe  well here  listen to this rhyme
[02:11.95]Ladies first  there's no time to rehearse
[02:13.56]I'm divine and my mind expands throughout the universe
[02:16.00]A female rapper with the message to send the
[02:18.57]Queen Latifah is a perfect specimen
[02:20.97]My sister  can I get some
[02:22.91]Sure  Monie Love  grab the mic and get dumb
[02:25.29]Yo  praise me not for simply being what I am
[02:28.18]Born in L-O-N-D-O-N and sound American
[02:29.49]You dig exactly where I'm coming from
[02:31.76]You want righteous rhyming  Imma give you some
[02:33.76]To enable you to aid yourself and get paid
[02:36.34]And the material that has no meaning I wish to slay
[02:38.67]Pay me every bit of your attention
[02:40.20]Like mother  like daughter  I would also like to mention
[02:42.44]I wish for you to bring me to  bring me to the rhythm
[02:45.08]Of which is now systematically given
[02:46.33]Desperately stressing I'm the daughter of a sister
[02:49.14]Who's the mother of a brother who's the brother of another
[02:51.50]Plus one more all four
[02:52.63]Have a job to do  we doing it
[02:54.25]Respect due  to the mother who's the root of it
[02:56.76]And next up is me  the M-O-N-I-E L-O-V-E
[02:59.09]And I'm first cause I'm a L-A-D-I-E
[03:00.66]Contact and in fact  the style  it gets harder
[03:02.86]Cooling on the scene with my European partner
[03:05.17]Laying down track after track  waiting for the climax
[03:08.25]When I get there  that's when I tax
[03:10.07]The next man  or the next woman
[03:11.57]It doesn't make a difference  keep the competition coming
[03:14.02]And I'll recite the chapter in verse
[03:16.83]The title of this recital is  Ladies First