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