[00:03.566][Intro]
[00:04.705]It was a party night, everybody was breakin'
[00:07.144]The highs were screamin' and the bass was shakin'
[00:09.204]And it won't be long 'til everybody knowin' that
[00:11.672]Flash was on the beat box goin' that
[00:13.800]Flash was on the beat box goin' that
[00:16.076]Flash was on the beat box goin'
[00:20.412]And, and, and, and
[00:28.407]Sha-na-na
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[00:29.384][Verse 1]
[00:29.696]Italian, Caucasian, Japanese
[00:31.212]Spanish, Indian, Negro, Vietnamese
[00:33.675]MC's, disc jockeys
[00:35.756]To all the fly kids and the young ladies
[00:37.829]Introducing the crew ya got to see to believe
[00:39.971]We're one, two, three, four, five MC's
[00:42.515]I'm Melle Mel and I rock it so well
[00:44.514]And I'm Mr. Ness because I rocks the best
[00:46.690]I'm Rahiem in all the ladies' dreams
[00:48.913]And I'm Cowboy to make ya jump for joy
[00:51.060]I'm Creole, solid gold
[00:52.865]The Kidd Creole playing the role
[00:54.948]Dig this, we're the Furious Five plus Grandmaster Flash
[00:57.863]Giving you a blast of sho'nuff class
[01:00.117]So to prove to ya all, we're second to none
[01:02.139]We're gonna make five MC's sound like one
[01:04.359]Ya gotta dip dip dive, so-so-socialize
[01:06.517]Clean out your ears and then open your eyes
[01:08.885]And then pay at the door as a donation
[01:10.878]To hear the best sounds in creation
[01:13.099]He's a disco dream of a mean machine
[01:15.219]And when it comes to size, ya see what we mean
[01:17.509]Ya see his name is not found in the hall of fame
[01:19.574]But he'll shock and amaze and make ya feel shame
[01:21.950]He takes a lime from a lemon
[01:23.276]A-from a lemon to a lime
[01:24.043]He cuts the beat in half the time
[01:26.140]And as sure is three times two is six
[01:28.229]You'll say Flash is the king of the quick mix
[01:30.478]We're five MC's and we're on our own
[01:32.503]And we're the most well known on the microphone
[01:34.704]And we throw down hard and we aim to please
[01:36.912]With finesse to impress all the young ladies
[01:39.156]We got rhymes galore and that's a fact
[01:41.363]And the satisfaction guaranteed to cause a heart attack
[01:43.620]We are the best as you can see
[01:45.459]So eliminate the possibility
[01:47.871]That to be an E-M-C-E-E
[01:50.005]Is not a threat to society
[01:52.088]Say step by step, stride by stride
[01:54.357]I know the fly young lady would like to ride
[01:55.882]In my Mercedes, young ladies
[01:58.394]My Mercedes, young ladies
[02:00.587]If my Mercedes break down and dog my grill
[02:03.001]I will-a drive up in a new Seville
[02:05.185]If my Seville break down, I'll take it on back
[02:07.385]I will-a dog my grill in a new Cadillac
[02:09.486]My Cadillac break down, I'm just too much
[02:11.571]I will-a shock your mind in a new Star Stutz
[02:13.763]And if a Stutz break down, I'll make another choice
[02:16.229]I will-a dog my grill in a new Rolls Royce
[02:18.187]And if my Royce break down, I'll be out in the rain
[02:20.436]And then forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it
[02:22.395]Forget it, huh, take the train
[02:24.609]Take the train, take the train
[02:27.021]
[02:27.722][Interlude]
[02:31.441]Can't, won't, don't stop, rockin' to the rhythm
[02:33.415]'Cause I, I get down, 'cause I, I get down, 'cause I, I get down
[02:35.552]
[02:36.790][Verse 2: Kidd Creole]
[02:52.650]Ladies who don't know my name
[02:54.257]And you fellas who don't know my game
[02:56.634]Yes, I'm called the prince of soul
[02:58.531]But others call me The Kidd Creole
[03:00.838]The MC delight, young ladies bite
[03:03.022]When I'm on the mic, I rock the house right
[03:05.334]I'm the dedicated prince, heart of solid gold
[03:07.382]Rockin' to the rhythm while I'm playing the role
[03:09.327]A cool calm customer, the master plan
[03:11.439]It takes a sucker's man to try to jump my hand
[03:13.588]And the things I do and what I say
[03:15.614]Affect a lot of people in the strangest way
[03:17.932]Makes them clap their hands and say "Alright"
[03:20.001]It's Creole to the broad daylight
[03:22.071]Mr. Ness, my mellow, what it look like
[03:24.665]When ya on the mic?
[03:26.180]
[03:26.594][Verse 3: Mr. Ness]
[03:26.899]Let's a rock y'all, a let's a rock the house
[03:28.365]Because the Furious Five are gonna turn it out
[03:30.548]So young ladies, if you think ya heard
[03:32.652]You heard the best rap, you heard the best word
[03:34.913]Yes, it's true that we got the fuss
[03:36.982]Because it can't be the best unless it came from us
[03:39.048]There's five of us and we take no stuff
[03:41.109]We coming through the city, we coming through rough
[03:43.236]We number one ain't nothin' you can do
[03:45.473]And if you wanna get down, we'll rock you too
[03:47.380]So free-formin y'all, you don't stop
[03:49.458]Come on, come on and let me see-a rock rock
[03:51.688]Cowboy, they say you're from the Bronx
[03:53.846]So why don't you rock the beat and add a little spunk?
[03:56.113]
[03:56.370][Verse 4: Cowboy]
[03:56.647]Yes yes, y'all, ya don't stop
[03:57.860]A-come on fly girls, I wanna hit the top
[04:00.072]I am the C-O-W-B-O-Y
[04:02.410]Why the man so bad that ya can't deny?
[04:04.185]You better watch your woman 'cause I'll tell you why
[04:06.452]'Cause I'm Cowboy, I might give her a try
[04:08.612]They call me Keith-Keith the young ladies' relief
[04:10.589]Know as the man of romance and make you dance
[04:12.716]Can any of you ladies stand a chance?
[04:14.734]I'm Cowboy and I'm shockin' the house, you see?
[04:16.921]Ya say one, two, one more is three
[04:18.911]A-Melle Mel, come on, now what ya got for me?
[04:20.644]
[04:21.031][Verse 5: Melle Mel]
[04:21.624]To the hip hop, a hip hop, a-don't stop
[04:23.739]A-don't stop that body rock
[04:25.393]A-just get up out your seat and get ready to clap
[04:27.425]Because-a Melle Mel is starting to rap
[04:29.791]And ever since I talked at my very first party
[04:31.764]I felt I could make myself somebody
[04:33.841]It was something in my heart from the very start
[04:35.848]I could see myself at the top of the chart
[04:38.010]Rapping on the mic, making cold, cold cash
[04:40.258]With a jockey spinnin' for me called DJ Flash
[04:42.321]Signing autographs for the the young and old
[04:44.297]Wearing big time silver and solid gold
[04:46.297]My name on the radio and in the magazine
[04:48.562]My picture on the TV screen
[04:50.524]It's ain't like that yet, but, huh, you'll see
[04:52.727]I got potential and you will agree
[04:54.846]I'm coming up and I got a step above the rest
[04:56.792]'Cause I'm using that ladder they call success
[04:58.908]You say a-one, two, three, four, five, six, seven
[05:01.194]Rap like hell and make it sound like heaven
[05:03.301]A seven, six, five, four, three, two, one
[05:05.415]A-come on, Rahiem, come and get some
[05:06.485]
[05:07.488][Verse 6: Rahiem]
[05:08.101]Yes yes y'all, ya don't stop, come on
[05:09.692]Come on, huh, I wanna hit the top
[05:11.495]I'm a one of a kind, the man supreme
[05:13.659]I know I'm in all of the ladies' dreams
[05:15.734]I'm the R-A-H to the I-E-M
[05:17.811]I'll put a wiggle in your butt if ya tell me when
[05:19.876]I'm the son of a gun with the hell of a fire
[05:22.073]Fly girls that mess around, I'll take ya all higher
[05:24.327]My clientele climbed a great big boost
[05:26.241]I'm to give it up and turn it loose, huh
[05:28.191]All you fly girls that don't know my game
[05:30.628]Come up and talk to me and we'll tell you all the same
[05:32.556]When ya wake up in the night in a hell of a dream
[05:34.620]You know ya been possessed by the voice of Rahiem
[05:36.959]In all the ladies' dreams
[05:38.690]
[05:39.023][Verse 7: Melle Mel]
[05:39.249]And makin' more currency than any MC
[05:40.839]And the dream will turn to reality
[05:43.021]And Melle Mel'll be makin' money
[05:45.343]Mr. Ness, make-makin' money
[05:46.740]Rahiem, makin' money
[05:49.128]Cowboy, make-makin' money
[05:51.322]A-Creole, makin' money
[05:53.354]DJ Flash, make-makin' money
[05:55.408]Hit it
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[05:56.311][Instrumental Interlude]
[05:57.190]
[06:02.658][Verse 8]
[06:20.574]Take the time and you will agree
[06:22.324]That Black Door got good security
[06:24.350]So when you walk through the door, just do me a favor
[06:26.369]Be sure to be on your best behavior
[06:28.543]Young man, what do you wanna do
[06:30.381]When the party is through
[06:31.740]And a young lady wanna go home with you?
[06:33.670]You search your pocket, ya soon aware
[06:35.749]That you don't have enough for cab fare
[06:37.842]Then you say to yourself what a mistake ya made
[06:40.234]Your heart start pumpin' that ol' Kool-Aid
[06:42.264]When she walks to you and she starts to say
[06:44.641]"Call One-Double-O, he's down with O.J."
[06:48.216]And you pay the way
[06:48.530]
[06:48.703][Verse 9: Kidd Creole]
[06:48.865]Young ladies a-like, young ladies galore
[06:50.389]Young ladies we do adore
[06:52.367]From the way they move and the way they smile
[06:54.514]It makes me admire their grace and style
[06:56.606]There is not room for disbelief
[06:58.566]That's the only way that The Kidd Creole can relieve
[07:01.272]
[07:01.595][Verse 10: Mr. Ness]
[07:02.217]Or rock the house
[07:03.039]I'm a Scorpio and I will not flow
[07:04.865]I need ten fly girls before I go
[07:06.653]Now when the night is done
[07:08.126]You come and get some
[07:09.252]Then you meet Mr. Ness and you have some fun
[07:11.007]'Til you walk up real soon
[07:12.244]And you head for my place and when you get in my room
[07:13.988]You touch my face and then you start to chase
[07:15.958]And then you grab em' by the waist
[07:17.385]And then I lay you right back, I'm on a steady pace
[07:18.100]
[07:18.897][Verse 11: Cowboy]
[07:20.560]I'm the only go of the rodeo
[07:21.441]Ya say I ride in the rain 'til it's time to go
[07:23.049]I'm the buckaroo of the boogaloo
[07:25.044]All the young ladies roll when he pass through
[07:27.348]I got two jazzy ladies in deep, deep check
[07:29.078]Both ladies in the discotheque
[07:31.357]I got one in the front and one behind
[07:33.254]I'm in the middle 'cause they're both mine
[07:35.573]
[07:35.884][Verse 12: Melle Mel]
[07:36.189]A-yes, yes, y'all, you don't stop that body rock
[07:37.370]From the shores of California to the streets of New York
[07:40.712]Ain't nothing sweeter than ya walk except the way you front
[07:42.843]You got hair everywhere, skin so fair
[07:44.617]A dynamic personality, a lot of flair
[07:46.830]With your flashy clothes and your photogenic pose
[07:49.137]You're as sharp as a thorn on the stem of a rose
[07:50.938]So petite and elite you're, huh, too sweet
[07:54.372]So great I'm amazed that you can't be beat
[07:55.484]The way you swerve your curves, it really wrecks my nerves
[07:57.209]You're everything that a man deserves
[07:59.062]So women of the world, amen to thee
[08:01.307]Because women like you make men like me
[08:02.477]
[08:03.267][Verse 13: Raheem]
[08:03.644]Yes, yes, y'all, you don't stop
[08:04.974]Come on, come on, huh, I wanna hit the top
[08:07.395]Young ladies out there I won't be surprised
[08:09.439]If I catch you watchin' or starin' in my eyes
[08:11.481]Come a little closer and you're sure to find
[08:13.509]That I'm a hell of a fella and I'm one of a kind
[08:15.504]If you happen to stare for just about a hour
[08:17.882]You sweet young thing, you'll be in my power
[08:19.687]Don't fight the feelin', it's nothin' you could do
[08:21.777]Except watch your back (Huh), 'cause I'm gonna pursue
[08:23.597]If you think that you can't contain yourself
[08:25.691]Well, put all the silly games right up on the shelf
[08:27.870]Come here, ya sexy figure, tell ya what I'm gonna do
[08:30.187]I got a hell of a proposition just for you
[08:31.966]Gonna stick the lovin' to ya, baby, later for a kiss
[08:34.026]If you pass the chance up, you know you just missed
[08:36.135]Beyond the shadow of a doubt, or anything you can believe
[08:38.201]If you so deep in the forest that you can't see the trees
[08:40.199]Creole, my mellow
[08:42.201]It's on you so what you gonna do?
[08:43.448]
[08:44.200][Verse 14: Kidd Creole]
[08:44.717]You say I rock the house, make other MC's run
[08:46.270]Place a bet with this devil, cheat 'em for a hun'
[08:48.361]Con any con man with bat or bowl
[08:50.288]I go by the name of The Kidd Creole
[08:52.473]I'm the king of finesse, I'm here to rock the rest
[08:54.438]All the young ladies I wanna impress
[08:56.694]When I rap on the mic, I guarantee
[08:58.608]A certain amount of consistency
[09:00.705]Like Flash we'll cut the record to the bone
[09:02.808]Creole will rock on the microphone
[09:05.015]Mr. Ness, my mellow
[09:06.836]Come and get some 'cause we're number one
[09:07.634]
[09:08.702][Verse 15: Mr. Ness]
[09:09.105]Don't stop y'all, a-let me see ya rock
[09:11.048]We gonna rock to the sounds around the clock
[09:13.125]We gonna move to the beat, but don't you dare stop
[09:15.140]Come on everybody, stop playin' around
[09:17.137]Because you got to get up so we can get down
[09:19.224]Unless you too hot to trot and not ready to rock
[09:21.255]Come on-on and dance and give me what you got
[09:23.294]Because you know by now you got to give me something
[09:25.446]'Cause after all, you sweeter than honey
[09:27.325]Get down on your behalf
[09:29.517]Because you gotta do it do for your calfs
[09:31.690]A-Cowboy, they say you from the Bronx
[09:33.630]So won't you rock and add a little spunk?
[09:35.437]
[09:35.775][Verse 16: Cowboy]
[09:36.009]Yes, yes, y'all, you don't stop
[09:37.603]A-come on girl, let's hit the top
[09:39.609]Like a .357 pointed towards your head
[09:41.878]Cowboy just about ready for the bed
[09:43.720]So pull back the covers and take down your pants
[09:46.111]'Cause Cowboy will make you Patty Duke dance
[09:48.068]A side to side and you pat ya foot
[09:50.030]Get up out ya seat, then you shake your butt
[09:52.072]You say one, two, one more is three
[09:53.919]A-Melle Mel, come on, what you got for me
[09:55.841]
[09:56.259][Verse 17: Melle Mel]
[09:56.640]You don't stop that body rock
[09:58.070]They say a child is born with no state of mind
[10:00.126]He's blind to the ways of mankind
[10:02.167]God is smilin' on you, but he's frownin', too
[10:04.239]Because only God knows what you'll go through
[10:06.264]You'll grow in the ghetto livin' second-rate
[10:08.270]Your eyes will sing a song of deep hate
[10:10.296]The places you play and where you stay
[10:12.314]A-looks like one great big alleyway
[10:14.488]You'll admire all the number-book takers
[10:16.633]Thugs, pimps, and pushers, they're the big money makers
[10:18.722]Drivin' big cars, spendin' twenties and tens
[10:20.488]And you wanna grow up to be just like them, huh
[10:22.717]Smugglers, scramblers, burglars, gamblers
[10:24.575]Pickpocket, peddlers, even panhandlers
[10:26.762]You say, "I'm cool," huh, "I'm no fool"
[10:28.844]But you'll wind up droppin' outta high school
[10:30.919]Now you're unemployed, all non void
[10:32.949]Walkin' around like you're Pretty Boy Floyd
[10:35.030]Turned stick-up kid, and look what you done did
[10:37.267]Got sent up for an eight year bid
[10:39.158]Now your manhood is took, you're a Maytag
[10:41.104]Spend the next two years as a undercover fag
[10:43.306]Bein' used and abused, served like hell
[10:45.251]'Til one day you was found hung dead in a cell
[10:47.170]It was plain to see that your life was lost
[10:49.278]You was cold and your body swung back and forth
[10:51.307]But now your eyes sing the sad, sad, song
[10:53.423]Of how you lived so fast and died so young
[10:55.312]Sayin', one, two, three, four, five, six, seven
[10:57.244]Rap like hell and make it sound like heaven
[10:59.424]Seven, six, five, four, three, two, one
[11:01.479]Now come on Raheem, a-come and get some
[11:02.347]
[11:02.903][Verse 18: Raheem]
[11:03.479]Yes, yes, y'all, you don't stop
[11:05.346]C'mon, c'mon, c'mon and let me see you rock
[11:07.326]I'm only five-foot-nine, you think I care?
[11:09.402]I can pull a girl from anywhere
[11:11.365]'Cause I'm bubblin' 'round, just the talk of the town
[11:13.491]When they talk about me, they don't dare frown
[11:15.576]'Cause I'm too hot to trot, to cold to walk, uh
[11:17.549]To all the fly girls, I'm aimin' to talk
[11:19.720]To all the fly girls, you got to beware
[11:23.347]'Cause Raheim, huh, will be in yo' hair
[11:24.297]Just come on to the roast and listen to me
[11:25.751]Because everybody knows Raheem is what it be
[11:27.578]
[11:27.841][Outro]
[11:28.297]Melle Mel (Bang), rock the house (Pow)
[11:30.280]Come on, help me turn it out
[11:31.927]A-Mr. Ness (Bang), rock the house (House)
[11:34.375]Come on and help me turn it out
[11:36.044]Raheem, (Bang), rock the house (House)
[11:38.649]A-come on, help me turn it out
[11:39.960]A-Cowboy, (Bang), rock the house (Pow)
[11:42.806]Come on and help me turn it out
[11:44.141]Kidd Creole, (Bang), rock the house (Pow)
[11:46.663]Come on, help me turn it out
[11:48.254]DJ Flash, (Bang), rock the house (Pow)
[11:50.903]Come on, help me turn it out
[11:52.279]Disco B, (Bang), rock the house (Pow)
[11:54.810]Come on and help me turn it out
[11:56.792]E-Z Mike, (Bang), rock the house (Pow)
[11:58.660]Come on, help me turn it out
[12:00.473]Young ladies (Bang)