Bridging The Gap

The Black Eyed Peas Bridging The Gap Lyrics
1.Bep Empire

Three, four..

Chk uhh.. chk uhh..

I'm the w-i, double-l-i-am
Linkin up with the primo, do it (do it)
He's the t-to-the-a-to-the-b-oh-oh
Linkin up with the primo, do it (do it)
He's the a-p-l-to-the-d-e-ap
Linkin up with the primo, do it..
And we the b-to-the-e-to-the-p
Hookin up with primo (?) do it (do it)

We comin through to take control of each zip code
Bridgin the gap from rap to calypso
We gonna strike each city from 'frisco
Tokyo to back to san luis obispo
(??) data, descendants of amadeus
Transmitted through your cd's, tapes and record players
We the crusaders, attack like alligators
Yo, we're known to elevate like escalators
Yo, we comin through to control your area
Black eyed peas control your area
Bringin the vibe that create hysteria
Wack mc's vacate your area
We three deep, comin out of yo' speaker
I'm bustin your woofer and tearin through your tweeter
Every rapper's talkin bout killin somebody
But they ain't hip-hop to me (check it out)

This is the hip hip hip, the hop hop hop
We keep it keep it movin, non non stop
{*scratch 'black eyed peas'*} yo, we keep it movin
{*scratch*} yo, we keep it movin
The hip hip hip, the hop hop hop
We keep it keep it movin, non non stop
{*scratch 'black eyed peas'*} yo, we keep it movin
{*scratch*} we got to keep it movin

It's the black eyed peas (?) climbin up the empire
State tower livin is the mission desired
I see a lot of liars so to dem i cross and fire
And they lyrics soundin tired, repetitious and expired
Cool dem down troop before they time get picked
I can't take dem serious talkin about bullshit
Got money and cars but, can't bullshit
And your lyrics are soundin like, some doo doo shit
While i'm holdin the mic tight, recite livin insight
So we can all benefit from the artform
(??) took, (??) you to make dough
But forgot the main goal, almost lost the soul and got norm
Cause everybody's talkin bout, high profilin
But it ain't hip-hop to me (why why why)
Cause everybody's talkin bout, high profilin
But it ain't hip-hop to me (so check it out y'all)


{*scratch* 'i like the way the rhythm makes me jump'}
{'got black to asian, and caucasian sayin,
'that's the joint, that's the jam''}
{*scratch* 'let your body collide to the rhythm provided by
the'}
{'black eyed peas'}
{'through a nation we build, off the music field
Or a visual thrill, we do what we feel'}

Yeah, your style's dated and you ain't came out yet
Don't think you're +fresh+ cause you're rockin them outfits
I think you're lost, cause you don't know where your route is
Pick up the mic, put your money where your mouth is

I pick up the mic and put my lyrics where my mouth is
Hit your spirit, make you jump out them couches
Quick agility to slow-like slouches
With more bounce to the freak of def ounces

And we announce this, follow us to show you what the sound is
Primo and the peas collaboratin like great
Aiyyo let's do this, let's do this, we show you who the crew is
Black eyed peas is like the rulers leavin all you brothers
clueless
Haters hater us if you wanna, we gon' speak on it
We gon' tell the world why hip-hop is haunted
Funny is a drug and mc's is on it
We gon' take it back to the days of soulsonic


2.Weekends

I called chad on wednesday night
So we could make plans for thursday night
He said 'we could go hit the peapods'
I was like yeah, that's my favorite spot
Plus i like it there, cuz i got love on the list
High powered juice, where i don't even get frisked
Walk up in the place and get love from the misses
Pounds from my brothers, cuz they knowing that disses
The place to be to let it all out
But when the weekend come, the weekend come
Y'all could come
So go tell ya momma come and ya papa come
Go to spin the record so we can get dumb
Place packed, capacity maximum
Due to my man polo promotion
And i can't wait to go out and hear some

Jumping music, swift d.j.'s
Smoke machines and laser rays
Look out weekend cuz, here i come
Because weekends were, werrrre

Walk in the club at like 10 o' clock
And the spot is hot, blowing up rooftops
Its thursday night and the night is young
Four day weekend, time to have some fun
D.j.'s scutter up, drop them joints
Everybody's been waiting to dance and make noise
B-boys, let me see you break it down
And ladies, let your hips move around
Its the sound of the bep family
Got a poet named life and a sister kimy (worrrrd up)
And the blood of abraham (worrrrd up)
So let's get ready for the jam

Jumping music, swift d.j.'s
Smoke machines and laser rays
Look out weekend cuz, here i come
Because weekends were, werrrre

It was a thursday night and the party was bumpin'
And the bass was thumpin' and people was jumpin'
And taboo's at the front door comin'
Taboo's at the front door comiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin
And
And (here he come now)
And
Nah, nah, nah

Yo, mister will.i.am (mister will.i.am)
Win or win (mister will.i.am)
Get our boogie on when the weekend come
Check the peapod, cuz the vibes is strong
Salinas filipinas, they come one by one
All lined up, and they ready for fun
Short one's, tall one's, beautiful ones
B-boys, b-girls, ready to what
Breaking and shaking when we doing our ish
J-rock from the beat junkies ready to mix
Cuz they cutting up the wax for everybody
Come on over cuz were having a party
We lighting up the sky with the burning star
Throw your hands in the air, if you know who you are
Cuz we jumpin' around with the broshigeez
And get less by the beat pharmacy, cuz they hitting you with

Jumping music, swift d.j.'s
Smoke machines and laser rays
Look out weekend cuz, here i come
Because weekends were (werrrre)

....worrrrd up
....worrrrd up

Look out weekend cuz, here i come
Because weekends were, werrrre


3.Get Original

What?

A lot of brothers, claimin they hard (huh?)
I grab the microphone and leave 'em scarred (scarred)
But not scarred physically (what?)
More like scarred mentally (yeah)
I correct your ego (your ego?)
I'ma show you how it go {*scratch 'go'*}
Cause you killin me, ain't no skill in you
With my hands on you i wouldn't be feelin you
Yeah you platinum, but you wack as hell
I dubbed over your single like a maxell
You need to
* stop now, get original
Start practicin, master your flow
You might as well, turn in your mic
And start collectin dollars at the turnpike
Cause the rhymes you kick, need to be fixed
But you couldn't even fix them {*scratch 'in the mix*}
If you ate pebbles, your shit wouldn't rock
You one of them balloons made to go pop
You need to
* stop now, get original
Start practicin, master your flow
Stop now, get original
Whaaat?
* stop now, get original
Start practicin, master your flow

There is really nothin you can do
We about to hit you in your face with my kung-fu
Risky on the microphone, i am
Got the energy of (??) and (??)
I'm about to let you know the deal on how i feel
Many people can't be real, so they gotta chase the steel
What the deal? is it really all about the bills?
What's the thrill? i'd rather have my soul fulfilled
You gotta
* stop now, get original
Start practicin, master your flow
We delegate the skills to conversating
The loss of motivation of mc's to create
Sent it in for quick hit, waitin for the break
You didn't pay your dues, so you got on rikki lake
How does it feel to be the man on top
When everything you got ain't any of your props?
You need to
* stop now, get original
Start practicin, master your flow
Stop now, get original
* stop now, get original
Start practicin, master your flow

When you think about rap in it's entirety
Violence became variety
Silently personalities differ from what they try to be
2na be on the frontline, with rhyme shell i hit you
You're sluggish like a barbituate
We can make you admit you bit
A hectic thrill, connect with will
And we create with the kung-fu collective skill
The checks get real, people think this shit is hunky-dory
It's another story while we be fightin for re-
-demption pimps and prostitutes get the break they need
With breakneck speed, the fakes succeed indeed
Thinkin life is a party and it's a must to please
But many pop mc's work for mephistopheles stop it please
Choppin broccoli happily for your company
Publically sellin satan when really you should be bumpin the
truth
So stop now
* stop now, get original
Just practice and master your flow


4.Hot

hot

(apl de ap)
It's so amazing when a show is captivatin'
Gettin' everybody jumpin' and celebratin'
Only one's own musically be overlayin'
Connecting energy circulatin' inspiration
Together movin' in a synchronized formation
And if you're feelin' down this is survival from depression
You see the lesson is we're rhyming for our mission
Abolish circumstance transmitting from a piston
Taking what i can but keeping peace in moderation
Ap is like an eagle with the alligator patience
Ready to attack any mic that i am facin'
No limitation where i'm takin' my creation cuz

(will)
We got we got we got it like that
We got we got we got it like that
We got we got we got it like that
We got we got we got it like that

(chorus)
You're so amazing, you're so hot and so blazing
You're hot, hot, hot (c'mon stop)
Hot, hot, hot (c'mon now)

You're so amazing, you're so hot and so blazing
You're hot, hot, hot (ooh wee)
Hot, hot, hot (c'mon now)

(will)
I'm more than ready to slice like machete
Leave ya like confetti
Break hearts like tom petty
Are you ready?
Cuz i am every metaphor
You are nearly ready for
The media predator
Cuz i'll bust in your session and kick my own raps, yes
Grab the microphone and show you where the forms at
Tell your girl adapts cuz the rhyme contact
And she easily attracted to it just like that
It's like this cuz the way we capitvatin'
We put her in a situation where she debatin'
If she gonna up and jump and leave her mate and
Go promote for us down at the radio station
She likes the
She really likes the music we be makin'
She likes the
She wants to be down when we creatin'
She likes the
She likes the way the vibe's vibratin'
Yo, yo
She likes the way the vibes y'all ratin'

(chorus)

We got we got we got it like that
We got we got we got it like that
We got we got we got it like that
We got we got we got it like that
We got we got we got it like that
Cuz we got got it like that
We got we got we got it like that
We got got got we got it like that

(taboo)
1,2, 3 taboo is on the set
It's the family clique broshiggez (aw shit)
Boy don't fret everything's aight
We gonna fall on up when luis in flight
Yo, fuck the rhyme tryin' we on poetic control
Nevermind the behind and step ahead of your soul
And move on to the next with the words we bless
Cuz black eyed peas is comin' hotter than sex
We're writin', rhymin', makin' the beats
Okay, hip hop blazers bringin' the heat
Motivate cut, cut and scratch the groove
Elevate then make them powerful moves
How amazin' is it?
It's so amazin' the blind be gazin'
Even got deaf people listenin' and sayin'
Keep on
And ya don't stop
We got the music that makes your body hot

You're so amazing, you're so hot and so blazing
You're hot, hot, hot (c'mon now)
Hot, hot, hot (ohh wee)

You're so amazing, you are so hot and so blazing
You're hot, hot, hot (c'mon now)
Hot, hot, hot (y'all need to quit)

You're so amazing, you're so hot and so blazing
You're hot, hot, hot (c'mon now)
Hot, hot, hot (c'mon now)

You're so amazing, you're so hot and so blazing
You're hot, hot, hot (its time to go)
Hot, hot, hot (its time to go)


5.Cali To New York

As soon as a la stepped off (the floor)
People started hollerin (for more)
Beggin us to bless 'em with an (encore)
You know the peas they game to that (for sure)
No matter what the coast we, be on
Pacific or atlantic we, stay strong
Foreign or domestically, we conquer
All obstacles professionally and rock on
And that's exactly how we made it rock (made it rock)
We turn this on and then we make it hot (make it hot)
We also known to cause a state of shock (state of shock)
We start at 2 then go to 10 o'clock (10 o'clock)
10 o'clock the next day that is (day that is)
No matter what city or state that is (state that is)
Don't ask no questions, that's the way that is (way that is)
Don't ask no questions, that's the way that is

Back, back, back, back, and forth
From ca-li to new york

Introduce posdonus y'all ('nus y'all)
Sticky like cous-cous y'all (cous y'all)
Be the words that i ap-ply (ap-ply)
My peeps mass, karma n.y. (n.y)
Check it out, you see you other emcees, sound like brother
emcees
Raised by the same pop and mother emcees
While i got a lot of brand in my name, i'm recognizable
Leavin me the cash amount, that's quite sizable
Rich in that english that's broke as hell
That's why my niggaz in the hood understand me so well
Its the modern rap type talk
Used to walk, all over your ears
You hear the thump, this track pumps like, well order
Some others fell short of the line of finish
You didn't practice harder at the scrimmage
Now my image is the golden cup
My career is dirty compared to yours, it's all washed up

Back, back, back, back, and forth
From ca-li to new york

We, we, we, we regulate and cross plates, destruct ya
Toss coins to distract it and we bust ya
Minds blow bigger than tempers out in russia
Cuss like a sailor, make you shame like thelya
Stitch a verse tailored to fit
Spray paintin' your spit
On the deco we art, spread apart
I raid mo' tracks than flicks in 'beat street'
With kicks until the sole/soul wear out, never that!
We weather that, you light in the ass and feather that
Heavy like black leather coats, you pleather that
Last dick on the line, we way ahead of that
Squeezin like freddie foxx, and his two glocks
Rocks don't impress niggaz who speak to god
We get jams to make a tuna melt
Held down by the bep, we strictly, new getty
Two-fifty up in front of the mic, so what it look like?

Back, back, back, back, and forth
From ca-li to new york


6.Lil' Lil'


Lapit mga kaibigan at makinig kayo
Ako'y may dala-dalang, balita galing sa bayan ko
Nais kong ipamahagi ang mga kwento
Ang mga pangyayaring nagaganap
Sa lupang pinangako


(Come closer my friends and everyone listen
I brought news from my homeland
I'll tell you how we live and what goes on
From my beloved homeland.)


Every place got a ghetto this is my version
Check it out...
Listen closely yo, I got a story to tell
A version of my ghetto where life felt for real
Some would call it hell but to me it was heaven
God gave me the grace, amazin' ways of living
How would you feel if you had to catch your meal?
Build a hut to live and to eat and chill in.
Having to pump the water outta the ground
The way we put it down utilizing what is around
Like land for farming, river for fishing
Everyone helpin' each other whenever they can
We makin' it happen, from nothin' to somethin'
That's how we be survivin' back in my homeland


Yo, its been a while but...
I been back home to my homeland, (check it out) to see what's
going on
Man it feels good to be back at home
And it's been a decade, on the journey all alone
I was fourteen when I first left Philippines
I've been away half my life, but it felt like a day
To be next to my mom with her home cooked meal
Meant I felt complete, my emotions I feel!
Now life has changed for me in the U.S
But back at home man, life was a mess...
I guess sometimes life's stresses gets you down
On your knees, oh brother I wish I could have helped you out...


7.On My Own

All on my own (4X)

We gonna build this bridge on our own
Original creation and let it be known
No duplication that I can condone
Constant elevation till I'm fully blown
I'm on my own now in my own world feeling free
Can't change the way I am with your insanity
I'ma stay who I be can't nobody change me
Got my soul to protect and support my family

**verse in french**
All on my own(3X)

I'm all by myself no one can help me guy
Plus I'm the only one that know what it's about
I gotta stay calm to figure it out
It's gonna relax, stop, shout
You know you gotta breath in to breath out
I stay cool and collect of ??? cool out

I can't end on my own or go out that way
So why I gotta listen to what people got to say
I stay I stay

All on my own (3X)
All on my

Yo I know self own self
To control self
Avoid or destroy
Whatever did to po' self
When brother's right muslim right and compose self
Stay on the grind to protect feet and clothe self
Stay true to self do for self do improve the self
To elevate the next man we need-could use some help
For long time I got a plan to see the root to self
So when the strong wind come it don't remove the self
We born alone and die alone but we don't strive alone
B E P 'N M O S blaze the trail and we ride it

All on my own


8.Release

Just had a show tonight
Voice all scraggly and all

Yo Tab and Ap let's go interact
Matter of fact let's attack 'em with the contact
Make the ultimate impact leave 'em hunchbacked
Light 'em up with the mic like we pyromaniacs
Feel the power when I unleash exact
There's no kinda act tactics that can stop that
When I climax, I'ma like kick a hole in that
Sympathetic non poetic crap you callin' a rap

And I might revitalize your cardiac
So you can realize the heart of rap recited by the Black, Eyed
Peas
I'ma seize your income
And freeze all the competition and give some
I flip a show up in the Hamptons
Rip it down to Compton performin' my anthem
You know that's the joint, that's the jam
Look I got some new shit, we came to do it again

Scream if ya need to just let it out, let it out
Let it, let it out, let it out
Holla if ya need to just let it out, let it out
Let it, let it out, let it out
Vent if you need to just let it out, let it out
Let it, let it out, let it out
Yo self just let it out, y'all just let it out
Holla and let it out

Introduction, here's a new concussion
I'ma break it down like a mechanical conductant
Eruptin' volcanic lyrically meaning somethin'
All you muthafuckas sayin' nothin' need to stop them
Time to break forth, ain't no goin' back now
Movin' on for the better things that's my profile
Uproar uncontrollably make you say

Creates so soul sonically makin' you bounce your
Energetic created terror shakin' your dance halls
One in a million with the mission, bringin' in back, raw
Talent on the mic will excite better than dropped bras
Anybody lost follow the source of course
BEP the family bringin' you the strongest force
Bridgin' it on every angle and make ya
From the mic Apl-De-Ap is on demand

Scream if ya need to just let it out, let it out
Let it, let it out, let it out
Holla if ya need to just let it out, let it out
Let it, let it out, let it out
Vent if ya need to just let it out, let it out
Let it, let it out, let it out
Yo self just let it out, y'all just let it out
Holla and let it out

Me and microphone go like source for me and warn
My delivery is news like get on your mark
When it's on then it's on step on stage and perform
If you're scared then step off, 'cuz your pride be all gone
If it's time that you leave, go ahead then proceed
If it's skills that ya lack take twenty steps back
It's a slap you will get if you try and disrespect
The crew is the Peas and we 'bout to do the next

All for you
Spanish tongue you're speakin' to
Makin' moves, makin' moves angry foot is makin' moves
Makin' moves, makin' moves, Black Eyed Peas is makin' moves

Scream if ya need to just let it out, let it out
Let it, let it out, let it out
Holla if ya need to just let it out, let it out
Let it, let it out, let it out
Vent if ya need to just let it out, let it out
Let it, let it out, let it out
Yo self baby let it out, y'all just let it out
C'mon let it out

Scream if ya need to just let it out, let it out
Let it, let it out, let it out
Holla if ya need to just let it out, let it out
Let it, let it out, let it out
Vent if ya need to just let it out, let it out
Let it, let it out, let it out
Yo self baby let it out, y'all just let it out
Holla and let it out
Let it out, let it out
Let it out, let it out
Let it out, let it out
Let it out

Breathe in, breathe out
Don't stress yourself
Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe out
Don't stress yourself
Breathe in, breathe out
Don't stress yourself
Breathe in, breathe out
Don't stress yourself
Stop thinking about, the times you were roaming about
Don't tail the wing laughing about

Don't stress yourself
Breathe in, breathe out
Don't stress yourself
Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe out
Don't stress yourself, yea
Breathe in, breathe out
Don't stress yourself
Don't stress yourself


9.Bridging The Gaps

will)
Yea
Kimmy kim kimmy kim kimmy kim kimmy kim
Why don't ya take it to the place where we're fillin' the
skylight?
Ahhhh ah ah ahhhh
Where we'll be fillin' in the skylight
Uh huh
Check it out

(will)
We be the connection to
Everything from calypso to
Hip hop down to bee bop
Now come rock slip slide to mine
B-boy niggaz are gonna push butt
Rock-n-roll brothas are bound to serve it up
Got the leak so put the peas on turf
So get your waterproof walkman and go surf
John mcenroe get the kids all wacky
Jamal anderson look now he's from back in
The day now he runnin' over niggaz for the fightin'
Instead of lookin' over all y'all brothas from the balcony
But we constructin' the bridge
So y'all could come and visit
This goes out to every pea that exists
How we doin' it?
Yo, it's like this

(chorus)
We bridging the gaps
We brought a lil' somethin' to
Start bridging the gaps
We brought a lil' somethin' to
Start bridging the gaps
We brought a lil' somethin' to
Start bridging the gaps
And it goes like
Ahhhh ah ah ahhhh

(apl de ap)
We direct, revolutionizing new concepts
Emergining binaries to prove success
Stereotypical they won't get it
We breakin' the barriers, some sonic shit
La to kingston to london bridge
New york to germany to brooklyn bridge
Also my people in the golden gate bridge
Innovators creatin' new rich
Got them skate kids sayin' (let's rock)
Got them brothas sayin' (yo let's get fly)
Got the whole south sayin' (ya feel me?)
Got them chulos sayin' (ya feel me?)
Every type of people be feelin' my section
Cuz we be expandin' to a wider selection
Now this goes out to everything that exists
Yo how we doin' it?
We do it like this
C'mon

(chorus)

Do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do

(taboo)
Legacy must live on
Legacy must live on
Legacy must live on
Make sure that the bridge is strong
Make sure that the gap is wide
Supply the future that we provide
Won't commit and just go inside
Give me room so i can dip and di
Show you how we hypnotize
Angry foot is gonna tell you why

We built this bridge for the people in the park
We built this bridge for the dummies in the dark
And we built this bridge for the children in the light
We built this bridge for the skeezers with sight
And we built this bridge for my brothas that are blind
We built this bridge for the ones that use their mind
And we built this bridge for everybody
For everybody

(chorus)


10.Go Go

Jumping music, swift D.J.'s
Smoke machines and laser rays
Look out weekend 'cause, here I come
Because weekends were, werrrre


11.Rap Song

Wyclef on guitar.. with the black eyed peas
Here go the rap song, they wanna sing it to y'all

She like a rap song (she like a rap song)
She like a rap song (she like a rap song)
She like a rap song (she like a rap song)
She like a rap song (she like a rap song)

You're like a hip-hop song y'know
I wanna be your 'buddy' like de la soul
Let me 'rock +them+ bells' like i'm ll
I like you in a kangol and gazelles
Here's a ticket come and see me on my 'planet rock'
Like the daddy kane, i can be your 'smooth op''
But wait-uh every month you're the flavor
I wanna get a scoop - lat-uh!

She like a rap song (she like a rap song)
She like a rap song ..
She make me clap (how's that) cause she a rap song
She like a rap song
She like a rap song (she like a rap song)
She like a rap song ..
She make me clap (how's that) cause she a rap song
She like a rap song

She was the, 'public enemy #1'
She was my, 'mona lisa' when we first begun
She got me, 'jump-in' around' like everlast
Singin a, 'rap life' with help from tash
She be my, metronome rhythm to my feet
And when we, when we do it do it to the beat
She like, 'my melody' done by eric b., and rakim
Cause she be rockin me steadily, yo

Yo, she got hips to hops
And she ain't goin pop
She like a record that i wanna rock
When i'm rollin in my ride cruisin down my block
Yo, and if she was a rap song
She'd be 'bonita applebum'
And i wanna put you on
I'm puttin you on, you're my favorite song


She makes me say 'ho' but she ain't a 'hoe!!'
She 'got it made' with special ed (??) 'hoe!!'
Her bass is everlasting like rodney o's
She 'myself and i' comin from the +soul+
She like a beat that makes me wanna grab the mic
She like the lyrics that i wanna recite
She like the old school mic with the cable
You can bring your records and i'll bring the turntable yo


She like a.. she like a.. {*repeat in background*}

Wyclef, jerry wonder
With the black eyed peas
Don't hurt nobody man
Takin over the universe, i told y'all
Take me in, don't hurt nobody


12.Bringing It Back

I know i'm not the only one that's filling the void
Creatively hip-hop is being destroyed
A lot of rappers really need to be unemployed
Because the topics that them talk about has got me annoyed
You see i heard it all before, there's no need to repeat it
The forms i vacated, might as well delete it
Put your program in and open a new file
You shoulda took your record advance and bought a style
We the only crew that came original
While a lot of other brothers just mimic the pile
The pile that's only designed for pop charts
That contradicts thought, that's the reason we brought
It back cause honestly it lacks
Talent and creativity, in fact
These are symptoms to somethin that's wack
And your system senseless to witness that
So, baby if you wanna, we gon' speak on it
We gon' tell the world why hip-hop is haunted
Money is a drug and mc's is on it
We gon' take it back to the days of mantronix

Yo *snap* we bringin it back
Check it out cause we bringin it back
All dj crews that's cuttin, you bringin it back
We bringin it back
All b-boys breakin and bustin, bringin it back
We bringin it back
I'ma do the cabbage patch to solidify we bringin it back
Black eyed peas straight bringin it back, check it out

Y'all, your rhymes ain't ready, you dead like kenny
Approachin on the mic soundin hefty
Ummmmmm, lustin for them pennies
Far too many, mc's wanna praise they bentley's
Yo, we breakin it down with the art
Dj and breakin up on the chart
Mc's pull out your mic, rip it apart
Writers - hit up the wall, put up your mark and
Set get ready, hold yourself steady
Tryin to make a turn like aunt betty
Sharp on the mic and slice like a machete
Feelin the beat, real deep, down to my belly
Back in the essence, rhyme with the reasons
Too many mc lost the true meanin
Hip-hop, bringin it back with the feelin
Y'all, we're bringin it back with the feelin
So love me if you wanna, but i'ma speak on it
I'ma tell the world why hip-hop is haunted
Money is a drug and mc's is on it
We gon' take it back to the days of soulsonic


Yo, we bringin it back
Check it out look we bringin it back
All dj's scratchin and cuttin, you bringin it back
We bringin it back
All b-girls breakin and bustin, you bringin it back
We bringin it back
I'ma do the running man to solidify we bringin it back
Black eyed peas steady bringin it back, check it out

B-girls {*echoes*} b-boys (*echoes*}
B-girls {*echoes*}


13.Tell Your Mama Come

Everybody gather 'round, this is a test
Dancin', dancin', dancin', dancin'
Dancin', dancin', dancin', dancin'
Dancin', dancin', dancin', dancin'
Dancin', dancin', dancin', dancin'

(Will)
Yo, you and you, you and you and you
All of y'all invited to come kick it with my crew
I get you all excited if I tell you what we do
Just come along and tell everybody no matter who
Spread the word, by the chitter chat
And go like this, and kinda go like that
It's taking place inside and outside
In your house, in your ride
Gotta get it, get it right
And that's the way it went
It's only evident
And the music's been sent
To move your ligament
Show you down to us
C'mon baby shake that thang
We ain't tryin' to hold nobody back

Tell your mama come
Tell your papa come
Tell your brother come
Tell your sister come
Tell your cousin come
Tell your homie come
Cuz y'all can come along
Nigga come along

Tell your mama come
Tell your papa come
Tell your brother come
Tell your sister come
Tell your cousin come
Tell your homie come
Cuz they can come along
Really y'all can come along

(Apl De Ap)
This is an invitation
So gather up your crew
We goin' on a mission
Provided by the who (who)
The three amigos
Doin' our way like Carlitto's
I'm seein' Se%F1oritas
Send some me the Se%F1oritos
So grab her by the hand
And make her feel the jam
It's like a salsa dance
Hotter than some desert sands
So baby sway
Dilate me like my people
Come and unify

The reason this we are equal
And if you're feelin' down
We're here to pick you up
You can shake it off
Baby just tell me what's up
Let me help you out
Or you can turn your back
We don't wanna hold nobody back

Tell your mama come
Tell your papa come
Tell your brother come
Tell your sister come
Tell your cousin come
Tell your homie come
Cuz they can come along
Hey y'all can come along

Tell your mama come
Tell your papa come
Tell your brother come
Tell your sister come
Tell your cousin come
Tell your homie come
Cuz they can come along
All of y'all can come along

And join in the fun
Come along and join in the fun
Come along and join in the fun
Come along c' c'
We gonna be
Dancin', dancin', dancin', dancin'
Dancin', dancin', dancin', dancin'
Dancin', dancin', dancin', dancin'
Dancin', dancin', dancin', dancin'

(Taboo)
(Speaking in Spanish)

(Will)
Yo, my man Taboo
Look they don't understand
Why don't you flip it up
And switch it back to English man

(Taboo)
Well come all of y'all
To our festival
The emotion is
Like a carnival
Music all the around
The world is gettin' down
Everyone's aight
And they dig the sound
So my chicharon in saturated fat
We ain't tryin' to hold nobody back

Tell your mama come
Tell your papa come
Tell your brother come
Tell your sister come
Tell your cousin come
Tell your homie come
Cuz they can come along
All of y'all can come along
(Repeat)


14.Request Line

Pick up the phone call up the line
Call up the re-quest line
Call up the line
Call up the re-quest line
Nana nana nananana na na nana nana
So call up the line
Get down wit, down wit us

(chorus) (macy gray)
This is a re-quest mr. radio man
Just one desire from a hip-hop fan
Hey dj (your on the line girl)
Hey dj (on the request line girl)
Play the record by my favorite band

I like to hear my favorite song on the radio
So i called and requested on the radio
Tell the dj spin it on the mix show
Make a brother feel like im down at the disco
And we gonna keep it going like crisco
Cuz the dj grab the record by the fist full
By the crate full, and we greatful
When you hear the stuff of records get a tasteful
(last night the dj saved my life)
Cuz of the collection of the records he saved
To the direction of the record we swayed
And all night through the session we stayed

(hook)
Cuz you know you got the feeling
(all right)
Good god got the feeling
(all right)
Touch the ceiling when i'm feelin
(all right now)
And i be feelin
(all right)
Dont stop keep it goin now come on

(chorus) (macy gray)
This is a re-quest mr. radio man
Just one desire from a hip-hop fan
Hey dj (your on the line girl)
Hey dj (on the request line girl)
Play the record by my favorite band

Turn table lets bless me on my stereo
Play my favorite song on my stereo
Like macy gray, roots, and d'angelo
Mos def, les nubians, and de la soul
I like them cuts with the soul and original
Never afraid to be creative on your radio
Spin my jam when im cruisin down the bario
Turn my audio up, create a party yo
(hey dj would you play ma song)
And get ma rock get ma roll get ma hip-hop on
And (i'm dancin) all day all night
Gimme some inside, make me feel hot inside

(hook)
(all right)
Got me feelin
(all right)
Got me feelin
(all right)
Got me feelin
(all right)
All shots down
(all right)
Got me wanna get down all night
(all night)
All right now

(chorus) (macy gray)
This is a re-quest mr. radio man
Just one desire from a hip-hop fan
Hey dj (your on the line girl)
Hey dj (on the request line girl)
Play the record by my favorite band

Jump up enjoy the sound
Show everybody how just how you get down
Get loose now, get down
Everybody everybody have a good time
2x

Last night a dj saved my life
(fading effects)

(chorus) 3x