Boogie Down Productions - Hip Hop Rules Lyrics
[krs-one]Come again down manThis is krs-one on to wreck ruff ruff ruff stuffSo were gonna do it like this nowPut up your hands if you love hip-hop music like I do, seen?And we gonna do it like this nowListen to the lyrics! bo!Me say hip-hop rule, hip-hop ruleAnd these other industries out here cannot take it, come again!Hip-hop rule, hip-hop ruleAnd these other industries out here cannot take it, we want!Rap music, we want the rap music, bo!Rap music, we want the rap music, come again!Rap music, we want the rap music, bo!Rap music, we want the rap musicWay back in the days, 1979Fatback band made a record usin rhymeIn the same year come the sugarhill gangWith the pow pow boogie, and the big bang bangR&b, disco, pop country jazzAll thought hip-hop, was just a little fadBut here comes grandmaster flash nonstopAnd right after flash, run-d.m.c. droppedNow, they had to pay attention to the scaleWhere other music failed, hip-hop prevailedSee rap music has gone platinum from the startSo now in eighty-nine we gettin present as an artMe ask, is it because, weve got the eighty-nine vision?Whoa whoa whoa!Or is it because, its a unanimous decisionHey hey hey heyThat hip-hop rule, hip-hop ruleAnd these other industries out here cannot take it, come again!Hip-hop rule, hip-hop ruleAnd these other industries out here cannot take it, we want!Rap music, we want the rap music, bo!Rap music, we want the rap music, come again!Rap music, we want the rap music, come down!Rap music, we want the rap musicI pick up the mic and put down crazy lyricsI put it pon the phonograph so everyone can hear itYou want to sound like me bwoy, you cant come near itCause when I flash a new style, the people dem a cheer itYou get so jealous til you just cant bear itJealous of ms. melodie, me and derekSee derek is d-nice, and Im krs-one ahWell rock ya in the winter and we rocked ya last summerYou want to battle me you got to wake up in the morningCause if youre still sleepin, then ima start yawninBecause ah hip-hop rule, hip-hop ruleAnd these other industries out here cannot take it, come again!Hip-hop rule, hip-hop ruleAnd these other industries out here cannot take it, we want!Rap music, we want the rap music, bo!Rap music, we want the rap music, come again!Rap music, we want the rap music, come down!Rap music, we want the rap musicJust, put up your hands if you like rap musicPut up your hands if you like rap musicMs. melodie boy she always on the mixerAnd d-square, love rap music ahDj doc boy yes hes on the mix andKrs-onell flash a lyric, we sayHere comes yvette, on the lyric andBig kap, rockin on the mix andBdp boy well flash a lyric aKnock the suckers down every time dem hear it, becauseHip-hop rule, hip-hop ruleAnd these other industries out here cannot take it, come down!Come again!We want!Bo!Come again!Bo!* dub/instrumental of first verse reprised to fade *
