Yeah...
Ha ha.
Whoo hoo.
Do you wanna have a party?
Yeah yeah!
Do you wanna have a ball?
Yeah yeah!
Do you wanna make a scene?
Yeah yeah!
Then scream!
Ahhhhhh!
[sugarhill gang]
A showndown
It's all the way live
Between the sugarhill gang
And the furious 5
Take your partner by the hand
Get out'cha seat
We're gonna tickle your funk bone
With our beat
I got the rod
I got the face
You got the time
We've got the place
So stop, look, check out the name
Sugarhill's goin' down in the hall of fame
Got the voice that stops you in your tracks
Put the wiggles up and down your back
We're the prize in your cracker jack
Sugarhill with the funk attack
We got style, finesse, and savior faire
All the ladies think that we're deboinaire.
We don't take no jive, we don't take no mess
We're the sugarhill gang and we're the best!
So this is it...
Showdown
Hey hey to the rhythm of the...
[furious five]
Hold it people!
Just gather around
Cause the five's gettin' ready
To have a showdown
So pick your weapons,
Whatever you choose
We don't need none
Cause we can't lose
We got the beat beat
For the big bang bang
Gonna fight all night
With the sugarhill gang
And you know who's gonna survive?
The furious one, two, three, four, five
Hey we're bad, straight from the bronx
We gonna prove to the world that we got funk
We gotta rhythm with a twist
That ya can't resist
We got the lips that the ladies
Just love to kiss
We got the class, pizazz, rasamataz
We got the rhymemaster, dj flash
So if you wanna hear the best
Of this here town,
Say showdown!
Showdown!
[singing break]
Showdown
Showdown
Showdown
[sugarhill gang]
We gotcha, don't try to hide
We caught everybody movin
With a groovy glide
Don't dare stop rockin
If ya do we'll know
Cause we're looking right through
Your radio
Young ladies
Sweet funk and back
You know you look good
Cause you got it like that
Let's ship this party into overdrive
We're a sugarhill gang
Here's the furious five
[furious five]
Hey we're bonafide and qualified
To hynotize, tranquilize
Transacted, double-backin'
Keep 'em whack and off the track
Pulse-ending, inflicting, show-stopping
24 hour rockin' and shockin'
F-u-r-i-o-u-s-
We're the furious five
And we're the best!
If you wanna get down
Just help me shout
Sing turn it out!'
(turn it out)
[singing break]
Showdown
Showdown
Showdown
[musical break]
Rock for awhile to prove we have style
Grace, class, deboinaire, and a vicious profile
And there ain't no doubt that it's all about
Maily mall, mr. ness, raheem, rio, cowboy
Rock the house, y'all
Got a rhythm to make ya wanna keep on rockin'
Keep on rockin' keep on rockin' keep on rockin'
Now all the girls agree
There's no one sweeter than a master g
From the north to the south, the east and west
Big bank, babydoll i am the best
I got a smile that'll warm ya
Like the morning light
And i go by the name of wonder mike.
So forget about your problems, throw away ya bills
Cause you're being possessed by the sounds of
Sugarhiiiiiiillll...
Sugarhiiiiillll... ah ah.
[musical break until the end]
