Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five — Freedom

Somebody, a-somebody if you wanna party say party, say, "Party" (Party!) Aay, "Party" (Party!) A-C'mon Heh heh, heh whoo! Ah yeah If you wanna party and that's a fact somebody say. "And you know that" (And you know that!) [All] We don't care if you're 8 to 10 Or if you're a senior citizen Because we got a beat that just won't end So you better get ready to rock my friend! You see, we got some news That you can use An offer that you can't refuse We're givin' up honey, and you got to come Because you're the one! Red, yellow, black, white, or brown In our own way we can all get down So just take your time and enjoy yourself And you'll rock as good as anyone else A-come on go to it, put your body into it If the feelin' is good then you might as well do it See it makes no sense a-just standin' around Just boogie to the beat of the funky sound You don't rock with us, you won't have a ball And we might as well didn't rock at all You see we can't rock if you don't have fun Because you're the one that's number one Now raise your hand up above your head If you agree what I said Then writhe your hands all in the air Somebody say, "Oh yeah" (Oh yeah!) Ha ha ha ha! Flash! One time! [Melle Mel] Melle Mel with the clientele I'm gonna rock your chime and ring your bell See I'm so bad and I'm so light To write a rhyme on a dime to make the world turn twice [Mr.Ness] And I'm Mr. Ness, that rock the best And I'm ready to rock at your request Go on, go on with your bad self Raheim is gonna do the rest [Raheim] So my name is Raheim I'm a son of a queen I'm the king of my castle Don't give me no hassle Young ladies in the place, put me on When I'm a part of your life, you can never go wrong [Kid Creole] You say at first my name was Denny Den The secret weapon, the master plan I'm slick, I'm cool, I'm solid gold They call me the Kid Creole [Cowboy] I'm the C.O.W.B.O.Y. (why) The man's so bad that you can't deny And when you ask the cowboy to play I'm Cowboy, I never ran away [All] Grandmaster, cut faster Than any known, stone to the bone Full-grown he's a one of a kind And Flash is gonna rock your mind, huh Flash, two times Beep beep, you in the crew, hold it Why don't you find somebody and...party! I like this part Get down Whoo! Yeah, alright, alright Quickly now, quickly now The bass was in your face The highs that make your nature rise Young ladies in the place Feel the highs, feel the bass If you wanna rock till the break of dawn somebody say, "Come on" (Come on!) [All] Melle Mel, right on time Taurus the bull is my Zodiac sign And I'm Mr Ness and I'm ready to go And I go by the sign of Scorpio My name is Raheim, I don't like to fuss My Zodiac sign is Aquarius The Kid Creole is the name of mine And Pisces is my Zodiac sign And I'm Cowboy and I'm runnin' this show My Zodiac sign is uh, Virgo And Grandmaster Flash cuts so on His Zodiac sign is Capricorn We gon' try somethin new (Whatchu gon' do!?) We gon' try somethin new (Whatchu gon' do!?) Now that you heard our names and signs Put your name into this rhyme What's your name? (All yell names) I say what's your name? (All yell names) And gon' try somethin' else Go for yourself And gon' try somethin' else Go for yourself Gon' try this game, one more time Now this time use your Zodiac sign What's your sign!? (All yell signs) I say what's your sign!? (All yell signs) Ha ha ha ha! Flash! Two times! Beep beep, you in the crew, hold it Hey, why don't you find somebody and...party! Oohwee oohwee Here come the kazoos, alright! No doubt, get down, whoo! Heh Young ladies in the place Bass in your face Ha ha ha ha, ugh [Melle Mel] The ladies' action, the coming attraction The man with the positive reaction The man with the style on top of the pile Melle Mel gonna rock a long, long while I want a Rolls Royce, I got a golden voice Gonna rock in the mic if you give me the choice And I rock to the beat and I got it like that And you couldn't beat that with a baseball bat [Mr. Ness] I could play a dumb game and I won't feel ashamed Because I got more smarts than any slick git I'm not the butcher, the baker, or the candlestick maker But I'm Mr. Ness the woman's taker When I talk to some girls, the girls think I'm dumb But that's O.k. because they all get some I'mma tell it like this, you will never discover That Ness is, is a lover [Raheim] I'm the force that keeps you on when you tend to stray I'm the jester of the joust so heed what I say This advice I give to you is for you to keep All I want you to do is just sow what I reap I'm 100% on all the time I'm like Earl the Pearl when I'm saying a rhyme I could get taped on like a magical wand I make all the ladies' dreams and my word is bond [Kid Creole] We're sick, we're bad and powerful We fill you with five hours full Of the music that's proclaimed the best In town to the funky sound Now clap your hands, do the freak dance Become a victim of circumstance 'Cause everybody rocks with Flash and the Five Get down RRAH! [Mr. Ness] The butter, the bread The bread to the butter C'mon everybody let's rock one and another Hey ashes to ashes, dust to dust Nobody rocks the mic like the five of us [Melle Mel] You say the bread to the butter and the butter to the bread Don't be misled by what I say You say dust to dust and ashes to ashes 'Cause no man cuts are faster than Flash's You're the one [Cowboy] You don't stop and everybody hiphop You don't stop and then find your [?] Just clap your hands and get on the go Then you rock to the beat in stereo And if you wanna help us get on the go Scream it out and say, "Ho" (Ho!) "Ho" (Ho!) You don't stop And if you wanna rock into the broad daylight Somebody say, "What it look like" (What it look like!) "What it look like" (What it look like!) You don't stop I'm gonna talk about the man that's the real McCoy No other cool brother than Keith Cowboy I wear a eight and a half, a 29 waist A medium shirt take a look at my face You check out my hair and then you look in my eyes 'Cause all I'm here to do girl is make you hypnotized Till you hip hop the shoobop doobop take a look on your arm And check your clock Let's do it, let's do it You know you got to do, do it To the beat, y'all You don't, you better not Don't stop that body rock {*fade*}