Whodini — Do It Again

[Intro] Whodini, launchin' rockets in the 90s! [Verse 1] Now I remember in the days of way back With just a 4-track With no SP-12 to make tracks Wearing leather suits and boots was the gear Of fly bands and hip hop stars of the year "Hey-ho" when rockin' on the street was the show When the people clapped but they went home with no dough Sportin' All Star walking to the beat of the Funky Four + 1 And the awesome Treacherous Three Bump it in your Walkman, the music was explodin' But these are The Breaks from the king Kurtis Blow And giving us The Message is Grandmaster Flash, The Fearless Four But still they said that rap won't last Radio was playin' it, street kids were sayin' it Soulsonic Force had the funk and they were bringing it Then we threw the Whodini sound in the crew With Magic Wand, had it going on (Old school) Bringing the freaks out at night, Rapper's Delight Fly girls were giving hip hop a new light Pioneers who've given rap its life and itself All praise due and remember that time repeats itself [Chorus] Do it again Do it again Do it again (You know we got a...) reputation Let's do it again Do it again Do it again Do it again (You know we got a...) reputation Now check it out [Verse 2] I remember in the days when we wore gold chains And Lee suits, Adidas and Pumas with no strings And boppin' to The Rap Attack Run-DMC was hittin' everywhere with Rock Box The inner-city was complimentin' Big Mouth One Love, and Friends The Five Minutes of Funk, those days will never end The Dynamix would break and all over town All over the world, hip hop came and made its rounds Taking up the fresh cuts, 1, 2, and 3 That was Whodini and Run-DMC Lookin' at the kids with boomboxes on their shoulders Sheepskins, Gazelles, leather bombers lookin' bolder Then LL and Rakim came to life One for makin' us dance, the other insight The fans was getting bigger, look what we delivered You still think that rap is gonna die, how do you figure? Every time you say it's gonna pass Hip-hop comes out with another style of rap and slaps your ass Boogie Down Production, Biz and Public Enemy DJs The Red Alert and Magic gave us energy Tour and tour and show after show And everybody freaked when Marley Marl had control And pioneers who've given rap its life and itself All praise due, remember that time repeats itself [Chorus] Do it again Do it again Do it again (You know we got a...) reputation Let's do it again Do it again Do it again Do it again (You know we got a...) reputation [Bridge] Do it, do it, do it Do it, do it, do it [Verse 3] I'm thinkin' of today's sound and how it all changed To hear it on the radio, no longer in the game Videos just get me depressed Well I guess a 9 to 5 isn't a way to end my quest I see mad MCs with fat raps and [?] Thinkin' if Whodini could ever compete with that Little kids rockin' on the mic with pure terror Whatever happened to the nameplates of funky fresh era? Then I see Run-DMC comin' back Old school MCs become the new school styles of rap Like Naughty by Nature, Leaders of the New A Tribe Called Quest, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy too Red Alert keepin' it street for the core Of hard rocks, respect to you Red and many more Awesome Two paved the way thru and thru Thanks to all the DJs keeping it real and true We used to be on the outside lookin' in Now Whodini is comin' back to do it all again Pioneers who've given rap its life and itself All praise due and notice that time repeated itself [Outro] Pete Rock, C.L. Smooth Heavy D, Das EFX Queen Latifah, Redman, Brand Nubian All respects due Big Daddy Kane, Salt-N-Pepa Spoonie Gee, T La Rock, Special K Chuck Chillout, Eric B, Funkmaster Flex All respects due Doug E Fresh, Nice & Smooth Kid Capri, Kool G Rap, DJ Starski Doctor Ice, MC Lyte, Milk and MC Shan All respects due