Kid Capri - Apollo lyrics

"i'd like to know.. are you really ready for some super dynamite soul? Then thank you, because now, it's star time!" The apollo (4x) [kid capri] The apollo a place, where performers perform Before you got on the stage you would all be warned About if you're good enough, to rock the place But if you wasn't they would throw beer cans in your face Well it was a, amateur night, a group dressed in white Didn't think it was spectacular but they were alright Kept sayin to myself, i wish it was me That was on the stage doin my r-a-p Well uh, anyway we go back to the days When james brown used to have, the crowd amazed He used to come out, dancin, just doin his work And when he screamed, all the ladies went bezerk Slidin across the stage like he was runnin on oil Shoes, shinin bright like aluminum foil Women was fallin out, innocent to ? He said, "please please" then started rappin You only seen one show you couldn't stay to see another Of the singin godfather number one soul brother Events like this happened all the time At the place that was known to be, one of a kind It's the apollo The apollo (4x) [kid] it's the apollo! The apollo (3x) The ap.. [kid capri] The apollo yes a legend in it's time The place is so fly that i wish it was mine I mean the line was so long but people did not care Just as long as they knew, they could get in there On wednesday's, amateur night was cool And you could, go to see what other artists could do Nothin but black stars, risin to the top Now you see what's takin over, we call it hip-hop The apollo, no other, could ever compete When you look down and i see people movin their feet When the stage used to rise all the people went nuts And no one ever kept their big mouth shut They used to, scream and yell, raise a whole lot of hell Hang off the balcony and sometimes they fell It's a tradition, so whatta ya do? i don't know You get a ticket take yourself to the apollo, hey The showbiz cafe, was right next door Leave, from the apollo and you party some more You can go many places to have a show But no matter where you went you always seemed to go To the apollo To the apollo! Uhh.. (the apollo) .. .. To the apollo! And let me break it down for you one time Hey the a for artist, the p for people O for outstanding, l - for legal And the other l-o is for the low-down shame For the ones, that tried, to destroy the name So whatever you do, you can never forget About the place, that always kept you drippin with sweat From dancin and prancin and jumpin up and down Everytime you turned around a new show was in town It's the place, that everybody would always go And i called it, the famous apollo It's the apollo It's the apollo! (the apollo) uhh! The apollo (4x) [kid] it's the apollo, come on! The apollo (3x) [kid] uhh! The apollo (2x) [kid] it's the apollo! The apollo (2x) The apollo..