(Why do you like soul?) [ *scratched* ] Once again, this is another slammin jam from Boogie Down Productions As you may already know KRS-One is from the Bronx But I'm Ms. Melodie and I'm from Brooklyn And this is dedicated to you Special Request To Rebel Souls Sly & Robbie Heavy D Lady V Mikey Dread Steel Pulse And of course The BDP Posse And I wanna break it down like this B..B..B..Brooklyn B..b..b..bo-skank - hey B..B..B..Brooklyn B..b..b..bo-skank You know you don't want Brooklyn to come run ya down You know you don't want Brooklyn to come run ya down My name is Melodie, I've got the A1 sound And when I go on tour I go from town to town Come back to New York City and I'm Brooklyn-bound Some people wish to stop me but I'm trackin em down I f** off them head and watch them fall to the ground Cause 'we are livin up in a very bad world [ *singing the lines from Madonna's 'Material Girl'* ] And I am a very bad girl' See, 'we are livin up in a very bad world And I am a very bad girl' Break I've got a posse over there and over here Ms. Melodie walks through the city with no fear I get along with my brothers and my sisters Everyone knows, even the misses and the misters Happy-go-luck, intelligent, not a dummy I know who I am, therefore the s**ers can't run me Only look and wonder who I really am And how I rock the party from the AM to the PM 'Who is her designer, where does she get her style?' But I just hold my head up and flash a smile Cause most mean well, the rest mean bad and wanna boo you I say to myself, 'I got a posse that can do you' So when do you take the time to just come out Come out your shell and let it all hang out? I am the type of person that figures If it gets too damn wild I'm pullin triggers And if there's a posse out there that feels the same Turn on your brain and try to restrain My name is M-e-l-o-d-i-e Guaranteed to rock most of the illest posses Pause.. only because Lyrics like these can start wars So when do you take the time to just come out Come out your shell and let it all hang out B-r-o-o-k-l-y-n again Here is a message that starts but has no end 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 Your rhymes were not made to hurt me Ha, just bounce right off and alert me Cause 'we are livin up in a very bad world And I am a very bad girl' See, 'we are livin up in a very bad world And I am a very bad girl' Break (Why do you like soul?) You know I have not come to down the other women I make my own money, I got my own opinion I write my own lyrics, make my own calculations View the situation I am musically inclined I find my lyrics jump The ba** atop the high, it's like a thump Them wanna keep in mind the fact that I'm a loner Born in Brooklyn, first name Ramona Don't play no games and no games are played I rather invade, create, and get paid You call yourself a star? I am the solar system For those that have a problem with that, I just diss them Cause super dope vocals seem to be the remedy For s**er MC's out here my name is Me-Me-Melodie (Why do you like soul?) B..B..B..Brooklyn B..b..b..bo-skank - hey B..B..B..Brooklyn B..b..b..bo-skank You know you don't want Brooklyn to come run ya down You know you don't want Brooklyn to come run ya down My name is Melodie, I've got the A1 sound (Why do you like soul?) (Because it makes me - happy)