The Roots - History of Rap 1 lyrics

[Sugarhill Gang, "Rapper's Delight"] I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie To the hip hip hop, a you don't stop The rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat Now what you hear is not a test, I'm rappin' to the beat And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet [Run-D.M.C., "Peter Piper"] Now Peter Piper picked peppers but Run rocked rhymes Humpty Dumpty fell down that's his hard time Jack B. Nimble what nimble and he was quick But Jam Master cut faster Jack's on Jay's [Beastie Boys, "Paul Revere"] Now here's a little story I've got to tell About three bad brothers you know so well It started way back in history With Adrock, M.C.A., and me – Mike D [A Tribe Called Quest, "Award Tour"] We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin each and every place with the mic in their hand [Digital Underground, "Humpty Dance"] The Humpty Dance is your chance to do the hump Do me baby Do the Humpty Hump Watch me do the Humpty Hump [Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"] One, two, three, and to the four Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at the door (Double P, Double G, Double D, you see) (Wow) [2Pac, "California Love"] California Love [Notorious B.I.G., "Juicy"] It was all a dream I used to read Word Up magazine Salt n' Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine Hanging pictures on my wall Every Saturday Rap Attack, Mr. Magic, Marley Marl [Roots, "The Seed (2.0)"] I push my seed in her bush for life It's gonna work because I'm pushing it right If Mary dropped my baby girl tonight I would name her Rock n'... [Eminem, "My Name Is"] Hi, my name is (what?) My name is (who?) My name is (Slim Shady) [Missy Elliott, "Work It"] Is it worth it, let me work it I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it [backwards 2X] [Soulja Boy, "Crank Dat"] Soulja boy off in this ho Watch me crank it, watch me roll Watch me crank that Soulja Boy Then super man that ho Now watch me yuuuuuuu (Crank that Soulja Boy) Now watch me yuuuuuuu (Crank that Soulja Boy) Now watch me yuuuuuuu (Crank that Soulja Boy) Now watch me yuuuuuuu (Crank that Soulja Boy) [T.I. feat. Rihanna, "Live Your Life"] Miya hee, miya ho, miya hu, miya ha ha So live your life (Hey, ayy, ayy, ayy) You steady chasin' that paper, gotta-- [Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx, "Gold Digger"] Take my money, when I'm in need Yeah, she's a trifling, friend indeed (She certainly is) Oh, she's a gold digger, way over town That digs on me [Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys, "Empire State of Mind"] Yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn, now I'm down in TriBeCa Right next to DeNiro, but I'll be hood forever Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade (Everybody sing it, everybody sing it) New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothing you can't do Now you're in New York, New York, New York [Sugar Hill Gang, "Rapper's Delight"] I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie To the hip hip hop, a you don't stop