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[Big Bank Hank]

Clap your hands everybody

And everybody just clap your hands

Ahh fly girls, clap your hands

Ahh fly guys, clap your hands



[Master G] Well if you're feeling alright and you think you're on

[Wonder Mike] Ah-somebody let me know

[Big Bank Hank] Well everybody in the place, put a whistle in your face

[all three] Scream it out and say *whistle* yooooo, hit it!



[Wonder Mike]

You don't stop

A-rock the rhythm that makes your finger pop

I said ah, hip-hop, ah thanks a lot

Ah c'mon everybody gimme whatcha got



[Master G]

I'm gonna tell you a little story about the Sugarhill Gang

[all three] With the pow pow boogie and a big bang bang

And if you wanna rap to the Sugarhill to the beat



[all three]

Gotta rap in the key of R-A-P

Now that is over I'm ready to jam

Want all you people, to clap your hands

Tonight we're gon-na, scream and shout

We're gonna turn this motha -- sucka out

To all of you people that are ready to jam

Scream it out and say, I am! (I AM!)

Some-body! (SOME-BODY!) Now you know you're hot



[Master G]

Ah see I met this girl and I said to her, "Honey

if you wanna be my baby you got ta gimme money!"

Turned around, didn't mean no harm

I knocked her out, with my vicious charm

I said, "No no baby it's not like that

Ya see I'm all about makin that cold cold cash"

Started jivin around, started messin wit her head

And next thing I know, she wanted to go to *whistle*

But to turn me on, you got to be the best

Cause I'm the Master G, I don't take no mess

Like T-N-T, I'm dynamite

Ya see I rock your body to the early light

And when you wake up in the morning you'll see I'm gone

And check it out girl, you're all alone

Cause you just been hit by the Capricorn King

I rocked you gentle, I rocked you/me

I rocked you in and I rocked you out

You made me scream but I made you shout *whistle*



[Wonder Mike]

Go dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy

Dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy



[Big Bank Hank]

See it's up my back, it's around my neck

Woo-HAH! Got them all in check

See it's up my back, it's around my neck

Woo-HAH! Got them all in check



[all three]

Ah let's scream, and let's shout

And let's turn this function out

and keep keep it on, but you don't rush

Ah let's make this party the real Cold Crush

Let's scream, and let's shout

Ah let's turn this function out

and keep keep it on, but you don't quit

Let's make the party the sure *whistle*



[Wonder Mike]

Once upon a time not long ago

everybody had on their radio

And then the fella came on with a groovy noise

to put the wiggle in the women and girls and boys

The word got around about three cool cats

who put the ?foot?, BACK, in the pack

And let me tell you party people just who we be

With the help of Big Bank and the Master G



*Interlude*



[Master G] So get up

[Big Bank Hank] Throwdown

[Wonder Mike] We're funkward bound

[all three] Hey the Sugarhill Gang is in your town

[Big Bank Hank] Now baby doll

[Wonder Mike] And all you daddy-o's

[all three] You better get ready to move your toes

[Master G] So get up

[Big Bank Hank] Throwdown

[Wonder Mike] We're funkward bound

[all three] Hey the Sugarhill Gang is in your town

[Big Bank Hank] Now baby doll

[Wonder Mike] And all you daddy-o's

[all three] Scream it out and say yoooo, hit it!



Shake it, but don't break it

Cause I know we can make make it

And if you're ready to party and you're dressed to kill

Somebody say, Sugarhill! (SUGARHILL!)

Sugarhill! (SUGARHILL!)



[Wonder Mike]

Ahh ahh, and let your worries take a chill pill

You go ahh, ahh, ah ahh oh ooh



[Big Bank Hank]

Chicka-pow!

Ha-ha-ha-ha-haa -- hoo hoo!

(Hey could somebody turn their ?butt?)

Shake your body down, chicka-pow!

A get, a get, a get ready

What you see is what you get

And you ain't seen nothin yet

I don't think I'm bad don't box in no karate

Just an MC to put the boogie in your body

go, back and forth then forth and back

We're the Sugarhill Gang we take no slack

Don't wear diamond rings or drive big cars

But the people just treat us like movie stars



[Master G]

We go dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy

Dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy

Dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy

Dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy



[Big Bank Hank]

It's up my back, it's around my neck

Woo-HAH! Got them all in check

See it's up my back, it's around my neck

Woo-HAH! Got them all in check



[all three]

Ah let's scream, ah let's shout

Ah let's turn this function out

and keep keep it on, but you don't rush

Let's make this party the real Cold Crush

Let's scream, ah let's shout

Ah let's turn this function out

and keep keep it on, but you don't quit

Ah let's make this party the sure *whistle*



[Master G]

Well I'm the Master G, and I'm the best

All the ladies say my voice is rated X

I'm a touch of lightning, a taste of fire

Well I'm the Master G, and I'm your desire

Young ladies, I said I rock the nation

Cause I got my own, transportation

I can rock just about, any age

So let your fingers do the walkin through the yellow page



*Interlude*



[all three]

Shake it, ah don't break it

Cause I know we can make make make it



[Wonder Mike]

You go ah, ahh, ah ah oh ooh

And if you're ready to party and you're ready to jam

Scream it out and say, I am! (I AM!)

Some-body! (SOME-BODY!) Now you know you're hot

You go ah, ahh, ah ah oh ooh



(Say what?)



[various]

Shake your body down! Chicka-pow!

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Ooooaaah ooooaaah! Ah huh hah hah!

*wolf whistle*

I see you girl, c'mon wit it now

I want to rock your world

Get it, so get get it, get ready for this

C'mon!

Closer closer, ooooaaah ooooaaah!

All the girls

Aight baby I like to move it mama ahhahaha

A-hah-hah-hah-haa

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrah!

C'mon, yeah, closer

Wooo-hah! See that girl there?

To the beat beat beat

*whistle* Ah hah hah *wolf whistle*

Chicka-pow, ah huh huh huh huh huh, rrrrh, rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrah!

There you go, hah hah hah!

Ahh, ahh girl, yeah baby

To rock your world, ooooaaah, ooooaaah

Pick it up, bring it up get down

Hoo, hah, hoo, hah

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrah!

They definitely gotta be groovin now

Aight baby I like to move it mama ahhahaha

Say say say, ha ha

Say the bass was in your face

The hah's make you, made you rock

'ello m'love can I have this dance y'know?

Ahahahah-ha-hah

We got the groove to make you move

Oh me like it so, me like it so

Sugarhill Sugarhill

And you know that!

Everywhere

*wolf whistle*

Shake it up, shake it up