Title: “Rapper’s Delight”
(Verse 1) I said a hip hop, The hippie to the hippie, To the hip hip a hop, and you don’t stop, Rockin’ to the bang bang boogie, Say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.
(Chorus) 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.
(Verse 2) See I am Wonder Mike, And I’d like to say hello, To the black, to the white, the red, and the brown, The purple and yellow.
(Verse 3) But first I gotta, Bang bang the boogie to the boogie, Say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie, Let’s rock, you don’t stop, Rock the rhythm that’ll make your body rock.
(Chorus) Well so far you’ve heard my voice, But I brought two friends along, And next on the mic is my man Hank, C’mon, Hank, sing that song.
(Verse 4) Check it out, I’m the C-A-S-A, the N-O-V-A, And the rest is F-L-Y, You see I go by the code of the doctor of the mix, And these reasons I’ll tell you why.
(Verse 5) You see, I’m six foot one, and I’m tons of fun, And I dress to a tee, You see, I got more clothes than Muhammad Ali, And I dress so viciously.
(Chorus) I got bodyguards, I got two big cars, That definitely ain’t the wack, I got a Lincoln Continental and a sunroof Cadillac, So after school, I take a dip in the pool, Which is really on the wall, I got a color TV, so I can see, The Knicks play basketball.
(Verse 6) Hear me talkin’ ’bout checkbooks, credit cards, More money than a sucker could ever spend, But I wouldn’t give a sucker or a bum from the Rucker, Not a dime ’til I made it again.
(Verse 7) Everybody go, Ho-tel, Mo-tel, whatcha gonna do today? (Say what?) ‘Cause I’m a get a fly girl, Gonna get some spankin’ drive off in a death OJ.
(Verse 8) Everybody go, Ho-tel, Mo-tel, Holiday Inn, If your girl starts actin’ up, then you take her friend, Master Gee, am I mellow? It’s on you, so whatcha gonna do?
(Chorus) Well, it was, uh, hip hop, The hippie to the hippie, To the hip hip a hop, and you don’t stop, Rockin’ to the bang bang boogie, Say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.
(Outro) I said, I said a hip hop, The hippie to the hippie, To the hip hip a hop, and you don’t stop, Rockin’ to the bang bang boogie, Say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.
And there you have it, the iconic lyrics of The Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight”, one of the most influential and popular songs in hip hop history. Its catchy verses and chorus, along with its groovy beat, have made it a timeless classic that continues to be enjoyed by generations of music lovers.
