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Way Out West from way back east |
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Coming from a place you'd expect the least |
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There came a stranger, dressed in black |
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From a Harlem Town, a long way back |
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Had a Stetson hat with a band of gold |
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Eyes like steel, make your blood run cold |
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Had a microphone hanging by his side |
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Just ready to be amplified |
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Rode into town on a big black steed |
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Lookin' for a man named Ganamede |
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"I hear the dude just won't get down |
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If I rock this world I can rock this town!" |
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And when they asked him for his name |
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He said "Kurtis Blow, I play the rappin' game |
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I can do the do, I can do the deed |
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And tonight I'm gonna rock Ganamede!" |
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Now Ganamede thought he was cool |
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Wore Gucci shoes, had a fancy school |
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A fancy job in a big corporation |
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Fancy girls all across the nation |
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Fancy car, fancy clothes, |
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Fancy friends and fancy dough |
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Only one thing he wouldn't do |
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Is let himself get down with you |
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The stranger went to the old saloon |
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Grabbed his mike and spun a tune |
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And everyone in the whole darn place |
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Said "Do the rap and set that pace!" |
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He rapped 'em down and he rapped 'em out |
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He made 'em dance and he made 'em shout |
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He said "If you like Kurtis Blow |
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Then let me hear you all say... |
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A say ho-oo! Ho-oo! |
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Hi-yo! Hi-yo! |
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Say Kurtis! Kurtis! |
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Say Kurtis Blow! Kurtis Blow! |
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At midnight Ganamede came in |
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To watch the dancers move and spin |
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He took a seat over by the bar |
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And started smokin' a big cigar |
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"I admit the stranger is not bad |
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But tonight I'm gonna make him sad |
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'Cause I don't care about the groove |
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There ain't no dude gonna make me move!" |
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The joint was jumpin' hard at one |
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But Ganamede was havin' none |
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Things were really fly at two |
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The stranger rapped and the tension grew |
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But Ganamede maintained his cool |
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"I'll make the stranger play the fool |
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'Cause I don't care about the groove |
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There ain't no dude gonna make me move!" |
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The showdown came at three o'clock |
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The stranger said, "I'm gonna make you rock |
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I'm gonna make you move, I'm gonna make you dance, |
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They're gonna take you out in an ambulance |
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Now everybody lend a hand |
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I'm gonna make you be the band |
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There ain't no jive, no superstition |
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We're gonna have a little demolition |
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Get down! |
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Now stomp your feet |
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To the funky beat |
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Just clap your hands |
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And let the beat expand |
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Let me here the bass |
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Put it in my face |
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Let the guitar play |
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Just put it away |
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And now I think we've got the groove |
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So Ganamede, get up and move!" |
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Now everyone looked at the bar |
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At the lonely man with the big cigar |
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He began to move, he began to shake |
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He'd had as much as he could take |
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He took his body to the floor |
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And then the crowd began to roar |
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The stranger just had done the deed |
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And rocked the house with Ganamede. |
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From three to four he couldn't stop |
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From four to five he just had to rock |
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From five to six he let it loose |
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At seven he still had the juice |
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At eight o'clock he was goin' strong |
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Gettin' down with every song |
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At nine o'clock he couldn't dance |
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And someone called an ambulance |
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As they put him in the back |
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Of that big white shiny Cadillac |
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He said "Please get me Kurtis Blow |
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There's something that he ought to know" |
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He said "I thought I'd make my name |
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By beatin' you at the rappin' game |
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But you beat me fair and square |
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And anyway, I just don't care." |
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The stranger asked him what he meant |
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Said Ganamede, "I am content |
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I never used to catch a groove |
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I never used to dance or move |
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But it's more fun to play the fool |
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Than tryin' hard to be real cool |
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So anytime you're back in town |
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I'm gonna get up and I'm gonna get down!" |
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The stranger watched him drive away |
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Knowing what he'd done that day |
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And then he went right back inside |
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To make the dancers slip and slide |
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To rock 'em out, to rock 'em in, |
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To make 'em rock it down again |
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And he said "If you like my sound |
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Let me hear you all say... |
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Throw down! Throw down! |
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At the showdown! At the showdown! |
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Throw down! Throw down! |
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At the showdown! At the showdown! |
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Now stomp your feet |
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To the funky beat |
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Just clap your hands |
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And let the beat expand |
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Let me here the bass |
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Put it in my face |
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Let the guitar play |
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Just put it away |
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A-rock on! |
