Let Me Clear My Throat (Klassic Kool Original Version)
Recorded live at Bahama Bay, Philadelphia www.discogs.com/master/134029
At the count of three I want everybody in the place to be To make some noise if ya down with me One, two, three
Hit me with the horns Tony Keep makin' noise, keep makin' noise, yeah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Here we go now, here we go now, here we go now Here we go now, here we go now Here we go now, here we go now, here we go now Here we go now, here we go now Here we go, here we go, now listen
Some of y'all might know this, and some of y'all don't (jam jam) Some of y'all might be with this, and some of y'all won't But listen, let me clear my throat Oh, have mercy babe, Ha! I hope ya don't mind, let me clear my throat
Special dedication going out to everybody here in Bahama Bay In Philadelphia Here we go now, check it out, ah huh, ah huh, ah (God Damn) Yeah, rock to the rhythm of the funky rhyme So I can get busy just one more time To the beat and ya don't quit It's that ol' skool rap with that new skool hit Peter Piper picked a pepper but Kool rocked the rhyme And I can still rip up the house Every God damn time I get on the mic, I go crazy Peace out to Celo, Flex, and Doug Lazy I bet 'cha never knew but now ya know I'm the undisputed king of this disco And I never let the mic, magnatize me no more Cuz DJ Kool rip up the whole damn floor Now I'ma rap a rhyme with the greatest of ease And swing it like the man on the flying trapeze And if you don't like it you grab on these And now I need some help from the maestro please Jam, Ha! So look it here check the flavor of the rhythm I wrote And while I got a chance here, let me clear my throat Oh, have mercy babe, ha! I hope ya don't mind, let me clear my throat I need these monitors right here Music and the monitors And it goes a little something like this here Ah huh ah huh ah Now if y'all wanna party like we do If y'all wanna party like us, lemme hear ya say Ah ah ah ah ah (crowd) If y'all wanna party like we do If y'all wanna party like us lemme hear ya say Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah (crowd) Now when I say uh, you say ah Uh (crowd) Uh (crowd) And now when I say hey, you say ha Hey (crowd) hey (crowd) Now when I say uh, you say ah Uh (crowd) Uh (crowd) Now when I say hey you say ha Hey (crowd) Now when I say freeze you just freeze one time When I say freeze y'all stop on a dime When I say freeze you just freeze one time When I say freeze y'all stop on a dime FREEZE Now all the ladies in the place If you got real hair, real fingernails If you got a job, you going to school And y'all need nobody to help you handle your business Make some noise One, two, three, come on now When I say freeze you just freeze one time When I say freeze y'all stop on a dime When I say freeze you just freeze one time When I say freeze y'all stop on a dime FREEZE Now to all the brotha's in the place That don't give a damn about what them ladies talking about Cause you just trying to get chummy Make some noise Now, now, now, let me clear my throat Oh, have mercy babe, ha! I hope you don't mind Let me clear my throat Special dedication going out to all the ladies And all the brothers in here Like to love y'all to death here Ah huh ah huh ah (God damn) Oh, lemme send my little shout outs here Special dedication once again going out to everybody here Bahama Bay in Philadelphia, we love you