It was a party night, everybody was breaking The highs were screaming and the bass was shaking And it won't be long till everybody knows when that Flash was on the beat box going that Flash was on the beat box going that Flash was on the beat box going And and and and Sha na na Italian, Caucasian, Japanese Spanish, Indian, Negro and Vietnamese Mcs, disc jockeys to all the fly kids and the young ladies Introducing the crew ya got to see to believe We're one, two, three, four, five mc's I'm Melle Mel and I rock it so well And I'm Mr. Ness because I rocks the best I'm Rahiem in all the ladies' dreams And I'm Cowboy to make ya jump for joy I'm Creole, solid gold The Kid Creole playing the role Dig this, we're the Furious Five plus Grandmaster Flash Giving you a blast and sure enough class So to prove to ya all that we're second to none We're gonna make five mcs sound like one Ya gotta dip dip dive, so so socialize Clean out your ears then open your eyes And then pay at the door as a donation To hear the best sounds in creation He's a disco dream of a mean machine And when it comes to size, ya see what we mean Ya see his name is not found in the hall of fame but he'll shock And amaze ya and make ya feel shame He takes a lime from a lemon And from a lemon to a lime He cuts the beat in half the time And as sure is 3 times 2 is 6 You'll say Flash is the king of the quick mix We're five mc's and we're on our own And we're the most well known on the microphone And we throw down hard and we aim to please With finesse to impress all the young ladies We got rhymes galore and that's a fact And if the satisfaction's guaranteed to cause a heart attack We are the best as you can see So eliminate the possibility That to be an e-m-c-e-e Is not a threat to society Say step by step Stride by stride I know the fly young lady would like to ride In my mercedes, 'young ladies' In my mercedes, 'young ladies' If my Mercedes breakdown and dull my grill I will drive up in a new Seville If my Seville break down, I take it back I will dull my grill in a new Cadillac If my Cadillac break down, it's too much I will shock your mind in a new Star Stutz And if a Stutz break down, I make another choice I will dull my grill in a new Rolls Royce And if a Royce break down, I'll be out in the rain And then forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it Huh, take the train Take the train, take the train Can't, won't, don't stop rockin' to the rhythm Cause I get down, cause I get down, cause I get down
[Verse 2: Kid Creole] Ladies who don't know my name And you fellas who don't know my game Yes I'm called the prnce of soul But others call me the Kid Creole The mc delight, young ladies bite When I'm on the mike and I rock the house right I'm the dedicated prince, heart of solid gold Rockin to the rhythm while I'm playing the role A cool calm customer, the master plan It takes a sucker's man to try to jump my hand And the things I do and what I say Affect a lot of people in the strangest way Makes them clap their hands and say 'all right' Creole to the broad daylight Mr. Ness, my mellow, what he look like With ya on the mike
[Verse 3: Mr. Ness] Let's rock y'all, a let's rock the house Because the Furious Five are gonna turn it out So young ladies, if you think ya heard You heard the best rap, you heard the best word Yes, it's true that we gotta fuss Because it can't be the best unless it came from us There's five of us and we take no stuff We coming through the city, we coming through rough We number one ain't nothin' you can do http://genius.com/Grandmaster-