Tonart: B minor
Verse 1
Am
Eb
Am
Eb
Am
Eb
Am
C
Am
Eb
Boogie
Am
C
Down was performing,
Bb
Eb
hey, they ain't no joke
Am
C
Am
Eb
Down with the sound called BDP
Am
C
Am
Boogie Down was performing, hey,
Eb
Am
C
Am
Eb
they ain't no joke
Verse 2
Eb
I knew rap would never die
Am
I used to listen to Awesome-
C
Am
Eb
Am
2 on WHBI
C
Am
I used to hear all kind of rap groups
Eb
Am
before sampling loops
C
Am
Eb
Rappers wore bell- bottom Lee suits
Am
Me and Kenny couldn't afford that
Eb
Am
So we would go to the park when
Eb
they was jammin' to hear rap
Am
I used to listen 'til the
Am
I always thought to myself, "Damn,
Eb
why they fucked it up?"
Am
C
But never the less,
Bb
Eb
I was in love with the mi crophone
Am
C
Am
Eb
And it stayed that way until I left home
Am
C
Am
On the streets of New York,
Eb
now I'm free
Am
But with freedom comes
Am
C
Am
I used to walk around driven
Am
C
I remember how large Super
Am
Eb
Rhymes was when he fell off
Am
I used to wonder about crews
Eb
but none of them could manage to stay on top
Verse 3
Am
C
Am
Do you ever think about
Eb
when you outta here?
Am
C
Am
Eb
Record deal and video outta here?
Am
C
Am
Mercedes Benz and Range
Am
No doubt BDP is old school, but
Verse 4
Am
C
Boogie Down was performing,
Bb
Eb
hey, they ain't no joke
Am
C
Am
Down with the sound called BDP
Eb
Am
C
Boogie Down was performing,
Bb
hey, they ain't no joke
Eb
Am
C
Am
Eb
Am
Down with the sound called BDP
C
Am
Eb
After livin' on the streets alone Some
Verse 5
Am
years went by, I signed
Eb
myself into a group home
Am
I used to watch the show,
Eb
"I Dream of Jeannie"
Eb
Am
"When will I be large like Whodini?"
Am
Eb
graffiti on the subway
Am
C
And gettin' chased by the
Am
Eb
cops almost every day
Am
C
Am
Eb
I knew it had to be a better wa,y see
Am
C
So I would go to my room,
Am
Eb
Am
blast RUN DMC
Eb
Around 1984, I left the group home,
Eb
Still dreamin' about the microphone
Am
Gimme a chance, man,
Eb
I know I can rock it
Am
C
But I had to worry about puttin'
Am
Eb
money in my pocket
Am
C
Am
So when I reached the shelter,
Eb
Am
I met my helper DJ Scott La Rock
C
Am
Eb
And we both loved hip- hop
Am
C
Am
I was takin' suckas out
Eb
Am
in the shelter system
C
Yeah, there was rappers in the
Am
Eb
Am
shelter but I had to diss 'em
Eb
But all along, my vision was never lost
Am
C
I kept seeing all these
Am
Eb
rap groups fallin' off
Verse 6
Am
C
Am
Do you ever think about
Eb
when you're outta here?
Am
C
Am
Eb
Fly girl and fresh gear outta here?
Am
C
Am
Eb
Five- thousand dollar love seat outta here?
Am
C
No doubt BDP is old school,
Am
Eb
but we ain't goin' out
Verse 7
Am
C
Boogie Down was performing, hey,
Bb
Eb
Am
they ain't no joke
C
Am
Eb
Down with the sound called BDP
Am
C
Boogie Down was performing,
Bb
Eb
hey, they ain't no joke
Am
C
Bb
Eb
Down with the sound called BDP
Verse 8
Am
While I'm battling these rival crews
Eb
Am
Yes, BDP would stay
Am
Some said all they want to do is battle
Eb
Am
They can't write a song,
Eb
so their careers won't last long
Am
C
Around this time,
Am
Eb
I used to hang with Ced Gee
Am
C
And DJ Scott La Rock used
Am
Eb
to buy gold with Eric B
Am
C
Am
Eb
I didn't meet Rakim 'til later with Scott
Am
C
I remember we were
Am
Eb
jammin' at the rooftop
Am
C
It used to irk me when these
Am
Eb
critics had opinions
Am
Scott would say "Just keep rappin',
Am
We had a fucked up contract,
Am
And dropped the hip- hop
Eb
album Criminal Minded
Am
C
Am
We told the critics, your opinions are bull
Eb
Am
Same time,
C
Am
Eb
Eric B and Rakim dropped Paid in Full
Am
C
Am
Hip- hop pioneers,
Eb
hip- hop changed drastically
Am
C
People didn't want to
Am
Eb
hear the old rap sound
Eb
beats by James Brown
Am
C
In the middle of doin'
Am
Eb
"My Philosophy"
Am
Eb
Scott was killed and that shit got to me
Am
C
Am
Eb
But knowin' the laws of life and death
Am
C
Am
Eb
I knew his breath was one with my breath
Am
C
Am
Eb
I had nothin' left and it was scary
Am
So I dropped "By All Means
Am
C
Am
Another hip- hop group that
Am
C
Was a revolution crew
Am
Eb
called Public Enemy
Am
C
"It Takes A Nation of Mil
Am
Eb
lions to Hold Us Back"
Am
C
These two albums set off
Am
Eb
consciousness in rap
Am
Eb
But all along, I'm still lookin' around
Am
C
And all I can see are these
Am
Eb
rap groups fallin' down
Verse 9
Am
C
Do you ever think about when you
Eb
Am
C
outta here?
Am
Condominium and beach
Am
C
Am
Eb
Credit cards and bank accounts outta here?
Am
C
Am
No doubt BDP is old school, be
Verse 10
Am
C
Boogie Down was performing,
Bb
Eb
hey, they ain't no joke
Am
C
Bb
Eb
Down with the sound called BDP
Am
C
Boogie Down was performing,
Bb
hey, they ain't no joke
Eb
Am
C
Bb
Eb
Down with the sound called BDP
Am
C
Boogie Down was performing,
Bb
Eb
Am
hey, they ain't no joke
C
Am
Down with the sound called BDP
Eb
Am
C
Boogie Down was performing,
Bb
Eb
Am
C
Am
Eb
Am
hey,
C
Eb
Am
they ain't no joke
C
Am
Eb
Hey, they ain't no joke
Am
C
Hey, they ain't no joke
Eb
Am
C
Hey, hey, hey, they ain't no joke
Eb
Am
C
No joke,
Eb
Am
C
Am
Eb
Am
no joke
No, no, no joke
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