[00:08]Way Out West from way back east [00:10]Coming from a place you'd expect the least [00:12]There came a stranger, dressed in black [00:14]From a Harlem Town, a long way back [00:16]Had a Stetson hat with a band of gold [00:18]Eyes like steel, make your blood run cold [00:20]Had a microphone hanging by his side [00:22]Just ready to be amplified [00:24]Rode into town on a big black steed [00:26]Lookin' for a man named Ganamede [00:28]"I hear the dude just won't get down [00:30]If I rock this world I can rock this town!" [00:32]And when they asked him for his name [00:34]He said "Kurtis Blow, I play the rappin' game [00:36]I can do the do, I can do the deed [00:38]And tonight I'm gonna rock Ganamede!" [00:40]Now Ganamede thought he was cool [00:46]Wore Gucci shoes, had a fancy school [00:48]A fancy job in a big corporation [00:50]Fancy girls all across the nation [00:52]Fancy car, fancy clothes, [00:54]Fancy friends and fancy dough [00:57]Only one thing he wouldn't do [00:58]Is let himself get down with you [01:01]The stranger went to the old saloon [01:02]Grabbed his mike and spun a tune [01:04]And everyone in the whole darn place [01:06]Said "Do the rap and set that pace!" [01:09]He rapped 'em down and he rapped 'em out [01:10]He made 'em dance and he made 'em shout [01:12]He said "If you like Kurtis Blow [01:14]Then let me hear you all say... [01:16]A say ho-oo! Ho-oo! [01:18]Hi-yo! Hi-yo! [01:21]Say Kurtis! Kurtis! [01:22]Say Kurtis Blow! Kurtis Blow! [01:24]At midnight Ganamede came in [01:26]To watch the dancers move and spin [01:28]He took a seat over by the bar [01:30]And started smokin' a big cigar [01:32]"I admit the stranger is not bad [01:34]But tonight I'm gonna make him sad [01:36]'Cause I don't care about the groove [01:38]There ain't no dude gonna make me move!" [01:40]The joint was jumpin' hard at one [01:42]But Ganamede was havin' none [01:46]Things were really fly at two [01:47]The stranger rapped and the tension grew [01:48]But Ganamede maintained his cool [01:50]"I'll make the stranger play the fool [01:52]'Cause I don't care about the groove [01:54]There ain't no dude gonna make me move!" [01:57]The showdown came at three o'clock [02:02]The stranger said, "I'm gonna make you rock [02:05]I'm gonna make you move, I'm gonna make you dance, [02:06]They're gonna take you out in an ambulance [02:09]Now everybody lend a hand [02:11]I'm gonna make you be the band [02:13]There ain't no jive, no superstition [02:15]We're gonna have a little demolition [02:17]Get down! [02:21]Now stomp your feet [02:23]To the funky beat [02:25]Just clap your hands [02:27]And let the beat expand [02:29]Let me here the bass [02:31]Put it in my face [02:33]Let the guitar play [02:35]Just put it away [02:37]And now I think we've got the groove [02:39]So Ganamede, get up and move!" [02:42]Now everyone looked at the bar [02:47]At the lonely man with the big cigar [02:49]He began to move, he began to shake [02:51]He'd had as much as he could take [02:53]He took his body to the floor [02:55]And then the crowd began to roar [02:57]The stranger just had done the deed [02:59]And rocked the house with Ganamede. [03:01]From three to four he couldn't stop [03:03]From four to five he just had to rock [03:05]From five to six he let it loose [03:07]At seven he still had the juice [03:09]At eight o'clock he was goin' strong [03:11]Gettin' down with every song [03:13]At nine o'clock he couldn't dance [03:15]And someone called an ambulance [03:17]As they put him in the back [03:27]Of that big white shiny Cadillac [03:29]He said "Please get me Kurtis Blow [03:31]There's something that he ought to know" [03:33]He said "I thought I'd make my name [03:35]By beatin' you at the rappin' game [03:37]But you beat me fair and square [03:39]And anyway, I just don't care." [03:41]The stranger asked him what he meant [03:43]Said Ganamede, "I am content [03:45]I never used to catch a groove [03:47]I never used to dance or move [03:50]But it's more fun to play the fool [03:51]Than tryin' hard to be real cool [03:53]So anytime you're back in town [03:55]I'm gonna get up and I'm gonna get down!" [04:01]The stranger watched him drive away [04:03]Knowing what he'd done that day [04:05]And then he went right back inside [04:07]To make the dancers slip and slide [04:09]To rock 'em out, to rock 'em in, [04:11]To make 'em rock it down again [04:13]And he said "If you like my sound [04:15]Let me hear you all say... [04:18]Throw down! Throw down! [04:19]At the showdown! At the showdown! [04:21]Throw down! Throw down! [04:23]At the showdown! At the showdown! [04:25]Now stomp your feet [04:27]To the funky beat [04:29]Just clap your hands [04:31]And let the beat expand [04:33]Let me here the bass [04:35]Put it in my face [04:37]Let the guitar play [04:39]Just put it away [04:41]A-rock on!
[00:08]Way Out West from way back east [00:10]Coming from a place you'd expect the least [00:12]There came a stranger, dressed in black [00:14]From a Harlem Town, a long way back [00:16]Had a Stetson hat with a band of gold [00:18]Eyes like steel, make your blood run cold [00:20]Had a microphone hanging by his side [00:22]Just ready to be amplified [00:24]Rode into town on a big black steed [00:26]Lookin' for a man named Ganamede [00:28]"I hear the dude just won't get down [00:30]If I rock this world I can rock this town!" [00:32]And when they asked him for his name [00:34]He said "Kurtis Blow, I play the rappin' game [00:36]I can do the do, I can do the deed [00:38]And tonight I'm gonna rock Ganamede!" [00:40]Now Ganamede thought he was cool [00:46]Wore Gucci shoes, had a fancy school [00:48]A fancy job in a big corporation [00:50]Fancy girls all across the nation [00:52]Fancy car, fancy clothes, [00:54]Fancy friends and fancy dough [00:57]Only one thing he wouldn't do [00:58]Is let himself get down with you [01:01]The stranger went to the old saloon [01:02]Grabbed his mike and spun a tune [01:04]And everyone in the whole darn place [01:06]Said "Do the rap and set that pace!" [01:09]He rapped 'em down and he rapped 'em out [01:10]He made 'em dance and he made 'em shout [01:12]He said "If you like Kurtis Blow [01:14]Then let me hear you all say... [01:16]A say ho-oo! Ho-oo! [01:18]Hi-yo! Hi-yo! [01:21]Say Kurtis! Kurtis! [01:22]Say Kurtis Blow! Kurtis Blow! [01:24]At midnight Ganamede came in [01:26]To watch the dancers move and spin [01:28]He took a seat over by the bar [01:30]And started smokin' a big cigar [01:32]"I admit the stranger is not bad [01:34]But tonight I'm gonna make him sad [01:36]'Cause I don't care about the groove [01:38]There ain't no dude gonna make me move!" [01:40]The joint was jumpin' hard at one [01:42]But Ganamede was havin' none [01:46]Things were really fly at two [01:47]The stranger rapped and the tension grew [01:48]But Ganamede maintained his cool [01:50]"I'll make the stranger play the fool [01:52]'Cause I don't care about the groove [01:54]There ain't no dude gonna make me move!" [01:57]The showdown came at three o'clock [02:02]The stranger said, "I'm gonna make you rock [02:05]I'm gonna make you move, I'm gonna make you dance, [02:06]They're gonna take you out in an ambulance [02:09]Now everybody lend a hand [02:11]I'm gonna make you be the band [02:13]There ain't no jive, no superstition [02:15]We're gonna have a little demolition [02:17]Get down! [02:21]Now stomp your feet [02:23]To the funky beat [02:25]Just clap your hands [02:27]And let the beat expand [02:29]Let me here the bass [02:31]Put it in my face [02:33]Let the guitar play [02:35]Just put it away [02:37]And now I think we've got the groove [02:39]So Ganamede, get up and move!" [02:42]Now everyone looked at the bar [02:47]At the lonely man with the big cigar [02:49]He began to move, he began to shake [02:51]He'd had as much as he could take [02:53]He took his body to the floor [02:55]And then the crowd began to roar [02:57]The stranger just had done the deed [02:59]And rocked the house with Ganamede. [03:01]From three to four he couldn't stop [03:03]From four to five he just had to rock [03:05]From five to six he let it loose [03:07]At seven he still had the juice [03:09]At eight o'clock he was goin' strong [03:11]Gettin' down with every song [03:13]At nine o'clock he couldn't dance [03:15]And someone called an ambulance [03:17]As they put him in the back [03:27]Of that big white shiny Cadillac [03:29]He said "Please get me Kurtis Blow [03:31]There's something that he ought to know" [03:33]He said "I thought I'd make my name [03:35]By beatin' you at the rappin' game [03:37]But you beat me fair and square [03:39]And anyway, I just don't care." [03:41]The stranger asked him what he meant [03:43]Said Ganamede, "I am content [03:45]I never used to catch a groove [03:47]I never used to dance or move [03:50]But it's more fun to play the fool [03:51]Than tryin' hard to be real cool [03:53]So anytime you're back in town [03:55]I'm gonna get up and I'm gonna get down!" [04:01]The stranger watched him drive away [04:03]Knowing what he'd done that day [04:05]And then he went right back inside [04:07]To make the dancers slip and slide [04:09]To rock 'em out, to rock 'em in, [04:11]To make 'em rock it down again [04:13]And he said "If you like my sound [04:15]Let me hear you all say... [04:18]Throw down! Throw down! [04:19]At the showdown! At the showdown! [04:21]Throw down! Throw down! [04:23]At the showdown! At the showdown! [04:25]Now stomp your feet [04:27]To the funky beat [04:29]Just clap your hands [04:31]And let the beat expand [04:33]Let me here the bass [04:35]Put it in my face [04:37]Let the guitar play [04:39]Just put it away [04:41]A-rock on!
