History Of Rap
Jimmy Fallon Lyrics

I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie/to the hip hip hop, a you dont stop the rock/it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat/now what you hear is not a test--i'm rappin to the beat/and me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
Let's get this party started with a hip hop rhythm that will make you move your feet to the beat

Now Peter Piper picked peppers, but Run rocked rhymes/Humpty Dumpty fell down, that???s his hard time/ Jack B. Nimble was nimble, and he was quick/ But Jam Master cut faster that so Jay says
Let me tell you a story about Run, who can rock rhymes better than Peter Piper, about Humpty Dumpty who had a hard fall, and how Jack B. Nimble was nimble but Jam Master was faster

Now here???s a little story I got to tell/About three bad brothers you know so well/It started way back in history/With Ad Rock, MCA, and me, Mike D
Let me share a story about three legendary brothers - Ad Rock, MCA, and me, Mike D - who started a revolution that goes way back in history

We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man/Goin??? each and every place with the mic??? in their hand
Join us on an Award Tour with my man Muhammad, as we go to all sorts of places with the mic in our hand

The Humpty Dance is your chance to do the hump/Oh, do me baby/ Do the Humpty Hump, watch me do the Humpty Hump
Get ready for the Humpty Dance, it's your chance to do the hump, so come and dance with me and watch me do the Humpty Hump

One, two, three and to the fo/Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at the do/ It???s the capital S, oh yes, the fresh N double O P/D O double G Y D O double G, ya see
It's one, two, three and to the fo, as Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre come to the door. It's the fresh N double O P, and let me tell you, you'll see the D O double G Y D O double G

California Love
It's all about that California Love

It was all a dream I used to read Word Up magazine/Salt N??? Pepper and Heavy D up in the limousine/Hangin??? pictures on my wall/Every Saturday rap attack just to match a mali mall
Let me tell you how it used to be, with pictures of Salt N' Pepper and Heavy D on my wall, reading Word Up magazine and watching every Saturday's rap attack, just to make sure I match my mali mall

Push my seed in my push for life/It???s gonna work because I???m pushin it right/If Mary drop my baby girl tonight/I would name her Rock N
I'm pushing my seed for life and it's gonna work because I'm pushing it just right. If Mary drops my baby girl tonight, I would name her Rock N

Hi, my name is/What?/My name is/Who?/jigga jigga Slim Shady
Hi there, my name is, what? My name is, who? I'm none other than Slim Shady

Is it worth it, let me work it/ I put by thing down flip it and reverse it/It???s your fremme neppa venette/It???s your fremme neppa venette
Let me work it and put my thing down, I'll flip it and reverse it. It's your fremme neppa venette, it's your fremme neppa venette

Soulja Boy off in this oh/Watch me crank it, watch me roll/Watch me crank dat, Soulja Boy/Then Superman dat oh/Now watch me you/Crank dat, Soulja Boy/Now watch me you/Crank dat, Soulja Boy
Here comes Soulja Boy, watch me crank it and roll, watch me do the Soulja Boy dance, then do the Superman dance. Now watch me, and you too, crank dat, Soulja Boy

Mia ya hee, Miya ya ha, Miya ya hee, Miye ya ha ha/You???ve gotta live your life/Hey, Hey-ey eh-ey eh-ey/You steady chasin that paper
Mia ya hee, Miya ya ha, Miya ya hee, Miye ya ha ha. You've gotta live your life, don't just keep chasing the paper

You take my money, when I???m in need/Yeah, she???s a triflin??? friend indeed/She certainly is/Oh she???s a gold digger, way over town, that digs on me
You take my money when I'm in need, but she's a trifling friend indeed, and she sure is a gold digger who only cares about digging on me

Yeah I???m up at Brooklyn, now I???m down in Tribeca/Right next to De Niro/But I???ll be hood forever/Statue of Liberty/Long live the World Trade/Everybody sing it/Everybody sing it/In New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of/ There???s nothing you can???t do/Now you???re in New York, New York, New York
I am at Brooklyn and now I'm in Tribeca, right next to De Niro, and I'll forever be who I am. Let's live long and prosper, let the Statue of Liberty stand tall, and don't forget the World Trade. You're in New York, the concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there's nothing you can't do

I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie/to the hip hip hop/Ya don???t stop
Once again, let's get this party started with a hip hop rhythm that never stops