Journey Throo Da Darkside
Redman Lyrics

Woo woo wowowowooo!
Redman starts the song with an exclamation to hype up the listener

Lord higher
Redman says 'Lord higher' to ask for help in a moment of darkness

Could somebody turn on da lights
Redman asks for someone to turn on the lights to get rid of the darkness

Somebody turn on da lights
Redman repeats his request for someone to turn on the lights

The darkside! Yes
Redman acknowledges and accepts the presence of the darkside which he is about to explore

Guess who's back when I bring funk like Zapp
Redman declares his comeback and compares his music to Zapp's funk

All aboard motherfuckers! While your brains get jacked
Redman invites everyone to come along with him and warns them that they will be blown away by his music

I'm souped like two scoops of funk juice word to mother
Redman is full of energy and funk, and he swears on his mother

The way I kick you swear that Jim Kelly was in this motherfucker
Redman's rhymes and moves are so smooth and precise that the listener would think Jim Kelly, a karate actor, is present

The darkside brings apartheid
Redman suggests that the darkside can bring segregation and division

I act wild like them niggaz from Chi-Town on the Southside
Redman's behavior is like the wild people of Chi-Town's Southside

Sweeter than this, whoopin' niggaz down like Jack Nich
Redman is sweeter than this, meaning he's better than this, and he's beating people down like Jack Nicholson's character in a movie

When I backflip my tactic graphics
Redman is showcasing his moves and techniques like a gymnast doing a backflip

Ooooooh! Redman jams it in
Redman feels good about his music and jams it in

Due to difficulties I won't be done by ten
Redman won't be done with his performance by ten due to some issues

Friend I got bust shots out the twelve Benz
Redman has guns and has fired shots from a mercedes-benz with a 12-cylinder engine

And then we get the bam-ba-zee from one-ten
Redman and his crew receive a message or signal from the 110 area code, and they respond with a bam-ba-zee, which could mean they are ready for action

Or is it further up? Plus my style murder ducks
Redman is unsure if the message is from further up, and he boasts about killing his competition, calling them ducks

So what the fuck, you got the mic turned up fo'?
Redman questions why his competition has their microphone turned up, implying that it won't help them against him

When I Chief Rock underground MC's drop like sheet rock
Redman is the chief rock, and he's dropping underground MCs like sheet rock, which is easy to break

Here's a ride to the underground
Redman invites his listeners to join him on a journey to the underground

[Chorus: x2] To the beat y'all Ah to the beat y'all, I do the freak y'all I keep the Buddha to last me through the week y'all
Redman repeats the chorus twice, which is about dancing to the beat, doing the freak, and keeping the marijuana to last through the week

Come take a trip on my cosmic movie boogie flicks
Redman invites people to join him on a psychedelic movie-like ride through his music

Far beyond space so niggaz say your grace
Redman invites people to go beyond space, and he advises them to pray or say grace before embarking with him

It's a True Lie that I bring drama like Schwarzenegger
Redman makes a play on words with a movie title, suggesting that he brings true drama just like Arnold Schwarzenegger's True Lies movie

When a baby, I had other babies in labor catchin' vapors
Redman was so advanced and funky as a baby that he influenced other babies in the delivery room

With two gats I move like too fast like Paxton
Redman moves quickly with two guns like the character played by Bill Paxton in a movie

Ask Toni Braxton who got seven days of action
Redman brags about having seven days of action with Toni Braxton or anyone else who dares to challenge him

Black stars or moons eclipse the volume
Redman's lyrics are so powerful that they eclipse the sound volume like black stars or moons covering the sun

Bang zoom I'm sendin' honies on the moon with ten bags of boom
Redman is sending girls to the moon with ten bags of marijuana, implying that he's taking them higher than ever before

Ridiculously I will pimp an MC
Redman will outdo and exploit other rappers like a pimp does with prostitutes, and he does so in a ridiculous way because it's just too easy for him

To degrees I leave spots like chicken pox, check the synopsis
Redman leaves marks and impressions on people like chicken pox, so he advises people to check his credentials or biography

I grow confusing just like Rubik's cube boxes
Redman's rhymes and personality are complex and confusing, like solving a Rubik's cube puzzle

Float like the butter, fly so what if I
Redman floats on his rhymes like butter, implying that they are smooth and fatty, and he flies high and doesn't care if anyone else can keep up with him

Blow your lenses, tear the fuckin' hinges
Redman's music is so loud and powerful that it can break your eyeglasses and tear the hinges off the doors

Did I mention that my lyrical format gets more ahs than a dentist
Redman's rhymes and format are so good that they get more appreciation or applause than a dentist does when curing toothaches

When I'm in this, the knotty-headed era causes terror
Redman's presence and music cause fear and excitement in the era of the knotty hair, which might refer to the early 90s era when gangsta rap was popular

Y'all gimmick motherfuckers better get y'all shit together
Redman warns his competition, who rely on gimmicks or tricks, to get their act together if they don't want to lose to him

One for the money and two for my peeps
Redman references an old-school hip-hop call-and-response chant by saying one for the money, two for the peeps who support him

Nynex can't even reach my technique or rap sheets
Redman boasts that Nynex, a phone company that used to provide telephone directories, cannot even reach his level of skills and his collection of rhymes

For the Squad I lick two shots word to God
Redman pledges allegiance to his crew, the Squad, and he fires two shots to show respect and readiness to fight for them, swearing to God as a witness

Then take y'all dreams and imaginations to the darkside
Redman promises to lead his listeners to the darkside and make them experience something beyond their dreams and imaginations