作曲 : Lawrence Parker
"Boogie Down was performing
Hey they ain't no joke"
"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
"Boogie Down was performing
Hey they ain't no joke"
Back in the days I knew rap would never die
I used to listen to Awesome-2 on WHBI
I used to hear all kind of rap groups
Before sampling loops
Rappers wore bell-bottom Lee suits
Me and Kenny couldn't afford that
So we would go to the park
When they was jammin' to hear rap
I used to listen till the cops broke it up
I always thought to myself
"Damn, why they ****** it up?"
But nevertheless I was in love with the microphone
And it stayed that way until I left home
On the streets of New York, now I'm free
But with freedom comes big responsibility
I used to walk around driven by the force
I remember how large Super Rhymes was
When he fell off, I used to wonder about
Crews that used to rock, they were large
But none of them could manage to stay on top
Do you ever think about when you outta here?
Record deal and video outta here?
Mercedes Benz and Range Rover outta here?
No doubt BDP is old school but we ain't goin' out!
"Boogie Down was performing
Hey they ain't no joke"
"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
"Boogie Down was performing
Hey they ain't no joke"
"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
After livin' on the streets alone
Some years went by
I signed myself into a group home
I used to watch the show
'I Dream of Jeannie' and dreamt about
"When will I be large like Whodini?"
But I was messin' with graffiti on the subway
And gettin' chased by the cops almost everyday
I knew it had to be a better way see
So I would go to my room, blast RUN DMC
Around 1984 I left the group home, again alone
Still dreamin' about the microphone
Gimme a chance man, I know I can rock it
But I had to worry about puttin' money in my pocket
So when I reached the shelter
I met my helper DJ Scott La Rock
And we both loved hip-hop
I was takin' suckas out in the shelter system
Yeah there was rappers in the shelter
But I had to diss 'em
But all along, my vision was never lost
I kept seeing all these rap groups fallin' off
Do you ever think about when you're outta here?
Fly girl and fresh gear outta here?
Five-thousand dollar love seat outta here?
No doubt BDP is old school
But we ain't goin' out!
"Boogie Down was performing
Hey they ain't no joke"
"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
"Boogie Down was performing
Hey they ain't no joke"
"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
While I'm battling these rival crews
Yes, BDP would stay in the Street News
Some said, "All they wanna do is battle"
They can't write a song
So their careers won't last long!
Around this time I used to hang with Ced Gee
And DJ Scott La Rock used to buy gold with Eric B
I didn't meet Rakim till later with Scott
I remember we were jammin' at the rooftop
It used to irk me when these critics had opinions
Scott would say "Just keep rappin, I'll keep spinnin'"
We had a ****** up contract, but we signed it
And dropped the hip-hop album Criminal Minded
We told the critics your opinions are bull
Same time Eric B and Rakim dropped Paid in Full
Hip-hop pioneers we didn't ask to be
But right then hip-hop changed drastically
People didn't wanna hear the old rap sound
We started samplin' beats by James Brown
In the middle of doin' "My Philosophy"
Scott was killed and that ******t got to me
But knowin' the laws of life and death
I knew his breath, was one with my breath
I had nothin' left and it was scary
So I dropped By All Means Necessary
Another hip-hop group that was a friend of me
Was a revolution crew called Public Enemy
It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
These two albums set off consciousness in rap
But all along, I'm still lookin' around
And all I can see are these rap groups fallin' down
Do you ever think about when you outta here?
Condominium and beach house outta here?
Credit cards and bank accounts outta here?
No doubt BDP is old school
But we ain't going out!
"Boogie Down was performing
Hey they ain't no joke"
"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
"Boogie Down was performing
Hey they ain't no joke"
"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
"Boogie Down was performing
Hey they ain't no joke"
"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
"Boogie Down was performing
Hey they ain't no joke"
[00:00.000] 作曲 : Lawrence Parker
[00:09.517]"Boogie Down was performing
[00:10.706]Hey they ain't no joke"
[00:12.390]"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[00:14.465]"Boogie Down was performing
[00:18.280]Hey they ain't no joke"
[00:19.787]Back in the days I knew rap would never die
[00:21.840]I used to listen to Awesome-2 on WHBI
[00:24.951]I used to hear all kind of rap groups
[00:26.620]Before sampling loops
[00:27.897]Rappers wore bell-bottom Lee suits
[00:29.998]Me and Kenny couldn't afford that
[00:31.780]So we would go to the park
[00:33.006]When they was jammin' to hear rap
[00:34.942]I used to listen till the cops broke it up
[00:37.052]I always thought to myself
[00:38.456]"Damn, why they ****** it up?"
[00:39.918]But nevertheless I was in love with the microphone
[00:42.480]And it stayed that way until I left home
[00:44.900]On the streets of New York, now I'm free
[00:47.358]But with freedom comes big responsibility
[00:49.816]I used to walk around driven by the force
[00:51.837]I remember how large Super Rhymes was
[00:53.904]When he fell off, I used to wonder about
[00:55.894]Crews that used to rock, they were large
[00:57.702]But none of them could manage to stay on top
[00:59.892]Do you ever think about when you outta here?
[01:02.284]Record deal and video outta here?
[01:04.830]Mercedes Benz and Range Rover outta here?
[01:06.953]No doubt BDP is old school but we ain't goin' out!
[01:09.326]"Boogie Down was performing
[01:10.489]Hey they ain't no joke"
[01:12.061]"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[01:14.000]"Boogie Down was performing
[01:15.452]Hey they ain't no joke"
[01:17.151]"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[01:19.799]After livin' on the streets alone
[01:21.842]Some years went by
[01:22.767]I signed myself into a group home
[01:24.655]I used to watch the show
[01:25.758]'I Dream of Jeannie' and dreamt about
[01:27.716]"When will I be large like Whodini?"
[01:29.601]But I was messin' with graffiti on the subway
[01:32.111]And gettin' chased by the cops almost everyday
[01:34.559]I knew it had to be a better way see
[01:36.541]So I would go to my room, blast RUN DMC
[01:39.677]Around 1984 I left the group home, again alone
[01:42.753]Still dreamin' about the microphone
[01:44.715]Gimme a chance man, I know I can rock it
[01:46.697]But I had to worry about puttin' money in my pocket
[01:49.515]So when I reached the shelter
[01:50.920]I met my helper DJ Scott La Rock
[01:52.721]And we both loved hip-hop
[01:54.558]I was takin' suckas out in the shelter system
[01:56.985]Yeah there was rappers in the shelter
[01:58.412]But I had to diss 'em
[01:59.556]But all along, my vision was never lost
[02:01.953]I kept seeing all these rap groups fallin' off
[02:04.670]Do you ever think about when you're outta here?
[02:07.147]Fly girl and fresh gear outta here?
[02:09.705]Five-thousand dollar love seat outta here?
[02:11.679]No doubt BDP is old school
[02:13.171]But we ain't goin' out!
[02:14.076]"Boogie Down was performing
[02:15.248]Hey they ain't no joke"
[02:16.838]"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[02:18.945]"Boogie Down was performing
[02:20.142]Hey they ain't no joke"
[02:21.860]"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[02:24.004]While I'm battling these rival crews
[02:26.518]Yes, BDP would stay in the Street News
[02:29.262]Some said, "All they wanna do is battle"
[02:31.320]They can't write a song
[02:32.590]So their careers won't last long!
[02:34.462]Around this time I used to hang with Ced Gee
[02:36.590]And DJ Scott La Rock used to buy gold with Eric B
[02:39.393]I didn't meet Rakim till later with Scott
[02:41.893]I remember we were jammin' at the rooftop
[02:44.391]It used to irk me when these critics had opinions
[02:46.691]Scott would say "Just keep rappin, I'll keep spinnin'"
[02:49.330]We had a ****** up contract, but we signed it
[02:51.919]And dropped the hip-hop album Criminal Minded
[02:54.330]We told the critics your opinions are bull
[02:56.239]Same time Eric B and Rakim dropped Paid in Full
[02:59.406]Hip-hop pioneers we didn't ask to be
[03:01.825]But right then hip-hop changed drastically
[03:04.307]People didn't wanna hear the old rap sound
[03:06.684]We started samplin' beats by James Brown
[03:09.270]In the middle of doin' "My Philosophy"
[03:11.668]Scott was killed and that ******t got to me
[03:14.187]But knowin' the laws of life and death
[03:16.385]I knew his breath, was one with my breath
[03:19.250]I had nothin' left and it was scary
[03:21.655]So I dropped By All Means Necessary
[03:24.197]Another hip-hop group that was a friend of me
[03:26.617]Was a revolution crew called Public Enemy
[03:29.172]It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
[03:31.438]These two albums set off consciousness in rap
[03:34.104]But all along, I'm still lookin' around
[03:36.368]And all I can see are these rap groups fallin' down
[03:39.264]Do you ever think about when you outta here?
[03:41.652]Condominium and beach house outta here?
[03:44.307]Credit cards and bank accounts outta here?
[03:46.170]No doubt BDP is old school
[03:47.760]But we ain't going out!
[03:48.618]"Boogie Down was performing
[03:49.775]Hey they ain't no joke"
[03:51.482]"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[03:53.603]"Boogie Down was performing
[03:54.842]Hey they ain't no joke"
[03:56.417]"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[03:58.406]"Boogie Down was performing
[03:59.860]Hey they ain't no joke"
[04:00.813]"Down with the sound called B-D-P"
[04:03.648]"Boogie Down was performing
[04:04.719]Hey they ain't no joke"
"BDP在此
你知道他们都不是吃素的”
“跟我一起说B-D-P”
"BDP在此
你知道他们都不是吃素的”
回到以前的时光,我确信说唱不会在历史长河中消失
我经常在WHBI听Awesome-2的歌(注:awesome-2创造了whbi这个节目)
我会在采样歌曲前
先听完风格各异的说唱组合的作品
在那个年代说唱歌手们都穿着时髦大衣
Kenny和我都买不起这些时髦的衣裤 (注:kenny是kris的哥哥)
所以我们会去公园
听他们的即兴说唱
常常在那里听rap直到条子们过来砸场子
我经常思考着
“该死,为什么他们破坏了这好情绪?
但我对说唱的热情依旧不减
直到我离开家时仍保留着这份热情 (注:16岁离家逐MC梦)
如今我在纽约的街头上自由无比
但这份自由同时也引发了对街头的责任心 (注:街头给予了你自由,自己也要对街头及自身的发展做出一定的贡献 )
你知道,在我一路走来hip-hop影响了我很多
我记得在Super Rhymes陨落前是如此地声名远洋
过去我经常对他们厉害的表演感到惊叹
他们的名气很大
但是他们中没有一个人能保持在顶端
你会想着哪天你会在历史长河中消迹吗?
当你的唱片合约和专辑不复存在的时候?
当你的奔驰和路虎都不属于你时?
毫无疑问,我们的风格是旧风格,但我们从未消迹
"BDP在此
你知道他们都不是吃素的”
“跟我一起说B-D-P”
"BDP在此
你知道他们都不是吃素的”
“跟我一起说B-D-P”
在街头独自生活的时间久了后
过了几年
出于自己的想法来到了福利院
我常常看剧《太空仙女秀》
也经常做着白日梦
“我什么时候才能像Whodini一样溜”
但我依旧在地铁上涂鸦来闹着玩
每日奔波于和条子的猫鼠游戏之中
我知道我不得不找一个更好的路子走
所以我,在Run-D.M.C大放光彩的时候,安分地回到了福利院
1984年左右,我离开了福利院,再次只身一人
依旧做着饶舌的梦
老天请给我一个选择吧,我知道我可以把自己的事业搞大
但这样的话我就不得不顾虑起我的生计了
所以我来到了福利院
并且认识了当时作为福利院的志愿护工DJ Scott La Rock
我们都爱hip-hop
我在福利院里将那些垃圾们打倒
没错就是福利院里的那些rapper们
但我不得不让他们清醒过来
虽说长久以来我都是独自一人,但我的眼界从未变得狭隘
一直以来我目睹这些说唱的团队们在时代陨落
你会想着哪天你会在历史长河中消迹吗?
Fly girl和fresh gear不再出现在你的家里
5000多美元的双人沙发在你的屋子里被清除出户
毫无疑问,我们的风格是旧风格
但我们从未消迹!
"BDP在此
你知道他们都不是吃素的”
“跟我一起说B-D-P”
"BDP在此
你知道他们都不是吃素的”
“跟我一起说B-D-P”
当我在和其他说唱团队比赛中交手后
没错,BDP的名声将会一直留在街头
有些家伙说我们只会比赛
不会写歌的我们
说唱生涯注定短命
在那段时间我经常在CedGee手下帮忙
我的兄弟DJ Scott La Rock也经常跟着Eric B混,一起添置些金链子挂在脖子
那时我还没遇上Rakim直到后来通过Scott认识了他(注:Eric B&Rakim组合)
在屋顶上即兴说唱的画面我仍记忆犹新
那些喷子们瞎喷的时候常常让我愤怒
Scott会说“别停下你的嘴,我的音乐永不停下”
我们对合同感到反感,但我们还是签了
后来我们发行了专辑Criminal Minded
我们用新专辑堵住那些喷子们的嘴
同段时间ERIC B&RAKIM发售了Paid in Full
我们当时没有想过去当个hiphop的开拓者
但就在那时hiphop变更地很快
人们都不喜欢旧的说唱风格
我们开始从James Brown的歌曲采样作曲
在我们将My Philosophy完成至一半时
我的兄弟Scott被枪杀了,这件事就像颗子弹击穿了我的心窝
即使生死的法则摆在了眼前
我依旧相信他的呼吸仍与我同在
我深感恐惧而且已经无处可去了
所以我做完了By All Means Necessary (注:BDP的第二张专辑)
在众多hiphop组合中
有一个革命性的组合叫做Public Enemy,他们是我的朋友
从It Takes A Nation of Millions 到 Hold Us Back
他们在这两个专辑中表达了他们自身对社会的思考
但我依旧独自一人,依旧环顾着周遭的一切
在我眼中依旧看到的是,这些说唱组合们的没落
你会想着哪天你会在历史长河中消迹吗?
公寓和海景房从你名下消失吗?
储存卡和银行存折都毫无存款吗?
毫无疑问,我们的风格是旧风格
但我们从未消迹
"BDP在此
你知道他们都不是吃素的”
“跟我一起说B-D-P”
"BDP在此
你知道他们都不是吃素的”
“跟我一起说B-D-P”
"BDP在此
你知道他们都不是吃素的”
“跟我一起说B-D-P”
"BDP在此
你知道他们都不是吃素的”