RUN-D.M.C.!!



[Jam-Master Jay cuts and scratches]

"J-A-Y are the letters of his name"

"Cuttin and scratchin are the aspects of his game"

"Jam Master Jay"

"D.M.C."



[D.M.C.]

ONE TWO, ONE TWO

MIC CHECK, ONE TWO

TESTING ONE TWO IN THE PLACE TO BE...



"D.M.C."



ONE TWO, ONE TWO

MIC CHECK, ONE TWO

CAN I HAVE EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION PLEASE?



"D.M.C. and Jam-Master Jay"



[Jam Master Jay]

Everybody out there

Lemme hear you say YEAAAAAAH ("YEAAAAAH")

Say, HELL YEAH!! ("HELL YEAH!!")

Say, PARTY! ("PARTY!!")

C'mon PARTY! ("PARTY!!")

Lemme hear you say PARTY! ("PARTY!!")

Now SCREEEEAM (*crowd goes nuts*)

Now everybody...clap your hands...



[D.M.C.]

To the people in the back

Clap your hands, to the people in the front

Clap your hands, to the people on my left

Clap your hands, to the people on my right

Clap your hands, to the people in the middle

Clap your hands, to the people in the front

Clap your hands, lemme hear it



"Run-Run-Run-Run" "IT!"



"Run-Run-Run-Run" "IT!"



"Run-Run-Run-Run-Run" "IT!"



"Run-Run-Run-Run" "IT!"





"Run-Run-Run-Run"



[Run]

NOW IT'S ABOUT THAT TIME, FOR US TO SAY

THAT WE'RE...("Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay")



WE GOT, A WHOLE LOT OF ROCK GROUPS, BACKSTAGE TONIGHT

BUT DEE WANTS Y'ALL TO KNOW, ONE THING...



[D.M.C.]

I'm the king of ROCK, there is none HIGHER

Sucker MC's should call me SIRE

To burn my kingdom, you must use FIRE

I won't stop rockin' 'til I retire



[Run]

Now we rock the party and come correct

Our cuts are on time and rhymes connect

Got the right to vote and will elect

And other rappers can't stand us, BUT GIVE US RESPECT!!



Yo Dee...do me a favor...Tell 'em Dee...



[D.M.C.]

Now just throw your hands in the sky

and wave 'em from side to side

and if you wanna have fun with Dee (AND RUN!)

Somebody say, ALRIGHT ("ALRIGHT!")

ALRIGHT ("ALRIGHT!")

Say HOOOOOOO!! ("HOOOOOO!!")

HOOOOOOO!! ("HOOOOOO!!")

One time...two time...aiyyo Run, let's get at 'em!



[Run]

They called us ill (we're gettin iller)

There's no (one chiller)

It's not (Michael) JACKSON, and this is not "Thriller"

As one def rapper, I know I can hang

I'm Run from Run-D.M.C., like Kool from Kool and the Gang



[D.M.C.]

Roll to the rock, rock to the roll

D.M.C. stands for DEVASTATING Mic Con-TROL

You can't touch me with a ten foot pole

And I even made the devil sell me his SOUL



[Run]

You know what? I think like a war or somethin...(WHY?)



[Run-D.M.C.]

'Cause we crash through walls, cut through floors

Bust through CEILINGS and knock down doors

And when we're on the tape, we're fresh out the box

You can hear our sound, for blocks and blocks

For every living person, we're a ?purple treat?

It's me and D.M.C., Jay where's the BEAT?!



[Run]

They act like, they don't know over here, Dee

Can I tell y'all sumthin? (Yeah, what are we, Run?)



[Run-D.M.C.]

Now we're the baddest of the bad, the coolest of the cool

I'm D.M.C., I rock and roll, I'm DJ Run, I rock and rule

It's not a Trick or Treat, and it's not a April Fool

It's all brand new, never ever old SCHOOL!



[Run]

Y'know they act like, they don't wanna party, y'know wassup man?

(Wassup man?) Y'know somethin? (What they got?)



[Run-D.M.C.]

You got the music in your body and you can't comprehend

When your MIND won't wiggle and your knees will bend

Music ain't nothin but a people's jam

It's DJ Run-D.M.C. rockin without a BAND!



[D.M.C.]

As it is plain to see, we have no band

Just Jam Master Jay (TELL 'EM DEE!)



Now I walked on ice and never fell

I spent my time in a plush hotel

I stood on many stages, held many mics

Take airplane flights, at huge heights



[Run]

So all you sucker MC's, you gotta say PLEASE

(Cause when he jumps high) I'm pullin down weeds

Got a song so strong, it's knockin down trees

Is it hard to believe it's Run-D.M.C.!!



[Run]

Yo Dee...(yeah wassup?)

Do you live out here? (Naw man, I'm from Hollis, Queens)

(As a matter of fact...) WHERE YOU FROM? (Yo..)



[D.M.C.]

I am from, around the way

And Run goes to school, every day

And Jay plays the records he has to play

And we get down with no delay, HEY!

I rock the party with the words I speak

And Run says the rhymes that are unique

And Jay cuts the records every day of the week

And we are the crew that could never be beat

So don't try to diss me, try to be my friend

Cause if you do, you'll get yours in the end

The rhymes we say, (shall set a trend)

Because a devastating rap (is what we send!)



[Jam Master Jay]

Now I want everybody to put their hands up like my man D.M.D.



[Run]

Like +D.M.C.+ ({?})



[Run-D.M.C.]

C'mon! Put your hands in the air! Everywhere!



[Run]

Like this! Every jam we play, we break two needles

There's three of us but we're not the BEATLES!



[D.M.C.]

My name is Darryl (you can call him Dee)

You can call me Darryl Mac (or you can call him D.M.C.)

People always ask, ("D.M.C., what does it mean?")

D's for never Dirty, MC for Mostly Clean



[Run-D.M.C.]

But sometimes I tell 'em, when certain people ask

That D.M.C. means, that Darryl Makes Cash!



You know what I'm sayin? Twenties and tens...like what?



[Run-D.M.C.]

Like we said before, we rock hardcore

I'm DJ Run, I can scratch, I'm D.M.C., I can draw

And now we got the knack, to attract

Our rhyme's an aphrodisiac

We'll reign on your brain and rock your KNOT

When it comes to rock, give it all we got

To be MC's, we got what it takes

Let the poppers pop and the breakers break

We're cool cool cats, It's Like THAT!

That's the way it is, so stay the hell back!

We're causin Hard Times, for Sucker MC's

Cause they don't make no songs like these

PERIOD!



[crowd cheers]