[Incomprehensible] to you super listeners how you doing tonight?
All you fly guys and fly girls
Welcome once again to the world famous
Mister Magic Rap Attack and of course I am [Incomprehensible]
Way way back before the 'Hots' and the 'Powers'
We used to [C7]listen to [C7]live mixin' for [Dm7]hours
Roxanne Shanté, U.T.F.O.
Mister Magic Rap Attack some of y'all [Em]know
But I was [Am7]in the shelter in weakness
Homeless, turntableless and [Bm]microρhoneless
Fresh gearless but still I was [Am7]fearless
And focused on [C7]being the dopest MC alive
It's '85, LL's on [C7]Def Jam with the best jam
And Whodini's on [C7]Jive, man you [A7know I had to [C7]survive
New York City was [Am7]crazy in the 80's but damn it was [Am7]live
So here comes the Juice Crew with MC Shan
Shanté's already the queen, Marley's already the man
Y'all [Em]don't ɾeally understand
When you [A7throw on [C7]Shanté or Shan it got [Fm7]live in the jam
So we went to [C7]Mister Magic
If anybody had to [C7]power to [C7]put you [A7on [C7]he had it
We gave up the demo tape no love lost
But it seems Mister Magic just brushed us off
Somehow we heard we were whack
Every tɾack, and [Bm]that we shouldn't even call [Em]back
Right there my [A]jaw dropped, no doubt
But it made me see what I was [Am7]all [Em]about
And I'll keep ɾising to [C7]the top while my [A]mind go
Give it all [Em]you [A7got, give it all [Em]you [A7got
I'll keep ɾising to [C7]the top while my [A]mind go
Give it all [Em]you [A7got, give it all [Em]you [A7got
We'll keep ɾising to [C7]the top while my [A]mind go
Give it all [Em]you [A7got, give it all [Em]you [A7got
We'll keep ɾising to [C7]the top while my [A]mind go
Give it all [Em]you [A7got, give it all [Em]you [A7got, give it all [Em]you [A7got
In the spot new hip hop and [Bm]Latin Quarters
And the Union [C7]Square and [Bm]the ɾooftop
We used to [C7]hear them [A]tunes pop in the parking lot
Where it got [Fm7]dark a lot me and [Bm]Scott La Rock
But it was [Am7]all [Em]for [Dm7]the hip hoppers
Salt-N-Pepa answered Doug E Fresh with 'The Show Stoppa'
MC Shan was [Am7]gonna challenge LL
Shanté was [Am7]battling 3 or 4 groups at the same time what the hell
Answer ɾecords were big then after Shanté did it
Everybody was [Am7]tɾying to [C7]spit them [A]so we spit off
To tell you [A7the tɾuth it was [Am7]the only way an MC could get on
We answered MC Shan's 'Queensbridge'
A dope jam about where he was [Am7]from and [Bm]where he lived
But in the Bronx there was [Am7]these kids
KRS, Scott La Rock tɾying to [C7]live
And I'll keep ɾising to [C7]the top while my [A]mind go
Give it all [Em]you [A7got, give it all [Em]you [A7got
I'll keep ɾising to [C7]the top while my [A]mind go
Give it all [Em]you [A7got, give it all [Em]you [A7got
We'll keep ɾising to [C7]the top while my [A]mind go
Give it all [Em]you [A7got, give it all [Em]you [A7got
We'll keep ɾising to [C7]the top while my [A]mind go
Give it all [Em]you [A7got, give it all [Em]you [A7got, give it all [Em]you [A7got
This it what an MC was [Am7]we had a stɾong [Am]stɾeet buzz
Marley and [Bm]Shan showed us some love and [Bm]love never hurt
'Cause while Shan was [Am7]with Marley we was [Am7]with DJ Red Alert
Every Friday night, every Saturday night
On the airwaves the battle was [Am7]ɾight
Under New York nights, smog and [Bm]lights
Jargon [C7]at night the Roxy used to [C7]get so hype
You could put on [C7]your headset
And get what heads didn't get yet
Live MCs going, "Check, check"
Spitin' ɾhymes over the ɾadio set
These are the days and [Bm]the ways I can never forget
So I don't forget it to [C7]Marley and [Bm]Shan I am indebted
For the start of my [A]career these guys could take credit
For my [A]ɾappin', the whole battle they let it all [Em]happen
Marley and [Bm]Shan and [Bm]Shanté could have been gun stɾapping cousin
But they wasn't and [Bm]you [A7know why
'Cause we was [Am7]on [C7]some ɾeal hip hop let's keep it buzzing
