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DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
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INTRO: The Fresh Prince acting as 'The Reverend' ]
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Now brothers and sisters
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There comes a time in your life you've got to get up and get busy
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Can I get a witness?
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(Yes, brother, yes!)
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Now I don't know if you're prepared to embark upon this journey
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But the time is running out
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Brother Jazzy, break it down
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[ VERSE 1: The Fresh Prince ]
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Liggedy-ladies and gentlemen, hello, and how are you doin all?
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Now there's a problem that we really have got to solve
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In our society there's a big mess
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People are having entirely too much stress
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And me and Jeff, yo, we've been workin on
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A way to ease your everyday burdens of
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Work and school, because we thought that we should
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Make a record that makes people feel good
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This is a remedy, simple and basic
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You work too hard, come on, face it
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You gotta treat yourself, you deserve it
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Dance like a wild person, come on, you earned it
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Young and old and old and young
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Relax, come on, cool out, come and get some
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You gotta let yourself go get loose, it's
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Cool - dance to the music
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[ VERSE 2: The Fresh Prince ]
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Say ?J-e-f? this beat is def
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Can I get a witness, Jeff? (Yes)
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Are you ready to start things off yet?
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(-) Aight bet
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Clap your hands and dance, come on, let's do this
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Here is a hip-hop track with a new twist
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Designed to ignite a subliminal dance fuse
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And even if you can't dance, you can't lose!
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It's for everybody, you included
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We hooked up a beat and a rhyme and e.q.-ed it
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We put it on a tape and took it to [Name]
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And then we - yo Jeff, where's my beat at?
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Oh, there it is, back to the story line
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The music and rhyme are designed to make you have a (good time)
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At the party, or wherever you hear it pumpin
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Get up and twist or breakdance or shake somethin
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Yo man, this groove is all of that!
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And it's different from anything we've done, in fact
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I might even go as far as to say
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This cut shines bright on the darkest day
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And sometimes you really need some light
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Like when your teacher or boss ain't actin right
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This will quench your thirst to chill, it hits the spot
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Give em a taste, yo Jeff, let the beat rock
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( *only the beat is heard* )
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[ BREAK: The Fresh Prince acting as 'The Reverend' ]
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Now Brother Jazzy
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Please enlighten us with a bassline
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( *Jazzy Jeff lets the bassline play* )
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And for all the people assembled before us
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Brother Jazzy, scratch
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( *Jazzy Jeff cuts* )
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[ The Fresh Prince ]
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We're at the top, not the bottom or the middle
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We're the freshest, the deffest, the best, Jeff, cut it up a little
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(Oh, I get it, you wanna dance!)
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[ VERSE 3: The Fresh Prince ]
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Ahhhh... the time is now to get up and dance and move
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And clap and jump and jam and feel the groove
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I want you wigglin and jigglin and stompin and shakin
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And showin your approval for the records me and Jeff are makin
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We got a brand new album out
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And dancin and shakin and movin is what it's all about
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We want everybody to get busy
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You're not down with the Rev, then get with it
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This is a new age, history turned a new page
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They said that we would decay and I say who do they
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Think they're dealing with, a couple of amateurs?
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I'm willin to bet to where this jam hits
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At your job and at your school dance and also on the radio
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Winter inside the house, summer on the patio
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Let me get out of here before I lose it
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But remember the motto, y'all: dance to the music
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[ OUTRO: The Fresh Prince acting as 'The Reverend' ]
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Now now
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Ladies and gentlemen of the congregation
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We realize you are not in a position to get up and dance right now
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So we'd like to ask of you, if you're in your car, honk your horn
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Honk your horn to the rhythm
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We'd like to ask, if you're behind the desk at your job
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We'd like you to tap your pen and pencil to the rhythm
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If you're walkin down the street
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You can be a little discreet
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And snap your fingers to the beat
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But if you are in a position
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To get up and dance
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We'd like to ask you to wiggle and jiggle everything you got
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And get involved with it
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This has been the Reverend signin off
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Signin off
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Signin off
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