Rapper's Delight Chords by The Sugarhill Gang

[Intro]
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[Verse]
         E7                     A7    
I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie
            A7                                
The hip hip hop and you don't stop the rockin'
A7                                           
To the bangbang boogie say up jump the boogie
       A7                           
To the rhythm of the boogie the beat
E7                                  A7                 
Now what you hear is not a test I'm rappin' to the beat
                                           D7               A7  
And me the groove and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
        Em7                                  Bm   
You see I am Wonder Mike and I'd like to say hello
       Em7                                     
To the black to the white the red and the brown
    Em7                                
The purple and yellow but first I gotta
                            Em7   
Bang bang the boogie to the boogie
                Em7                          
Say up jump the boogie to the bangbang boogie
           Em7           
Let's rock you don't stop
Em7                                        
Rock the rhythm that'll make your body rock
                   Em7                                           
Well so far you've heard my voice but I brought two friends along
Em7                                   
And the next on the mic is my man Hank
      F#m                
C'mon Hank sing that song
F#m                               
Check it out I'm the CASAN the OVA
F#m                
And the rest is FLY
    E7                                           
You see I go by the code of the doctor of the mix
                                E7 
And these reasons I'll tell you why
                E7                          
You see I'm six foot one and I'm tons of fun
      A7          
And I dress to a T
          A                     A7          
You see I got more clothes than Muhammad Ali
      A7                
And I dress so viciously
  D                                
I got bodyguards I got two big cars
     A7                       
That definitely ain't the wack
                E7                                
I got a Lincoln Continental and a sunroof Cadillac
         E                              
So after school I take a dip in the pool
         E7                
Which is really on the wall
                    A7       
I got a color TV so I can see
                                   A7           
The Knicks play basketball hear me talkin' 'bout
A7                              
Checkbook credit cards mo' money
              A7              
Than a sucker could ever spend
      A7                                             
But I wouldn't give a sucker or a bum from the Rucker
                                E7          
Not a dime 'til I made it again everybody go
      E7                          
Hotel motel whatcha gonna do today
                            A7                     
Yes I'm gon' get a fly girl gonna get some spankin'
A7                   
Drive off in a def OJ
A7                                  
Everybody go Hotel motel Holiday Inn
    A7                                                        
You say if your girl starts actin' up then you take her friend
           A7       
Master Gee my mellow
               D               
It's on you so whatcha gonna do
          A7                    
Well it's onandandonandononandon
                                       A7  
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
Em7                               
I said MAS TER a G with a double E
               Em7                   
I said I go by the unforgettable name
       D                           
Of the man they call the Master Gee
        D                               
Well my name is known all over the world
           Em7                             
By all the foxy ladies and the pretty girls
          Em7            
I'm goin' down in history
                      F#m7               
As the baddest rapper there ever could be
F#m7                                                 
Now I'm feelin' the highs and you're feelin' the lows
         Em7                          
The beat starts gettin' into your toes
Em7                                                  
You start poppin' your fingers and stompin' your feet
                  Bm7                                        
And you're movin' your body while you're sitting in your seat
         Bm7                          
And then damn ya start doin' the freak
           Em7                  
I said bam right outta your seat
     Em7                                
Then ya throw your hands high in the air
                  F#m7                      
Ya rocking to the rhythm shake your derriere
   F#m7                              
Ya rocking to the beat without a care
     E7                             
With the sureshot mCs for the affair
               E7                          
Now I'm not as tall as the rest of the gang
                 A7                
But I rap to the beat just the same
      A7                                    
I got a little face and a pair of brown eyes
                          A7          
All I'm here to do ladies is hypnotize
A7                            
Singin' onandandonandononandon
                                    A7     
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
        A7                    
Singin' onandandonandononandon
                                         A7    
Like a hot buttered popdapopdapop dibbie dibbie
E                              
Popdapoppop you don't dare stop
                 E                
Come alive y'all gimme whatcha got
                       E           
I guess by now you can take a hunch
              E                         
And find that I am the baby of the bunch
E                                     
But that's okay I still keep in stride
A7                                                  
'cause all I'm here to do is just wiggle your behind
        A7                  
Singin' onandandonandonandon
               A7                          
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
A7                            
Singin' onandandonandononandon
                Em7                  
Rock rock y'all throw it on the floor
    Em7                                           
I'm gonna freak you here I'm gonna freak you there
                              Bm7       
I'm gonna move you outta this atmosphere
                                  Bm             
'cause I'm one of a kind and I'll shock your mind
                            Em7              
I'll put the jijijiggles in your behind asaid
        Em7                                      
One two three four come on girls get on the floor
                         F#m7       
Acome alive y'all agimme whatcha got
           F#m7                       
'cause I'm guaranteed to make you rock
F#m7                     
I said one two three four
               Em7                          
Tell me Wonder Mike what are you waiting for
                  Em7                 
Saida hip hop the hippie to the hippie
                        D                 
The hip hip hop and you don't stop rockin'
D                                                
To the bangbang the boogie say up jump the boogie
                 Em7                
To the rhythm of the boogie the beat
Em7                                 
A skiddleebebop we rock a scooby doo
                          F#m7    
And guess what America We love you
                  F#m7                          
'cause you rocked and a rolled with so much soul
                              Em7              
You could rock 'til a hundred and one years old
             E7                           
I don't mean to brag I don't mean to boast
                E7                           
But we like hot butter on our breakfast toast
                  A7   
Rock it out aBaby Bubba
                         A7                     
Baby Bubba to the boogie the bangbang the boogie
       A7                      
To the beat beat it's so unique
A7                                     
Come on everybody and dance to the beat
A7                           
Hip hop the hippie the hippie
       E7                         
To the hip hip hopa you don't stop
                              F#7                
Rock it out baby bubba to the boogie the bangbang
    F#7                          
The boogie to the boogie the beat
                         A7                 
I said I can't wait 'til the end of the week
                                    D          
When I'm rapping to the rhythm of a groovy beat
    D                              
And attempt to raise your body heat
                                      Em7  
Just blow your mind so that you can't speak


[Chorus]
                     Em7                       
And do a thing but a rock and shuffle your feet
                                Bm7             
And let it change up to a dance called The Freak
         Bm7                                        
And when ya finally do come in to your rhythmic beat
                          Em7           
Rest a little while so ya don't get weak
       Em7             
I know a man named Hank
       Em7                            
He has more rhymes than a serious bank
                     F#m7     
So come on Hank sing that song
                 F#m7                            
To the rhythm of the boogie the bangbang the bong
             F#m7                     
Well I'm Imp the Dimp the ladies' pimp
Em7                           
The women fight for my delight
        Em7                               
But I'm the grandmaster with the three MCs
     Gmaj7                               
That shock the house for the young ladies
D                                      
And when you come inside into the front
       Em7                            
You do the Freak Spank and do the Bump
             Em7                             
And when the sucker MC's try to prove a point
      F#m7                    D            
We're treacherous trio with a serious joint
                F#m7               
From sun to sun and from day to day
                                 E    
I sit down and write a brand new rhyme


[Verse]
                 E                        
Because they say that miracles never cease
E                                     
I've created a devastating masterpiece
          E                                 
I'm gonna rock the mic 'til you can't resist
            E                    
Everybody I say it goes like this
                            A7                
Well I was coming home late one dark afternoon
A7                                  
Reporter stopped me for an interview
                                       A7          
She said she's heard stories and she's heard fables
         A7                                  
That I'm vicious on the mic and the turntable
                          A7   
This young reporter I did adore
E7                                                     
So I rocked some vicious rhymes like I never did before
                  E7                      
She said Damn fly guy I'm in love with you
    A7                                 
The Casanova legend must have been true
                  B7                   
I said By the way baby what's your name
                           A7  
Said I go by the name Lois Lane
              A7                            
And you could be my boyfriend you surely can
                                     A7      
Just let me quit my boyfriend called Superman
              A7                
I said He's a fairy I do suppose
       A7                          
Flyin' through the air in pantyhose
               E7               
He may be very sexy or even cute
       E7                                        
But he looks like a sucker in a blue and red suit
                              A7         
I said You need a man who has got finesse
        A7                         
And his whole name across his chest
                                      A7   
He may be able to fly all through the night
           A7                               
But can he rock a party 'til the early light
                                     A7  
He can't satisfy you with his little worm
                       A7                 
But I can bust you out with my super sperm
        A7                                  
I go do it I go do it I go do it do it do it
        Em7                                               
And I'm here and I'm there I'm Big Bad Hank I'm everywhere
                                Em7
Just throw your hands up in the air
                      Em7                
And party harder like you just don't care
      Bm                                      D         Asus4
Let's do it don't stop y'all atick tock y'all you don't stop 
                Asus4                 
Ago hotel motel whatcha gonna do today
                       A7                          
Yes I'm gon' get a fly girl gonna get some spankin'
A7                   
Drive off in a def OJ
A7                                  
Everybody go Hotel motel Holiday Inn
        Em7                                                   
You say if your girl starts actin' up then you take her friend
                Em7           
I say skip dive what can I say
                Bm7             
I can't fit 'em all inside my OJ
          Bm7                       
So I just take half and bust 'em out
                                              Em7      
I give the rest to Master Gee so he can shock the house
              Em7                     
It was twelve o'clock one Friday night
  Em7                                      
I was rocking to the beat feeling all right
Dmaj7                             
Everybody was dancing on the floor
              A7                          
Doing all the things they never did before
                      E7                   
And then this fly fly girl with a sexy lean
E7                                             
She came into the party she came into the scene
                E7                    
As she traveled deeper inside the room
    E7                                     
All the fellas checked out her white Sasson
                                A7          
She came up to the table looked into my eyes
         A7                                
Then she turned around and shook her behind
                                       A7     
So I said to myself its time for me to release
                 A7                   
My vicious rhyme I call my masterpiece
    A7                                          
And now people in the house this is just for you
E7                               
A little rap to make you boogaloo
        E7                               
Now the group ya hear is called Phase two
                   E7                              
And let me tell ya something we're a hell of a crew
                  A7           
Once a week we're on the street
                           A7             
Just acutting the jams and making it freak
           A7                        
For you to party got to have the move
A7                                           
So we'll get right down and give you a groove
D7                                 
For you to dance you gotta get hype
             A7                          
So we'll get right down and make you rock
                        Em7            
Now system's on and the girls are there
              Em7                  
Ya definitely have a rocking affair
Em7                                                
But let me tell ya something there's still one fact
Em7                                   
That to have a party got to have a rap
            Em7                               
So when the party's over you're making it home
              Em7                           
And trying to sleep before the break of dawn
             Em7                       
And while ya sleeping ya start to dream
                    Em7                      
And thinking how ya danced on the disco scene
Em7                          
Our name appears in your mind
Em7                                        
Yeah a name you know that was right on time
   Em7                            
It was Phase two just a doing a do
                Em7                    
Rocking ya down 'cause ya know we could
                          Bm                 
To the rhythm of the beat that makes ya freak
     Bm                          
Come alive girls get on your feet
   Bm                                         
To the rhythm of the beat to the beat the beat
   Em7                                        
To the double beat beat that it makes ya freak
       Em7                                  
To the rhythm of the beat that says ya go on
       Dmaj7                     
On and on until the break of dawn
                A7                 
Now I got a man coming on right now
                         A7  
He's guaranteed to throw down
E7                                
He goes by the name of Wonder Mike
        E7                         
Come on Wonder Mike do what ya like
             A7                               
I said a can of beer that's sweeter than honey
       A7                           
Like a millionaire that has no money
                 A7             
Like a rainy day that is not wet
       A7                              
Like a gambling fiend that does not bet
     A7                       
Like Dracula without his fangs
     D7                       A7                     
Like the boogie to the boogie without the boogie bang
A7                                       
Like collard greens that don't taste good
            E7                         
Like a tree that's not made out of wood
              E7                 
Like going up and not coming down
                              E7                
Is just like the beat without the sound no sound
   E7                           
To the beat beat ya do the freak
E7                                       
Everybody just rock and dance to the beat
A7                                             
Have you ever went over a friend's house to eat
A7                             
And the food just ain't no good
           A7                                  
I mean the macaroni's soggy the peas all mushed
        A7                      
And the chicken tastes like wood


[Chorus]
                      Em7                       
So you try to play it off like you think you can
Em7                       
By saying that you're full
                                               Bm7   
And then your friend says Mama he's just being polite
   Bm7                            
He ain't finished uhuh that's bull
                             Em7                   
So your heart starts pumpin' and you think of a lie
Em7                             
And you say that you already ate
                                 A7            
And your friend says Man there's plenty of food
      A7                           
So he piles some more on your plate
                                                  Em7        
While the stinky food's steamin' your mind starts to dreamin'
       Em7                           
Of the moment that it's time to leave
                                Bm7                              
And then you look at your plate and your chicken's slowly rottin'
     Bm7                             
Into something that looks like cheese
          Em7                                   
Oh so you say That's it I gotta leave this place
             Em7                    
I don't care what these people think
                      Dmaj7         F#m     
I'm just sittin' here makin' myself nauseous
          A7                   
With this ugly food that stinks


[Verse]
                         E7                     
So you bust out the door while it's still closed
                E7              
Still sick from the food you ate
                                  E7          
And then you run to the store for quick relief
       E7                  
From a bottle of Kaopectate
         B7                                  
And then you call your friend two weeks later
              A7      
To see how he has been
              A7                       
And he says I understand about the food
     A7                           
Baby Bubba but we're still friends
                   A7                  
With a hip hop the hippie to the hippie
    A7                                        
The hip hip hop and you don't stop the rockin'
       E7                                    
To the bangbang boogie say up jump the boogie
       E7                           
To the rhythm of the boogie the beat
E7                    
I say Hank can ya rock
                   A7                         
Can ya rock to the rhythm that just don't stop
           A7                   
Can ya hip me to the shoobie doo
                    A7                  
I said come on make make the people move
            A7                          
I go to the halls and then ring the bell
Em7                                    
Because I am the man with the clientele
          Em7                      
And if ya ask me why I rock so well
               Em7          
I'm Big Bank I got clientele
                             Bm           
And from the time I was only six years old
                          Em7 
I never forgot what I was told
                Em7                   
It was the best advice that I ever had
   Em7                           
It came from my wise dear old dad
                      Dmaj7              
He said Sit down punk I wanna talk to you
                A7                    
And don't say a word until I'm through
                   Em7                   
Now there's a time to laugh a time to cry
                   Em7          
A time to live and a time to die
                      Bm7          
A time to break and a time to chill
       Bm7                      
To act civilized or act real ill
Bm7                                
But whatever ya do in your lifetime
               Em7                
Ya never let a MC steal your rhyme
E7                                  
So from 'sixtysix 'til this very day
D                    A7                
I'll always remember what he had to say
                                       E7   
So when the sucker MCs try to chump my style
                E7                
I let them know that I'm versatile
      E7                                   
I got style finesse and a little black book
       A7                                          
That's filled with rhymes and I know you wanna look
A7                                      
But the thing that separates you from me
         A7                   
And that is called originality
A7                                             
Because my rhymes are on from what you've heard
                             A7          
I didn't even bite and not a goddamn word
          A7                            
And I say a little more later on tonight
       A7                           
So the sucker MCs can bite all night
E7                              
Atickatock y'all abeatbeat y'all
           E7                 
Alets rock y'all ya don't stop
                A7                    
Ago hotel motel whatcha gonna do today
A7                                                 
Yes I'm gon' get a fly girl gonna get some spankin'
                   A7
Drive off in a def OJ
                   A7               
Everybody go Hotel motel Holiday Inn
                                                        A7     
You say if your girl starts actin' up then you take her friends
       A7                          
A like that y'all to the beat y'all
A7                          
Beatbeat y'all ya don't stop
               Em7   
Amaster Gee my mellow
               Em7             
It's on you so whatcha gonna do
          Em7                           
Well like Johnny Carson on the Late Show
              Bm7              
Alike Frankie Crocker in stereo
Bm7                                     
Well like the BarKays singing Holy Ghost
                                 Em7            
The sounds to throw down they're played the most
Em7                         
Just like my man Captain Sky
Em7                                      
Whose name he earned with his super sperm
F#m7                     
We rock and we don't stop
F#m7                                          
Get off y'all I'm here to give you whatcha got
                       Em7      
To the beat that makes you freak
               Em7                  
And come alive girl get on your feet
Em7                               
Alike a Perry Mason without a case
     Bm7                            
Like Farrah Fawcett without her face
         Bm7               
Like the BarKays on the mic
                        Asus4          
Like getting right down for you tonight
     Asus4                                
Like moving your body so ya don't know how
         Asus4                    
Right to the rhythm and throw down
F#m7                               
Like coming alive to the Master Gee
                         F#m7     
The brother who rocks so viciously
E7                                 
I said the age of one my life begun
   E7                               
At the age of two I was doing the do
       E7                            
At the age of three it was you and me
B7                           A7        
Rocking to the sounds of the Master Gee
              A7                     
At the age of four I was on the floor
                                A7           
Giving all the freaks what they bargained for
              A7                        
At the age of five I didn't take no jive
                    E7                   
With the Master Gee it's all the way live
   E7                                      
At the age of six I was a picking up sticks
                       A7             
Rapping to the beat my stick was fixed
                                  B7       
At the age of seven I was rocking in Heaven
        B7             
Dontcha know I went off
      A7                               
I got right on down to the beat you see
        A7                                
Getting right on down making all the girls
              D                                 
Just take off their clothes to the beat the beat
       A7                              Em7  
To the double beat beat that makes you freak


[Chorus]
           Em7                        
At the age of eight I was really great
                       Bm7             
'cause every night you see I had a date
Bm7                                   
At the age of nine I was right on time
Em7                                   
'cause every night I had a party rhyme
Em7                             
Going on and on and on on and on
                    Gmaj7                  
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
Bm      A7                    
Singin' onandandonandononandon
                    Em7          
Like a hot buttered popdapopdapop
      Em7                                     
Going going onandandon and don't you dare stop
                                 Bm7
Arock rock y'all give me what ya got
             Bm7                               
'cause I'm a hell of a man when I'm on the mike
                            Asus4  
And I am the definite feast delight
      Asus4                             
I'm a hell of a man when I'm on the mike
         Asus4                 
I am the definite feast delight
F#m7                               
They call me the Master Gee you see


[Outro]
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