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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Will Smith
Composer
Jeffrey Townes
Composer
R. Bradley
Composer
C.H. Lee
Composer
Sigidi
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Producer
Bryan New
Mixing Engineer
Pete Q. Harris
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's New, it's out of the ordinary
It's rather extraordinary, so yo, bust this commentary
A literary genius and a superior beat creator
Have come together, and we made a
Musical composition which we think is a remedy
To cure all the dance floors that's empty
You wanna dance? We got what you want
Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince bustin' out with the Brand New Funk
[Refrain]
Get down, hit it (Brand New Funk)
Get down, hit it (Brand New Funk)
Get down, hit it (Brand New Funk)
Funk
[Verse 2]
It was kind of an accident, the way that it happened
One day I was rappin', and on the beat, Jeff was backin' me up
And all of a sudden, he brought in a cut
And I dropped my microphone and said, "What the?
Hold up, Jeff, wait a minute, play it"
He just smiled and said, "Yeah, def ain't it?"
It was, it made me wanna (Funky, get, get down)
And we knew almost at once it was the (Brand New Funk)
So we continued to listen to it
And we knew it was def when I started rappin' to it
So I gave a hi-five to Jeff
And without hesitation, popped in my cassette
I took it home that night, and analyzed it
Rewound the tape over and over, and memorized it
That Friday, we went to the club
And out and out cold tore it up
You should've seen the people dancin' and shakin' and movin' and jumpin'
And spinnin' and clappin', while the beatbox was groovin'
And screamin' and yellin', while on the microphone I was flowin'
Fresh rhymes I was showing, the people said, "Yo, keep going"
So I continued to rock, while Jeff was on the beatbox
Special assistance from my homeboy, Ready Rock
People fought just to get up front
To get a bird's eye view of what we call the Brand New Funk
[Refrain]
Get down, g-g-get down, hit it
G-get down, g-g-get down, funky
Get down, g-g-get down, hit it
G-get down, g-g-get down, funky
Get down, g-g-get down, hit it
G-get down, g-g-get down, funky
Get down, g-g-get down
Get-get down, down, down
[Bridge]
Yo Jeff (Rock the beat)
Yo Jeff (Rock the beat)
Yo Jeff (Rock the beat)
Beat
Yo Jeff (Rock the beat)
Yo Jeff (Rock the beat)
Yo Jeff (Rock the beat with your hands)
Now get funky with the beat
Hit it
Now turn it all around
[Verse 3]
The most original, amazing, astounding, miraculous
Remarkable, startling, sensational, stupendous
Music that has ever been created
Is ours, but believe me, it was complicated
But we have done it, so now we can breathe
A long-awaited sigh of relief
This isn't a publicity stunt
It's the raw, untouched, pure, hard Brand New Funk
[Refrain]
Rock the beat, hit it (Get down)
Rock the beat, hit it (Brand New Funk)
Rock the beat, hit it (Get down)
Rock the beat, hit it (Brand New Funk)
Rock the beat, hit it (Get down)
Rock the beat, hit it (Brand New Funk)
Rock the beat with your hands, hit it
[Refrain]
Rock the beat, hit it (Get down)
Rock the beat, hit it (Brand New Funk)
Rock the beat, hit it (Get down)
Rock the beat, hit it (Brand New Funk)
Rock the beat, hit it (Get down)
Rock the beat, hit it (Brand New Funk)
Written by: Bradley Ridgell, C.H. Lee, Harold Lee Clayton, Jeffrey Townes, R. Bradley, Sigidi, Sigidi Bashir Abdullah, Will Smith