Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Sugarhill Gang
Performer
Master Gee
Vocals
Big Bank Hank
Vocals
Wonder Mike
Vocals
Henry "Big Bark Hank" Jackson
Vocals
Michael "Wonder Mike" Wright
Vocals
Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bernard Edwards
Songwriter
Nile Rodgers
Songwriter
Sylvia Robinson
Songwriter
Curtis Brown
Songwriter
Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien
Songwriter
Henry Jackson
Songwriter
Michael Wright
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Sylvia Robinson
Producer
Lyrics
I said-a hip-hop
The hibbit, the hippidibby hip-hip-hoppa
You don't stop
Rock it out, baby bubba
To the boogity bang-bang
The boogie to the boogie, the beat
Now what you hear is not a test
I'm rappin' to the beat
And me, the groove and my friends
Are gonna try to move your feet
You see, I am Wonder Mike
And I'd like to say hello
To the black to the white, the red and the brown
And the purple and yellow, but first
I gotta
Bang-bang
The boogie, to the boogie
Say up jump the boogie to the bang-bang boogie
Let's rock
You don't stop
Rock the rhythm that'll make your body rock
Well, so far
You've heard my voice
A-but I brought two friends along
And next on the mic is my man, Hank
And c'mon, Hank, sing that song
Check it out
Well I'm Imp The Dimp
The ladies' pimp
The women fight for my delight
But I'm the grandmaster with the three M.C.'s
That shock the house for the young ladies
And when you come inside
Into the front
You do the freak spank and do the bump
And when the sucker M.C.'s try to prove a point
We're Treacherous Trio, we're the serious joint
Now from sun to sun
And from day to day
I sit down and write a brand new rhyme
Because they say that miracles never cease
I've created a devastating masterpiece
I'm gonna rock the mic
Till you can't resist
Everybody
I say it goes like this
Well I was coming home late one dark afternoon
Reporter stopped me for an interview
She said she's heard stories and she's heard fables
That I'm vicious on the mic and the turntable
This young reporter I did adore
So I rocked a vicious rhyme like I never did before
She said, "Damn fly guy, I'm in love with you
The Casanova legend must have been true"
I said, "By the way, baby, what's your name?"
Said, "I go by the name, Lois Lane"
And you can be my boyfriend, you surely can
Just let me quit my boyfriend called Superman
I said, "He's a fairy, I do suppose
Flying through the air in pantyhose
He may be very sexy or even cute
But he looks like a sucker in a blue and red suit"
I said, "You need a man who's got finesse
And his whole name across his chest
He may be able to fly all through the night
But can he rock a party to the early light?
He can't satisfy you with his little worm
But I can bust you out with my super sperm"
I go do it
I go do it
I go do it, do it, do it
And I'm here
And I'm there
I'm Big Bank Hank, I'm everywhere
A-just throw your hands up in the air
And party hardy like you just don't care
Let's do it
A-don't stop, y'all
A-tick-a tock, y'all
You don't stop
And go ho-tel, mo-tel
What you gonna do today? (Say what?)
'Cause I'ma get a fly girl, gonna get some spank
And drive off in a def O.J.
Everybody go ho-tel, mo-tel, Holiday Inn
You say if your girl starts acting up
Then you take her friend
I say skip, dive
What can I say?
I can't fit 'em all inside my O.J.
So I just take half, and bust them out
I give the rest to Master Gee so he shock the house
I said a M-A-S a T-E-R
A-G with a double E
I said I go by the unforgettable name
Of the man they call the Master Gee
Well
My name is known all over the world
By all the foxy ladies and the pretty girls
I'm goin' down in history
As the baddest rapper there ever could be
Now I'm feeling the highs and you're feeling the lows
The beat starts getting into your toes
You start pumping your fingers and stomping your feet
And movin' your body while you're sitting in your seat
And then, damn
You start doin' the freak
I said bam
A right outta your seat
Then you throw your hands high in the air
You rock it to the rhythm, shake your derrière
You rock it to the beat without a care
With the sure shot M.C.'s for the affair
Now I'm not as tall as the rest of the gang
But I rap to the beat just the same
I got a little face and a pair of brown eyes
All I'm here to do, ladies, is hypnotize
Singin' on-and-an-on-and-on-on-and-on
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
A singin' on-and-an-on-and-on-on-and-on
Like a hot ready to pop-da-pop-da-pop
Dibbie-dibbie
Pop-da-pop-pop, you don't dare stop
A-come alive y'all
A-gimme what you got
I guess by now you can take a hunch
And find that I am the baby of the bunch
But that's okay, I still keep in stride
'Cause all I'm here to do is just a wiggle your behind
Singin' on-and-an-on-and-on-and-on
The beat don't stop until the break of dawn
A singin' on-and-an-on-and-on-on-and-on
Rock-rock y'all, a-get on the floor
I'm gonna freak you here, I'm gonna freak you there
I'm gonna move you outta this atmosphere
'Cause I'm one of a kind and I'll shock your mind
I put the t-t-tickets in your behind
I said a-one, two, three, four
Come on, girls, a-get on the floor
A-come alive, y'all, a-gimme what you got
'Cause I'm guaranteed to make you rock
I said one, two, three, four
Tell me, Wonder Mike, what are you waiting for?
Said-a hip-hop
The hippy to the hippity hip-hip a-hop
A-you don't stop
Rockin' to the bang-bang, the boogie
Say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogity beat
A-skiddily-be-bop, we rock, a scooby doo
And guess what, America?
We love you
A 'cause you rock and a-roll with a-so much soul
You can rock till you're hundred and one years old
I don't mean to brag
I don't mean to boast
But we're like hot butter on a breakfast toast
Rock it out
A-baby bubba
Baby bubba to the boogity bang-bang the boogie
To the beat, beat
It's so unique
Come on everybody and dance to the beat
Have you ever went over a friend's house to eat
And the food just ain't no good?
I mean, the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mushed
And the chicken tastes like wood
A-so you try to play it off like you think you can
By a-sayin' that you're full
And then your friend says, "Mama, he's just bein' polite
He ain't finished, uh-uh, that's bull"
A-so your heart starts pumpin'
And you think of a lie
And you say that you already ate
And your friend says, "Man there's plenty of food"
So you pile some more on your plate
But while the stinky food's steamin', your mind starts to dreamin'
Of the moment it's time to leave
And then you look at your plate and your chicken's slowly rotting
Into something that looks like cheese
A-so you say, "That's it, I got to leave this place
I don't care what these people think
I'm just sitting here making myself nauseous with this ugly food that stinks
A-so you bust out the door while it's still closed
Still sick from the food you ate
And then you run to the store for quick relief
From a bottle of Kaopectate
And then you call your friend
A-two weeks later to see how he has been
And he says, "I understand about the food
Baby bubba, but we're still friends
A-with a hip-hop
The hippie to the hippity hip-hip a-hop
A-you don't stop the rockin'
To the bang-bang boogie say up jump the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogity beat
Written by: Bernard Edwards, Big Bank Hank, Nile Rodgers, Sylvia Robinson