B-Boy Bouillabaisse

Album: Paul's Boutique (1989)
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  • There's a girl over there
    With long brown hair
    I took her to the place
    I threw the mattress in her face
    Took off her shirt
    Took off her bra
    Took off her pants
    You know what I saw?

    Right about now I'd like to dedicate this song out to my main homie Mike D
    Get on the mic, g-get on the mic
    Just get on the mic, get on the mic, Mike

    Let's be real and don't cloud the issue
    The rhymes are dope an M.C. you must listen to
    People say that they been missin' me and missin' you
    Get on the mic and let's show them like we used to
    You say fuck that yo Holmes fuck this
    I'm the king Ad-Whammy you're Dick Butkus
    One-half science and another half soul
    His name's Mike D. not Fat Morton Jelly Roll
    Got busy in Frisco fooled around in Fresno
    Got over on your girlie cause you know she never says no

    J-just get on the mic, just get on the mic
    G-get on the mic, get on the mic Mike

    Well, Mike D. is a special individual
    Pulling out knots and pulling in residuals
    Go to the movies get the Rolos
    The cholos riding slow and low
    Mike on the mic and bust with the solo
    Mike my stromie don't be so selfish
    Get on the mic cause you know you eat shellfish

    It's 4:00 a.m. I've got the Dr. Hfuhruhurr Ale
    I've got nothing to lose so I'm pissin' on the third rail
    Groggy eyed and fried I'm headed for the station
    D-Train ride to Coney Island vacation
    Dedicated to the boofers in the back of the 1 train
    They'll be kicking out windows high on cocaine
    And then I jump the turnstile I lost my last token
    Ride between the cars pissing, smoking
    Head for the last car fluorescent light blackout
    Policeman told my homeboy "yo put that crack out"
    You know you light up when the lights go down
    And then you read the New York Post Fulton St. downtown
    Same faces every day but you don't know their names
    Party people going places on the D-Train

    Stop that train, I wanna get on

    Check it
    Trench-coat wingtip going to work
    And you'll be pulling a train like Captain Kirk
    Pickpocket gangsters paying their debts
    I caught a bullet in the lung from Bernie Goetz
    Overworked and underpaid staring at the floor
    Prostitutes' spandex caught in the slide doors
    Now you're tuck between the stations
    And it seems like an eternity
    Sweating like sardines in a flophouse fraternity
    Fifty-dollar fine for disturbing the peace
    The neck tortoise your Lees are creased
    Hot cup of coffee and the donuts are Dunkin'
    Friday night and Jamaica Queen's funkin'
    Elevated platform never gonna conform
    Riding over the diner where I always get my toast warm
    Bust into the conductor's booth and busted out rhymes
    Over the loud speaker about the hard times
    Sat across from a man readin' El Diario
    Riding the train down from El Barrio
    Went from the station straight to Orange Julius
    I brought a hot dog from who - George Drakoulias

    M.C. for what I am and do
    The A is for Adam and the lyrics, true
    So as pray and hope and the message is sent
    And I am living in the dreams that I have dreamt
    Because I'm down with the three, the unstoppable three
    Me and Adam and D. were born to M.C.
    And my body and soul and mind are pure
    Not polluted or diluted or damaged beyond cure
    Just lyrics from I to you recited
    Arrested, bailed but cuffed and indicted
    Enter the arena as I take center stage
    The lights set low and the night has come of age
    Take the microphone in hand as that I am a professional
    Speak my knowledge to the crowd and the ed. is special
    For I am a bard but not the last one
    I'm am the king and this is my castle
    Dwell in realms of now but vidi those of the past
    Seen a glimpse from ahead and I don't think it's gonna last
    And you can bet your ass

    I drop the L. when I'm skiing
    I'm smoking and peaking
    I put the skis on the roof almost every single weekend
    Can't stop the mind-fuck when it's rolling along
    Can't stop the smooth runnin' when the shit's running strong
    Broke my bindings, the lion with wings
    Preaching his word in the B. Boy sing
    I am one with myself as I turn to thee
    Prefer the dreams to reality
    I prefer my life don't need no other man's wife
    Don't need no crazy lifestyle with stress and strife
    But it's good to have turn to be a king for a day
    Or for a week, or for a year, or for a year and a day
    Come what may

    I'm fishing with my boat and I'm fishing for trout
    Mix the Bass Ale with the Guinness Stout
    Fishing for a line inside my brain
    And looking out at the world through my window pane
    Every day has many colors 'cause the glass is stained
    Everything has changed but remains the same
    So once again the mirror raised and I see myself as clear as day
    And I am going to the limits of my ultimate destiny
    Feeling as though somebody were testing me
    He who sees the end from the beginning of time
    Looking forward through all the ages
    Is, was and always shall be
    Check the prophetic sections of the pages

    He's in line for the Disco Day

    Hello Brooklyn

    New York, New York, it's a hell of a town
    You know the Bronx is up and I'm Brooklyn down
    Because they don't know my name they only know my initials
    Building bombs in the attic for elected officials
    I quit my job, I cut my hair
    You know I cut my boss 'cause I don't care
    You tried to get slick, you bust a little chuckle
    You're gonna get smacked with my gold-finger knuckle
    'Cause being as fly as me is something you never thought of
    You'll be sticking up old ladies with the hand gun or the sawed-off
    I'm a Buffalo Soldier, broader than Broadway
    Keep keepin' on I don't care what they say
    I play my stereo loud it disturbs my neighbors
    I want to enjoy the fruits of my labor
    'Cause I am the holder of the 3-pack Bonanza
    If you open the book then you will get your hand slapped
    I am the keeper of the 3-pack Bonanza
    If you ask a question you will get the answer
    Her breast I saw I reached I felt
    M-O-N-E-Y, the belt
    I stay at home just like a hermit
    I got the jammy but I don't got the permit
    You know why?
    You got a boyfriend and his name is Slick Nick
    Annabelle caught with the shrimpy limp dick
    I ride around town 'cause my ride is fly
    I shot a man in Brooklyn
    Just to watch him die

    He thrusts his fists against the post and still insists he sees a ghost
    He thrusts his fists against the post and still insists he sees a ghost
    She's slippin' through his fingers as she's movin' out to the coast
    He thrusts his fists against the post and still insists he sees a ghost

    Well if your world was all black and if your world was all white
    Well then you wouldn't get much color out of life now right
    Nicknamed Shamrock but my name is not Shamus
    Girlies on the tippy cause my homie is famous
    My name is not O'Houigheighi nor is it Brian
    If I said that I was weak now, you know I'd be lyin'
    Suckers try to bite they try to pursue it

    You explain to a musician, they know it but they can't do it

    I got Chinese eyes and Chinese suits
    Smokin' much Buddha and smokin' much boots
    More updated on the hip-hop lingo
    My favorite New York Knick was Hawthorne Wingo
    Met a girl at a party and I gave her my card
    Man, you know that it said Napoleon Bonaparte
    Peepin' out the colors I be buggin' on Cezanne
    They call me Mike D Joe Blow the Lover Man
    Your face turns red as your glass of wine
    That you spilled on my lyrics as you wasted my time
    You should be with me, you should drop that bum
    'Cause I got more flavor than Fruit Striped Gum
    With that big round butt of yours
    I'd like to butter your muffin I'm not bluffin'
    Serve you on a platter like Thanksgiving stuffin'

    Here's another one for y'all to peep
    It's called M-I-K-E on the M-I-C

    I met this girl last night with a peculiar cackle
    I laid the bait and then she took the tackle
    Had too much to drink at the Red Lobster
    Now the room is spinning around like the blades of a helicopter
    I never met a girl that was too finicky
    If the press has their way then they're going to finish me
    You might know this but you've never been this see
    If I ate spinach then I'd be called Spinach D
    I shed light like cats shed fur
    Ride around town like Raymond Burr
    I'm so high that they call me Your Highness
    So if you don't know me then pardon my shyness
    I live in the Village wherever I go I walk to
    I keep my friends around so I have someone to talk to
    I play my music loud because you know it's got clout to it
    It's a trip it's got a funky beat and I can bug out to it

    DJ Hurricane
    When Mike D's in the house, what you gonna do
    I go AWOL
    Adrock's in the house, what you gonna do
    I go AWOL
    When MCA's in the house, what you gonna do
    I go AWOL
    When Hurricane's in the house, what you gonna do
    He goes AWOL
    St. James in the house, what's you gonna do
    Home-1, what you gonna do
    Got busy in the house, what you gonna do
    Dust Bros. in the house, what you gonna do
    Warren G. in the house, what you gonna do
    Lou Gains in the house, what you gonna do
    Hollis crew, what you gonna do
    John Mish in the house, what you gonna do
    Killa Cutty in the house, what you gonna do
    Jannet J. in the house
    Pat Bain's in the house
    Richard Consen's in the house
    Good night Amsterdamn
    Now I want you all to break this down
    To all the girls
    All the girls Writer/s: Adam Keefe Horovitz, Adam Yauch, John King, Matt Dike, Michael Louis Diamond, Michael Simpson
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Moosehead from Scthis entire album is overlooked and every song on it is a classic. ask for janice!
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