U Can't Touch This

Album: Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
Charted: 3 8
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  • You can't touch this
    You can't touch this
    You can't touch this
    You can't touch this

    My, my, my my music hits me so hard
    Makes me say, "Oh my Lord"
    Thank you for blessin' me
    With a mind to rhyme and two hype feet
    It feels good, when you know you're down
    A super dope homeboy from the Oaktown
    And I'm known as such
    And this is a beat, uh, you can't touch

    I told you homeboy (You can't touch this)
    Yeah, that's how we livin' and ya know (You can't touch this)
    Look in my eyes, man (You can't touch this)
    Yo, let me bust the funky lyrics (You can't touch this)

    Fresh new kicks, and pants
    You gotta like that, now you know you wanna dance
    So move outta yo seat
    And get a fly girl and catch this beat
    While it's rollin', hold on!
    Pump a little bit and let 'em know it's goin' on
    Like that, like that
    Cold on a mission, so fall on back
    Let 'em know, that you're too much
    And this is a beat, uh, they can't touch

    Yo, I told you (you can't touch this)
    Why you standin' there, man? (You can't touch this)
    Yo, sound the bell, school's in, sucka (You can't touch this)

    Give me a song, or rhythm
    Makin' 'em sweat, that's what I'm givin' 'em
    Now, they know
    You talkin' 'bout the Hammer, you're talkin' 'bout a show
    That's hyped, and tight
    Singers are sweatin', so pass them a wipe
    Or a tape, to learn
    What's it gonna take in the 90's to burn
    The charts? Legit
    Either work hard or you might as well quit

    That's word because you know (You can't touch this)
    (You can't touch this)
    Break it down!

    Stop, Hammer time!

    Go with the flow, it is said
    That if you can't groove to this then you probably are dead
    So wave yo hands in the air
    Bust a few moves, run your fingers through your hair
    This is it, for a winner
    Dance to this and you're gonna get thinner
    Move, slide your rump
    Just for a minute let's all do the bump
    (Bump, bump, bump)

    Yeah (You can't touch this)
    Look, man (You can't touch this)
    You better get hype, boy, 'cause you know you can't (You can't touch this)
    Ring the bell, school's back in
    Break it down!

    Stop, Hammer time!

    You can't touch this
    You can't touch this
    You can't touch this
    Break it down!

    Stop, Hammer time!

    Every time you see me, the Hammer's just so hyped
    I'm dope on the floor and I'm magic on the mic
    Now why would I ever stop doin' this?
    With others makin' records that just don't hit
    I've toured around the world, from London to the Bay
    It's "Hammer, go Hammer, MC Hammer, yo Hammer"
    And the rest can go and play
    You can't touch this

    You can't touch this
    You can't touch this
    Yeah (You can't touch this)
    I told you (Can't touch this)
    Too hot (Can't touch this)
    Yo, we outta here (Can't touch this) Writer/s: Alonzo Miller, Rick James, Stanley Kirk Burrell
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, TuneCore Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 14

  • Rp SenftThis should also be on the list of songs more popular while COVID is still raging.
  • Ricardo from Mexico CityThis song Is also a reference for jokes in an episode of the Netflix Lucifer where a guy Is killed with a hamner and the forence agent Is happy because she at last can tell the jokes hamner Time...u cant touch this to the other detectives
  • Cewatson from Omaha, NebraskaThe parody by "Weird Al" is called, "I Can't Watch This".
  • Reynold from Fremont, CaRey: I have the original copy cassette of YOU CAN'T TOUCH THIS recorded live at studio 86' Does anyone willing to buy it!!!
  • Esskayess from Dallas, TxA hilarious spoof of this one called "Don't Touch That!" was done by Weird Al and others.
  • Scott from Reading, Pato everybody who thinks this song sucks,U CAN'T TOUCH THIS SUCKA
  • Marissa from Akron, OhKaitlin: I love the family guy version too, my friend has it as a ringtone on his phone. This song is pretty good but I have to say hammer has a better song: "Too Legit to Quit."
  • John from Nashville, TnRick James was going to sick his lawyers on Hammer until he heard the song. He absolutely loved it and said "never mind."
  • Bertrand from Paris, FranceThe importance of M.C. Hammer to pop music history is that he proved without a doubt that rap could be as effortlessly entertaining as any other musical genre. "U Can't Touch This" is little more than Hammer's simple rap in place of Rick James' "Super Freak" vocals, but the image of Hammer working the crowd in his oversized parachute pants is one of the most memorable entertainment images of 1990.
  • Joe from Bellingham, Waobviously sampled from rick james, its still really catchy. it's too bad about hammer losing his money, i hear he's a preacher now.
  • Luke from Manchester, EnglandSuperfreak's better but this is a good song
  • Pete from Nowra, Australiatalk about a can't keep still song...last time i heard this i was jumping up and down, puching the air, doin the mooves , shaking my wild thing.. just gettin it on .......all the people on the bus gave me funny looks..don't know why..i was just gettin' jiggy with it
  • Brandy from Seattle, WaI like the song in the beginning, but as the song goes on I get really bored really fast. It's a good dance or workout song though.
  • Kaitlin from Cornwall, OntThis honestly has to be one of the most annoying songs in the world. The only real good part of the video were the parachute pants. Always good for a laugh. I love it! I also love the Family Guy parody of it... "Can't Touch Me" Its great. ^_^
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