The Rapper

Album: We Went To Different Schools Together (1970)
Charted: 2
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  • Hey girl, I bet ya
    There's someone out to get you
    You'll find him anywhere
    On a bus, in a bar, in a grocery store
    He'll say "Excuse me, haven't I seen you somewhere before?"

    Rap, rap, rap, they call him the rapper
    Rap, rap, rap, you know what he's after

    So, he starts his rappin'
    Hoping something will happen
    He'll say he needs you
    A companion, a girl he can talk to
    He's made up his mind
    He needs someone to sock it to

    Rap, rap, rap, they call him the rapper
    Rap, rap, rap, you know what he's after

    He's made an impression
    So he makes a suggestion
    "Come up to my place
    For some coffee or tea or me"
    He's got you where he wants you
    Girl, you've gotta face reality

    Rap, rap, rap, they call him the rapper
    Rap, rap, rap, you know what he's after
    Rap, rap, rap, they call him the rapper Writer/s: DOMINIC IERACE
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 4

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 25th 1970, "The Rapper" by the Jaggerz entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and on March 15th it peaked at #2 (for 1 week) and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100 (and for 6 of those 13 weeks it was on the Top 10)...
    The one week it was at #2, the #1 record was "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel...
    The group had two other records made the Top 100 and they both also charted in 1970; "I Call My Baby Candy" (#75) and "What A Bummer) (#88).
  • Jordan from Los Angeles, CaThe rapper in the song seduces the women with untruths
  • Jordan from Los Angeles, CaThe song is about a trickster who seduces women. The singer warns the girl in the third verse to "Face Reality". The song's chorus states about the Rapper that "Nobody's after". The song ends with a group of applause in the studio.
  • Daevid from Glendale, CaNot a bad little tune for a one-hit wonder.
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