Krush Groove (1985)

Darryl McDaniels: Self (Run-D.M.C.)

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• Rick : Ready to roll, Kurt

  Kurtis Blow : Now, look, remember: Do it right this time and I want rock 'n' roll, baby!

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) : [rappin']  I'm the king of rock, there is none

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) , Self (Run-D.M.C) : Higher!

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) : Sucker MC's should call me

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) , Self (Run-D.M.C) : Sire!

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) : To burn my kingdom, you must use

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) , Self (Run-D.M.C) : Fire!

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) : I won't stop rockin' till I retire

  Self (Run-D.M.C) : Now we rock the party and come correct Our cuts are on time and rhymes connect Got the right to vote and will elect And other rappers can't stand us

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) , Self (Run-D.M.C) : But give us respect!

• Self (Run-D.M.C) : [rappin']  As one def rapper, I know I can hang, I'm Run from Run-DMC, like cool from cool and the Gang

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) : Roll to the

  Self (Run-D.M.C) , Self (Run-D.M.C.) : Rock!

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) : Rock to the roll, DMC stands for

  Self (Run-D.M.C) , Self (Run-D.M.C.) : Devastating Mic Control!

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) : You can't touch me with a ten foot pole, And I even made the devil sell me his

  Self (Run-D.M.C) , Self (Run-D.M.C.) : Soul!

• Self (Run-D.M.C) : [rappin']  It's me and DMC

  Self (Run-D.M.C) , Self (Run-D.M.C.) : Jay where's the beat?

  Self (Run-D.M.C) : Now we're the baddest of the bad

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) : The coolest of the cool, I'm DMC, I rock and roll

  Self (Run-D.M.C) : I'm DJ Run, I rock and rule It's not a Trick or Treat

  Self (Run-D.M.C) , Self (Run-D.M.C.) : And it's not a April Fool

  Self (Run-D.M.C) : It's all brand new, never

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) : Ever

  Self (Run-D.M.C) , Self (Run-D.M.C.) : Old school!

• Karen : What's the name of your record?

  Self (Run-D.M.C) : King of Rock.

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) : There is none higher.

  Karen : King of Rock? Are you two Run-DMC?

  Self (Run-D.M.C) : Funky fresh in the flesh.

  Karen : Oh, man, they've been playing your record on the radio all day.

• D.M.C. : You been illin' lately.

  Run : So, I'm illin'. Am I illin'? Chillin'! You know what I'm sayin'? Chillin'.

  Jam Master Jay : Word up, man. If you can ill-out on your family, man, no tellin' what you could do with us, man.

  Run : Man, I'm illin' on no family, man. You don't know what you're talkin' about.

  Jam Master Jay : I'm breakin' out, man.

  Run : Nobody illin' on nobody, man. You all be just frontin'. I want to get paid.

  D.M.C. : Chill, man.

  Run : Chill!

• Self (Run-D.M.C) : [rappin']  DJ Run's my name

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) : Jam Master Jay is his

  Self (Run-D.M.C) : He's DMC

  Self (Run-D.M.C.) : It's like that

  Self (Run-D.M.C) , Self (Run-D.M.C.) : And that's the way it is

  Self (Run-D.M.C) : Unemployment at a record high, People coming, people going, people born to die, Don't ask me, because I don't know why

  Self (Run-D.M.C) , Self (Run-D.M.C.) : But it's like that

  Self (Run-D.M.C) : and that's the way it is...

• D.M.C. : [rappin']  This is funky fresh stuff, it's not an act

  Run : I'll pass it to D

  D.M.C. : I'll pass it back

  Run : Yo, that's the way it is

  Run , D.M.C. : 'Cause it's like that!

• Kurtis Blow : [rappin']  Check out my crew that could never be beat, Ah, Kurtis Blow, Sheila E, and Run-D.M.C., And to the Fat Boys, and now you're down by law, Down with the best now let's even the score, Now just throw your hands in the air, And wave 'em like you just don't care, And if you want to bust a move like the Krush Groove, Somebody say

  Kurtis Blow , Run , D.M.C. , Jam Master Jay , Sheila E. , Russell Walker : Oh Yeah!