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Verse 1
Gotta (G minor) watch out for them critters
I get the party live Common Sense
will get the party live huh
I get the party live Common Sense
will get the party live huh
I get the party live Common (A major) Sense
will get the (G minor) party live huh (D major)
I get the (G minor) party live Common (A major) Sense
will get the party live (G minor) huh
Verse 2
I was (G minor) born in Chicago raised
on Planet Rock talking
Catch knock my tape like beats
(uh) I'm fresh as fruits
(A major) You pussy MC (G minor) it's you I rebuke repent
You burn up you got me bit
(A major) I'm coming as (G minor) ebit
Got on big hoes at (D major) Freaknit frequently
(G minor) your telling me
Won and worn your rocket (A major) s, so,
he ain't put no (G minor) scratch in my pocket
Yo heard, with my head I cock it,
and rock it (A major) like that brother (G minor) in colors
'Cause I want y'all to live,
my crew is 2 Live, we sneakin' to the rear
But I can't get (A major) us all in free (G minor) (what?) it's just
another case of that two dollar MC
I rock the same clothes 3 days (A major) straight to you
they wrinkled but (G minor) to my they straight
(D major) Now I'm straight (G major) are you straight?
I'm (G minor) straight as long as I got beer
(A major) I thought about it jack, (G minor)
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Verse 3
and now I'm out of here
(G minor) "Maintain the rock" "Don't
stop the rock"
I get the party live,
Common (A major) Sense will get the party live, (G minor) huh
"Maintain the rock"
"Don't stop (D major) the rock"
I get the (G minor) party live,
Common (A major) Sense will get the party live, (G minor) huh
"Maintain the rock"
"Don't stop the rock"
I get the party live,
ay (A major) o Chicago get the (G minor) party live, huh
"Maintain the rock"
"Don't stop (D major) the rock"
I get the (G minor) party live,
Common (A major) Sense will get the party live, huh
(G minor) "Don't stop the rock"
Verse 4
(G minor) I need me some new socks,
I need me some new drawers
I draws attention,
like a letter to a Sargent
(A major) There's A Few Good (G minor) MC's the wack
I'm giving code red
Slim (G major) say I got (G minor) nobody but when (A major) they see
me at the (G minor) party they be like
"Go head, go head", 'cause (D major) I gots the cuts like Bobby, (G minor)
rappers are (A major) dickheads
Choppin' they demo, (G minor) I do it like Big Red
My (A major) office hours are from (G minor) 9 to 5, while you
avoid the party I make it live
The fellas nod (D major) and the (G minor) chicks dance
(D major) While I'm (B flat major) coolin' in my (A major) jumpers
and (G minor) my big pants (C major)
(G minor) I'm as dope as PCP,
MC's see (D major) me and (G minor) start having flashbacks
I (D major) don't flash scratch,
I (G minor) gotta watch my back
(A major) Now a days blacks don't (G minor) know how to act,
besides Larry Fishbourne
Charles Jug and Wesley Snipes,
marks want to test me because I test the (D major) mics
I check 'em like sound,
(G major) an d like loose (G minor) I'm down
Plus I done got better since Soul By the Pound,
Verse 5
I maintain
(G minor) "Maintain the rock" "Don't stop
the rock"
I get the party live,
ayo Chicago get the party live, huh
"Maintain the rock"
"Don't stop (D major) the rock"
I get the (G minor) party live,
87 will get the (A major) party live, (G minor) huh
"Maintain the rock" "Don't
stop the rock"
I get the party live,
Common (A major) Sense will get the (G minor) party live, huh
"Maintain the rock"
"Don't stop the rock"
I get the party live,
UAC will (A major) get the party live, huh
(G major) "Don't stop the (G minor) rock "
Verse 6
I fall fresh upon the spirit,
with the lyric that's overwhelming
And house more hoes then Spellman,
worse unwelcome like James Johnston
My brain (A major) s (G minor) sponsoring speech on the mic,
I'm like a Jackson
Rappers I'm fondling,
they try to settle out of (A major) court
But I, could never be bought,
what type of rebel eats (G minor) pork?
I'll take the cat and never get (A major) caught,
you wack to (G minor) gether we fought
'Cause I can't see my melons boxing
if he's not boxin' with 'em
I don't care who (G major) started it,
I'm gonna be apart of it
(D major) Regardless of the odds of (G minor) how hard
It's been many (A major) times we was (G minor) outnumbered
and we still got with them
I got rhythm from some
boogers and some foxes
But if I becomes a 10 then
some brothers all some gin
And I (D major) got juice, and this nig (G major) gas scared
(G minor) I'll F your head up,
like the (G major) L.A. (G minor) 4, when I flow for cash I got for
Broke like Mel for (G major) Moore
Why should a (A major) male with (G minor)
a B8 get more then me?
When Rashid got an MC degree,
(G major) and a (A major) doctorine in rockin' shit (G minor) I go to docs to get
(G major) A fish wish (G minor) with cheese,
I (G major) don't mix with (G minor) (D major) MCs, 'cause I just don't (G minor) like them
But I'm still maintaining
(D major) (G minor)
Verse 7
(A major) (G major)
(G minor) "Maintain the rock" "Don't
stop the rock"
I get the party live,
ayo Chicago get the party live, (G minor) huh
"Maintain the rock"
"Don't stop the (D major) rock"
I get the party live, 87 will get the party live,
huh
"Maintain the (G minor) rock" "Don't
stop the rock"
I get the party live, Common Sense will get the party live,
huh
"Maintain the (G minor) rock" "Don't
stop the rock"
I get the party live,
UAC will get the party live, huh
"Don't stop the rock"
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