Chords for Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin' (Mercury Records 1979)

[N] Twice the night before Christmas [Em] and all through the-
Hold it [Eb] now, wait, hold it, that's played out.
[A] Hit it!
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ Don't you get mad all that jive about things you wrote before I was alive
Cause this ain't [Bb] 1823, ain't even [E] 1970
Now I'm [C] the guy named [E] Curtis Blow and Christmas is one thing I know
So [A] every year, just about this time, I celebrate it with [Em] a rhyme _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ Gonna shake it, gonna play it, gonna [C] make it good
Gonna rock, shock, rock it through your [Em] neighborhood
Gonna read, gonna sing it till it's understood
My rap about to happen like an [G] E
You was slapping or I thought you been tapping on a [Em] hunk of wood
[A] _ _ [G] Bought a red suit and blue with a [C] friendly attitude
And a [Em] sling bullet ready for the fever on the block
Got a long white beard, made me look kinda weird
And if you [A] ever see him, he can give you quite a shock _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Now people let me tell you about last year
When the [Am] dew came flying over here
Well, the hog was out, snow was [E] on the ground
Folks, they [A] had to party down
The beat was thumping on the box
And [Am] I was dancing [Db] in my socks
And the drummer played at a solid pace
[E] _ _ [Db] And the taste of the [Gb] bass was in my face
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_ [E] And the [Gbm] guitar player laid down a heavy layer
Of the funky junkies of the mother [E] disco key
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ And the guy with the 88 started to participate
And I could sure appreciate it, [Am] sounds so sweet
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_ We were all in the mood, so we had a little food and a joke
And a smoke and a [E] little bit of wine
When I thought I heard a hoop on the top of the roof
Could it be it was a [A] he?
I was feeling super fine
So I went to the attic, where I [E] thought I heard this attic
On the [Am] dance floor, the dance floor, the body breaking in
Put the noise on the top, with a [A] reindeer cross
To the trick, say, Nick
And I let the sucker in _ _ _ _ _
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_ He was rolling, he was pulling, and [Db] I said, holy moly
You got a lot of weasels on [Ab] your inner jensen
He allowed, he was proud of [Cm] the hairy little cloud
On the point of the floor where the skin should [Eb] have been
Get the food for me, throw it out every you
For a day on the same, when the cold was low
So the fear made me weird, but I never had the scare
Cause it's warm in the floor with the tent [Ab] below
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_ [Ab] I said, yo, why [Db] is it so tonight?
Can you stop for a clock before you [Ab] go?
He said, why not?
Cause the music's [Db] hot, and our chances are that the nicole missle's toast
So [Ab] he went downstairs and [F] forgot his skin
And he rocked his bop and danced like a pro
[Ab] And every young girl tried to rock his world
But he booked the O.J. till he had to go _ _ _ _ _
_ And before he went, this fine old dick
Bought a gift with a slip through his big red bag
In the top or the bottom, he reached in
And got a toy porn for the girls glad rag _ _ _ _ _
_ And the grown ups got some [F] presents too
A new TV [A] and a stereo
A new civilian, about as blue as the sky
The best that money [F] couldn't buy
Cause money could never ever [Dm] buy
The feeling, the [Bbm] one that comes from not the feeling
The way you feel about your friends
And this is how the [Fm] story ends _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] The dude arrived back at the bowl
Of [Bb] North, where everything is gold
But [Eb] if he weren't right here tonight
He'd say, [Db] Merry Christmas
And to [Ab] all, _ a good [Bb] night
_ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] Well, I'm terrible, sorry, I [Bb] don't know what you mean
What did you say on [Ab] the new one?
I see that [Db] it's not clear
But you good buddies, so keep out your ears
[Ab] This is very close, what I [Db] want for a game
Is my name in the [Eb] hall of fame
The K-U-R, the T [Cm]-I-N
The [Db] first to stress, I must confess
The B-L-O and the [Fm] W
I make you wanna guess, the boogaloo crew
Now if your name is Annie, you're the Pope, the Fannie
If your name is Thot, it's O, you're [Ab] backside
If your name is D, you don't need a [F] seat
Cause I'm Curtis Blow, and I'm on the go
I'm rockin' to those rhythms since very, very old
[Ab] _ _
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[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ Now just close your hands in the [E] air
And wave them like you just don't care
If you're ready [A] like Freddie, the rock will study
Somebody say, oh [E] yeah
_ All young ladies, all the [Am] ladies in the house say, ah
_ [A] Now you don't stop, come on, come on, come on
Let me see you rock, now get down
Stop [E] messin' around when [D] Curtis Blow is in your town
I'm Curtis Blow on the [C] microphones
I play it tall, hard, look, [E] what's my ho?
I was [C] rockin' one day, it [E] started to shake
It sounds to me, [A] I like a earthquake
[G] I packed my bag, I said goodbye
I [E] kissed my woman and I started to fly
I came to Earth by a [G] meteorite
To rock you [A] all on the mic
So just kick off your shoes, let your fingers pop
Cause Curtis Blow is about ready to rock
Now the people in the back, if you're not the wack, say Go back!
[G] The people in the front, if you wanna buck, say Go _ back!
The people in the middle, if you wanna wiggle, [A] say Go back!
[G] And the people on the side, if you [E] wanna slide, [G] say Go back!
Not a preacher or a teacher or an [Ebm] electrician
A fighter or a writer or a politician
The [Gbm] man with the key to your [Gb] ignition
Curtis Blow is competition
Young ladies, rock the house
Jazzy young ladies, rock the [Dbm] house
Now just [Db] close your hands in the [E] air
And [D] wave them like you just don't care
If y'all really ready, rock the [E] house
This morning somebody say, [A] oh yeah
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Somebody scream!
_ [A] _ _ Young ladies, Mercedes
All the [F] ladies in the house say, ah
_ [G] _
_ Say, ho!
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] I
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] just shit, y'all
I keep [Cm] on
She could rock, rock, [Bb] rock, rock, rock, rock
And, [Cm] no, nobody rock
And everybody say, ho!
[Ab] _ _
Ho!
_ And all the [F] brothers, like I Get [Ab] high Say, macho!
[F] _ _ [Eb]
Macho!
_ [Bb] Mucho macho!
Mucho [Ab] macho!
Ooh, ah, ooh, [F] ooh, ah
[Ab] _ _ Keep on rockin' on
Keep, keep on rockin'
Hip to [F] hop on
Like a little [Ab] boy, blue blonde on a horn
The media [Bbm] love a record, tryna play a [Ab] song
It's been that way since the day it [F] was born
I like a 25-cent bag of [Db] popcorn
Dip, dip, dab, so, so alive
Clench your ears and open [G] up your eyes
So you fall here, can't [Fm] realize
That I'm here to strike for life
[Ab] Got the neck of Kool Jack, better than Beretta
Got some Noah Brown, cold to [Cm] down
Get down, stop messin' around
When Curtis [Db] Lowe is in your town
I'm a one of a [Ab] kind, I'll wreck your mind
Put a wiggle, [Bbm] double wiggle in your behind
Twice a night, [Ebm] I'm skating on ice
When my mama gave birth, she made me [C] the baddest [Ab] MC
On Earth, y'all
To the beat, [Db] that makes you free
[F] Get out of your [Eb] seat and [Ab] freak to the beat
The weather is cold, so catch some heat
Now, that's 10 o'clock
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