Put some wax on the trax and slide on onta here
hane hane hane hane hane
hatchets in the corner ears to the ground
improve to the groove get down to the sound
buttons and bows and bleu blanc rouge
all things lively must be used
liberte, egalite, au jour d'hui c'est tres tres tres
voici l'opportunite nous Incroyables
I got the moves they got the grooves
summoned the Gods and they all approved
bad vibes akimbo on the shelf
bit of a rap thing going for myself
this gold on the teeth's no sense at all
it only matters when it's on the wall
I'm standing here with my four men
let's start that rapping thing again:
Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs and yours truly
in the naughty North and in the sexy South
we're all singing I have the mouth
in the naughty North and in the sexy South
we're all singing I have the mouth
I have the mouth
So tired of anarchists looking at me
don't need their credibility
"destroy," they say, "defy! condemn!"
as long as you don't destroy them
with twenty years of drugs and drink
I thought the time had come to think
about standing up and saying that
It's tragedy and such old hat
I'm standing here with my four men
let's start that rapping thing again:
(I got) Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs and yours truly
in the naughty North and in the sexy South
we're all singing I have the mouth
in the naughty North and in the sexy South
we're all singing I have the mouth
I have the mouth
these happy feet are all we need
summoned the Gods and they all agreed
these feet won't stop they're in such a hurry
I knock it on the head and I go for a curry
staying sober can be neat
get drunk on these here happy feet
keep on trying to pin me down
"why a title for your sound?"
I'm standing here with my four men
let's do this rapping thing again:
I got Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs and yours truly
in the naughty North and in the sexy South
we're all singing I have the mouth...
and I have the mouth
and you have the mouth
and they got the mouth
Adam took a stab at rap back in 81. I think he did pretty good, though he screams the lyrics more than anything else. My favorite lyrics are -
'So tired of anarchists looking at me don't need their credibility "destroy," they say, "defy! condemn!" as long as you don't destroy them with twenty years of drugs and drink I thought the time had come to think about standing up and saying that It's tragedy and such old hat'
"Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs." Those were his bandmates
"So tired of anarchists looking at me" is almost certainly a reference to Crass the anarchist punk band that had a very big underground following at the time, and were criticial of anyone from the punk scene entering the m,ainstream. His response shows that he hadn't really grasped what their message was anyway, but hey. Crass in turn had a dig at him in the song Have A Nice Day.