The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Yeah it's the crusader, and i don't think yo ready, i thought i told ya'll !
CHORUS we can not stop now, NEW ZEALAND hip hop, stand the fuck up, we got it locked down, i'm ready to rock, ready to roll, i am
ready to go, ya'll ready to flow?! just let me know ya'll !
I'm a be there and blow like C4, got plans to take over Japan like the D4, and like P-MONEY told me at the top it's hell and lonely,
i rock like BLINDSPOTT, what the fuck you don't all know me, i keep going, i keep grown', i keep flown', i keep shown MC's how to
raise the bar, i still rhymin', I'm still writing, I'm still fighting, and we can't turn back now cause we've came so far
CHORUS X2
I'm like NESIAN MYSTIK, you dissed it, and now you love it, NEW ZEALAND hip hop there's not many things i hold above it, now it's the
time to focus, call up the FOOTSOULJAHS, DECEPITIKONZ, HOMAFIDE, yeah we taking over, tell 4 CORNERS, that we ain't holding back
any longer, THE TIME BANDITS, and wonders, and now we gettin' stronger, dances they won, like SIR-VERE, ALI and SHAN, yo it's real
real hip hop so you wouldn't understand why
CHROUS X2
INSTRUMENTAL BEATS
Yeah!, yeah!, we hit the big time. We makin big noise, we makin big moves, playing with the big boys, told you in big things, we
stayin' motivated, we bout take NEW ZEALAND hip hop and renovate it, i grab the mic and do it, like there was nothing to it, been
thought some bull shit, but now i can see thought it, I'm ready to rock ready to roll, I am ready to go, but what ya don't know,
you can hear it in my flow..... CUMON!!
END CHROUS
CHORUS we can not stop now, NEW ZEALAND hip hop, stand the fuck up, we got it locked down, i'm ready to rock, ready to roll, i am
ready to go, ya'll ready to flow?! just let me know ya'll !
I'm a be there and blow like C4, got plans to take over Japan like the D4, and like P-MONEY told me at the top it's hell and lonely,
i rock like BLINDSPOTT, what the fuck you don't all know me, i keep going, i keep grown', i keep flown', i keep shown MC's how to
raise the bar, i still rhymin', I'm still writing, I'm still fighting, and we can't turn back now cause we've came so far
CHORUS X2
I'm like NESIAN MYSTIK, you dissed it, and now you love it, NEW ZEALAND hip hop there's not many things i hold above it, now it's the
time to focus, call up the FOOTSOULJAHS, DECEPITIKONZ, HOMAFIDE, yeah we taking over, tell 4 CORNERS, that we ain't holding back
any longer, THE TIME BANDITS, and wonders, and now we gettin' stronger, dances they won, like SIR-VERE, ALI and SHAN, yo it's real
real hip hop so you wouldn't understand why
CHROUS X2
INSTRUMENTAL BEATS
Yeah!, yeah!, we hit the big time. We makin big noise, we makin big moves, playing with the big boys, told you in big things, we
stayin' motivated, we bout take NEW ZEALAND hip hop and renovate it, i grab the mic and do it, like there was nothing to it, been
thought some bull shit, but now i can see thought it, I'm ready to rock ready to roll, I am ready to go, but what ya don't know,
you can hear it in my flow..... CUMON!!
END CHROUS
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