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.
Boom bap, original Rap
Boom bap, original Rap see how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
Now bad boy squad and bad boy crew
Everything I do, I do just for you
Another silly sucker wants the champion belt
But like a microwave
These days I make em melt
Return Of The Boom Bap means just that
It means return of the real
Hard beats and real rap
The ladies in the place like
It just like that
I'm a around the way guy with a baseball cap
You know my style, you know my name
I'm chillin' at the top
But I'm still the same
I never crossed over, never went pop
You know KRS will give you real hip-hop, so
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
People always callin me a top celebrity
'Cause when I'm on the mic
I like to speak freely
You hear me chattin' lyric but I'm not an MC
A one poetic member of the crew BDP
I looked around the nation but
I simply couldn't find
Another entertainer with a rhyme like mine
I pick up the mic and I tear up the phone
At this point in the party
I should be left alone
But uh oh uh oh I've come to show
A brand new flow, is the flow wack? NO!
Listen to the pro
Come to the show in a b-boy stance
Bogle in the dance
Bogle and a bogle and a bogle in the party
Here's a little stylee
Come an wake up everybody
Boom bap, original rap
Boom bap, boom bap, original rap
Refreshin' when you hear it
Hard rap is all that, so
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
Bogle in the dance, bogle in the dance
Bogle in a, bogle in a, bogle in the party
Bogle in the dance, bogle in the dance
Bogle in a, bogle in a, bogle in the party
On and on to the PM Dawn
I buck two shots and you squad is gone
You add a little street in your r-a-p
But never do you wanna challenge BDP
'Cause smashin' up a crew
One-two is the least
When a sucka wants to battle
That just gets me geesed
I never backed down from to an MC feud
Never on stage KRS got booed
Stayed hardcore never changed my attitude
I got the hip-hop juice for the hip-hop food
I eat when I drink, an I drink when I eat
When I speak what I speak
What I speak is not weak
Now Boogie down, boogie down
Boogie down produc
With the buck buck buck buck buck buck BUCK!
Throw ya hands high in the sky
Wave em around, 'cause I get down
Down to the nitty, to the nitty
To the gritty
Peace to all the hardcore kids in the city so
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
Fresh for 1993, you SUCKAS
Boom bap, original Rap see how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
Now bad boy squad and bad boy crew
Everything I do, I do just for you
Another silly sucker wants the champion belt
But like a microwave
These days I make em melt
Return Of The Boom Bap means just that
It means return of the real
Hard beats and real rap
The ladies in the place like
It just like that
I'm a around the way guy with a baseball cap
You know my style, you know my name
I'm chillin' at the top
But I'm still the same
I never crossed over, never went pop
You know KRS will give you real hip-hop, so
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
People always callin me a top celebrity
'Cause when I'm on the mic
I like to speak freely
You hear me chattin' lyric but I'm not an MC
A one poetic member of the crew BDP
I looked around the nation but
I simply couldn't find
Another entertainer with a rhyme like mine
I pick up the mic and I tear up the phone
At this point in the party
I should be left alone
But uh oh uh oh I've come to show
A brand new flow, is the flow wack? NO!
Listen to the pro
Come to the show in a b-boy stance
Bogle in the dance
Bogle and a bogle and a bogle in the party
Here's a little stylee
Come an wake up everybody
Boom bap, original rap
Boom bap, boom bap, original rap
Refreshin' when you hear it
Hard rap is all that, so
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
Bogle in the dance, bogle in the dance
Bogle in a, bogle in a, bogle in the party
Bogle in the dance, bogle in the dance
Bogle in a, bogle in a, bogle in the party
On and on to the PM Dawn
I buck two shots and you squad is gone
You add a little street in your r-a-p
But never do you wanna challenge BDP
'Cause smashin' up a crew
One-two is the least
When a sucka wants to battle
That just gets me geesed
I never backed down from to an MC feud
Never on stage KRS got booed
Stayed hardcore never changed my attitude
I got the hip-hop juice for the hip-hop food
I eat when I drink, an I drink when I eat
When I speak what I speak
What I speak is not weak
Now Boogie down, boogie down
Boogie down produc
With the buck buck buck buck buck buck BUCK!
Throw ya hands high in the sky
Wave em around, 'cause I get down
Down to the nitty, to the nitty
To the gritty
Peace to all the hardcore kids in the city so
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds a little unrational
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
See how it sounds
(bo) a little unrational (bo)
Fresh for 1993, you SUCKAS
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
Return of the Boom Bap Lyrics as written by Lawrence Krsone Parker
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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