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.
So I'm watchin' her fine ass
Walk to my bedroom, and thought to myself
That's the shape of things to come
She said, "Why you in the club, you don't make it precipitate?
You know, make it rain when you can make it thunderstorm"
I'm like, "Why?
The world needs sun
The hood needs funds
There's a war going on and half the battle is guns"
How dare I throw it on the floor
When people are poor
So I write like Edgar Allen to restore, got a cord
Umbilical attached to a place that can't afford
No landscaping, or window draping
This old lady told me
If I ain't got nothin' good, say nothing
That's why I don't talk much
I swear it don't cost much, to pay attention to me
I tell like it is, and I tell it how it could be
The hood be
Requesting my services, oh don't get nervous it's
Step yo game up time, these ain't them same old rhymes
Designed to have you dancin' in some club
Niggas ride to me
Woman be up in they tub
Exfoliating with hey pom poms
Yellin' go 3000!
I'm in my whatever bumpin' mois
A 100 miles in
Runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
Summon
Woman
Cummin'
Sit down, heard you need some plumbing
Done in
I'm in
A swell mood
A rather swole mood
Until she told me that she told dude
That she'll be back, she's going to the store
I didn't know she had a boyfriend, so the door
I pointed her to
I said, "Call me when y'all break up
I don't fuck nobody bitch
And never own a Jacob, know what time it is"
Nigga just tryin' to live
Like a nigga supposed to live
If I still drink that malt liquor
I pour the beer
On the ground for niggas not around
I started off starvin'
Now they got me out here Brett Farve'n
Tryna see if I still got it (got it)
I guess it's like a bike think about it (oh oh oh no no)
'Bout it, 'bout it
(Oh oh oh no no)
Oh oh oh
Nothin' gonna stop us now
You can't stop us
What you gonna do right now
You can't run
We the boss in here, we floss this shit 'cause
Ain't nobody doin' it like we do, oh no
Nothin' gonna stop us now
You can't stop us
What you gonna do right now
You can't front
We the boss in here, we floss this shit 'cause
Ain't nobody doin' it like we do, oh no
Oh oh oh no (Oh no)
Oh oh oh no (Oh no)
Oh oh oh no (Oh no)
They can't stop us
Oh oh oh no!
So I peep this bitch in B.I.P.
I used to clip like Rob the barber
It seems she couldn't shape up
Cupcake her, I didn't bother
She's a follower, a hell of a swallower
Not a leader
Got her 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th string
I didn't need her
I didn't mean to treat her
Like she was the main feature
Presentation, heard ya's a traitor
To the situation, more like a hassle
Because she had no keys to the castle
The queen sits on the throne
While this hoe ride down Old National
(Zoom) gone head' hoe beat ya feet
Dr-dr-drop down and get yo eagle on freak
We ever-so-discreet with this meat
Got a whole lot to lose if paparazzi
Ever shot or shoot we
Meaning me and you
Us together in the lens
My ends would be gone
Just like some dro in the wind
Told da hoe you gonna win
Sho' nuff we gone pretend
To the land of make believe
Now come on and hit this hen
Taking shots to the neck
Now that's love in ya mouth (oh oh oh no no)
Now we're affiliates
So don't give me the gangsta grill (oh oh oh no no)
No drama it makes no sense
I got a mean ass backhand (oh oh oh)
And a (cannon) that don't miss
Nothin' gonna stop us now
You can't stop us
What you gonna do right now
You can't run
We the boss in here, we floss this shit 'cause
Ain't nobody doin' it like we do, oh no
Nothin' gonna stop us now
You can't stop us
What you gonna do right now
You can't front
We the boss in here, we floss this shit 'cause
Ain't nobody doin' it like we do, oh no
Oh oh oh no (Oh no)
Oh oh oh no (Oh no)
Oh oh oh no (Oh no)
They can't stop us
Oh oh oh no!
I realized recently
That I was born for this position!
I took the fall for Hip-Hop!
And I stand in front of you stronger than ever!
Watch what come next!
Follow the leader nigga! (oh oh oh no no)
DJ Drama
A.M.G.
Nothin can take me out my soul!
Nothin' gonna stop us now
You can't stop us
What you gonna do right now
You can't run
We the boss in here, we floss this shit 'cause
Ain't nobody doin' it like we do, oh no
Nothin' gonna stop us now
You can't stop us
What you gonna do right now
You can't front
We the boss in here, we floss this shit 'cause
Ain't nobody doin' it like we do, oh no
Oh oh oh no (oh no)
Oh oh oh no (oh no)
Oh oh oh no (oh no)
They can't stop us
Oh oh oh no!
Walk to my bedroom, and thought to myself
That's the shape of things to come
She said, "Why you in the club, you don't make it precipitate?
You know, make it rain when you can make it thunderstorm"
I'm like, "Why?
The world needs sun
The hood needs funds
There's a war going on and half the battle is guns"
How dare I throw it on the floor
When people are poor
So I write like Edgar Allen to restore, got a cord
Umbilical attached to a place that can't afford
No landscaping, or window draping
This old lady told me
If I ain't got nothin' good, say nothing
That's why I don't talk much
I swear it don't cost much, to pay attention to me
I tell like it is, and I tell it how it could be
The hood be
Requesting my services, oh don't get nervous it's
Step yo game up time, these ain't them same old rhymes
Designed to have you dancin' in some club
Niggas ride to me
Woman be up in they tub
Exfoliating with hey pom poms
Yellin' go 3000!
I'm in my whatever bumpin' mois
A 100 miles in
Runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
Summon
Woman
Cummin'
Sit down, heard you need some plumbing
Done in
I'm in
A swell mood
A rather swole mood
Until she told me that she told dude
That she'll be back, she's going to the store
I didn't know she had a boyfriend, so the door
I pointed her to
I said, "Call me when y'all break up
I don't fuck nobody bitch
And never own a Jacob, know what time it is"
Nigga just tryin' to live
Like a nigga supposed to live
If I still drink that malt liquor
I pour the beer
On the ground for niggas not around
I started off starvin'
Now they got me out here Brett Farve'n
Tryna see if I still got it (got it)
I guess it's like a bike think about it (oh oh oh no no)
'Bout it, 'bout it
(Oh oh oh no no)
Oh oh oh
Nothin' gonna stop us now
You can't stop us
What you gonna do right now
You can't run
We the boss in here, we floss this shit 'cause
Ain't nobody doin' it like we do, oh no
Nothin' gonna stop us now
You can't stop us
What you gonna do right now
You can't front
We the boss in here, we floss this shit 'cause
Ain't nobody doin' it like we do, oh no
Oh oh oh no (Oh no)
Oh oh oh no (Oh no)
Oh oh oh no (Oh no)
They can't stop us
Oh oh oh no!
So I peep this bitch in B.I.P.
I used to clip like Rob the barber
It seems she couldn't shape up
Cupcake her, I didn't bother
She's a follower, a hell of a swallower
Not a leader
Got her 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th string
I didn't need her
I didn't mean to treat her
Like she was the main feature
Presentation, heard ya's a traitor
To the situation, more like a hassle
Because she had no keys to the castle
The queen sits on the throne
While this hoe ride down Old National
(Zoom) gone head' hoe beat ya feet
Dr-dr-drop down and get yo eagle on freak
We ever-so-discreet with this meat
Got a whole lot to lose if paparazzi
Ever shot or shoot we
Meaning me and you
Us together in the lens
My ends would be gone
Just like some dro in the wind
Told da hoe you gonna win
Sho' nuff we gone pretend
To the land of make believe
Now come on and hit this hen
Taking shots to the neck
Now that's love in ya mouth (oh oh oh no no)
Now we're affiliates
So don't give me the gangsta grill (oh oh oh no no)
No drama it makes no sense
I got a mean ass backhand (oh oh oh)
And a (cannon) that don't miss
Nothin' gonna stop us now
You can't stop us
What you gonna do right now
You can't run
We the boss in here, we floss this shit 'cause
Ain't nobody doin' it like we do, oh no
Nothin' gonna stop us now
You can't stop us
What you gonna do right now
You can't front
We the boss in here, we floss this shit 'cause
Ain't nobody doin' it like we do, oh no
Oh oh oh no (Oh no)
Oh oh oh no (Oh no)
Oh oh oh no (Oh no)
They can't stop us
Oh oh oh no!
I realized recently
That I was born for this position!
I took the fall for Hip-Hop!
And I stand in front of you stronger than ever!
Watch what come next!
Follow the leader nigga! (oh oh oh no no)
DJ Drama
A.M.G.
Nothin can take me out my soul!
Nothin' gonna stop us now
You can't stop us
What you gonna do right now
You can't run
We the boss in here, we floss this shit 'cause
Ain't nobody doin' it like we do, oh no
Nothin' gonna stop us now
You can't stop us
What you gonna do right now
You can't front
We the boss in here, we floss this shit 'cause
Ain't nobody doin' it like we do, oh no
Oh oh oh no (oh no)
Oh oh oh no (oh no)
Oh oh oh no (oh no)
They can't stop us
Oh oh oh no!
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