Futura 2000

Futura is my name, and I say

Graffiti is where I got my fame

But that's okay, and it's chilly with me

Because I made a lotta money and history

It's a common thing to be involved in rap

A lotta people do it but they make me laugh

'Cause their style is wack and not too slick

A little more thought would probably do the trick

Sokar is rockin' on

Dondi rock shockin' till the break of dawn

You see I painted a train and I called it Break

Guess until then I wasn't really awake

'Cause it dawned on me what I could do

I rap upon the mic to get closer to you

So when I'm in your house and I'm spinnin' around

Jazzy young ladies rock me to the ground

Rock on, y'all, you don't stop

One time on your mind, check it out

Graffiti and rap, it's all the same

You gotta keep rockin' till you get the fame

When you get the fame and they know your name

Wack attack people try to bite your game

So don't bite, y'all, it's not right, y'all

With the hip hop a-shoobie-doobie-doo

Graffiti is what we're gonna do

Graffiti is a thing that's kinda hard to explain

It ain't just runnin' around spray-paintin' your name

It's more than that, if you wanna be the best

You gotta take it to the yard, try to pass the test

Now, the test, you see, is the work we do

Another whole car designed on the 2

And when it's runnin' through the New York zoo

Influential people see just what you do

It's not hard, you see, it don't take much time

You start off with a def outline

Outline's up, you begin

You grab your paint and lay down your fill-in

Your fill-in's done, you add some design

You hook 'em all up, no shaky lines

Now you're right on time and you're almost through

One thing left and you know what to do

Grab a can and write, try not to shake

You best not wack up or make a mistake

And when the piece is done, you know it's time to break

Five in the morning, you shouldn't be awake

Graffiti, rock the house

Yes, New York City, rock shock the house

Spray paintin' a train ain't all for me

There's a lotta things in life that I wanna see

So I got myself a studio

A few weeks' time, it really started to go

The idea was to let people know

Graffiti art is guaranteed to dog the whole show

Crash, Daze, Knock and Ali

The boys are bad and they're down with me

Graffiti, yeah, what you got for me?

Zephyr, Abdul, Dondi and Lee

Ed Koch, rock the house

Alright

I was chillin' hard with a friend of mine

I took a trip to Europe, had to leave him behind

We call him Fab 5 Freddy and Freddy B

He rocks the mic a-to the highest degree

Freddy, love, I threw you down, you see

Because we're both rock shockin', makin' history

I'm the F-U-T and the U-R-A

Shockin' my rhymes to the break of day

Check me out, and you don't stop

Rock the rhythm that makes your finger pop

Pop pop pop pop pop

Hey, graffiti, thanks a lot

Graffiti, ya rock the house

Yes, graffiti, rock shock, rock, turn it out

Charlie A., rock the house

I say, wherever you are, you rock shock the house

And Patty A., rock the house

Wherever you are, keep coolin' out

And Mackie J., you're shockin' the house

And, and, and, and

Rennie, you're the one for me

You're my number-one lover of the century

This one here for you on the mic

I know, my little darling, this is what you like

Graffiti, you rock the house

Yes, graffiti

And New York City, you're rockin' the world

When the tourists come, we got 'em in a twirl

'Cause the art we do a-visualize

An abstract image that we all despise

Graffiti, rock the house

Yes, graffiti, rock shock, rock, turn it out

And alright, rock the house

Alrighty almighty, alrighty almighty

You know it's out of sight

You know it's obvious to me, you see

Graffiti's not accepted by society

Well, alright

Neither was Van Gogh

London, rock the house

And say, wherever you are, you rock shock the house

And Tokyo, rock the house

You know you're on the go, you're rock shockin' the house

And Zed Purple, rock the house

And Fat Cats, hey, shock the house

Iz the Wiz, rock the house

And say, wherever you is, you rock shock the house now

Lady Pink, rock the house

What? Did you think I'd leave you out?

And Don L., rock the house

Tessa too, you boys shock the house

Alright, got my man Mick cuttin' the mix

No tricks

Wild Style, rock the house

And say, a-Wild Style, what it be about?

And alright

Gimme what you got

K.V., you're rockin' the house

And S.E.3, shock, shock the house

Keith H., you're rockin' the house

And the downtown scene, rock shock the house now

Say, Mo, rock the house

All the people know you're rock shockin' the house

Crylaun, rock the house

And Red Devil, shock the house now

I'm the F-U-T and the U-R-A

Rock, sh-shockin' my rhymes to the break of day

Check me out and you don't stop

Graffiti's what it be about

Young ladies, dog ya spot

All the fly girls in the house

Coolin' out, checkin' the fellas out

Gerb, rock the house

I said Gerb's the word, you're rock shockin' the house

To the Clash, you're rockin' the house

Say, thanks a lot, shock shock the house

F-U-T-U-R-A, hey

Futura's what I spray

And New York City, rock the house

And graffiti, rock shock the house now