[00:08]Way Out West from way back east[00:10]Coming from a place you'd expect the least[00:12]There came a stranger, dressed in black[00:14]From a Harlem Town, a long way back[00:16]Had a Stetson hat with a band of gold[00:18]Eyes like steel, make your blood run cold[00:20]Had a microphone hanging by his side[00:22]Just ready to be amplified[00:24]Rode into town on a big black steed[00:26]Lookin' for a man named Ganamede[00:28]"I hear the dude just won't get down[00:30]If I rock this world I can rock this town!"[00:32]And when they asked him for his name[00:34]He said "Kurtis Blow, I play the rappin' game[00:36]I can do the do, I can do the deed[00:38]And tonight I'm gonna rock Ganamede!"[00:40]Now Ganamede thought he was cool[00:46]Wore Gucci shoes, had a fancy school[00:48]A fancy job in a big corporation[00:50]Fancy girls all across the nation[00:52]Fancy car, fancy clothes,[00:54]Fancy friends and fancy dough[00:57]Only one thing he wouldn't do[00:58]Is let himself get down with you[01:01]The stranger went to the old saloon[01:02]Grabbed his mike and spun a tune[01:04]And everyone in the whole darn place[01:06]Said "Do the rap and set that pace!"[01:09]He rapped 'em down and he rapped 'em out[01:10]He made 'em dance and he made 'em shout[01:12]He said "If you like Kurtis Blow[01:14]Then let me hear you all say...[01:16]A say ho-oo! Ho-oo![01:18]Hi-yo! Hi-yo![01:21]Say Kurtis! Kurtis![01:22]Say Kurtis Blow! Kurtis Blow![01:24]At midnight Ganamede came in[01:26]To watch the dancers move and spin[01:28]He took a seat over by the bar[01:30]And started smokin' a big cigar[01:32]"I admit the stranger is not bad[01:34]But tonight I'm gonna make him sad[01:36]'Cause I don't care about the groove[01:38]There ain't no dude gonna make me move!"[01:40]The joint was jumpin' hard at one[01:42]But Ganamede was havin' none[01:46]Things were really fly at two[01:47]The stranger rapped and the tension grew[01:48]But Ganamede maintained his cool[01:50]"I'll make the stranger play the fool[01:52]'Cause I don't care about the groove[01:54]There ain't no dude gonna make me move!"[01:57]The showdown came at three o'clock[02:02]The stranger said, "I'm gonna make you rock[02:05]I'm gonna make you move, I'm gonna make you dance,[02:06]They're gonna take you out in an ambulance[02:09]Now everybody lend a hand[02:11]I'm gonna make you be the band[02:13]There ain't no jive, no superstition[02:15]We're gonna have a little demolition[02:17]Get down![02:21]Now stomp your feet[02:23]To the funky beat[02:25]Just clap your hands[02:27]And let the beat expand[02:29]Let me here the bass[02:31]Put it in my face[02:33]Let the guitar play[02:35]Just put it away[02:37]And now I think we've got the groove[02:39]So Ganamede, get up and move!"[02:42]Now everyone looked at the bar[02:47]At the lonely man with the big cigar[02:49]He began to move, he began to shake[02:51]He'd had as much as he could take[02:53]He took his body to the floor[02:55]And then the crowd began to roar[02:57]The stranger just had done the deed[02:59]And rocked the house with Ganamede.[03:01]From three to four he couldn't stop[03:03]From four to five he just had to rock[03:05]From five to six he let it loose[03:07]At seven he still had the juice[03:09]At eight o'clock he was goin' strong[03:11]Gettin' down with every song[03:13]At nine o'clock he couldn't dance[03:15]And someone called an ambulance[03:17]As they put him in the back[03:27]Of that big white shiny Cadillac[03:29]He said "Please get me Kurtis Blow[03:31]There's something that he ought to know"[03:33]He said "I thought I'd make my name[03:35]By beatin' you at the rappin' game[03:37]But you beat me fair and square[03:39]And anyway, I just don't care."[03:41]The stranger asked him what he meant[03:43]Said Ganamede, "I am content[03:45]I never used to catch a groove[03:47]I never used to dance or move[03:50]But it's more fun to play the fool[03:51]Than tryin' hard to be real cool[03:53]So anytime you're back in town[03:55]I'm gonna get up and I'm gonna get down!"[04:01]The stranger watched him drive away[04:03]Knowing what he'd done that day[04:05]And then he went right back inside[04:07]To make the dancers slip and slide[04:09]To rock 'em out, to rock 'em in,[04:11]To make 'em rock it down again[04:13]And he said "If you like my sound[04:15]Let me hear you all say...[04:18]Throw down! Throw down![04:19]At the showdown! At the showdown![04:21]Throw down! Throw down![04:23]At the showdown! At the showdown![04:25]Now stomp your feet[04:27]To the funky beat[04:29]Just clap your hands[04:31]And let the beat expand[04:33]Let me here the bass[04:35]Put it in my face[04:37]Let the guitar play[04:39]Just put it away[04:41]A-rock on!