Jimmy Fallon - History of Rap

Sugar Hill Gang ??? ???Rapper???s Delight???
- ???I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie/to the hip hip hop, a you dont stop the rock/it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat/now what you hear is not a test--i'm rappin to the beat/and me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet???

Run-DMC ??? ???Peter Piper???
- ???Now Peter Piper picked peppers, but Run rocked rhymes/Humpty Dumpty fell down, that???s his hard time/ Jack B. Nimble was nimble, and he was quick/ But Jam Master cut faster that so Jay says???

Beastie Boys ??? ???Paul Revere???
- ???Now here???s a little story I got to tell/About three bad brothers you know so well/It started way back in history/With Ad Rock, MCA, and me, Mike D???

A Tribe Called Quest ??? ???Award Tour???
- ???We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man/Goin??? each and every place with the mic??? in their hand???

Digital Underground ??? ???Humpty Dance???
- ???The Humpty Dance is your chance to do the hump/Oh, do me baby/ Do the Humpty Hump, watch me do the Humpty Hump???

Snoop Dogg ??? ???Nuthin??? But A G Thang???
- ???One, two, three and to the fo???/Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at the do???/ It???s the capital S, oh yes, the fresh N double O P/D O double G Y D O double G, ya see???

2Pac feat. Dr. Dre ??? ???California Love???
- ???California Love???

Notorious B.I.G. ??? ???Juicy???
- ???It was all a dream I used to read Word Up magazine/Salt N??? Pepper and Heavy D up in the limousine/Hangin??? pictures on my wall/Every Saturday rap attack just to match a mali mall???


The Roots ??? ???The Seed (2.0)
- ???Push my seed in my push for life/It???s gonna work because I???m pushin it right/If Mary drop my baby girl tonight/I would name her Rock N??????

Eminem ??? ???My Name Is???
- ???Hi, my name is/What?/My name is/Who?/jigga jigga Slim Shady

Missy Elliot ??? ???Work It???
- ???Is it worth it, let me work it/ I put by thing down flip it and reverse it/It???s your fremme neppa venette/It???s your fremme neppa venette???

Soulja Boy ??? ???Crank That (Soulja Boy)???
- ???Soulja Boy off in this oh/Watch me crank it, watch me roll/Watch me crank dat, Soulja Boy/Then Superman dat oh/Now watch me you/Crank dat, Soulja Boy/Now watch me you/Crank dat, Soulja Boy???

T.I. feat. Rihanna ??? ???Live Your Life???
???Mia ya hee, Miya ya ha, Miya ya hee, Miye ya ha ha/You???ve gotta live your life/Hey, Hey-ey eh-ey eh-ey/You steady chasin that paper???

Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx ??? ???Gold Digger???
- ???You take my money, when I???m in need/Yeah, she???s a triflin??? friend indeed/She certainly is/Oh she???s a gold digger, way over town, that digs on me/

Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys
-???Yeah I???m up at Brooklyn, now I???m down in Tribeca/Right next to De Niro/But I???ll be hood forever/Statue of Liberty/Long live the World Trade/Everybody sing it/Everybody sing it/In New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of/ There???s nothing you can???t do/Now you???re in New York, New York, New York???

Suger Hill Gang ??? ???Rapper???s Delight???
???I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie/to the hip hip hop/Ya don???t stop???

Written by:
ADAM KEEFE HOROVITZ, JOSEPH WARD SIMMONS, DARRYL MATTHEWS MCDANIELS, RICK RUBIN

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