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Rock the House Lyrics


When we rock the house there is no doubt
(Is no doubt)
That me and Ready C will turn it out
(Turn it out)
We're down with the DJ Jazzy Jeff
(Jazzy Jeff)And you know that we are def
(That we're def)
And you should not settle for less than the undisputed best
That's right, we are the bestEverywhere we go, every time we do a show
Everybody wants to know how we make em say ho
The way we do is not a magical trick
It's just a lotta def rhymes
(Just like this)Somebody yell, Hooo hooo-ho, say, Ho, ho, ho, hoNow I'm the Fresh Prince, hello, how do you do?
I just have a little fun with the rest of my crew
So take a chill and just relax
Yo, Ready C, pretend that you're a D.J. and scratchAll right now, bust a move
And get the hell out if you're tryin' to bust the groove
'Cause we came to party all through the night

And we're excommunicating those who don't act rightThis is a party, so grab somebody
Drink some Bacardi and dance with everybody
The feeling's good, some people think it's great
Get on the dance floor and let your body gyrate
In cadence with the beat, just move your feet
While the Prince is on the rhyme
(Ready C is on the beat)My beat box rocks everywhere we go
Getting utterly respected at every show
No other can beat me
No girl can out-freak me, man, I'm getting tired
Ready C, give me a beat, pleaseHe does a lot that others cannot do Ready C and the Prince
The toughest two man crew
We're coming out rockin' and we're takin' what's ours
Ready C is the man and the suckers he devours
Beat after beat he gains respectReady C is the man that's keepin' others in check
I like to rock with him, side by side
Me and Ready cold chillin' with the utmost pride
So if you're not down by law to rock the spotThen get the hell out, 'cause we're never gonna stop my beatbox
We been rockin' kinda hard ever since we begun
Yo Ready C, man, play Stanford and Son
Now play it under waterHow 'bout a fresh beat a fresh beat Ready C
How 'bout a fresh beat a fresh beat bust itWell, his name is Ready C, and I'm tellin' you
He can play a beat forwards and backwards too
Play it backwards
Bust it BackwardsDo you know where you're going to
And do you like the things that Ready C is showin' you? Showing you
Where you're goin' to, goin' to
Do you know that we are down by law?We want you all to know that we're primal of all
And when we rock the house there is no doubt
That me and Ready C will turn it out
Do you know where you're goin' to
And do you like the things that Ready C is showin' you?

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DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince was a 1980s and 1990s rap duo. The vocalist of this duo, Will Smith, met Jeff Townes while trying to make a name for himself in West Philadelphia’s local party/rap scene. After joining forces, the team became local celebrities. Philadelphia-based Pop Art Records released their first single, Girls Ain’t Nothing but Trouble, in late 1985, a tale of misadventures with the opposite sex. The song sampled the theme of I Dream of Jeannie. Smith became known for lighthearted, storytelling raps and capable, through curse-free, 'battle' rhymes. Townes was known for his turntable acrobatics, and is credited by many as inventing a style of scratching called "transforming".

Based off this success, the duo were brought to the attention of Jive Records and Russell Simmons’. Their first album, Rock the House, debuted on Jive in the summer of 1987. The band found themselves on their first major tour with Run DMC, Public Enemy, and others, that same year. The album sold about 300,000 units. Their 1988 follow-up hit, He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper made them multi-platinum stars. Mostly recorded in the UK, the album was rap musics’s first double-vinyl LP release (also issued as a single cassette and CD). Parents Just Don’t Understand, the lead-off single, made them MTV household names, and tracks like Brand New Funk was received well by their fans. Rock The House was re-released to gold sales later that year.

Another single, Nightmare on My Street, showcased a fictional confrontation with movie villain Freddy Krueger. Coinciding with the release of the fourth Nightmare on Elm Street film (1988’s "The Dream Master"), New Line Cinema was not pleased. A video allegedly shot for the single was buried, and a disclaimer was hastily included on pressings of the album indicating that the record was not officially affiliated with any of the "Nightmare" films (ironically, Jive Records ended up releasing the soundtrack to the next film in the series, "The Dream Child").

1989 saw the release of And In This Corner..., which sold gold, but saw the duo slip in popularity. The crossover curse of various rap acts had come to pass, as their initial audience felt they had become too accessible; non-crossover rap acts like Big Daddy Kane and Boogie Down Productions had bigger street followings; meanwhile, pop radio had latched on to new faces like Tone Loc and Young MC, while non-radio followers became more enamored with hardcore acts like Ice-T and 2 Live Crew. In a bit of mild irony, the lead single, I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson, featured the brawler in its video, but shortly after the band’s Grammy performance in 1990, Tyson lost his first fight with Buster Douglas.

Smith would later admit to a spendthrift attitude during this time, becoming near-broke, which led him to feel he had nothing to lose when a TV producer approached him to do a show on NBC. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air boosted his profile, and pocketbook, giving him the leverage to stage a comeback album, Homebase, in 1991. The platinum album featured the lead-off single Summertime, which has become one of their most enduring hits. Code Red, their last studio LP as a duo, released in 1993 to gold sales. The duo made it to the very top of the Singles charts in 1993 with the single Boom! Shake The Room.

Shortly afterward, Smith began to look at acting full-time; his movie roles increased, finally getting his first lead role in 1995’s Bad Boys. 1996’s Independence Day cemented him as a major draw, and he left the Fresh Prince that same year. Strangely, he and Townes ended up being sued by Jive, who alleged that the duo still owed them albums. In an intervew, Smith has stated that while shooting the Men in Black movie, Smith approached Jive with the "Men in Black" single; they turned him down, saying that it couldn’t be a hit. In the aftermath of the movie and soundtrack’s success, the duo settled the lawsuit out of court. Hence, their Greatest Hits compilation includes two cuts from the M.I.B. soundtrack.

Since then, of course, Smith has released three Columbia/Sony albums under his own name; a separate "solo" hits cd was released in 2003. Jazzy Jeff, meanwhile, recorded an aborted album for Columbia in 1999 (including a song with Eminem), and then independently released The Magnificent in 2002. He has also become an R&B producer of note, overseeing releases by Jill Scott and others.

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