Coolio - Throwdown 2000 lyrics

Are you ready to throw down? Yes, we are
Well, get on down like you're 'posed to
And shake your ass on the
Carpet like the old school
Are you ready to throw down? Yes, we are
Well, get on down like you're 'posed to
And give a loc a little
Dap when he roll through

If it be a dope beat that all y'all seek
Get up out your seat and
Let me see your technique
Freak your physique and you
Bet' not come weak
Make it hot and sweaty like
Twenty deep in a jeep
Never comin' cheap, 40 creep, and I
Hope you don't mind if I borrow a
Few things while you go to sleep
I steal knowledge from the rich and
Give it to the poor, it's


Coolio loco, the ghetto witch doctor
Super you are take it from the back and
Bring it to the front
'Cause you gotta give the
People what they want, lil' punk
Do the stomp, do the butt, big homie
Shake your gut
As long as you get your ass up (Up)
It's a party over here and
Let me make it clear
40 Thevz is the crew, so you better come anew
Ain't a damn thing change since the first one
And if you didn't hear the album, go get one
(Get one)

Are you ready to throw down? Yes, we are
Well, get on down like you're 'posed to
And shake your ass on the
Carpet like the old school
Are you ready to throw down? Yes, we are
Well, get on down like you're 'posed to
And give a loc a little
Dap when he roll through

Here come the thief on the old school beat
And I never knew the meaning
Of the word defeat
The master of disguise wanna
See the people rise
Yet, fools try to deny that the mind is fly
Just cook 'em all up like gumbo
And block they ass like Mutumbo
'Cause your album dropped off
The charts like Dumbo
We are new and improved to make
You put on your boogie shoes
Like KC and the Sunshine Band
Or the Wu Tang Clan
I go way back like Vegas, Nixon, Noreaga
It's the tennis shoe players fat
Box on the crossfader
Now what if hip-hop was like Humpty
Dumpty sittin' on the wall
And what if hip-hop had to
Take a great fall? And
What if rhyme was a crime
And each and every time
That you spit a dope line
You might have to do some time?
Most of these clowns will be
Tryin' to skip town
But Coolio will be ready for the showdown

Are you ready to throw down? Yes, we are
Well, get on down like you're 'posed to
And shake your ass on the
Carpet like the old school
Are you ready to throw down? Yes, we are
Well, get on down like you're 'posed to
And pass a joint to the
Loc when he roll through

If the shoe fit, put it on and step
And if your ass can't cash
Don't let your mouth write no check
Fools be in the fours or
The vans with a switch
Uppercuts and karate kicks from
Weird Al yank-it-quick
From Tokyo to Sojo, rollin' with the 4-0
This hip-hop that I'm holding'll make
You remove your coat it's the mandingo
Everything but rhyme's broken
Breakin' and enterin' first
Position I supported
You can't understand how I do it
I'm just true to it
I let my pen flow across the paper
Like it was made in fluent, uh
Let it ring, let it rip, everybody holler
Like Marvin Gaye
But don't you let the record skip
Synchronize the watch 'cause the
Party don't stop
'Til the neighborhood watch call the cops
It's the wild-ass festival
Coast line veteran
Once again droppin' bombs on your section
(On your section)

Are you ready to throw down? Yes, we are
Well, get on down like you're 'posed to
And shake your ass on the
Carpet like the old school
Are you ready to throw down? Yes, we are
Well, get on down like you're 'posed to
And pass the brew to the
Loc when he roll through
Are you ready to throw down? Yes, we are
Well, get on down like you're 'posed to
And shake your ass on the
Carpet like the old school
Are you ready to throw down? Yes, we are
Well, get on down like you're 'posed to
And give a loc a little
Dap when he roll through (Fool)