Futura 2000, Fab 5 Freddy - The Escapades Rap lyrics

Futura is my name
And I say graffiti is where I got my fame
But it's not my fame that I'm here to claim
I wanna tell the real story about my game
Aw, yeah
This is just a little tune about graffiti

The idea is to let you know
That graffiti is rockin' and it's on the go
And there's a lot more to it
If you check in to it
But the problem is you're probably
Lookin' right through it

It started for me back in seventy-two
I really wasn't sure what I wanted to do
I saw names everywhere, style color
And flair i knew I had to join in
I knew my answer was there
There was TAKI bein' tacky with
His Dri Mark pen
He was writin' his name way back then
Frank 207, SJK (Aw, yeah)
COCO144 and the UGA, PHASE2, stay hot
Graffiti is a thing that's
Kinda hard to explain
It's not just runnin' around
Spray paintin' your name
It starts as a game, can't stay the same
Dedication makes you put it
In a different frame joe 136 (To the beat)
And there were writers in the past
Who I bet if you asked
Would say graffiti cannot last
But they crossed that rail and
They blazed that trail
And it's because of them that I won't fail
(You know it)
You know they jumped that fence
They crossed that track
And it's because of them I
Can never be the wack (And you know that)
(To the beat)

There's a side that's good and
There's a side that's bad
And on the inside graffiti's always have
That individual desire which I
Guess I most admire
That need to bomb, to set things on fire
(Down by law)
I painted the train and I called
I guess until then I wasn't really awake
I realized then what I could do
I just check out the scene
From a whole new view
It wasn't hard, you see
It didn't take much time
I started out with a def design
There were no others there
But I didn't care
When the car rolled by, it made people stare
But are they more aware? (To the beat)
Crash, Daze, and Ali
The boys are bad and they're down with me
Graffiti (To the beat) , what's it gonna be? (To the beat)
Zephyr, Dondi and Lee (To the beat)
Ed Koch, unlock the house, check it out

The idea is to let you know
That graffiti is rockin' and it's on the go
And there's a lot more to it
If you check in to it
But the problem is people are
Lookin' right through it

You got Wild Style
Style Wars comin' on strong
Charlie A henry and the list goes on
Biggest toy, a small, young boy
The inside king and full car joy
A show in France, a new romance
Paint another train and take another chance
It's all about this when you're
Livin' in the city
People out there won't have no pity
(Ride it out, sure shot)
You got many young minds with a lot to say
All this paint and the subway's grey
And soon the efforts, they're buffed away
By the monster machines of the MTA
Erol, man, you ever see that buffing machine?
(Cold blooded) nah
Writin' on the wall, no talent at all
A simple scrawl, a bathroom stall
A project hall, hey
Graffiti's everywhere, y'all
(You don't stop the body, body, body
Body rock)
I was maxin' hard with a friend of mine
He's now my lawyer and he'll rock your mind
We call him Fab 5 Freddy or Freddy B
You know he rocks the mic
A-to the highest degree
Freddy, I threw you down, you see
'Cause we both rock shots
And makin' history
A-to the funky beat, to the funky beat
Funky beat I freak, freak, freak

The idea is to let you know
That graffiti is rockin' and it's on the go
And there's a lot more to it
If you check in to it
But the problem is you probably
Just can't do it

To the beat, beat, beat, the beat, the beat
Beat beat, let's get to it

Keith Haring, rock the house
And the downtown scene, rock
Shock the house now
Jean-Michel, you're doin' swell, ya know ya
Ya know ya got real clientele (My mellow)
Rock the house (My mellow)
And shock the house (A-rock on)
Rust-Oleum, rock the house
(Rock on) , hey (A-rock on)
Graffiti, rock, shock the show
(A-rock on, a-rock on, a-rock on, a-rock on)
F-U T-U-R-A
Shockin' the rhyme until the break of day
Check me out, and ya don't stop (Fab 5)
Fab free's what I be about
(To the beat-beat, to the beat-beat)
Alright, got my man Mick cuttin' the mix
(To the beat) no tricks
(The beat, the beat, the beat, beat, beat
Beat)
(Beat, beat the beat, a-to the beat, beat)
To The Clash, you're rockin' the house
Hey, thanks a lot, shock-shock the house
(A-shock the house) f-U T-U-R-A, hey
Futura's what I spray
(Check it out, check, check it out)
New York City, rock the house (Check it out)
Graffiti, rock, shock the house
(Check, check, check it out)
(Check, check it out) , city-wide
Front Gallery (Lower east side
Lower east side rockin' on)
Front Gallery, and ya don't stop
(To the beat, a-to the beat, the beat
The beat, Do or die, Bed Stuy, rock on)

The idea is to let you know
That graffiti is rockin' and it's on the go
And there's a lot more to it
If you check in to it
But the problem is you probably
Just can't do it

Ya don't stop the body rock
Fab 5 is in the house
Out, check, check, check, check, check it out
You don't, you don't stop
And you don't stop that body rock
You don't, you don't, you don't stop
You don't stop, you don't, you don't
You don't you don't stop that body rock

Rockin' the house
I said the word, you're rock
Shockin' the house (Without a doubt)
Mysterious, Mysterious, hey
You never know it's delirious
Get down, stop, stop messin' around
The man is in your town
Ooh, do you know that? 'Cause
It's not the wack
And to The Clash, you're rockin' the house
Hey, thanks a lot, shock, shock the house
F-U T-U-R-A, hey
And you know that, Futura is what I spray, ha