hook
tic toc this is how we rock
throw your hands in the air and do it for your block um
tic toc this is how we rock
throw your hands in the air and please don’t stop um
tic toc this is how we rock
tic toc you don’t stop
doitall
tic toc this is how we rock
we’re those same um brothers that brought you chief rocka
now um underground’s my style
to this i have vows
and i swear to my god
i’ll always rock a crowd
so um peace to my area nwk
which is scarier
so if your on the deals
who cares the more the merrier
now right off south orange
on the block of onenine
of course thirteenth ave
is my stomping grounds
i open up my chest
and to my ‘hood give my heart
cause without the heart
then your ‘hood falls apart
so respect to the cement
the park called the corner
cause that’s where the doitalldo was performing
runnin’ from the cops
i couldn’t be stopped
cause i was jumpin’ big gates that connected the blocks
now before making records
the ‘hood was my savior
but now i’m making tunes to make you jam wit ‘cha neighbor
hook
tic toc this is how we rock
throw your hands in the air and do it for your block um
tic toc this is how we rock
throw your hands in the air and please don’t stop um
tic toc this is how we rock
throw your hands in the air and represent your block um
tic toc this is how we rock
tic toc you don’t stop
mr funke
well i be the funkular
ultrafunkular
gammafunkular
half you rappers out there couldn’t see me with binoculars
anyone who thinks he’ll take me out is just a dreamer
if you think you’re the bomb then i’m hiroshima
when i die
i hope they’re making records up in heaven
on a scale of one to ten
i’m like 005th
and sticksandstonesmaybreakmybones
but if you ever try to diss the lords then it’s on
now i go on beat
off beat
then jump right back on time
i drop another rhyme
and talk about your fat ugly mama eewww
mc’s cannot rock me
i’m stoneproof
me grabbin’ the mic
is like superman running to a phone booth
straight from martin luther king boulevard
in the heart of newark new jersey
make you say lord have mercy
if you step up in my face
then it’s do or die
and i’m gonna make you cry waaahhhhh
hook
tic toc this is how we rock
throw your hands in the air and do it for your block um
tic toc this is how we rock
throw your hands in the air and please don’t stop um
tic toc this is how we rock
throw your hands in the air and represent your block um
tic toc this is how we rock
tic toc you don’t stop
doitall
well times have changed
not only for the urban
but also for suburban
we get props we’re deservin’
from black kids to white kids
i see them bob their heads
from the blonde hair to redhead
i even seen a dread
so now it doesn’t matter
as the clock winds down
with the tic and the toc
because they love the sound
but people ’round your area
say you sell out
because you sell a million copies
and your tone goes baaaaooww
so do it for yourself
and do it for the ‘hood
but do it from the heart
cause that’s when it’s good
now tell me what’s gonna happen
after the rappin’
when the clock ticks away
and ain’t nothin’ happenin’
4 mr funke
i remember way back in the days on my block
when the kids used to meet up in the hallway and rock
on martin luther king’s boulevard
with pc wise easy ed and my brother hard bernard
used to hit the ill rhymes from the head
while i’d hit the beat on the wall until my hands turned red
you had the shorty two mc’s
the educated three
i have to give them props for helping me be me
now i’m the one who’s educated
i suffered but i made it
i only write rhymes that will be appreciated
no matter how large i get
the fire still burns
cause from the ‘hood i came
and to the ‘hood i must return
hook
tic toc this is how we rock
throw your hands in the air and do it for your block um
tic toc this is how we rock
throw your hands in the air and please don’t stop um
tic toc this is how we rock
throw your hands in the air and represent your block um
tic toc this is how we rock
tic toc you don’t stop
Artist: Lords Of The Underground
Year: 1994
Decade: 90s
Language: en
Word Count: 409