Bad Ass. I listen with the segue before it too. Such a great track.

Very funky song. A must have.



spell edit
[Edited 2/1/10 16:36pm]

oh yes - totally love it! One of the standout cuts on that album.....and Prince just how I like him on this track.

Fantastic bass line, great lyrics and lots of tight electronics, samples, effects, intricate layers and studio wizardry. the good old days

this song is tight...

just wish there was some extra exclamations on the drum programing.
but this one is sure to knock pictures of the wall when the volume dial is turned up to max.... ... the touches of flute is cool 2

"bow down mu' fucka"
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[Edited 2/1/10 11:54am]

And the lyrics are cool: "Bow down - bow down." The key change lower that makes it funk and sneak even deeper... The preacher coming in at the end...

YES! and indeed YES!

Kick ass.

{crowd noise}
Ahh yeah
Oww!
Hit me band!
Oww! (Hey, hey)
Hit me band! (Yep)
From out of nowhere so they came
Smellin' like a dozen cans of wet Magic Shave (What's that funky smell?)
Some fool in a red mask totin' a one-eyed bass
Pulled it out, stuck it up the police officer's face and said...

CHORUS:
Bow down muthafucka, surrender your rod (Watch it nigga!)
Nothin' can save U unless His name is God
U better get your house in order, it's gettin' late (Move nigga!)
The return of the bump squad is comin' your way (Hey, hey)

Get off me jigger before I get perturbed
Find a job, lose the herb (Stop smokin', oh no!)
24 half eaten chicken legs (Can't do that!)
Make U wanna holler, make U beg (Yep)

U don't understand where I'm comin' from
I don't want your woman if she's acting dumb
She ain't got no money, so how she gonna pay?
If the girl can't have it when they grab a hold of me and say...

Bow down muthafucka, surrender your rod (Watch it nigga!)
Nothin' can save U unless His name is God
U better get your house in order, I said it's gettin' late (Move nigga!)
The return of the bump squad is comin' your way (Hey, hey)

Hey, come on
Hey
Mmm, come on

Another house party is running late (Damn!)
Nona's in the backyard, but she got 2 wait (Really though?) (Move nigga!)
She's got 2 get free y'all so she can sell her tape
Add an E 2 rap (What?), and it spells rape
Mmm hmm

Come on baby, wake up
I'm sleepy (Nothin' can save ya!)
Come on, let me lick your nipple
I... I got a headache (Nothin' can save ya!)
Oww!

Bow down muthafucka
The return of the bump squad
Bow down, bow down, mmm
It's coming your way

Calmate, mi hijo {Take it easy, man}
No vayas tan duro {Don't do it so hard}
Estas caderas estan hechas para el amor {These hips are made 4 love}
Oye, espera un segundo! {Hey listen, wait a minute!}
Tu eres como un cono! {U are like a pussy!}

{repeat "Nona" in the BG}
Bow down muthafucka, surrender your rod
Nothin' can save U unless His name is God
U better get your house in order, it's gettin' late
The return of the bump squad is comin' your way

(Hey girls, come on up here)
Add that E 2 rap, what's it spell?
Bow down muthafucka (Awww shit!)
U heard them niggas said bow down

Bow down muthafucka, surrender your rod
(Nona, U wanna sell that tape?)
Nothin' can save U unless His name is God
(Ha ha, U know she do)
U better get your house in order, it's gettin' late
The return of the bump squad is comin' your way

Y'all hold that groove 4 a while while I pull out the good book
(Chill out nigga, we don't need that shit!)
As they journey from the Mt. Horeb by the way of the Red sea
(Broke ass muthafucka, ha ha ha)
2 compass the Land of Edom
And the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way
(Wanna holler)
And the people spake against God and against Moses
(Wanna holler)
Wherefore have ye brought us up 2 Egypt 2 die in the wilderness
(Wanna holler)

So we sayin' y'all U can bump, but U best get your house in order
And get back in the music books U no changin' juvenile delinquent ass jiggers
And turn that loop off, damn!

(Yep)
Hey Sonny? (What man?)
Ain't y'all got a record player? (Yep)
Well, why the hell don't U use them?
I'm tired of hearin' the same damn records all the fuckin' time! (Yep)

Return of the bump squad {repeat}
(Bow down muthafucka!)
(Bow down!) (Yep)
(Bow down muthafucka!)
(Bow down!)
(CHORUS)

CHORUS

White business man tryin' 2 convince brother 2 get job

ufoclub said:

Do you have the live version from NPGMC 2001? It's just as hot, if not a bit hotter, than the CD track.

ernestsewell said:

Is that the one that's also on a soundboard bootleg (I think originally from "T"?)

I have all the club stuff on a hard drive and burned to CD's somewhere... need to dig it up.

ufoclub said:

I don't know about T's version, but this one came from the NPG Music Club, year one.

ufoclub said:

where did u get those extra tracks on the NPG Ahdio? mine ends with the outro - figures got taken again.

facedown7 said:

Those were "Premium Membership" tracks that came with a higher subscription rate.

Mindflux said:

The good old days indeed. 2nd best track on a very cool album. The best being The Exodus Has Begun. My favourite era .Loved the underground P when no one else gave a shit!!

kookooman73 said:

True. P has so many cool sides. People who criticize his post-1988 output are just lazy!

that song is the JAM

jdcxc said:

1992-1996 was just as exciting, creative, prolific and fucking incredible as 1982-1989 was.

kookooman73 said:

Have you heard the bootleg version of Exodus Has Begun? Almost the same, but no scratching, and there's this crazy laser toy gun noise quietly looped on the rhythm... I like this use of that bass "monkey" noise loop better than in Billy Jack Bitch.

it's like having the keys to Whitehall.

Diminishing faster by the day.

Cx

til some MOFO cum break my bollocks - i'm on a hungerstrike mission.

maybe Prince realised that Parliament was Unbreakable
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mrsquirrel said:

???

ufoclub said:

Is that the "early configuration" of the CD that's floating around?

ernestsewell said:

That's a bold statement but I respect your guts!

jdcxc said:

You said the same thing, in so many words. No?

ernestsewell said:

Not quite, but I do believe that his 1990's period will be re-evaluated and appreciated when all is said and done. With Prince, there is so much quality material to digest for the average music fan over the span of 30+ years. That's why you really can't compare him to any contemporary pop artist. Prince is such a complex musician.

jdcxc said:

ernestsewell said:

Hmmm. Isn't annoying when you find out you've been singing totally incorrect lyrics to one of your favourite songs for 15 years!!

oh well!

Erik

ernestsewell said:

I think so... it has many tracks in earlier mixed form, but still sounding quite final.

very very funky.

great song

ufoclub said: