With the year coming to an end, Tsunamis wreaking havoc, people reflecting on the year that was 2004, I think it's time we throwback to Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock's Joy 'N Pain. Because it's so fitting right now.



::beat kicks in::

Joy and pain
Like sunshine and rain
Joy and pain
Like sunshine and rain

Verse 1:
Well I'm the new kid, I'm just comin' up
A lot of rappers think that I can't tear it up
Well I'm 'a show 'em and ignore 'em
And when they think I ain't lookin' I floor 'em
I mean take 'em out I keep groovin'
A slick bass line keep the beat movin'
They can't take it they just fake it
They wonder how the Rob Base make it
I get ill, you know the deal
Cuz this is how the Rob Base feels

Chorus

Verse 2:
I keep smokin', hot like fire
You had the turn, now retire
Don't talk back, I'm not a new jack
Cuz I'm fresher than you, an' you're whacked
I keep tryin', I'm not lyin'
Up to number 1 is where I'm flyin'
I won't slow down cuz I'm the new kid
With the devastatin' sound that hits
In the house where I used to practice
No one knew the Rob exists, but now
I'm gettin' greedy, don't lead me
The wrong way cuz is just might, might, might
Bring me down, I'll have to fight to get back up
Move away cuz I just won't slack up

Chorus

Now, I go to shows to watch other MCs rock
And if they're good, I don't knock
The way they perform cuz I like to see a good show
After that, go play C-low, y'know
Cuz I'm a leader, no I'm not a follower
And MCs like you I swallow 'em
So don't look and try to judge me
Because you think that I'm another MC, well
I'm the new kind, I just moved around
But that don't mean I can't rip up the town
Me an' my boys, we make noise
I hate MCs that think they're with toys
I'm hittin' harder than any other MC
Who try to come up and go against me

Chorus

Verse 4

Not from the old school or from the new
Applaud the boom, do what you want to
Talk to me then try to put me down
We used to be cool now we don't hang around
Used to be friends but now we're foes
Ask me why, man, no one knows
Maybe jealousy between you and me
Could be the fame, could be the money
I'm goin' for mine and I don't really care
Cuz the spotlight Rob Base don't share
I'm the headliner of this show
And you're just a kid and you need to grow, because

Chorus

Okay, I can't help hearing the sample "Put The Music Where Your Mouth Is" (Olympic Runners???) and doing the Funky Four Corners.

UptownDeb said:

::joins UptownDeb::

::doin' the Running Man::

::the Troop::

::the Cabbage Patch::

::the Snake::

Hype party track!

I like the extended "World To World Remix" with the singer adlibbin' on the end.

Joy-oh-oh-OH-oh-oh-OHHHH-yeah!

Couple years back I sampled Rob for "I'm Losin (My Best Friend)" (Cee's 2002 ish) I used this part of the final verse:

didn't Frankie Beverly get a ton of money by suing Rob Base for that pre-P.Diddy liberal sampling of Joy and Pain?