The Reverend

[ INTRO: The Fresh Prince acting as 'The Reverend' ]
 Now brothers and sisters
 There comes a time in your life you've got to get up and get busy
 Can I get a witness?
 (Yes, brother, yes!)
 Now I don't know if you're prepared to embark upon this journey
 But the time is running out
 Brother Jazzy, break it down
 [ VERSE 1: The Fresh Prince ]
 Liggedy-ladies and gentlemen, hello, and how are you doin all?
 Now there's a problem that we really have got to solve
 In our society there's a big mess
 People are having entirely too much stress
 And me and Jeff, yo, we've been workin on
 A way to ease your everyday burdens of
 Work and school, because we thought that we should
 Make a record that makes people feel good
 This is a remedy, simple and basic
 You work too hard, come on, face it
 You gotta treat yourself, you deserve it
 Dance like a wild person, come on, you earned it
 Young and old and old and young
 Relax, come on, cool out, come and get some
 You gotta let yourself go get loose, it's
 Cool - dance to the music
 [ VERSE 2: The Fresh Prince ]
 Say? J-e-f? this beat is def
 Can I get a witness, Jeff? (Yes)
 Are you ready to start things off yet?
 (-) Aight bet
 Clap your hands and dance, come on, let's do this
 Here is a hip-hop track with a new twist
 Designed to ignite a subliminal dance fuse
 And even if you can't dance, you can't lose!
 It's for everybody, you included
 We hooked up a beat and a rhyme and e.q.-ed it
 We put it on a tape and took it to [Name]
 And then we - yo Jeff, where's my beat at?
 Oh, there it is, back to the story line
 The music and rhyme are designed to make you have a (good time)
 At the party, or wherever you hear it pumpin
 Get up and twist or breakdance or shake somethin
 Yo man, this groove is all of that!
 And it's different from anything we've done, in fact
 I might even go as far as to say
 This cut shines bright on the darkest day
 And sometimes you really need some light
 Like when your teacher or boss ain't actin right
 This will quench your thirst to chill, it hits the spot
 Give em a taste, yo Jeff, let the beat rock
 (*only the beat is heard*)
 [ BREAK: The Fresh Prince acting as 'The Reverend' ]
 Now Brother Jazzy
 Please enlighten us with a bassline
 (*Jazzy Jeff lets the bassline play*)
 And for all the people assembled before us
 Brother Jazzy, scratch
 (*Jazzy Jeff cuts*)
 [ The Fresh Prince ]
 We're at the top, not the bottom or the middle
 We're the freshest, the deffest, the best, Jeff, cut it up a little
 (Oh, I get it, you wanna dance!)
 [ VERSE 3: The Fresh Prince ]
 Ahhhh... the time is now to get up and dance and move
 And clap and jump and jam and feel the groove
 I want you wigglin and jigglin and stompin and shakin
 And showin your approval for the records me and Jeff are makin
 We got a brand new album out
 And dancin and shakin and movin is what it's all about
 We want everybody to get busy
 You're not down with the Rev, then get with it
 This is a new age, history turned a new page
 They said that we would decay and I say who do they
 Think they're dealing with, a couple of amateurs?
 I'm willin to bet to where this jam hits
 At your job and at your school dance and also on the radio
 Winter inside the house, summer on the patio
 Let me get out of here before I lose it
 But remember the motto, y'all: dance to the music
 [ OUTRO: The Fresh Prince acting as 'The Reverend' ]
 Now now
 Ladies and gentlemen of the congregation
 We realize you are not in a position to get up and dance right now
 So we'd like to ask of you, if you're in your car, honk your horn
 Honk your horn to the rhythm
 We'd like to ask, if you're behind the desk at your job
 We'd like you to tap your pen and pencil to the rhythm
 If you're walkin down the street
 You can be a little discreet
 And snap your fingers to the beat
 But if you are in a position
 To get up and dance
 We'd like to ask you to wiggle and jiggle everything you got
 And get involved with it
 This has been the Reverend signin off
 Signin off
 Signin off