Don't Even Try It
(专辑: Rock The House - 1987)
[Fresh Prince:] Yo Jeff, what's shakin, man? [Jazzy Jeff:] What's up, dude? [Fresh Prince:] Hey man, you remember that girl I
knew I
walking to school, man The
one who used to diss me every day? [Jazzy Jeff:] Yeah [Fresh Prince:] When the
record came out she called me two days ago, man [Jazzy Jeff:] Man, my phone is ringin off the
hook With people askin me for tapes and free records I
man, I
ain't with it [Fresh Prince:] Word man Bust this [Fresh Prince:] This rap is for you people in the
past who were against me Who snatched up every opportunity to dis me Put me down like I
was nothin, treated me like a
jerk Now I'm seein the
pay-off of all my hard work Cause now that it's MY records on the
wheels Somehow all of a
sudden it's a
whole new deal So for those in the
past who dissed me, don't deny it What, you're sorry? Huh don't even try it! [Jazzy Jeff:] Word man [Fresh Prince:] Man, people are a
trip, man [Jazzy Jeff:] Put everybody down about what's up with that [Fresh Prince:] Yo word, man I
gotta let em know I
gotta [Jazzy Jeff:] Bust this [Fresh Prince:] I
used to know this girl by the
name of Theresa I
did all I
could to make her release her Emotions to me, but she just wouldn't do it She built up a
wall and I
couldn't break through it I
used to walk to school every day of the
week Watchin Theresa walk on the
other side of the
street One day I
finally got my heart up to speak But she dissed me and dismissed me with a
smack on my cheek So I
bought six bottles of new fancy cologne But all I
got from Theresa was (Leave me alone!) I
bought new clothes to wear everyplace But all Theresa would say was (Get out of my face!) So I
gave up this quest for Theresa But then on the
day my record was released, a
Strange thing happened when it came on the
radio Theresa broke her neck just to say (Hello..) I
looked at her, I
said, "You must be foolish Why did you ignore me on the
way to school if You were interested?" She said (Oh, I
apologize) I
looked deep into her dark brown eyes I
said, "You ignored me for months on and Now all of a
sudden you wanna be my friend? You didn't talk before, so don't talk now, be quiet What, you really like me? Huh don't even try it!" [Jazzy Jeff:] Man she had a
lotta nerve, man [Fresh Prince:] Word man Hey man, but she ain't had half as much nerve as that old record producer, man Remember when he dissed us, man? [Jazzy Jeff:] What what up? [Fresh Prince:] When I
first started rappin I
had one idea And it was set in my mind very vivid and clear I
knew that I
wanted to be a
rap artist I
would give my all and work my hardest But when I
took my song to a
record producer He told me that I
better go drink some rap juice, or Something, cause my song was really absurd He said that it was the
worst trash that he'd ever heard You know my ego was shattered, he busted my groove I
could hear him crackin up as I
left the
booth (Ha-haaa!) I
thought my song was good but he busted my bubble The
title was 'Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble' Luckily I
found someone who had faith He lifted my ego back up into place His name was Dana Goodman and he thought my song was on track So two weeks later it was out on wax It busted up the
charts like a
hydrogene bomb Up, up, up, up it clim-clim-climbed I
made people eat the
words that said I
couldn't achieve Now they had no choice but to believe In me, then no sooner than my record came out That same old producer started callin my house One night he called me 'bout at half past 12 He said, "I've got some cash if you wanna sell" I
said, "You big, stupid, half-wit idiot I
told you before that my record was a
hit But you just laughed like I
was some kind of kid Now don't you regret what you did? I
wish you'd get off my tip, yes, that's my request You see, he who laughs last, always laughs best Okay, I'll be reasonable You wanna buy it? Okay, I'll sell it psych don't even try it!" [Jazzy Jeff:] Ha-ha That's how you gotta put it to him [Fresh Prince:] Word man, that's how you gotta.. [Jazzy Jeff:] You know what? Let me tell you something I
got dissed so hard, man Bust this I'ma tell YOU what's up [Jazzy Jeff (& Fresh Prince):] Yo Prince do you remember when we first started out How we used to go to all the
parties just to rock the
house? (Word man, I
remember those good days well) Why chill out, man, cause I
got a
story to tell About five years ago I
began my quest To be the
best deejay in the
whole U.S. There was a
lot of deejays strivin for my spot They would put me down every chance they got Never cut me a
break on any given night They used to all look at me and say (Pfsss.. Jeff's aight) (But when your 'Magnficient Cuts' were released All of that laughter ceased) Word (When you and I
used to do our shows All the
crowd would say was 'HO, HO, HO') Yeah, time after time we were tearin it up While you rocked the
mic and I
rocked the
cut But now that I'm makin a
name for myself All those deejays are like (Yo Jeff, what's up?) But all that stuff is dead, no, I
ain't with it They approach me on the
street and say (Yo Jeff, how 'bout a
ticket Man, to your very next show?) But I
say no and I
tell em where they can go I
can't believe that they had the
nerve To hop on my tip now! (Yeah man, word) Just the
other day homebody approached me on the
street And said (Yo Jeff, how 'bout a
record for free?) I
said, Man, the
way you dissed me, you better go buy it! (But Jeff we're friends) For real? Don't even try it! [Jazzy Jeff:] Hey man, I'm tellin you Straight up You know how it is, man [Fresh Prince:] Man people People are a
trip, man [Jazzy Jeff:] Maybe they'll know next time not to dis people Knawmsayin? [Fresh Prince:] We told em We let em know [Jazzy Jeff:] Cause I
ain't with it, man That stuff is dead [Fresh Prince:] Dig it Aight Jeff, chill, man Aight