Farmers Blvd. (Our Anthem) LL Cool J

[00:01.87] (Hey man, don't you realize
[00:03.66] In order for us to make this thing work, man
[00:04.58] We've got to get rid of the pimps, and the pushers, and the prostitutes?)
[00:06.46] Ba-ha-ha-ha...
[00:07.32] Yes, yes, y'all
[00:10.12] [ Cool J ]Ah, ah
[00:11.05] That's funky
[00:11.94] [ Marley Marl ]Yeah
[00:13.88] Hey yo, Marley, man
[00:14.75] [ Marley Marl ]Yo, what's up, man?
[00:17.49] [ Cool J ]Hey yo, man
[00:18.32] You know
[00:19.28] We was gettin busy on the album everyday
[00:20.23] We been gettin funky, but
[00:21.18] I wanna take this jam back to Farmers
[00:22.05] Knowmsayin?
[00:22.93] [ Marley Marl ]Yo, let's go back on Farmers
[00:23.87] And get some of them early MC's
[00:24.87] You used to be kickin it with back in the day?
[00:25.75] [ Cool J ]Yeah, yeah, yeah
[00:26.66] [ Marley Marl ]Yo, let's do a jam with them
[00:27.56] [ Cool J ]Aight, bet
[00:28.45] But first I gotta like introduce it
[00:29.36] Youknowmsayin?
[00:30.22] [ Marley Marl ]Aight, kick it...
[00:31.19] (Farmers Boulevard)
[00:32.13] [ L.L. Cool J ]
[00:33.05] Back in the days, before I was Cool J
[00:33.94] I used to hang up on the corner, pumpin Games People Play
[00:34.88] Sittin on a garbage can, rhymin to my man
[00:36.64] Talkin bout big money and future plans
[00:38.42] I always told the brothers, if I got a contract
[00:40.34] When the money started flowin, I'd be back
[00:43.00] To do a jam, against all odds
[00:45.78] Introducing rapper 1 from Farmers Boulevard
[00:47.67] [ Bomb ]
[00:48.52] Hey yo, B-o-m-b, bomb explosion
[00:51.33] Attack like a cat when I'm trapped and I'm closed in
[00:54.02] Sharp-ass claws, and I break all laws
[00:56.81] In a while all jaws, cause I'm perfect, no flaws
[00:58.69] Now I'm back to Farmers on some new improved
[01:01.31] (Sh...) I'm makin moves, not fakin moves
[01:05.03] So don't you never come around here, talkin that talk
[01:05.97] Or walkin that walk, you'll get played like a sport
[01:08.75] Football, soccer, whatever you savour
[01:11.42] You're a tramp and a pussycat, ready for labor
[01:13.32] Ha! L'll have you breakin locks
[01:16.99] I'll have you cookin fried rice in a big steel box
[01:18.79] The type of skills that I got reigned for years
[01:21.50] No worry or cares, your crew'll shed tears
[01:24.23] 'Hip-hip-hooray, he's back!' Yo, save the cheers
[01:26.96] Suckers, I'm drinkin forties of beers
[01:28.86] On the Boulevard
[01:30.79] [ Cool J ]Funky, funky, funky rhymes bein said here
[01:33.42] [ Marley Marl ]Hey yo, hey yo
[01:34.38] Hey yo Uncle L, let's go...
[01:36.28] [ Cool J ]Yeah man, I wanna check out my man Big Money Grip
[01:37.16] Yo, what's up, man
[01:38.03] Kick a little somethin
[01:38.93] [ Big Money Grip ]
[01:39.84] Kick out the can and slam
[01:41.77] Summertime, C.I.A. step into the jam
[01:44.45] Reach for the mic, and the punks start to fold up
[01:47.19] And the brothers start fleein like it's a hold-up
[01:49.98] Some step aside, but a few play me close
[01:53.53] Never worry, cause the brother who cross me's gettin burried
[01:55.36] And the fool who wants to deal with another dose
[01:57.20] I see to it in a hour that the mutha is comatose
[02:00.07] Farmers Boulevard, the place
[02:02.78] Handin me a mic is like givin a chainsaw to Leatherface
[02:05.51] Smokin MC's in an instant
[02:08.27] At my side bustin caps is T-Boogie, my assistant
[02:10.10] Throw that speaker in the trash
[02:12.85] Why's that? Cause Gangster Boogie gave the woofer a gash
[02:15.54] Big Money Grip makin you get up
[02:18.35] Farmers Crew's in effect, we never heard of a head-up
[02:21.07] [ Marley Marl ]Yo, yo, yo
[02:22.07] It's kinda funky out here on the boulevard, yo
[02:22.94] [ Cool J ]Yeah, we livin chinese people in a turkish bath, baby
[02:24.77] [ Marley Marl ]Hi C over there, man
[02:26.57] [ Cool J ]Yo, what's up Hi C...
[02:28.48] [ Hi C ]
[02:29.33] Hi C on the scene, at last to bust a funky rhyme
[02:32.93] More than a line on time, because I'm gettin mine
[02:36.68] Never underestimate the skill of a great one
[02:38.46] The Boulevard Lord, shorts, never take none
[02:41.12] Another funky rapper from around the way
[02:42.98] Leavin bodies at a party, cause somebody gotta pay
[02:45.82] Boy, you been told, put your lips on hold
[02:48.56] All you remember is a barrel and a mouth full of gold
[02:51.20] Spreadin terror on the street like they was in the past
[02:54.07] Any punks on the block, yo, never could last
[02:56.83] And I never feel sorry for a sucker I gained on
[02:58.66] Any slick talker, yo, he's bound to get rained on
[03:01.46] At any Farmers party at my side is a Mag
[03:04.11] (One time a sucker got ill and went out in a bodybag)
[03:06.89] Fear will erupt through the heart of another
[03:08.73] The Farmers Crew will never fall, that's word to the mother
[03:12.32] [ Marley Marl ]Yo, yo
[03:14.27] It's kinda funky out here
[03:15.12] Yo, yo, yo, Hi C
[03:17.93] Yo man, y'all kinda funky out here, yo
[03:18.84] I was -
[03:19.73] Yo, what's up?
[03:20.69] [ Crew member ]...9 years ago, man
[03:23.39] Youknowmsayin?
[03:25.29] [ Cool J ]Farmers Boulevard, baby
[03:26.16] [ Marley Marl ]Yo, I was kinda -
[03:27.06] I was kinda stagnant to sleep on it
[03:27.93] But yo, L
[03:28.84] Won't you - won't you sum it all up for the people, aight?
[03:31.64] [ Cool J ]Aight, let me sum this up
[03:32.52] [ L.L. Cool J ]
[03:33.47] Now you heard the brothers speakin bout the street that we're from
[03:35.28] Rhymes hittin, beats kickin, you can't get none
[03:37.10] F-a-r-m-e-r-s passin the test
[03:39.84] Marley Marl in the background doin the rest
[03:42.60] Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do, do-ti-la-so-fa-mi-re-do, kato
[03:45.37] Get up out my face before I play you like Play-Doh
[03:47.26] I did a jam against all odds
[03:49.97] And it was dedicated to Farmers Boulevard
[03:52.67] (Farmers Boulevard)
[03:59.03] Keep on
[04:00.80] (Farmers Boulevard)
[04:04.53] To the beat, y'all
[04:09.10] A funky beat, y'all
[04:10.02] Yes, yes, y'all
[04:11.83] You don't stop
[04:15.54]