God Made Me Funky-Def Jef

[ti:God Made Me Funky] [ar:Def Jef] [al:Just A Poet With Soul] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]God Made Me Funky - Def Jef [00:00.69]One time for your mind [00:01.86] [00:16.17](Hey everybody) [00:17.89] [00:32.87]You know it's gots to be funky if I'ma rhyme to it [00:35.99]Pick up where the others left off and I do it [00:38.32]With so much soul and so much self control [00:40.54]I'm a smooth operator puttin' rappers on hold [00:42.56] [00:43.29]Flowin' like a stream the rhyme scheme seems to gleam [00:46.11]Like a flashlight beam but it's no dream [00:48.59]It's a real type thing and it's happenin' [00:50.65]Caused by applause and I'm forced to get rappin' [00:52.79]I'm rearrangin the lines so I can change with the times [00:55.84]Cockin' rhymes like nines and blowin minds [00:58.09]I glow and shine like a beacon when I'm speakin' [01:00.66]Skin is light but I'm not white or Puertorican [01:03.49]I'm an African descendant very independent [01:05.81]I make my own money so don't worry how I spend it [01:08.37]Rappers follow me but I don't need another shadow [01:10.82]Hollow MC's don't even think about a battle [01:13.37]Cause if you got the mic and you ain't rockin' it right [01:15.83]I'll grab it and drop the rhyme like a bad habit [01:18.37]Hey I wouldn't have it any other way [01:20.78]So believe a brother when I say [01:22.17]God made me funky [01:24.35] [01:33.28]Now the way I kick a lyric [01:34.61]You would think I play soccer [01:35.89]Rhyme stays proper get I'll I be a doctor [01:38.32]Operate like a well trained surgeon [01:40.95]Take the competition bust em out like virgins [01:43.21]They get strung out high dry and hung out [01:45.88]Without a word like a cat took their tongue out [01:48.36]Their rhymes were frail pale weak and stale [01:50.58]But I'm deliverin' a brand new style like a mail [01:53.12]Man rain and hail and sleet or snow [01:55.72]No need to worry cause I'm guaranteed to show [01:58.03]Up right on time with the rhyme to entertain ya [02:00.83]On the microphone and leave like the lone ranger [02:03.31]'Who was that stranger ' Shoulders be shruggin' [02:05.61] [02:06.67]Everybody's buggin' [02:07.69] [02:08.48]Rhymes are funky d**e and keep the crowd want more [02:10.82]Like a junkie hopin' to make that score [02:13.30]I'm a true soul brother cause that's the way to be [02:15.69]And only true soul brothers can dance for me [02:18.02]Hey I wouldn't have it any other way [02:20.64]So believe a brother when I say [02:22.15]God made me funky [02:24.30] [02:33.24]You hear the rhymes on the radio in the a m [02:35.63]On the a m then in the p m on the f m [02:38.89]Def Jef and my rhymes'll stick witcha [02:40.96]Verses say a thousand words just like a picture [02:43.40]And since I'm an artist and my pen's a paintbrush [02:45.86]When they admire and inquire I say "It ain't much" [02:48.46]Rhymes flow natural like a second nature [02:50.66]And if you wanna get on the mic you gotta await your [02:53.35]Turn learn the fundamentals [02:55.31]Grab some instrumentals [02:56.62]Practice makes perfect so rehearsing can pay off [02:59.09]But for now lay off the mic [03:00.72]And let a real pro show you how it's supposed to go [03:03.44]But hold up let me hang my coat up [03:05.44]Let me clear my throat up [03:06.55] [03:07.15]Hm hm now turn my mic up [03:08.55]Step right up hurry hurry don't miss this [03:11.02]Watch me light up the mic like a christmas [03:13.26]Tree see I mean business I ain't effin around [03:16.41]Put the needle on the record by Jef and you found [03:18.86]A new sound and you like the way the name sound [03:20.95]Plus it ain't the same sound cause it ain't James Brown [03:23.47]No corny lyrics I don't rhyme like that [03:25.70]But when you think about comin' correct I'm like that [03:28.71]I wouldn't have it any other way [03:30.80]So believe a brother when I say [03:32.38]God made me funky