Dj Jazzy Jeff The Fresh Prince Taking It To The Top Lyrics

Taking It To The Top Lyrics

[ INTRO: The Fresh Prince ]



Now I'm the Fresh Prince, and if you got good sense



You'll keep your distance, because my sole intent



Is to rock and shock the spot and give my all, which is a lot



And no, I'm not about to stop because I'm takin it to the top







[ VERSE 1: The Fresh Prince ]



A whole lot of people rap, but what good is that



If the rap that they're rappin is way off track?



I don't mean to attack you, but I'm cuttin no slack



To those people that I hear saying meaningless raps



In actuality, I mean in reality



The words that you use are a mere formality



Vocabulary is not what it's about



The point that you're tryin to get across is what counts



Cause when a lot of rappers rap, they try to use big words



But that's the most absurd thing I've ever heard of



They think that that's impressive, but when will they learn their lesson



That it's not the words that count, it's the message



They get a lot of big words out of some magazine



And nine times out of ten they don't even know what they mean



They stand up on the stage, huffin and puffin



Rappin for nearly an hour, but they're not sayin nothin



Really but a lot of jibberish



And I know that they all wish



They had access to fresh rhymes like this



I came to rock and shock and give my all, which is a lot



And no, I'm not about to stop because I'm takin it to the top







[ VERSE 2: The Fresh Prince ]



Fresh rhymes and a razzamatazz



Smooth power and grace and mucho pizzazz



Good looks and charm and personality



You punch it in your calculator, and it adds up to me



I know the same goes for the rest of my crew



My deejay Jazzy Jeff and Ready Rock C too



The ultimate combination of strenght and prestige



My crew holds the key to fun and everything you need



To party all night, yes, it's you we will excite



The time is right, so don't fight it



Suckers, please don't bite it



We came to rock and shock and give our all, which is a lot



And no, we're not about to stop because we're takin it to the top







[ VERSE 3: The Fresh Prince ]



I really hate to brag about him



But when people doubt him



I have to stand up and tell the whole world all about him



'United we stand, divided we fall'



Is the moto of our crew and it's honored by all



Of us, we pledge allegiance to the work we rehearse



And it enables us always to come out first



We came to rock and shock and give our all, which is a lot



Yo Jeff, man, why don't you take it to the top?







[ VERSE 4: The Fresh Prince ]



We succeed everytime we attempt



To rock the house, you've got to dance cause no one is exempt



>From the rules set forth by us, of course you know



Stay out our way or behold the brute force of



Me Jeff and Ready Rock C



We're a trio, oh, you didn't know? That means



That there's three of us, one for all and all for one



And we're takin it to the top before we get done



I'm inclined to rhyme, anytime you'll find



It ain't a rapper with a mind as impressive as mine



I insist on a rise and I despise a decline



On the day I descend, that's the day I resign



I'm creatin my trends and innovatin my rap



Why is that? I don't know, I guess I got it like that!



My personality extends beyond the realm of mediocre



My advice for life is, if you want somethin, go for it



Cause there's nothin that's beyond your grasp



Just set your mind to it, work hard, and you can have



Anything that you want, the sky is the limit



Stop lunchin around, get up and go get it



Cause I came a long way from the past till today



Now I'm never slowin down, ah-ah, no way!



I came to rock and shock and give my all, which is a lot



And no, I'm not about to stop because I'm takin it to the top