Kurtis Blow - Way Out West Lyrics
Way out west from way back east
Coming from a place you'd expect the least
There came a stranger, dressed in black
From a Harlem Town, a long way back
Eyes like steel, make your blood run cold
Had a microphone hanging by his side
Just ready to be amplified
Rode into town on a big black steed
Lookin' for a man named Ganamede
I hear the dude just won't get down
If I rock this world I can rock this town!
And when they asked him for his name
I can do the do, I can do the deed
And tonight I'm gonna rock Ganamede!"
Now Ganamede thought he was cool
Wore Gucci shoes, had a fancy school
A fancy job in a big corporation
Fancy girls all across the nation
Fancy car, fancy clothes
Fancy friends and fancy dough
Only one thing he wouldn't do
Is let himself get down with you
The stranger went to the old saloon
Grabbed his mike and spun a tune
And everyone in the whole darn place
Said "Do the rap and set that pace!"
He rapped 'em down and he rapped 'em out
He made 'em dance and he made 'em shout
He said "If you like Kurtis Blow
Then let me hear you all say...
A say ho-oo! Ho-oo!
Hi-yo! Hi-yo!
Say Kurtis! Kurtis!
Say Kurtis Blow! Kurtis Blow!
At midnight Ganamede came in
To watch the dancers move and spin
He took a seat over by the bar
And started smokin' a big cigar
"I admit the stranger is not bad
But tonight I'm gonna make him sad
'Cause I don't care about the groove
There ain't no dude gonna make me move!"
The joint was jumpin' hard at one
But Ganamede was havin' none
Things were really fly at two
The stranger rapped and the tension grew
But Ganamede maintained his cool
"I'll make the stranger play the fool
'Cause I don't care about the groove
There ain't no dude gonna make me move!"
The showdown came at three o'clock
The stranger said, "I'm gonna make you rock
I'm gonna make you move, I'm gonna make you dance
They're gonna take you out in an ambulance
Now everybody lend a hand
I'm gonna make you be the band
There ain't no jive, no superstition
We're gonna have a little demolition
Get down!
Now stomp your feet
To the funky beat
Just clap your hands
And let the beat expand
Let me here the bass
Put it in my face
Let the guitar play
Just put it away
And now I think we've got the groove
So Ganamede, get up and move!"
Now everyone looked at the bar
At the lonely man with the big cigar
He began to move, he began to shake
He'd had as much as he could take
He took his body to the floor
And then the crowd began to roar
The stranger just had done the deed
And rocked the house with Ganamede
From three to four he couldn't stop
From four to five he just had to rock
From five to six he let it loose
At seven he still had the juice
At eight o'clock he was goin' strong
Gettin' down with every song
At nine o'clock he couldn't dance
And someone called an ambulance
As they put him in the back
Of that big white shiny Cadillac
He said "Please get me Kurtis Blow
There's something that he ought to know"
He said "I thought I'd make my name
By beatin' you at the rappin' game
But you beat me fair and square
And anyway, I just don't care."
The stranger asked him what he meant
Said Ganamede, "I am content
I never used to catch a groove
I never used to dance or move
But it's more fun to play the fool
Than tryin' hard to be real cool
So anytime you're back in town
I'm gonna get up and I'm gonna get down!"
The stranger watched him drive away
Knowing what he'd done that day
And then he went right back inside
To make the dancers slip and slide
To rock 'em out, to rock 'em in
To make 'em rock it down again
And he said "If you like my sound
Let me hear you all say...
Throw down! Throw down!
At the showdown! At the showdown!
Throw down! Throw down!
At the showdown! At the showdown!
Now stomp your feet
To the funky beat
Just clap your hands
And let the beat expand
Let me here the bass
Put it in my face
Let the guitar play
Just put it away
A-rock on!
Other Lyrics by Artist
- Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin'
- Kurtis Blow - Ego Trip
- Kurtis Blow - I Can't Take It No More
- Kurtis Blow - Under Fire
- Kurtis Blow - Basketball
- Kurtis Blow - AJ Scratch
- Kurtis Blow - 8 Million Stories
- Kurtis Blow - One-Two-Five (Main Street, Harlem, USA)
- Kurtis Blow - Got To Dance
- Kurtis Blow - Nervous
- Kurtis Blow - Big Time Hood
- Kurtis Blow - Party Time
- Kurtis Blow - Fallin' Back In Love Again
- Kurtis Blow - America
- Kurtis Blow - I'm Chillin'
- Kurtis Blow - Sunshine
- Kurtis Blow - The Bronx
- Kurtis Blow - MC Lullaby
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Kurtis Blow Way Out West Comments
Melhor música do universo, caralhooooo
2019 still getting up and getting down! Kurtis Blow, love it
I expect his music to get bigger with time.
plus de 30ans après je me régale avec kurtis!!! et vous en 2019????!!!
Et moi donc un rapper comme on en fait plus 😩Lionel Guillen
This was the first rap I ever memorized...wow dude is mad underrated
i love this story.... and the beat is awesum..i wonder who wrote the lyrics
Kurtis Blow - Way out west 1980
iam still dancing to this
Shedon Chambliss same here greetings from Switzerland ...
I saw Kurtis blow perform in Queens NY world's resort Kurtis what a great show thank you good seeing you DJ mighty master cee
I just love it my high school days cool pops Rocks
In the beginnng, that guitar is very, very similar to "The Breaks"...LOL
I always liked this one.....
Desde chile digo que este tipo es increible no solo por su increible tanto sino por su banda de bajo .... linea de bajo espectacular
HO! HI YO! Kurtis! Kurtis Blow!
There's nothing better than party rap(IMO) and NOBODY did it better than Kurtis Blow. "I'm gona make you move, gonna make you dance, they're gonna take you out in an ambulance". Love it.
west coset rollsssss!!! 2pac4life
Real music. When hip hop meant somethin
OMG the new youtube interface wont let me play like 60% of my vids. I'm not updating my comp again just for it to crash!. I can't find this song anywhere else.
i no yeah lol
This song makes me want to have a beach party!!
man what happend to rap? this is awsome!!
rap of gold in this album!
Flawless Album. Every Track Is Gold.
legendary.
this song is cool and neat !!!!!
looooove it! ((-:
richtig fett
i like this song
So good!