Throwdown 2000 Lyrics - My Soul - Coolio

Are you ready to throw down? 

Yes we are! 

Well, get on down like you're 'posed to 

And shake your ass on the carpet like the old school 

Are you ready to throw down? 

Yes we are! 

Well, get on down like you're 'posed to 

And give a loc a little dap when he roll through 

If there be a dope beat then all y'all see 

Get up out your seat and let me see yo technique 

Freak yo physique and you betta not compete 

Make it hot and sweaty like twenty deep in a jeep 

Never comin' cheap, forty creep 

And I hope you don't mind if I borrow a few things while you go to sleep 

I steal money from the rich and give it to the poor 

It's Coolio loco the ghetto witch doctor superhero 

I take it from the back and bring it to the front 

'Cause you gotta give the people what they want 

Now hump, do the stomp to the butt 

Big homie shake your gut as long as you get your ass up 

It's a party over here and let me make it clear 

40 Thevz is the crew, so you better come anew 

Ain't a damn thing change since the first one 

And if you didn't hear the album, go get one 

Are you ready to throw down? 

Yes we are! 

Well, get on down like you're 'posed to 

And shake your ass on the carpet like the old school 

Are you ready to throw down? 

Yes we are! 

Well, get on down like you're 'posed to 

And give a loc a little dap when he roll through 

Here come the thief on the old school beat 

And I never knew the meaning of the word 'defeat' 

The master of disguise wanna see the people's eyes 

Yet, fools try to deny that the man can fly 

Just cook 'em all up like gumbo and block their ass like Mutumbo 

'Cause your album dropped off the charts like Dumbo 

We are new and improved to make you put on your boogie shoes 

Like K.C. and the Sunshine Band, or the Wu-Tang Clan 

I go way back like Vegas, Nixon, Noreaga 

It's the tennis shoe players fat box on the crossfader 

Now what if hip hop was like Humpty Dumpty sittin' on the wall? 

And what if hip hop had to take a great fall? 

And what if rhyme was a crime and each and every time 

That you spit a dope line you might have to do some time? 

Most of these clowns will be tryin' to skip town 

But Coolio will be ready for the showdown 

Are you ready to throw down? 

Yes we are! 

Well, get on down like you're 'posed to 

And shake your ass on the carpet like the old school 

Are you ready to throw down? 

Yes we are! 

Well, get on down like you're 'posed to 

And pass the joint to the loc when he roll through 

If the shoe fit, put it on and stick 

And if your ass can't cash, don't let your mouth write no check 

Fools be in the bars unadvanced with a switch 

Uppercuts and fight kicks with Weird Al Yankovich 

From Tokyo to Sojo, rollin' wit the 4-0 

This hip hop that I'm holdin' I'll make it move your coat 

It's the Vandino, everything but rhyme's broken 

Breakin' a nigga with first position at the open 

You can't understand how I do it, I'm just true to it 

I let my pen flow across the paper like it was made affluent 

Uh, let it ring, let it rip 

Everybody holler like Marvin Gaye 

But don't you let the record skip 

Synchronize the watch, 'cause the party don't stop 

Till the neighborhood watch call the cops 

It's the wild ass festival, coast line veteran 

Once again droppin' bombs on yo section 

Are you ready to throw down? 

Yes we are! 

Well, get on down like you're 'posed to 

And shake your ass on the carpet like the old school 

Are you ready to throw down? 

Yes we are! 

Well, get on down like you're 'posed to 

And pass the brew to the loc when he roll through 

Are you ready to throw down? 

Yes we are! 

Well, get on down like you're 'posed to 

And shake your ass on the carpet like the old school 

Are you ready to throw down? 

Yes we are! 

Well, get on down like you're 'posed to 

And give a loc a little dap when he roll through, fool