Apollo Lyrics - Singles - Kid Capri

"i'd like to know.. are you really ready for some super dynamite soul? 

Then thank you, because now, it's star time!" 

The apollo (4x) 

[kid capri] 

The apollo a place, where performers perform 

Before you got on the stage you would all be warned 

About if you're good enough, to rock the place 

But if you wasn't they would throw beer cans in your face 

Well it was a, amateur night, a group dressed in white 

Didn't think it was spectacular but they were alright 

Kept sayin to myself, I wish it was me 

That was on the stage doin my r-a-p 

Well uh, anyway we go back to the days 

When james brown used to have, the crowd amazed 

He used to come out, dancin, just doin his work 

And when he screamed, all the ladies went bezerk 

Slidin across the stage like he was runnin on oil 

Shoes, shinin bright like aluminum foil 

Women was fallin out, innocent to ? 

He said, "please please" then started rappin 

You only seen one show you couldn't stay to see another 

Of the singin godfather number one soul brother 

Events like this happened all the time 

At the place that was known to be, one of a kind 

It's the apollo 

The apollo (4x) 

[kid] it's the apollo! 

The apollo (3x) 

The ap.. 

[kid capri] 

The apollo yes a legend in it's time 

The place is so fly that I wish it was mine 

I mean the line was so long but people did not care 

Just as long as they knew, they could get in there 

On wednesday's, amateur night was cool 

And you could, go to see what other artists could do 

Nothin but black stars, risin to the top 

Now you see what's takin over, we call it hip-hop 

The apollo, no other, could ever compete 

When you look down and I see people movin their feet 

When the stage used to rise all the people went nuts 

And no one ever kept their big mouth shut 

They used to, scream and yell, raise a whole lot of hell 

Hang off the balcony and sometimes they fell 

It's a tradition, so whatta ya do? I don't know 

You get a ticket take yourself to the apollo, hey 

The showbiz cafe, was right next door 

Leave, from the apollo and you party some more 

You can go many places to have a show 

But no matter where you went you always seemed to go 

To the apollo 

To the apollo! 

Uhh.. (the apollo) .. .. 

To the apollo! 

And let me break it down for you one time 

Hey the a for artist, the p for people 

O for outstanding, l - for legal 

And the other l-o is for the low-down shame 

For the ones, that tried, to destroy the name 

So whatever you do, you can never forget 

About the place, that always kept you drippin with sweat 

From dancin and prancin and jumpin up and down 

Everytime you turned around a new show was in town 

It's the place, that everybody would always go 

And I called it, the famous apollo 

It's the apollo 

It's the apollo! (the apollo) uhh! 

The apollo (4x) 

[kid] it's the apollo, come on! 

The apollo (3x) 

[kid] uhh! 

The apollo (2x) 

[kid] it's the apollo! 

The apollo (2x) 

The apollo..