Announcement Lyrics

[Chorus: Common]
Everybody, I'd like to announce
Throw your hands up when we in the house
Yeah, this is hip hop, baby

I'm finna take you to the tip-top, baby
And tell your girl that the tickets is out
And we gonna do this 'til they kickin' us out
Cause, this is hip hop, baby
I'm finna take you to the tip-top, baby


[Verse 2: Pharrell]
Baby, you're like, "What the-- fuck? There is no other"
Valet crashed my Rolls so quickly I bought another
Sorry, Mr. Williams moved out the building
Spot to the top, 50 feet was the ceiling

(Slow down, son, you're killin' 'em) Well funded it was not gangsta
Came to shitty deals, reminiscing gives me chills

When Puff was with Biggie, Versace on every niggie
The backpacker copped the Porsche and drove through his city
Now, all the little bitties, from ugly to pretty
I was the magician, mesmerize 'em, made 'em listen
My dick is like a blow-pop baby
And it get stiffer than some Botox baby
But show out baby, and show me you gon' act right
And I'll be pedaling backwards like a track bike
She don't know the Casio cost a hundred
It's been two years since I done it, now all the rappers want it
What?

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Genius Annotation

A track off of Common’s 2008 album, Universal Mind Control. Here is a link to another video of the music video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm2f4chFlYQ&feature=related

This song samples “Unbelievable” by The Notorious B.I.G. as well as “Blues and Pants” by James Brown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MMofmipZxk

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South Beach Studios (Miami) & Electric Lady Studios (New York City)
Release Date
December 9, 2008
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