Cover art for Do My Thing by Busta Rhymes
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Do My Thing Lyrics

[Produced by DJ Scratch]

[Intro]
Aah-aah! Aah-aah! (Woo) Ah

[Chorus]
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Yes, yes, y'all)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Busta Rhymes in the place to be, in the place to be)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Flipmode is the place to be)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (In the place to be, ha)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Party people as we)
Baby, ooh, let me do my thing, baby! (Let me do my thing, let me do my thing, let me do my thing)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Baby girl, follow me, baby, let me do my thing, ha)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Check me out, now)

[Verse 1]
Open up your door, let me on in
I just be wonderin' if I could do my thing, baby! (Hey, hahahaha)
Y'all think fast, before I get all in your ass
Bend your frame like plexiglass (Ha)
You motherfuckers be actin' like you don't know the half (Ha!)
You and your whole staff make me laugh, aah-hah, ah-hah
Hoh, y'all, you need to sing my song
With your similar features like Olivia Newton-John (Ha!)
Damn, ohh! I make the whole place warm
Then hit you with some shit that make you niggas look deformed
Now stay tuned to every Busta Rhymes coming soon
I will King Kong on niggas like Gorilla Monsoon soon
Whoa! what seems to be the whole analysis? (Ha!)
Busta Rhymes just be rippin' shit, type miraculous
Bang you on your head so hard (Ha), shit be formin' callouses (Ha!)
Let me get this loot, so we can move up in these palaces (Ha! Haa)
[Chorus]
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Word is bond, word up)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Let me do my thing, let me do my thing, ha)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Let me do my thing, word is bond)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Flipmode is the squad, let us do our thing, ha)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Let us do our thing, word up)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Yes, yes, to do, Busta Rhymes)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Let me do my thing!)
Baby, ooh, let me do my thing, baby! (Le-, le-, let me do my thing, ha!)

[Verse 2]
When I step in the place you should keep your mouth closed (Ha)
Take your fat finger out your nose! (Ha)
You should just pay attention, and watch how I wild on records (Ha)
Make you sing, "The Lord is my shepherd!"
In the process I do away with all nonsense (Ha)
Hit you with magic like my name was Pocahontas
The dread gon' make you party 'til you dead (Ha)
Niggas quick to talk shit, oops! Upside your head
Put your head to bed, let me do my thing, 'nough said!
Shit so hot, make your chickenhead do the spread
"Tell me what you said!" I said, I never leave you misled
While you bullshit, I'd rather get the lucci instead
Haa! (Huh) Haa! (Hee) Haa! Flip until you fall
Wildlin' in your whip, 'til you crash into a brick wall (Ha)
Through the nine-six I be that nigga that be priceless
Always blowin' up your spot, bringin' more surprises
You, you know (Ha) you really need to come clean
Let me do my thing, don't you even try to intervene
I will endanger your species like an ostrich (Ha)
Hold you hostage and crazy feed you swine sausage! (Ha)

Haa! (Ha) I be the number one chosen just to keep you open
Chill with your thoughts, I got your brain frozen (Oohh!)
Pay the prices, made the needed sacrifices
To present the grand opening of Flipmode Enterprises!
[Chorus]
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (-ssssss..., haha, *mumbles*)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Oh, let me do my thing!)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Let me do my thing, please!)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Let me do my thing, Flipmode is the squad, y'all!)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Let us do our thing, please!)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Let us do our thing, oh, yes, it's me!)
Watch me get down and just do my thing, baby! (Yes, it's the squad! Flipmode!)
Baby, ooh, let me do my thing, baby! (We gon' do our thing!)

[Outro]
Let me do my thing
For nine-five, nine-six, suck dick (Let me get down, do my thing)
Yes, I got the bag full of brand new tricks (Let me get down, do my thing)
Get in the mix, yes, I'm gon' hit you with a fix (Let me get down, do my thing)
Oh my God, me, my nigga Last Boy Scout (Let me get down, do my thing)
Lord Have Mercy... (Let me get down, do my thing)
(Let me get down, do my thing)
(Let me get down, do my thing)
(Let me get down, do my thing)


[Skit]
*whipcrack*, motherfuckin'...
*whipcrack*, that's for talkin' shit! *whipcrack*, hmhm
*whipcrack*, shut up! *whipcrack*, hmm
*whipcrack*, move *whipcrack*, bitch nigga *whipcrack*
That's for biting *whipcrack*, motherfuckin' *whipcrack*, rhymes!
*whipcrack*, that's for takin' jabs!
*whipcrack*, and that for tryna front on my crew! Motherfucker

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Genius Annotation

“Do My Thing” was track 2 on Busta Rhymes' classic debut album, “The Coming”, released in 1996. The track was also released as the final single to the album, in 1997.

The song, produced by longtime Busta collaborator DJ Scratch, features a melodic hook from Busta, something that he did on many of the songs from this album (e.g. Abandon Ship, Keep It Movin', The Finish Line), and two incredibly memorable verses, the second of which received the source award for “Hip Hop Quotable of the Month” in ‘96.

The single had multiple different releases, including a promotional vinyl that included “Abandon Ship” on the B-Side, and a normal vinyl cover with Busta up close and personal with the camera, with a signature wild hand-movement from him. The song, while unsuccessful in the US, managed to peak at No.39 in the UK, where Busta was having incredible success at the time.

“Do My Thing” also features many different remix versions, most of which can be found here.

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