Roxanne Shante - Live on Stage Lyrics

(My name is Shanté)
(My name is Shanté)
(My name is Shanté)
(My name is Shanté, Roxanne)
(My name is Shanté, Roxanne)
(My name is Shanté, Roxanne)
(My, my name is Shanté)

(Roxanne Shanté)

Thank you, thank you
This is the sure shot
I'd like to welcome
Roxanne Shanté live on stage
Give it up, give it up

My name is Shanté and the mic is my main man
It's not Soul Train or American Bandstand
It's crystal clear to be played on the air
And people everywhere can join the big affair
No particular age
It'll make front page
It's Roxanne Shanté
And I'm live on stage

Live on stage
Live on stage
Live on stage
Live on stage

Hurry, hurry, step right up, get ya tickets
Shanté's performing and it's gonna be wicked
I'm down at the Ritz, performing my new hits
And front-row seats is what forty bucks gets
So rent a tuxedo, buy your girlfriend a rose
Call yourself a taxi to get to the show
You get a good feelin', the place is packed to the ceilin'
Not to mention, promoters are gonna make a killin'
People leaving their seats to buy drinks and eat
All kinds of treats, refreshments, and sweets
You leave the candy cart to get with your sweetheart
'Cause in twenty minutes that's when the show will start because

I'm live on stage
Live on stage
Live on stage
Shanté is live on stage

The people are dazed before the curtains are raised
All of a sudden, I am here to amaze
The audience just cheers, top hats in the air
Entertainers come here for the world premiere
I walk to the mic, all the fellas get hyped
Then I start to jam for the whole damn night
Right, the crowd is pleased, I can rock them with ease
It's seventy degrees and MC's still freeze
No thoughts of guns 'cause everyone's havin' fun
The job gets done, I put MCs on the run 'cause

Live on stage
Live on stage
Live on stage
Shanté is live on stage

Say hoo (hoo)
Say ho ho (ho ho)
Now all the people to the left
Just the people to the left
Say yeah (yeah)
Say yeah yeah (yeah yeah)
Now people to my right
I know y'all louder to the people to my left
Now lemme hear you say hoo (hoo)
Say ho ho (ho ho)

Live on stage
Live on stage
Live on stage
Shanté is live on stage

After your eardrum hears this snare drum
Dance more, snapping to the speakers you hear from
The crowd reacts no one distracts the rough lyrics
Marley Marl will mix the max, relax
It ain't magic, it's music
Lyrics, I use it, a beat like I child abuse it
Attack it, whack it, smack it, rappers can't hack it
I'm riding your bike just like Max
As I put on my thinkin' cap
And then step out right with a hand clap or finger snap
No games, just gimme a beat by James
And I'll give some names to blow 'em up in flames
I'm a rap star makin' a dolla
When the R-O-X entertains, I give the hurricane holla
Rhymes are handmade, Black man-made
Comin' out of a war with just a Band-Aid
Fans made me number one so I get in reverse
Tried to rehearse every verse my rhymes are cursed
When I recite the right stereotype
Rappers with hype, comin' out of my windpipe
Rap's a reflex, who's gonna be next?
Parties are wrecked direct like an insect
Attack, bein' made for me to get wax, relax
Shanté is comin' six pack, so come correct
Death penalty is put into effect
Sounds dope with a tight rope around ya neck
Lockin' up weak rappers in a cage
I'm Roxanne Shanté and I'm live on stage

Live on stage
Live on stage
Live on stage
That's right, I'm live on stage

Thank you, thank you
Thank you, thank you
It-it's so hard being the best
It's so hard being humble
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you
Did you get the money from the promoter?
Thank you
Did you get the money from the promoter?

That's right
Give it up for Roxanne Shanté
Live on stage
Come on, give it up one more time for Roxanne Shanté
Live on stage

(Live on stage)