| What ever happened to the DJ
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| Have you seen him?
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| Shit, people treat him like he in a museum
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| Acting like he ain’t built this bitch
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| With the 1—2—3, like this
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| We jumped on a plane and we flew to America
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| First tour there, and we were new to the area
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| Hit every state and saw a lot of shows
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| Supposedly the home of hip-hop, well I don’t know
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| ‘Cause we saw a ton of rappers but it totally seems strange That every single
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| one of them was missing a DJ
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| But if you’re missing a DJ
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| Then you’re pretty much a karaoke singer, man, and that’s on the real mate
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| What happened to the cuts? | 
| What happened to the mix?
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| What happened to the juggle? | 
| What happened to the tricks?
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| Shit! | 
| The DJ was the god damn man
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| In hip-hop he’s a good damn band
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| Now kids these days, part of the new school
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| You ask them about Kool HERC, they be like Kool- Who?
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| Ah well, there ya go
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| Shit, Angel Haze hadn’t heard of Biggie till a couple fucking years ago
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| Fuck CDJ’s, stop being absurd
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| Real DJ spins, 33 and a third
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| Yeah, let’s give hope to the people
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| Save the culture, bring the dope through the needle
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| What ever happened to the DJ
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| Have you seen him?
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| Shit, people treat him like he in a museum
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| Acting like he ain’t built this bitch
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| With the 1, 2, 3, like this
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| DJ, where’d he go?
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| People act like they don’t know
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| It all started from scratch, let’s set it straight
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| With a kick and a snare, yeah, them’s the breaks
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| «Izm»
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| What ever happened to the DJ?
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| «Baddest DJ in the land»
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| What ever happened to the DJ?
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| What ever happened to the DJ?
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| Acting like he ain’t built this bitch
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| With the 1—2—3, like this
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| Damn right, better give me lee-way
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| ‘Cause I don’t go nowhere without my Dj
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| Yeah, B.n.E handle the rap
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| And DJ Izm is «the man on the wax»
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| Turntables get blessed when you touch it
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| ‘Cause all you do on the daily is cut sick
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| Don’t believe me? | 
| Watch and see
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| The whole crowd shit bricks when he drops the beat
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| Yeah, that’s how it makes you feel
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| Sucker DJ can’t fake the real
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| It’s pretty hard to find a true mastermind
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| Like Q-Bert, A-Trak or Mix Master Mike
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| «Yo DJ,» can you play my track?
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| «Yo DJ,» you know where it’s at
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| «Yo DJ,» you got balls like boulders
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| «Smacking ya head dead off ya motherfucking shoulders»
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| «Go and do some stupid shit»
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| Ayo, Izm man can I have a tickle on the tech, please?
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| «Don't touch the turntable» «Yeah»
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| «Don't touch the record» Why not, mate?
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| «You're going to ruin it» Alright then, you ready?
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| «Now you’re ready to go?» | 
| «I'm ready to go
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| Now come on, crank this mother fucker up»
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| What ever happened to the DJ
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| Have you seen him?
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| Shit, people treat him like he in a museum
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| Acting like he ain’t built this bitch
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| With the 1, 2, 3, like this
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| DJ, where’d he go?
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| People act like they don’t know
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| It all started from scratch, let’s set it straight
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| With a kick and a snare, yeah, them’s the breaks
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| Yeah, yeah, what up. | 
| It’s the legendary, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
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| DJ Hurricane of the Beastie Boys, Run-D.M.C. | 
| I’m representing Hollis, Queens,
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| New York, and I’m chilling with my homies Bliss n Eso. | 
| Save the culture.
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| Support the DJ. | 
| You heard.
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| What ever happened to the DJ
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| Have you seen him?
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| Shit, people treat him like he in a museum
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| Acting like he ain’t built this bitch
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| With the 1, 2, 3, like this
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| DJ, where’d he go?
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| People act like they don’t know
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| It all started from scratch, let’s set it straight
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| With a kick and a snare, yeah, them’s the breaks
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| «Why these motherfucking DJs don’t scratch on these rap records no more?
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| What ever happened to the DJ?
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| «'Cause they can’t scratch, man. | 
| They get up there on stage, man.
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| Act like they gon' scratch…»
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| What ever happened to the DJ?
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| «They ain’t scratching nothing but they ass» «Yeah, I guess»
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| What ever happened to the DJ?
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| «What do you think I should do then?»
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| «Just start tearing up shit»
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| «Mad izm»
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| «Smacking your head dead off your motherfucking shoulders»
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| «Izm bring the wisdom—Izm bring the wisdom»
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| «Mad izm»
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| «Showing suckers how it’s done»
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| «You got knocked the fuck out, man!»
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| «Shit, if this is gonna be that kind of party, I’m gonna stick my dick in the
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| mashed potatoes!» |