
Date of issue: 22.04.2001
Record label: XL
Song language: English
I Did It Like This |
Genuine since '89 |
And I still ain’t half steppin'… |
I did it like this |
I did it like that |
I did it like this |
I did it like that |
I did it like this |
I did it like that |
Now Ugly Duckling’s gonna take you back |
I did it like this |
I did it like that |
I did it like this |
I did it like that |
I did it like this |
I did it like that |
Now Andy Cooper’s gonna take you back |
To the planet, rock |
I used to produce hip-hop |
Poundin' rhythms with my hands on my school desk top |
'Till my teacher would make me stop |
I’d wait for recess |
Then I’d beat box at a pop lock contest |
At home I’d slide across my kitchen floor |
Doing moonwalks |
All I needed was my windbreaker and some new socks |
Not to mention the extension cord adapter |
To attatch a little radio that was my ghetto blaster |
I remember making my first songs, no sound board |
Just messin with the tape deck pressin record |
And Pause |
There were flaws in the tape and hiss |
But now I’m an Ugly Duckling and do it like this |
We take a beat in a rap |
And then delete it to track |
Then keep repeating it back |
'Till it’s completed intact |
So that the people react |
Out of they seat and they clap |
From the petite to the fat |
On every street on the map |
So when my brother laughed and my dad said it was a fad |
I went into my room with a pen and a pad |
And wrote a little rap about my fat cat |
Now I’m the cat with the fat rap |
And I did it like that |
When I rapped with this cat in jafette |
Doing vocals through the headphones, live to casette |
Low tech |
I could get out a dodge to Tahiti |
When I wrote grafiti in the garage |
I hide like camoflauge in my cubicle |
Workin' my fingers to the cuticle |
And turn the ugly beautiful |
And it was undisputable |
The unknown |
So we always had to fight to get the microphone |
And perform in the dorm |
Backyard or Gym |
We’ve rocked the coffe shop for a crowd of ten |
Just plug the tables in to any PA |
Long Beach, CA |
Einstein’s the DJ |
My motto’s been bravado since Le Coq Sportif and Lotto |
But now it’s ugly duckling and there’s no one else to follow |
Me and Andy C tag team and hand slap |
Yeah I did it like this |
And I did it like that |
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