Tag: 1984

  • Now when freaks get dressed to go out at night,
    They like to wear leather jackets, chains and spikes.
    They wear rips and zippers all in their shirts,
    Real tight pants and fresh mini skirts.
    All kinds of colors runnin’ through their hair,
    And you could just about find a freak anywhere.
    But then again, you could know someone all their life,
    But might not know they’re a freak unless you see them at night.

    Whodini, “Freaks Come out at Night,” Escape, 1984
  • Americanomics works, and I won’t argue that is true.
    But if the economy is getting better, getting better for who?
    Well, if you ask me, I’m doing much worse than before,
    With the welfare cuts, I don’t eat no more.
    So if I did wanna go out, I couldn’t go nowhere,
    Cause I ate every last one of them reindeer.
    Rudolph first, I went down the list,
    I got so hungry, I just couldn’t resist.
    I ate Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Dixon,
    Fried them up and then started to mix them.
    And before you knew it, they were all gone,
    I wonder what y’all gonna do about my reindeer song!

    Kool Moe Dee, “Santa’s Rap,” from Beat Street, 1984
  • Rhymes so def, rhymes rhymes galore,
    Rhymes that you’ve never even heard before.
    Now if you say you heard my rhyme, we gonna have to fight,
    ‘Cause I just made the muthafuckas up last night!

    Run, “Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse),” from Run-DMC’s Run-DMC, 1984
  • Hard times spreading just like the flu,
    Watch out homeboy, don’t let it catch you.

    Run-D.M.C., “Hard Times," Run-D.M.C. 1984. Visit the Flu Trends map on Google for more information on how the flu is impacting your community. Theme song: Beatnuts "No Escapin’ This”.
  • Two years ago, a friend of mine
    Asked me to say some MC rhymes.
    So I said this rhyme I’m about to say
    The rhyme was def a’ then it went this way…

    Run, “Sucker M.C.’s,” from Run-D.M.C., 1984
  • Unemployment at a record high.
    People coming, people going, people born to die.
    Don’t ask me, because I don’t know why,
    But it’s like that, and that’s the way it is.

    Run, “It’s Like That,” from Run-D.M.C., 1984
  • Money is the key to end all your woes,
    Your ups, your downs, your highs, and your lows.
    Won’t you tell me last time love bought your clothes?

    Run, “It’s Like That,” from Run-DMC’s self-titled debut, 1984