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The Rap Lyrics by Cleavant Derricks (actor)

Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album

1982

[JIMMY, spoken]
I can't do it, I can't sing any more sad songs. There's got to be some good times! Brian?
[BRIAN, spoken]
Yeah baby?
[JIMMY, spoken]
Look, I'm gonna give you a countoff and the rest of you guys, you come on here when I tell you.
[JIMMY]
One, two, three, hit me!
Bop-de-bop, ba-ba-da-ba dee bop
Bop-de-bop
Yeah
Bop-de-bop
Hit me
Bop-de-bop
One, two
Yeah
Bass man
Give it to you
Oh
Uh
[?]
Oh
One, two, three, hit me
Yeah
Bop-de-bop
Oh
Hey ya, Curley
Let's rap with Jimmy Early
Got a home in the hills
Mercedes Benz
Hot swimmin' pool
I got lots of friends
Clothes by the acre
Got credit to spare
I could wake up tomorrow
And find nobody there
But Jimmy want more
Jimmy want more
Jimmy want
Jimmy want a
Yeah
Oh
[?]
Jimmy want a rib
Jimmy want a steak
Jimmy want a piece of your chocolate cake
More than all that
Jimmy wants a break
'Cause Jimmy got soul
Jimmy got soul
Jimmy got
Jimmy got
I've got to move
Got to move
Got to make my body move
I can't do rock
I can't do roll
What I can do, baby, is show my soul
Jimmy got soul
Jimmy got soul
Jimmy got
Jimmy got
Be on the groove
Oh
I got to move
Be on the groove
Oh
I got to move
(Special Edition only)
Got to go
Oh
Got to go
[FRANK. spoken (Special Edition only)]
I don't believe what Jimmy's doin' out there, he's dropped his pants!
[CURTIS, spoken (Special Edition only)]
Even Jimmy wouldn't dare.
[​C​H​O​R​U​S (Special Edition only)]
Showbiz, just showbiz
Showbiz, just showbiz

About “The Rap” by Cleavant Derricks (actor)

Read the complete lyrics to "The Rap" by Cleavant Derricks (actor) from the album "Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album" in 1982. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Rap, Broadway, Musicals.

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"The Rap" appears on "Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album" in 1982.

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