[scratching]
Why'd you have to make a record ’bout me?
The R-R-R-R-RR-R-R-R-R-R, R-O-X-A-N-N-E
(Oh my goodness!)
Why'd you have to make a record 'bout me?
Why-why-why’d you have to make a record 'bout me?
Why-why-why'd you have to make a record 'bout me?
Why-why-Why'd you have to
Why-why-why'd you have to make a record 'bout me?
The R-R-R-R-RR-R-R-R-R-R, R-O, R-R-R-O-X-A-N-N-E
(Oh-Oh-O-O-Oh my goodness!)
R-R-RR-R-O, R-R-R-O, R-R-O-X-A-N-N-E

Let me tell you a story yes
How I got to be so fresh
It happened one day you know
When I was sitting upstairs listening to the radio (hmm)
They said "There is a contest
We'll give the most money to the girl who’s the best"
I said "You let me enter
Cause I know I am down"
And everybody knows
It was all around town (huh)
And when I entered I came in first place
You should have seen the reaction on my face
They said, "Yo you won but with that song
We gonna call you back so don’t wait too long"
So I waited bout a week, a week or two
And then they finally called me but the song was though
Cause I could not remember not a word that I said
Cause you know that night I made it up on my head (yeah)
They said "Well, could you sit down
Could you write this for me because it's all around town?
It’s the most requested record that is on the radio"
I said "Yeah I'll do it" he said "Yo throw"
So I, got on the mic and started to say
"A listen to me, because I'm fly Shanté"
And when I just started rappin' like this
It is something that they didn’t want to miss
Then I had a far, far way to go
A with a little bit of hassle? from U-T-F-O
About saying, yes, that I'm Roxanne
And then they got so mad they said "shit god damn! (huh)
She is making the top of the charts
You know she didn't even break a rec' she broke our hearts"
I said "Yo, Kangol I'm so sorry"
He said "I'm going upstairs I'm gonna play Atari"
I said "Well you do that cause you know that you chillin'
And everything you know, yo I am always willing"
He said "Yeah you know we got our own Roxanne"
I said "Yeah I seen that girl, she got face like a man" (huh)
He said "Yo baby that's what she got?"
I said "Yeah she couldn't even fuck with pop!"
Tell me something else don't you see
I had to watch my language cause I got so many 'B's (huh)
Now you know what else happened?
I went to Marley cuz he was a close friend
I said "I want to make a record yes?"
He said "Come to my house and let me see if you're fresh"
I said "No not that way, no not today"
He said "You know I'm just playin' Shanté"
I said "All right, I'll be up there tonight"
He said "OK but just say you rhymes and please don't bite"
I said "You're insulting me you know
I never have to bite because I always throw"
He said "All right I'ma give you a chance"
And then when I started rappin' I put him in a trance (huh)
He started cuttin', he w'doing alright
He said "Yo! come up here tomorrow night"
And then the next thing I knew I had did my part
And then I had got a call from Pop Art
He said "Yo baby that joint is fresh"
I said "A thank you very much because you know that I'm the best"
He said, "Yeah you know that you're at the top"
I said "A when I start to rock don't you know I never stop"
Then he, said "Yo baby you got the cutest eyes"
He said "Where did you get them?" I said "I don't know, why?"
Then he said "Yo who's your manager, Ty?"
I said "Why-why-why? Ty"
He said "OK you'll get by"
I said "Well a let me tell you I'm not finished
A when I started rockin' did I really start diminish?" [?]
When he said "Yo! baby don't you know that's right"
I said "Yeah that's me, I never bite"
He said "Well tell me this could you please sit down?"
I said "No, 'cause this ain't my part of town"
So then, I got to Philly where it was sort of chilly
I met these dudes name Don and Willie
It started a commotion, I felt this [?]
And then the next thing you know it started a commotion
Cuz, Dana came over in the middle of the night
I was listening to the wall all I heard was a fight
So, I said let me stay in my room
And then Marley broke out with a big ass broom
He said "They ain't gettin' this outta here"
I said "OK, I'll get over, right over there"
And then along came Magic to save the day
You know what he did? He just ran away
Cuz he's a runaway
[scratching]
Why'd you have to make a record 'bout me?
The R-R-R-R-RR-R-R-R-R-R, R-O-X-A-N-N-E
Why'd you have to make a record 'bout me?
Why-why-why'd you have to make a record 'bout me?
Why-why-why'd you have to make a record 'bout me?
Why-why-Why'd you have to
Why-why-why'd you have to make a record 'bout me?
The R-R-R-R-RR-R-R-R-R-R, R-O, R-R-R-O-X-A-N-N-E
R-R-RR-R-O, R-R-R-O, R-R-O-X-A-N-N-E