[Verse 1: Futura 2000]
Futura is my name
And I say graffiti is where I got my fame
But it's not my fame that I'm here to claim
I wanna tell the real story about my game
Aw, yeah, this is just a little tune about graffiti
[Chorus: Futura 2000]
The idea is to let you know
That graffiti is rockin' and it's on the go
And there's a lot more to it if you check in to it
But the problem is you're probably lookin' right through it
[Verse 2: Futura 2000]
It started for me back in seventy-two
I really wasn't sure what I wanted to do
I saw names everywhere, style color, and flair
I knew I had to join in, I knew my answer was there
There was TAKI bein' tacky with his Dri Mark pen
He was writin' his name way back then
Frank 207, SJK (Aw, yeah)
COCO144 and the UGA, PHASE2, stay hot
Graffiti is a thing that's kinda hard to explain
It's not just runnin' around spray paintin' your name
It starts as a game, can't stay the same
Dedication makes you put it in a different frame
Joe 136 (To the beat)
And there were writers in the past who I bet if you asked
Would say graffiti cannot last
But they crossed that rail and they blazed that trail
And it's because of them that I won't fail (You know it)
You know they jumped that fence, they crossed that track
And it's because of them I can never be the wack (And you know that)
(To the beat)
[Verse 3: Futura 2000]
There's a side that's good and there's a side that's bad
And on the inside graffiti's always have
That individual desire which I guess I most admire
That need to bomb, to set things on fire (Down by law)
I painted the train and I called [?]
I guess until then I wasn't really awake
I realized then what I could do
I just check out the scene from a whole new view
It wasn't hard, you see, it didn't take much time
I started out with a def design
There were no others there, but I didn't care
When the car rolled by, it made people stare
But are they more aware? (To the beat)
Crash, Daze, [?] and Ali
The boys are bad and they're down with me
Graffiti (To the beat), what's it gonna be? (To the beat)
Zephyr, [?], Dondi and Lee (To the beat)
Ed Koch, unlock the house, check it out
[Chorus: Futura 2000]
The idea is to let you know
That graffiti is rockin' and it's on the go
And there's a lot more to it if you check in to it
But the problem is people are lookin' right through it
[Verse 4: Futura 2000]
You got Wild Style, Style Wars comin' on strong
Charlie A. Henry and the list goes on
Biggest toy, a small, young boy
The inside king and full car joy
A show in France, a new romance
Paint another train and take another chance
It's all about this when you're livin' in the city
People out there won't have no pity (Ride it out, sure shot)
You got many young minds with a lot to say
All this paint and the subway's grey
And soon the efforts, they're buffed away
By the monster machines of the M.T.A.
Erol, man, you ever see that buffing machine? (Cold blooded)
Nah
Writin' on the wall, no talent at all
A simple scrawl, a bathroom stall
A project hall, hey
Graffiti's everywhere, y'all
(You don't stop the body, body, body, body rock)
I was maxin' hard with a friend of mine
He's now my lawyer and he'll rock your mind
We call him Fab 5 Freddy or Freddy B.
You know he rocks the mic a-to the highest degree
Freddy, I threw you down, you see
'Cause we both rock shots and makin' history
A-to the funky beat, to the funky beat
Funky beat I freak, freak, freak
[Chorus: Futura 2000]
The idea is to let you know
That graffiti is rockin' and it's on the go
And there's a lot more to it if you check in to it
But the problem is you probably just can't do it
[Post-Chorus: Futura 2000 & Fab 5 Freddy]
To the beat, beat, beat, the beat, the beat, beat
Beat, let's get to it
[Verse 4: Futura 2000]
Keith Haring, rock the house
And the downtown scene, rock, shock the house now
Jean-Michel, you're doin' swell, ya know ya
Ya know ya got real clientele (My mellow)
[?] rock the house (My mellow)
And [?], shock the house (A-rock on)
Rust-Oleum, rock the house (Rock on), hey (A-rock on)
Graffiti, rock, shock the show (A-rock on, a-rock on, a-rock on, a-rock on)
F-U-T-U-R-A
Shockin' the rhyme until the break of day
Check me out, and ya don't stop (Fab 5)
Grafitti's what I be about
(To the beat-beat, to the beat-beat)
Alright, got my man Mick cuttin' the mix (To the beat)
No tricks (The beat, the beat, the beat, beat, beat, beat)
(Beat, beat the beat, a-to the beat, beat)
To The Clash, you're rockin' the house
Hey, thanks a lot, shock-shock the house (A-shock the house)
F-U-T-U-R-A, hey
Futura's what I spray (Check it out, check, check it out)
New York City, rock the house (Check it out)
Graffiti, rock, shock the house (Check, check, check it out)
(Check, check it out)
[?], city-wide
Front Gallery (Lower east side, lower east side rockin' on)
Front Gallery, and ya don't stop
(To the beat, a-to the beat, the beat, the beat)
(Do or die, Bed Stuy, rock on)
[Chorus: Futura 2000]
The idea is to let you know
That graffiti is rockin' and it's on the go
And there's a lot more to it if you check in to it
But the problem is you probably just can't do it
[Post-Chorus: Fab 5 Freddy]
Ya don't stop
The body rock
Fab 5 is in the house
Out, check, check, check, check, check it out
You don't, you don't stop
And you don't stop that body rock
You don't, you don't, you don't stop
You don't stop, you don't, you don't, you don't
You don't stop that body rock
[Outro: Futura 2000]
[?] rockin' the house
I said [?] the word, you're rock, shockin' the house (Without a doubt)
Mysterious, Mysterious, hey
You never know it's delirious
Get down, stop, stop messin' around
The man is in your town
Ooh, do you know that? 'Cause it's not the wack
And to The Clash, you're rockin' the house
Hey, thanks a lot, shock, shock the house
F-U-T-U-R-A, hey
And you know that, Futura is what I spray, ha
