B..B..B..Bklyn -

Once again, this is another slammin jam from Boogie Down Productions

As you may already know KRS-One is from the Bronx

But I’m Ms. Melodie and I’m from Brooklyn

And this is dedicated to you

Special Request

To Rebel Souls

Sly &Robbie

Heavy D Lady V Mikey Dread

Steel Pulse

And of course

The BDP Posse

And I wanna break it down like this

B.b.b.bo-skank — hey

You know you don’t want Brooklyn to come run ya down

You know you don’t want Brooklyn to come run ya down

My name is Melodie, I’ve got the A1 sound

And when I go on tour I go from town to town

Come back to New York City and I’m Brooklyn-bound

Some people wish to stop me but I’m trackin em down

I fuck off them head and watch them fall to the ground

Cause 'we are livin up in a very bad world

And I am a very bad girl'

See, 'we are livin up in a very bad world

And I am a very bad girl'

Break

I’ve got a posse over there and over here

Ms. Melodie walks through the city with no fear

I get along with my brothers and my sisters

Everyone knows, even the misses and the misters

Happy-go-luck, intelligent, not a dummy

I know who I am, therefore the suckers can’t run me Only look and wonder who I really am And how I rock the party from the AM to the PM

'Who is her designer, where does she get her style?'

But I just hold my head up and flash a smile

Cause most mean well, the rest mean bad and wanna boo you

I say to myself, 'I got a posse that can do you'

So when do you take the time to just come out

Come out your shell and let it all hang out?

I am the type of person that figures

If it gets too damn wild I’m pullin triggers

And if there’s a posse out there that feels the same

Turn on your brain and try to restrain

My name is M-e-l-o-d-i-e

Guaranteed to rock most of the illest posses

Pause.

only because

Lyrics like these can start wars

So when do you take the time to just come out

Come out your shell and let it all hang out

B-r-o-o-k-l-y-n again

Here is a message that starts but has no end

Your rhymes were not made to hurt me Ha, just bounce right off and alert me Cause 'we are livin up in a very bad world

And I am a very bad girl'

See, 'we are livin up in a very bad world

And I am a very bad girl'

Break

(Why do you like soul?)

You know I have not come to down the other women

I make my own money, I got my own opinion

I write my own lyrics, make my own calculations

View the situation

I am musically inclined I find my lyrics jump

The bass atop the high, it’s like a thump

Them wanna keep in mind the fact that I’m a loner

Born in Brooklyn, first name Ramona

Don’t play no games and no games are played

I rather invade, create, and get paid

You call yourself a star?

I am the solar system

For those that have a problem with that, I just diss them

Cause super dope vocals seem to be the remedy

For sucker MC’s out here my name is Me-Me-Melodie

(Why do you like soul?)

B.b.b.bo-skank — hey

You know you don’t want Brooklyn to come run ya down

You know you don’t want Brooklyn to come run ya down

My name is Melodie, I’ve got the A1 sound

(Why do you like soul?)

(Because it makes me — happy)