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Artist: Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew
Album:  Oh, My God!
Song:   The Show
                                      
   Note:
   
   D = Doug E Fresh
   R = MC Ricky D (aka Slick Rick)
   B = Both
   G = Get Fresh Crew
   
   Intro
   
   Ladies and Gentleman...the most exciting stage show you've ever
   witnessed...appearing live...Doug E Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew.
   
   Verse 1
   
   R: Excuse me Doug E Fresh...
   D: Yes!
   R: Have you ever seen a show with fellas on the mic
   with one minute rhymes that don't come out right
   They bite
   D: They never write
   R: That's not polite. Am I lyin'?
   D: No, you're quite right
   R: Well tonight on this very mic you're about to hear
   B: We swear, the best darn rappers of the year
   R: So!
   D: So!
   R: Cheerio!
   D: Yell...
   R: Scream...
   B: Bravo! Also, if you didn't know this is called The Show
   
   Verse 2
   
   R: A-yo, Doug
   D: What?
   R: Put ya Bally's on
   D: Yo, Rick, I was about to but I need a shoehorn
   R: Why?
   D: Because these shoes always hurt my corns
   R: Six minutes...six minutes...six minutes Doug E Fresh, you're on
   Uh uh on, Uh uh on, Uh uh-uh uh-uh uh uh on
   Uh uh on, Uh uh on, Uh uh-uh uh-uh uh uh on
   Ooh ooh ooh, uh uh on
   
   D: Here we go...
   G: Here we go...
   D: Come on...
   G: Come on...
   D: A-here we go...
   G: Here we go...
   D: Come on...
   G: Come on...
   
   D: Yo! Where's Will and Barr?
   R: Well I don't know, they're late
   Told em them the time...oh, I forgot the date
   D: Man you did it again, oh no!
   G: No, here we go, come on
   Here we go, come on
   Here we go, did we miss the show?
   D: Nuh, nuh na nana no we didn't
   R: Word
   D: Nuh nana nana nana, no we didn't
   R: W-w-w-Word
   D: No we didn't
   R: Well don't get us wrong
   'Scuse me Doug E, 'Scuse me Doug E,
   'Scuse me Doug E Fresh, you're on
   Uh uh on...
   
   Verse 3
   
   D: Well it started up on 8th Avenue
   When I made up the name called the...
   G: Get Fresh Crew!
   D: It was me, my two DJ's Chill Will and Barry B
   and my right hand man Ricky D
   I used to rap and sing, makes sounds and things
   And for example, here's a telephone ring...
   
   R: Hello? Is Doug E Fresh in?
   D: No, he's not in right now
   
   D: But anyway, no more delay
   Just check out the new style I display
   Now ya gotta be (fresh)
   To rock with (fresh)
   And I'm D.O.U.G.I.E (fresh)
   And I'm known for the... [fx: Doug E style beatbox]
   Not for the... [fx: Fat Boys style beatbox]
   The human beatbox or the entertainer
   No other title could fit me plainer
   In a passing generation I am a remainer
   And I'm also known as the beatbox trainer
   Cashin' checks, make sound FX
   And after I finish rockin' Slick Rick is on next
   R: Ya know it
   D: Slick Rick...
   R: Well, here's a little somethin' that needs to be heard
   Doug, I was goin' Downtown
   D: Word Rick?
   R: Word
   D: Sure
   R: All alone, no-one to be with
   Stepped on the D-train at 205th
   I saw a pretty girl
   D: So?
   R: So I sat beside her
   Then she went [fx: roar] like she was Tony the Tiger
   I said, oh no, there's been a mistake
   Honey, my name's Slick Rick not Frostie Flakes
   D: Oh, golly wally
   R: She was raisin' hell
   She said, oh my name is Maggie but call me Michelle
   Michelle, ma belle
   Sont les mots qui vont, tres bien ensemble
   Tres bien ensemble
   Bust a move, we show and prove
   A-yo Doug, do that record Jam on the Groove
   
   Outro
   
   D: As you can see, most definitely
   We are (fresh)
   Chill Will (fresh)
   Barry B is (fresh)
   Ricky D is (fresh)
   And I am, the Original Human Beatbox
   The Entertainer, Doug E.... (Fresh)