R U Ready – English Lyrics

• By: Salt-N-Pepa, Rufus Moore

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(birds chirping)

(car engine revving)

(gates squeaking)

(car brake squeaking)

(upbeat funk music)

♪ Are you ready ♪

♪ Pump, pump let me see you jump ♪

♪ Shake your rump ♪ ♪ Push it real good ♪

♪ Break it down with the funk ♪

♪ One love like the LB say, right ♪

♪ Right ♪

♪ Music makes us high ♪

♪ But you've been giving shade ♪

♪ 'Cause I stay paid ♪

♪ Sipping lemonade, don't be mad ♪ ♪ 'Cause I got it made ♪

♪ Diva hating, waiting snake in the grass ♪

♪ Look me up and down when I pass ♪

♪ With ya sneaky ass ♪

♪ Vibing with your girlfriends ♪

♪ Jealous of my dividends ♪

♪ And my Benz and my ends ♪

♪ Like no other, butter-smooth like cream ♪

♪ I keep it milky when I moves on the scene ♪

♪ Got you fiending, on lockdown, can't you tell ♪

♪ Never fail, Black queens doing it well ♪

♪ We be the crew that you wanna step to ♪

♪ Sisters with an attitude ♪

♪ Now, how my mic sound ♪ ♪ Whoo ♪

♪ My mic sound nice ♪

♪ Check one, check two ♪ ♪ One, two ♪

♪ Everybody make way ♪

♪ Party people coming through ♪ ♪ Throw yo hands up ♪

♪ Put them up ♪

♪ Bounce, hold steady ♪ ♪ Come on ♪

♪ Are you ready ♪ ♪ Say what ♪ ♪ My mic sound nice ♪

♪ Check one, check two ♪ ♪ One, two ♪

♪ Everybody make way ♪

♪ Party people coming through ♪

♪ Coming through ♪ ♪ Throw yo hands up ♪

♪ Put them up ♪

♪ Bounce, hold steady ♪ ♪ Come on ♪

♪ Are you ready ♪ ♪ We make you burn ♪

♪ with the hot tracks ♪ ♪ Hey ♪

♪ Spin and scratch the hot wax ♪

♪ Ho ♪ ♪ So I can grab ♪

♪ The microphone and climax ♪

♪ Bars stay lean and cream keep stacking ♪

♪ Right, right ♪ ♪ Dr. Seuss cracking ♪

♪ The beats with no slacking ♪

♪ That's me ♪ ♪ So move with the groove ♪

♪ Make ya knees weaker ♪

♪ Salt-N-Pepa coming through ya speaker ♪

♪ Hot blazing, so amazing ♪

♪ Hundred fifty proof ♪

♪ Raising the roof ♪

♪ Who got the juice now ♪

♪ Yeah, Papa, I'm a break you off something proper ♪

♪ Show stopper like Frankie Crocker ♪

♪ Female phenomenon, when you get off ♪

♪ Then put me on ♪ ♪ What ♪

♪ Miss Jiggy, hell yeah, ♪ ♪ The bomb diggy ♪ ♪ Right ♪

♪ Microphone check, one, two ♪

♪ One, two ♪ ♪ Brand new coming through ♪

♪ Coming through ♪ ♪ You know how we do ♪

♪ Stay on point like a needle ♪

♪ Who are you to judge ♪

♪ Like Ito ♪ ♪ Like Ito ♪

♪ Recognize Salt-N-Pep's steelo ♪

♪ Whoo ♪ ♪ My mic sound nice ♪

♪ Check one, check two ♪ ♪ One, two ♪

♪ Everybody make way ♪

♪ Party people coming through ♪ ♪ Throw yo hands up ♪

♪ Put them up ♪

♪ Bounce, hold steady ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Are you ready ♪

♪ Mic check ♪ ♪ My mic sound nice ♪

♪ Check one, check two ♪ ♪ One, two ♪

♪ Everybody make way ♪

♪ Party people coming through ♪ ♪ Throw yo hands up ♪

♪ Put them up ♪

♪ Bounce, hold steady ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Are you ready ♪

♪ I'm about to make the whole world bounce ♪

♪ Make it freaky 'til you dripping ♪

♪ Salt-N-Pepa got me in the VI sipping ♪

♪ On the dance floor non-stop ♪

♪ How we moving it ♪

♪ Game so tight lubrication couldn't loosen it ♪

♪ B-L-A-Q the bomb, y'all know ♪

♪ Chi-Ca, Chi-Co who matching my flow ♪

♪ Shake what your mama created until it hurt ya ♪

♪ Daddy came to freak it down and work ya ♪

♪ What time is it ♪ ♪ P to the E ♪

♪ To the P to the A ♪

♪ Lay my game down precise like every day ♪

♪ Display many styles for years, I've been here ♪

♪ Iced-out sex appeal, I put your lights out ♪

♪ Pull your mics out, we rock the party ♪

♪ Freak your body ♪

♪ No need for a shotty ♪

♪ I'm a make you sweat all night, hold tight ♪

♪ All heads turn when I snatch the mic ♪

♪ Send the party into orbit ♪ ♪ Orbit ♪

♪ Copping drop tops 'cause I can afford it, ain't nothing ♪

♪ Party over here, what you doing on the other side ♪

♪ We came here to get live, take a ride ♪

♪ With the S and the P, hey, Pep MC ♪

♪ Shine every time just like the Lex be ♪

♪ You wanna test me, don't floss ♪

♪ Don't floss ♪ ♪ We got the flow ♪

♪ That'll break you off ♪

♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Descent, leave you locked ♪

♪ Like the precinct, how we get down ♪

♪ How we get down ♪ ♪ Worldwide, everybody know ♪

♪ About the sound ♪

♪ Let it pound in your system ♪

♪ One time, all up in ya mind ♪

♪ How it shine genuine ♪ ♪ Come on ♪

♪ Whoo ♪ ♪ My mic sound nice ♪

♪ Check one, check two ♪ ♪ One, two ♪

♪ Everybody make way ♪

♪ Party people coming through ♪ ♪ Throw yo hands up ♪

♪ Put them up ♪

♪ Bounce, hold steady ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Are you ready ♪

♪ Mic check ♪ ♪ My mic sound nice ♪

♪ Check one, check two ♪ ♪ One, two ♪

♪ Everybody make way ♪

♪ Party people coming through ♪ ♪ Throw yo hands up ♪

♪ Put them up ♪

♪ Bounce, hold steady ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Are you ready ♪

♪ My mic sound nice ♪

♪ Check one, check two ♪

♪ Everybody make way ♪

♪ Party people coming through ♪ ♪ Throw yo hands up ♪

♪ Put them up ♪

♪ Bounce, hold steady ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Are you ready ♪

♪ Whoo ♪ ♪ My mic sound nice ♪

♪ Check one, check two ♪

♪ Everybody make way ♪

♪ Party people coming through ♪ ♪ Throw yo hands up ♪

♪ Put them up ♪

♪ Bounce, hold steady ♪ ♪ Come on ♪

♪ Are you ready ♪ ♪ Are you ready ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ready /ˈrɛdi/ A1	adjective - prepared or available for use
jump /dʒʌmp/ A1	verb - to push oneself off a surface and into the air
shake /ʃeɪk/ A1	verb - to move or cause to move with short, quick movements
push /pʊʃ/ A1	verb - to exert force on something to move it away
funk /fʌŋk/ B1	noun - a style of music characterized by a strong rhythmic groove
shade /ʃeɪd/ A2	noun - a slight negative remark or attitude
diva /ˈdiːvə/ B1	noun - a celebrated female singer
vibing /ˈvaɪbɪŋ/ B1	verb - to have a good feeling or atmosphere
jealous /ˈdʒɛləs/ A2	adjective - feeling resentment over someone's success
fiending /ˈfiːndɪŋ/ B2	verb - craving or obsessing over something intensely
lockdown /ˈlɒkdaʊn/ B1	noun - a state of confinement or restriction
crew /kruː/ A2	noun - a group of people working together
attitude /ˈætɪtjuːd/ A2	noun - a settled way of thinking or feeling
climax /ˈklaɪmæks/ B2	noun - the most intense or exciting point
stacking /ˈstækɪŋ/ A2	verb - to arrange objects in a pile
groove /ɡruːv/ B1	noun - a settled rhythm or pattern
blazing /ˈbleɪzɪŋ/ B1	adjective - extremely intense or passionate
orbit /ˈɔːrbɪt/ B2	noun - a path described by an object revolving around another
freaky /ˈfriːki/ B1	adjective - unusual or strange in a way that is exciting
flow /floʊ/ A2	noun - the smooth movement or progression

Key Grammar Structures

• ♪ Are you ready ♪

  ➔ Present Simple Interrogative

  ➔ The phrase uses the auxiliary verb 'are' to form a question in the present simple tense, asking about readiness.

• ♪ Shake your rump ♪

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The phrase is in the imperative mood, giving a direct command to 'shake your rump'.

• ♪ One love like the LB say, right ♪

  ➔ Simile

  ➔ The phrase uses 'like' to compare 'one love' to what 'LB say', creating a simile.

• ♪ 'Cause I stay paid ♪

  ➔ Present Simple with 'stay'

  ➔ The phrase uses 'stay' to emphasize a continuous state of being paid, in the present simple tense.

• ♪ Look me up and down when I pass ♪

  ➔ Present Simple with Time Clause

  ➔ The phrase uses 'when I pass' as a time clause to indicate when the action of looking up and down occurs.

• ♪ Never fail, Black queens doing it well ♪

  ➔ Present Continuous with 'doing'

  ➔ The phrase uses 'doing' to indicate an action happening now, emphasizing the continuous effort of Black queens.

• ♪ We be the crew that you wanna step to ♪

  ➔ Present Simple with 'be'

  ➔ The phrase uses 'be' in place of 'are' for a more informal tone, stating a fact about the crew.

• ♪ How my mic sound ♪

  ➔ Question Tag

  ➔ The phrase ends with a question tag 'sound' to seek confirmation or reaction from the audience.