Rock Show – English Lyrics

• By: RUN DMC

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(engine rumbling)

(truck whistling)

(engine rumbling)

(peculiar music)

♪ Jump ♪

♪ DJ Run ♪

♪ DMC ♪

(upbeat rock music)

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ What ♪

♪ King ♪

♪ Of ♪

♪ Rock ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Echo tech ♪

♪ B-boy down ♪

♪ I wanna rock right now ♪

♪ DJ Run and I'm claimin' my crown ♪

♪ I be internationally known ♪

♪ Even got chrome on my microphone ♪

♪ I ain't stupid ♪

♪ Y'all outrageous ♪

♪ Actin' like Run can't rock all ages ♪

♪ So don't act like y'all don't know ♪

♪ Run been rockin' since Kurtis Blow ♪

♪ Me and my brother be gettin' this dough ♪

♪ Came in the door ♪

♪ Said it before ♪

♪ These are the kings ♪

♪ From around the way ♪

♪ Run-DMC and Jam Master Jay ♪

♪ Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay ♪

♪ I'm the king ♪

♪ Of ♪

♪ Rock ♪

♪ Who am I ♪ ♪ I'm the king ♪

♪ Of what ♪

♪ Of rock ♪

♪ Who are we ♪

♪ I'm the king ♪

♪ All right, never lose your flow ♪

♪ In the end it's just a rock show ♪

♪ I'm the king ♪

♪ All right, all right, all right ♪

♪ In the end it's just a rock show ♪

(upbeat rock music)

♪ Y'all wanna know what it takes to be ♪

♪ An MC like D in the place to be ♪

♪ Got a house on the hill for my family ♪

♪ With the grass more green ♪

♪ Than a gram of weed ♪

♪ Stars in the cars ♪

♪ On the way to my show ♪

♪ Gettin' rah at the bar ♪

♪ When they drinkin' the mo ♪

♪ With a cigar in the palm ♪

♪ Steady gettin' the dough ♪

♪ Ain't nuttin' changed ♪

♪ But the lane and the Range a Rove ♪

♪ Just 'cause y'all know my name ♪

♪ Heard my fame and seen my game ♪

♪ Don't mean I'm all about ♪

♪ The glitter and flam ♪

♪ The king of rock is who I am ♪

♪ Raw, we are, by law ♪

♪ First one rockin' in Adidas y'all saw ♪

♪ Jumped on tour way back in '84 ♪

♪ Jay, Run, D. Mac ♪

♪ Smack back up at your door ♪

♪ I'm the king ♪

♪ All right, never lose your flow ♪

♪ In the end it's just a rock show ♪

♪ I'm the king ♪

♪ All right, never lose your flow ♪

♪ 'Cause in the end ♪

♪ It's just a rock show ♪

♪ I'm the king ♪

♪ All right, never lose your flow ♪

♪ 'Cause in the end ♪

♪ It's just a rock show ♪

♪ I'm the king ♪

♪ All right, all right, all right ♪

♪ In the end it's just a rock show ♪

♪ I'm the king ♪

♪ All right, all right, all right ♪

♪ In the end it's just a rock show ♪

♪ Hey y'all it's me ♪

♪ From the Three Beezies ♪

♪ N.Y.C. is sucker free ♪

♪ Just to show y'all it could be done ♪

♪ Step up and funk everyone ♪

♪ And we're out ♪

♪ You can't touch this ♪

♪ You can't touch this ♪

♪ Can't touch this ♪

♪ You can't touch this ♪

♪ You can't touch this ♪

(upbeat rock music)

(engine rumbling)

(engine revving)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rock /rɒk/ A1	noun - a type of music verb - to move gently back and forth
king /kɪŋ/ A2	noun - a male ruler noun - a very good person at something
jump /dʒʌmp/ A1	verb - to push yourself off the ground
flow /floʊ/ B1	noun - smooth progress verb - to move smoothly
claim /kleɪm/ B1	verb - to say something is true
crown /kraʊn/ A2	noun - a symbol of royalty
international /ˌɪntərˈnæʃənəl/ B2	adjective - involving different countries
stupid /ˈstupɪd/ A2	adjective - not intelligent
outrageous /aʊˈtreɪdʒəs/ B2	adjective - shockingly bad or unacceptable
dough /doʊ/ A2	noun - money
stars /stɑːrz/ A1	noun - luminous points in the night sky
fame /feɪm/ B1	noun - being well known
game /ɡeɪm/ A1	noun - an activity done for fun
raw /rɔː/ B1	adjective - not processed or refined
tour /tʊər/ A2	noun - a journey for pleasure
smack /smæk/ A2	verb - to hit forcefully
sucker /ˈsʌkər/ B1	noun - a person easily fooled
funk /fʌŋk/ B2	verb - to express oneself with energy