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[00:08.11][Queen Latifah]
[00:18.18]The ladies will kick it, the rhyme that is wicked
[00:19.81]Those that don't know how to be pros get evicted
[00:21.75]A woman can bear you, break you, take you
[00:24.45]Now it's time to rhyme, can you relate to
[00:26.25]A sister dope enough to make you holler and scream
[00:28.95][Monie Love]
[00:29.88]Ayo, let me take it from here, Queen...
[00:30.72]Excuse me but I think I'm about do
[00:33.42]To get into precisely what I am about to do
[00:35.23]I'm conversating to the folks that have no whatsoever clue
[00:37.08]So listen very carefully as I break it down for you
[00:38.83]Merrily merrily merrily merrily hyper happy overjoyed
[00:41.60]Pleased with all the beats and rhymes my sisters have employed
[00:43.42]Slick and smooth throwing down the sound totally a yes
[00:46.13]Let me state the position: Ladies first, yes? (Yes)
[00:48.88](Yeah, there's going to be some changes in here)
[00:52.47][Monie Love]
[00:53.35]Believe me when I say being a woman is great, you see
[00:55.19]I know all the fellas out there will agree with me
[00:57.83]Not for being one but for being with one
[01:00.57]Because when it's time for loving it's the woman that gets some
[01:02.36]Strong, stepping, strutting, moving on
[01:05.15]Rhyming, cutting, and not forgetting
[01:06.93]We are the ones that give birth
[01:09.65]To the new generation of prophets because it's Ladies First
[01:11.45][Queen Latifah]
[01:12.30]I break into a lyrical freestyle
[01:13.26]Grab the mic, look into the crowd and see smiles
[01:15.98]Cause they see a woman standing up on her own two
[01:17.71]Sloppy slouching is something I won't do
[01:19.59]Some think that we can't flow (can't flow)
[01:22.35]Stereotypes, they got to go (got to go)
[01:24.11]I'm a mess around and flip the scene into reverse
[01:26.83](With what?) With a little touch of "Ladies First"
[01:47.11]Who said the ladies couldn't make it, you must be blind
[02:07.07]If you don't believe, well here, listen to this rhyme
[02:09.79]Ladies first, there's no time to rehearse
[02:11.59]I'm divine and my mind expands throughout the universe
[02:14.29]A female rapper with the message to send the
[02:16.02]Queen Latifah is a perfect specimen
[02:17.84][Monie Love]
[02:18.88]My sister, can I get some?
[02:20.65][Queen Latifah]
[02:21.54]Sure, Monie Love, grab the mic and get dumb
[02:22.40][Monie Lovie]
[02:23.39]Yo, praise me not for simply being what I am
[02:25.12]Born in L-O-N-D-O-N and sound American
[02:26.99]You dig exactly where I'm coming from
[02:29.66]You want righteous rhyming, Imma give you some
[02:31.42]To enable you to aid yourself and get paid
[02:33.21]And the material that has no meaning I wish to slay
[02:35.92]Pay me every bit of your attention
[02:37.79]Like mother, like daughter, I would also like to mention
[02:39.57]I wish for you to bring me to, bring me to the rhythm
[02:42.25]Of which is now systematically given
[02:45.04]Desperately stressing I'm the daughter of a sister
[02:46.81]Who's the mother of a brother who's the brother of another
[02:48.65]Plus one more; all four
[02:50.40]Have a job to do, we doing it
[02:52.28]Respect due, to the mother who's the root of it
[02:54.06]And next up is me, the M-O-N-I-E L-O-V-E
[02:56.78]And I'm first cause I'm a L-A-D-I-E
[02:58.54][Queen Latifah]
[02:59.48]Contact and in fact, the style, it gets harder
[03:01.22]Cooling on the scene with my European partner
[03:03.05]Laying down track after track, waiting for the climax
[03:05.76]When I get there, that's when I tax
[03:07.51]The next man, or the next woman
[03:09.45]It doesn't make a difference, keep the competition coming
[03:12.15]And I'll recite the chapter in verse
[03:14.83]The title of this recital is "Ladies First"
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