Holiday rap (1986)    (video)

 

    F - G - G - Am   - F - G - Em - F (2x)

 

                     F                                     G

1. We celebrate seven weeks, Miker „G“ and Sven,

                      G                Am

    we took a holiday with all our friends.

                   F                                       G

    It was a time to relax and let your worries behind,

       Em                                                  F

    exactly seven weeks or something crossed my mind.

 

                      F                             G

    It was the sign of the time we never forget,

              G                                           Am

    one morning our parents kicked us out of our beds.

            F                                             G

    We told them it was stupid, don’t play the fool,

                  Em                                         F

    but the answer was short : You gotta go to school.

 

            F                                       G

2. G’s running up and down and everybody know,

     G                                               Am

    rappin’, rockin’, poppin’ in the street-kid-show.

               F                                      G

    Miker “G” rocks the house and you know what I’m saying,

               Em                                      F

    now when he’s on the mic, there will be no delaying.

 

                  F                                            G

    So you better run to see him in your neighbourhood,

             G                                           Am

    he’s rappin’, rockin’ all the way to Hollywood.

                F                                       G

    Hey, check it out, these are the words we say,

               Em                                  F

    yo, scream with us, we need a holiday.

 

                       F                                  G

    We gonna ring-rang-a-dong for a holiday,

                    G                                Am

    put your arms in the air, let me hear you say !

                       F                                  G

    We gonna ring-rang-a-dong for a holiday,

                   Em                               F

    put your arms in the air, let me hear you say !

 

                       F                                  G

    We gonna ring-rang-a-dong for a holiday,

               G                         Am

    Miker “G” and Sven are here to stay.

                       F                                  G

    We gonna ring-rang-a-dong for a holiday,

               Em                               F

    hey, check out the new style we just play !

 

      F                         - G                               F                                    G

    We are going on        a summer holiday, if you want to go, yo, Sven,

                 F                                G

    We’re going to London and New York City,

                 Dm                            C

    and we take a little piece of Amsterdam, right !

      F                         - G                               F                                    G

    We are going on        a summer holiday, if you want to go, yo, Sven,

                 F                                G

    We’re going to London and New York City,

                 Dm                            C

    and we take a little piece of Amsterdam, right !

 

                    F                G

3. I wanna holiday, I screamed a lot,

                      G                                Am

    your only thing, school’s the only thing I’ve got.

                  F                         G

    Sven’s parents told me I better go,

                            Em                                           F

    ‘cause Sven’s hanging on the street in the street-kid-show.

 

                F                       G

    In the bar “Rox”, what happened to you?

       G                                      Am

    I told him it’s my life and I know what I’m doing.

        F                                           G

    I saw the school, I thought I’d never stay,

                   Em                                             F

    give me seven weeks again, I need my holiday.

 

               F                                        G

4. Well, this is my partner with the number one jam,

     G                                                Am

    famous in the Boogie Bronx and Amsterdam.

                    F                                  G

    He’s the fastest rapper, yo, his name is Miker “G”,

          Em                                  F

    his rap is stronger than the sucker MC’s.

 

              F                                         G

    Well, let me show you what my man can do,

     G                                             Am

    rappin’, rockin’, poppin’ in the boogaloo, too.

            F                  G

    But anyway, no more delay,

           Em                             F

    just listen to the beat-box he will play.

 

+  F - G - G - Am   - F - G - Em - F (2x)

 

            F                                 G

5. My name is MC Sven and also DJ,

                G                                         Am

    I didn’t like the schools, so I took another way.

                          F                G

    You like the Miker “G”, I use my voice 

             Em                    F

    and soon I bought a big Rolls Royce.

 

                F                          G

    That’s right, my name is Miker “G”,

       G                                  Am

    I use the holiday with the M.I.C.

                     F                                    G

    On the street was a party bigger than Hollywood,

        Em                                        F

    I grew up in this world, started in the neighbourhood.

 

                       F                                  G

    We gonna ring-rang-a-dong for a holiday,

                    G                                Am

    put your arms in the air, let me hear you say !

                       F                                  G

    We gonna ring-rang-a-dong for a holiday,

                   Em                                F

    put your arms in the air, let me hear you say !

 

                       F                                  G

    We gonna ring-rang-a-dong for a holiday,

               G                         Am

    Miker “G” and Sven are here to stay.

                       F                                  G

    We gonna ring-rang-a-dong for a holiday,

               Em                               F

    hey, check out the new style we just play !

 

      F                         - G                               F                                    G

    We are going on        a summer holiday, if you want to go, yo, Sven,

                 F                                G

    We’re going to London and New York City,

                 Dm                            C

    and we take a little piece of Amsterdam, right !

      F                         - G                               F                                    G

    We are going on        a summer holiday, if you want to go, yo, Sven,

                 F                                G

    We’re going to London and New York City,

                 Dm                            C

    and we take a little piece of Amsterdam, right !

 

+  F - G - F - G    - F - G - Dm - C (2x)

 

      F                                G

6. Bite is the thing most  rappers do,

          G                     Am

    but I can write my own thing, too.

               F                                   G

    I can understand things most rappers say,

                Em                                  F

    ’cause rappin’ is my thing and I do it every day.

 

                  F                                         G

    I’m the number one rapper, yo, my name is Sven,

              G                               Am

    I can rap more raps than a superman can.

           F                             G

    So I’m the guy on your radio,

            Em                                  F

    also rockin’ to the rhythm in stere-ereo.

 

                    F                      G

7. And you don’t stop that body rock,

                     G                   Am

    and you won’t stop that body rock.

               F                                  G

    Yo, spell my name right, I’m Miker “G”,

   Em                     F

    M-I-K-E-R and “G”, you see.

 

             F                                       G

    Yo, “M” is the microphone and “G”’s genious,

               G                                 Am

    Miker “G” in the house, that’s serious.

                      F                             G

    And you know that, and you show that,

          Em                  F

    it’s time, Sven, so let’s go back.

 

      F                         - G                                F                            G

    We are going on        a summer holiday, do do, do do do do do.

                 F                                G                   Dm                          C

    We’re going to London and New York City, do do do do do do do.

      F                         - G                                F                            G

    We are going on        a summer holiday, do do, do do do do do.

                 F                                G                   Dm                          C

    We’re going to London and New York City, do do do do do do do.

   

+  F - G - F - G     - F - G - Dm - C (2x)

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)   (MC Miker G & Deejay Sven)