Offbeat

Intro (Offbeat/The Swingpin):

Now don’t get it twisted…
This Swing Hop thing… is ours!
Forget what you heard!

It’s what ya hearin’ (Listen)
It’s what ya hearin’ (Listen)
It’s what ya hearin’ (Listen)
It’s what ya hearin’ (Listen)
It’s what ya hearin’ (Listen)

Yo! First we gonna SWING then we gonna HOP
Then we going straight to the TOP TOP TOP
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’

First we gonna SWING then we gonna HOP
Then we going straight to the TOP TOP TOP
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’

Verse 1 (Pye):

The Swinghoppers gonna give it to ya, straight up spit it
The whole room riveted wait for us to hit it
Cold like a shiver we flow like a river
You want this life? The Swinghoppers gonna live it
I’ll be pushing til I win it and I’m popping at the eye
I’m swigging on the spinach cos I gotta get the prize
I rip the winner’s ribbon I’m the fittest spitter spittin
I blast past the limit not stopping at the sky
Cos this is no time to be timid
I have the spirit and I’ll fight to the finish
Throw me to a lion, I got seven ways to skin it
Seven seas I swim it in my seventies I’ll still be with it
But right here, three life times of rhythm
Come together for a mission with the right sort of vision
It’s that moment in rhyme when the lynchpin pivots to ya
Right now’s the time the Swinghoppers gonna give it to ya

Chorus:

First we gonna SWING then we gonna HOP
Then we going straight to the TOP TOP TOP TOP
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’

First we gonna SWING then we gonna HOP
Then we going straight to the TOP TOP TOP
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’

Verse 2 (Sharleena Ray):

Ayo, Where my ladies at?
Yeah, this cat’s got your back
But when I purr
Don’t mistake me for an amateur
Coz this pussy’s a connoisseur
A lioness in kitten’s clothin’
A goddess of lovin’
A big heart
Plus I put my back and soul in
Don’t tinker with a stray like me
If you wish to claw on to your dignity
Cuddly, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed when I was first let out my cage
But now this feline queen of the pack’s come of age, I’m territorial on a stage
Ferocious, sphynx-like, feral indeed
Not like some domesticated pure breed
And with Offbeat on my left
And Pye to my right
It ain’t just this little kitty
It’s a Swinghoppers pride

Chorus

First we gonna SWING then we gonna HOP
Then we going straight to the TOP TOP TOP
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’

First we gonna SWING then we gonna HOP
Then we going straight to the TOP TOP TOP
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’

Verse 3 (Offbeat/The Swingpin):

Aiyyo who’s gonna give it to ya?
“S”!
Yes, who’s the ones bringing something newer?
“S!”
Yes, who’s the bootleg liquor brewers?
“S!”
Yes, who have got you all drinking to X…
“S!”
Yes, you can bet your bottom dollar that we’re only getting started
See me rolling with Ray just like Jack in the Departed
We’ve come a long way and now promoters wanna pay for us
While you’re looking like a modern office coz you’re paperless
Ha ha, we get it poppin’ just like prosecco
With bars that are sharp and on point like Shar’s stilletos
No we ain’t ghetto, but guess what (what?)
This is S not X like how you pronounce ‘Espresso’
Hip hop fans through and through, so don’t misconstrue us
We still love X – like ravers who are Wrigleys chewers
So don’t get vexed or upset
But right now S are the ones that’s gonna give it to ya

Chorus:

First we gonna SWING then we gonna HOP
Then we going straight to the TOP TOP TOP
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’

First we gonna SWING then we gonna HOP
Then we going straight to the TOP TOP TOP
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’
S gon’ give it to ya, we gon’ give it to ya’

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