Biz Markie

Released: August 27, 1991

Songwriter: Biz Markie

Producer: Cool V Biz Markie

Once about a time there was a kid

Who didn't have a bicycle or a car that skid

Only thing he had was Pat and Turner

He didn't know the future but the lesson to learn-ah

Way to get started in the music biz

Just listen to the story as I tell it like it is

I was a youngster from East Junior High School

Who thought somebody with Adidas sweat-shirt was cool

It symbolized somethin, but I don't know

I wanted to be down really really bad so

I asked one of my best friends Derek Mangareu

"C'mon man can I be down can I be down witcha crew?"
He had one by the name of Masters of Control

I wanted to be down, so I could play the role

He said, "No you're not good enough we have ours Mark"

I went home and sat in the room with no lights in the dark

And this is gonna be a rough rendezvous

And that's why I sing this song to you

I'm a lonely soldier.. yeah..

Many miles from home..

With a heart that's heavy..

And with.. a will that's strong

I got a little older, three years to be exact

When a crew named Midnight Express gave me a crack

It consist of one MC and two DJ's

And the way Kevin D cut had me amazed

It was like I just joined the Lakers

Or even Rock Steady or the New York City Breakers

I was in 11th grade, at ?? High

They was sayin they was sayin hey what's wrong with this guy

Because all he do, is bang on tables and mumble

And doin music with his mouth like a band ensemble
Or the human beatbox wasn't thought about

And the teachers they thought I was crazy without a doubt

I guess they didn't understand what I was comin from

Since I was into MC'n, they thought I was dumb
Then there was a teacher by the name of Ms. K Parke

Since I was good at rememberin numbers she said I was smart

But that don't got nothin to do with this rendezvous

And THAT'S why I sing this song to you!

I'm a lonely soldier.. yeah..

Many miles from home..

With a heart that's heavy..

And with.. a will that's strong

I was a walkin son of a gun before the day I begun

I'mma tell you how it started, from day one

Well me, I lived in ]??[, they lived in C.I

I was ambitious and devoted til the day I'd die

I used to get on Fair Islip, take the S-42

Get off at Bunanan Street, and go to the house of the crew

I would walk from C.I., to Bay Shore

Just to see if I really had the rhymes galore

I'd go to house parties here, go to house parties there

Walk the ?? ?? pants off my derriere

Like if I was David Carridine who played "Kung Fu"

Who would walk from China to Japan without a shoe

Hummin beats, sayin rhymes, kept me goin

From givin up or bein crazy, or just stop flowin

My teachers and parents said, I should just stop

Just go to army go to college get a job witcha POPS?!

I can't take no more of this rendezvous

And that's why I sing this song to you!

I'm a lonely soldier.. yeah..

Many miles from home..

With a heart that's heavy..

And with.. a will that's strong

I'm a lonely soldier..

Many miles from home..

With a heart that's heavy..

And with.. a will that's strong

Marcel Theo Hall (born April 8, 1964), better known by his stage name Biz Markie, is an American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, comedian, singer, reality television personality, and commercial spokesperson. He is best known for his hit single “Just a Friend” and has been called “the Clown Prince of Hip Hop.”

Markie found a love of music through his father, a multi-instrumentalist who played in local Long Island clubs when Markie was a child. Later, Markie performed at house parties on Long Island until he felt confident enough to go to Manhattan and pursue a career in music. He began waiting outside on the stoop of producer Marley Marl’s house daily until Marley took notice of him. Marley assembled a group of rappers including Markie with Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, Masta Ace, Roxanne Shante, and others and called them The Juice Crew. Markie was especially known for his beatboxing, something he’d been doing since he was seven years old.

Markie’s first release, a 1986 EP titled “Make The Music With Your Mouth, Biz”, was put out under the name Biz Markie “The Inhuman Orchestra”. Its title track became a minor R&B Chart hit. Two years later, “Vapors”, a single from his debut album Goin' Off, gave him his second appearance on the R&B Chart. Years later, Snoop Dogg’s 1997 cover of the song would take “Vapors” into the top 40 on the UK, Scotland and New Zealand pop charts.

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