Biz Markie

Released: January 1, 1986

Featuring: TJ Swan

Songwriter: Biz Markie

Producer: Marley Marl

[Intro: Verse 1]
Remember when they used to say
That there would be something blay
And said that my beat delay wouldn't work
Well
You walk right out the door
And see me practice more and more
Now it seems that i'm absurdably obsessed
That's why, they're coming to take me away
Ha-haaa!

[Hook]
They're coming to take me away
Ho-hoo!
He-hee!
Ha-haaa!
To the funny farm, where beats are stolen all the time
And whack em caesars stay around
As long I lay a thought
And show the men in the coats i'll be happy to go
They're comin' to take me away
Ho-hoo! He-hee! Ha-hahahaha!
Ho-hoo! Ha-hahaha!
Ha-hahaha!
Break

[Verse 2]
Now
You think it's a joke, the things I say
I *Beatboxing beats* all day
It seems that times have taught me
That if you troll, chan
You'll know you laugh
I heard you laugh
Ha-hahahaha-haha
You have the dirt to tell me
I'm totally mad?
I don't know why

[Hook]
They're coming to take me away
Ho-hoo!
He-hee!
Ha-haaa!
To the funny farm, where beats are stolen all the time
And whack em caesars stay around
As long I lay a thought
And show the men in the coats i'll be happy to go
They're comin' to take me away
Ho-hoo! He-hee! Ha-hahahaha!
Ho-hoo! Ha-hahaha!
Ha-hahaha!
Break

[Verse 3]
Why do you gotta take me away, man?
But every time they put me in
The room that makes you
Break
Now
All of those times you called me whack
My rhythms sections
They're all one track
The Bass, the stairs
The hots for all your needs
You just wait
I'll find it yet
I'll drive you nuts
They rhymes play beats
Well, I play cuts
That's why, they're

[Hook]
They're coming to take me away
Ho-hoo!
He-hee!
Ha-haaa!
To the funny farm, where beats are stolen all the time
And whack em caesars stay around
As long I lay a thought
And show the men in the coats i'll be happy to go
They're comin' to take me away
Ho-hoo! He-hee! Ha-hahahaha!
Ho-hoo! Ha-hahaha!
Ha-hahaha!
Break

[Verse 4]
But when they come and take me away
They would put me in this room
That I just go crazy, and
Break
Now
Looney Toons, go down the hall
My beats don't ever patter off the wall
They try to put a jacket around my lips
Well
If you put me away, you're totally wrong
I'm not gonna do it, my bass is so strong
My highs will probably wind up breakin' glass
That's why, they're

[Hook]
They're coming to take me away
Ho-hoo!
He-hee!
Ha-haaa!
To the funny farm, where beats are stolen all the time
And whack em caesars stay around
As long I lay a thought
And show the men in the coats i'll be happy to go
They're comin' to take me away
Ho-hoo! He-hee! Ha-hahahaha!
Ho-hoo! Ha-hahaha!
Ha-hahaha!
Break

[Outro}
Mmmmm, mmmm

They're coming to take me away...

They're coming to take me away...

They're coming to take me away
I don't know why they're comin'
To take me awaaaaaaay

They're coming to take me awaaaay
Ha-hahahahahahaha!

They comin', to take, Biz away...

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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