MC Hammer

Released: February 12, 1990

Songwriter: MC Hammer Dean Parks Don Fletcher Hal Davis

Producer: MC Hammer Felton C. Pilate II James Earley

Boom!
That's right the Boom is here
You better get to the floor
Boom!
Cause the room about to get packed
We're getting ready to dance
You know what we going to do
(Tell 'em Hammer!)

(We'll be dancing, dancing, dancing)
I don't think they heard ya
(Dancing, dancing, dancing)
(Hammer!)

It's automatic
So take it to the floor
The Hammer's here and I give you more
Than the others that I know you heard before
(Yeah!)

Yeah
The beat is hype so here we go
I'm the Hammer and you're in my show
Give a listen as the list of perpetrators know
(Let'em know Hammer!)

I'm moving, I'm grooving
I'm dancing to this music
I won't stop now
(Yeah!)
Yeah
(Yeah!)

Check it out
When you're here, it's time to get hype
The entertainer is on the mic
Here to give you more of what you like
And you'll like it
Money talks and I talk for the money
I see you and you're MC Funny
What's up
Now you really better get up on me
I told ya

I'm moving, I'm grooving
I'm dancing to this music
They won't stop me now
(Yeah!)

Tell'em we doing
(Dancing, dancing, dancing)
MC Hammer
I'm a dance dance dance dance dancing machine
Watch me get down
(watch me get down)
While I do my thing on the video screen
(Tell'em! Tell'em!)
I am a dance dance dance dance dancing machine
Watch me get down
(watch me get down)
Break it down

(Come on Hammer!)
(Go Hammer)
(Yeah!)

Anytime
For you to dance
Don't sweat it just do your own brand
To the boy, to the girl, to the woman and man
Yeah, yeah
Jump left and now jump right
Now spin around
That was tight
Now scream
We're feeling alright
(Pump it up! Pump it up!)

I'm moving, I'm grooving
I'm dancing to this music
I can't stop me now
(Yeah!)

Yeah
(We're dancing, dancing, dancing)
MC Hammer
I'm a dance dance dance dance dancing machine
Watch me get down
(watch me get down)
While I do my thing on the video screen
I am a dance dance dance dance dancing machine
Watch me get down
(watch me get down)
While I do my thing on the video screen
Break it down

(Come on Hammer! Go Hammer)
(Come on Hammer! Go Hammer)
(Come on Hammer! Go Hammer)
(Come on Hammer! Go Hammer)
(Come on Hammer! Go Hammer)

The wait is over, it's time for fun
Punching out cause my job is done
I'm going out and I'm gonna get that one
(Yeah)

Here we go, everybody's moving
We're going to tell them just what we're doing
Let's single people shout it to em
(We're dancing, dancing, dancing)
MC Hammer
I said we're
(dancing, dancing, dancing)
MC Hammer
I'm a dancing machine

Stanley Kirk Burrell (born 30 March 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer, is an American rapper, dancer, entrepreneur, spokesman and occasional actor from Oakland, California. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s until the late 1990s. Remembered for his rapid rise to fame, Hammer is known for his hit records (such as “U Can’t Touch This” and “2 Legit 2 Quit”), flashy dance movements, choreography and his trademark Hammer pants. Hammer’s superstar-status and entertaining showmanship made him a household name and Hip-Hop icon. He has sold more than fifty million records worldwide.

A multi-award winner, MC Hammer is considered a pioneer and innovator of pop rap, and is the first Hip-Hop artist to achieve diamond status for an album. Hammer was later considered a sellout due in part to overexposure as an entertainer, and as a result of being too “commercial” when Rap was “hardcore”, then his image later becoming increasingly “gritty” to once again adapt to the ever-changing landscape of rap. Burrell became a preacher during the late 1990s with a Christian ministry program called MC Hammer and Friends. Additionally, he starred in a Saturday morning cartoon called Hammerman in 1991 and was executive producer of his own reality show called Hammertime which aired during the summer of 2009. Prior to becoming ordained, Hammer signed to Suge Knight’s Death Row Records in 1995.

Throughout his career, Hammer has managed his own recording business. As a result, he has created and produced his own acts including Oaktown’s 3.5.7, Common Unity, Special Generation, Analise, One Cause One Effect, Teabag, Dom Kimberley, Geeman, DRS, Pleasure Ellis, B Angie B, Stooge Playaz, Ho Frat Hoo! and Wee Wee, among others. A part of additional record labels, he has collaborated and has been associated with 2Pac, Teddy Riley, Felton Pilate, Tha Dogg Pound, The Whole 9, Deion Sanders, and Big Daddy Kane, as well as others.

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