YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
Track 3 on side one of Yellow Magic Orchestra’s fourth studio album BGM, released in 1981. Titled “ラップ現象” (Rap Genshou), the lyrics were co-written by Haruomi Hosono and Peter Barakan. And they really are in all caps lock.
[Verse 1]
This is only a rumour I heard
So I don't know how much truth it has
But it seems to have something to do
With the theory of unified fields
The theory holds the key
To all the world's mysteries, says Mr. Lamue
You're not me, and I'm not you
But it could just be that we're the same
[Pre-Chorus]
We all talk too much
We all think too much
[Chorus]
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you think you can rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you dig, I dig rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you think you can rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you dig, I dig rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you think you can rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you dig, I dig rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you think you can rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you dig, I dig rap
[Verse 2]
Let's talk about phenomena
Did you know that there are corpuscles
We all emit through a force field
By which we can communicate
Except we all think
And talk and sing so loud
We don't notice them
We're headed in the same direction
Don't you know
Neither down nor up
[Pre-Chorus]
We all talk too much
We all think too much
[Chorus]
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you think you can rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you dig, I dig rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you think you can rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you dig, I dig rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you think you can rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you dig, I dig rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you think you can rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you dig, I dig rap
[Bridge]
Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo
Bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga, bugga
[Verse 3]
There's just one thing
I'd like to say
As I'm not in the best condition
I can see it up ahead
But it's like
A heat haze, just out of reach
With Maitreya the saviour
Waiting there on the other side
All the same
The enormous egg
That holds us all
In like mother's womb
[Pre-Chorus]
We all talk too much
We all think too much
[Chorus]
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you think you can rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you dig, I dig rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you think you can rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you dig, I dig rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you think you can rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you dig, I dig rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you think you can rap
Rap, rap, everybody rap
Rap, rap, do you dig, I dig rap
[Outro]
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ラップ現象 (Rap Phenomena) was written by Peter Barakan & 細野晴臣 (Haruomi Hosono).
ラップ現象 (Rap Phenomena) was produced by 細野晴臣 (Haruomi Hosono).
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA released ラップ現象 (Rap Phenomena) on Sat Mar 21 1981.