Jennifer Holliday & Loretta Devine & Sheryl Lee Ralph
Cleavant Derricks (actor) & Jennifer Holliday & Sheryl Lee Ralph & Loretta Devine
Ben Harney & Obba Babatundé & Vondie Curtis-Hall & Loretta Devine & Jennifer Holliday & Sheryl Lee Ralph & The Company & & & & Cleavant Derricks (actor)
Ben Harney & Obba Babatundé & Tony Franklin & Loretta Devine & Jennifer Holliday & Sheryl Lee Ralph & The Company & Cleavant Derricks (actor)
Obba Babatundé & Jennifer Holliday & Loretta Devine & Sheryl Lee Ralph & Ben Harney & Cleavant Derricks (actor)
Sheryl Lee Ralph & Loretta Devine & Jennifer Holliday
The Company & Ben Harney & Sheryl Lee Ralph
Jennifer Holliday
Loretta Devine
Ben Harney & Sheryl Lee Ralph
Jennifer Holliday
Cleavant Derricks (actor)
Cleavant Derricks (actor)
Cleavant Derricks (actor) & Ben Harney & Loretta Devine & The Company
Obba Babatundé & Jennifer Holliday
Jennifer Holliday & Sheryl Lee Ralph & Loretta Devine & Deborah Burrell & The Company
Sheryl Lee Ralph & Loretta Devine & Deborah Burrell
Kevin Kelly
[JIMMY, spoken]
I can't do it, I can't sing any more sad songs. There's got to be some good times! Brian?
[BRIAN, spoken]
Yeah baby?
[JIMMY, spoken]
Look, I'm gonna give you a countoff and the rest of you guys, you come on here when I tell you.
[JIMMY]
One, two, three, hit me!
Bop-de-bop, ba-ba-da-ba dee bop
Bop-de-bop
Yeah
Bop-de-bop
Hit me
Bop-de-bop
One, two
Yeah
Bass man
Give it to you
Oh
Uh
[?]
Oh
One, two, three, hit me
Yeah
Bop-de-bop
Oh
Hey ya, Curley
Let's rap with Jimmy Early
Got a home in the hills
Mercedes Benz
Hot swimmin' pool
I got lots of friends
Clothes by the acre
Got credit to spare
I could wake up tomorrow
And find nobody there
But Jimmy want more
Jimmy want more
Jimmy want
Jimmy want a
Yeah
Oh
[?]
Jimmy want a rib
Jimmy want a steak
Jimmy want a piece of your chocolate cake
More than all that
Jimmy wants a break
'Cause Jimmy got soul
Jimmy got soul
Jimmy got
Jimmy got
I've got to move
Got to move
Got to make my body move
I can't do rock
I can't do roll
What I can do, baby, is show my soul
Jimmy got soul
Jimmy got soul
Jimmy got
Jimmy got
Be on the groove
Oh
I got to move
Be on the groove
Oh
I got to move
(Special Edition only)
Got to go
Oh
Got to go
[FRANK. spoken (Special Edition only)]
I don't believe what Jimmy's doin' out there, he's dropped his pants!
[CURTIS, spoken (Special Edition only)]
Even Jimmy wouldn't dare.
[CHORUS (Special Edition only)]
Showbiz, just showbiz
Showbiz, just showbiz
The Rap was written by Tom Eyen & Henry Krieger.
The Rap was produced by David Foster.
Cleavant Derricks (actor) released The Rap on Wed Apr 14 1982.