Summertime

Lyrics

[Intro: Mos Def] New york city It's the season, it's the time You know Sun is shining, weather is sweet Make you wanna move your dancing feet To the rescue Let's go [Hook: Esthero] Take me, take me to the jump off Summer time, summer time Maybe we can fall in love [Verse 1: Mos Def] We rock it out like diamond in the back Sun roof top, my niggas on the scene Brooklyn lets rock You know how it is once the weather get hot Got them tings on your mind and nigga why not? Them mamis got sweets like a candy shop They be young and they pretty with them candy tops They be young and they pretty and they can't be stopped Shit I'm young and I'm pretty baby - can we rock? Of course, you make me go hard, you're so soft Your Louis clutch and your lip gloss Your shoes and top are so boss You're so floss So of course, I know you wanna rock with me The Black D.A.N.T.E The Mr Mos Definitely, woowee, so feel free To get close, ma know me better I like how it feel when our hips roll together They just go together, it's just so together When the beat go off, it can go wherever But the plan now, do the dance now Push your hands out, poke your back out Yeah, yeah, mama, that's how Sing it back now [Hook: Esthero] Take me, take me to the jump off Summer time, summer time Maybe we can fall in love [Verse 2: Mos Def] Listen Don't say I never did nothing for ya Don't say that Mos never put something on ya Ah fuck it, say what you want, niggas Like it or love it, hate if you want, niggas Sun or moon, that's how it's going on, niggas June to June, I get it 'til it's gone, niggas From project bricks to porch and front lawn, niggas To monster dares to every one of y'all niggas Minnesota beat straight jumping off And your DJ gotta play that song - put it on, would ya? New York City, I know it's been a long winter This is the moment you've been waiting for all winter And all spring, now a summer come Ghetto flash, bending cash, glass bubbled up Ghetto mass in a dance, and they huddled up Young'uns in the mix, lights down, doubled up It's so beautiful it's troublesome And when it's gone you can't wait for another one, I'm saying You remember (Exclusive) And then it come back like [Hook: Esthero] Take me, take me to the jump off Summer time, summer time Maybe we can fall in love Take me, take me to the jump off Summer time, summer time Maybe we can fall in love [Outro: Mos Def] Sun is shining, the weather is sweet Make you wanna move your dancing feet To the rescue Want you to know, yo Here I stand Let's go