Summertime

Summertimed.j. jazzy jeff and the fresh princeintro/chorus: *sung*summer, summer, summertimetime to sit back and unwindverse one: fresh princehere it is the groove slightly transformedjust a bit of a break from the normjust a little somethin' to break the monotonyof all that hardcore dance that has gotten to bea little bit out of control it's cool to dancebut what about the groove that soothes that moves romancegive me a soft subtle mixand if ain't broke then don't try to fix itand think of the summers of the pastadjust the base and let the alpine blastpop in my cd and let me run a rhymeand put your car on cruise and lay back cause this is summertimechorusverse two: fresh princeschool is out and it's a sort of a buzza back then i didn't really know what it wasbut now i see what have of thisthe way that people respond to summer madnessthe weather is hot and girls are dressing lessand checking out the fellas to tell 'em who's bestriding around in your jeep or your benzosor in your nissan stting on lorenzosback in philly we be ou in the parka place called the plateau is where everybody goesguys out hunting and girls doing likewisehonking at the honey in front of you with the light eyesshe turn around to see what you beeping atit's like the summers a natural afradesiacand with a pen and pad i compose this rhymeto hit you and get you equipped for the summer timechorusverse three: fresh princeit's late in the day and i ain't been on the court yethustle to the mall to get me a short setyeah i got on sneaks but i need a new paircause basketball courts in the summer got girls therethe temperature's about 88hop in the water plug just for old times sakebreak to ya crib change your clothes once morecause you're invited to a barbeque that's starting at 4sitting with your friends cause y'all reminciseabout the days growing up and the first person you kissand as i think back makes me wonder howthe smell from a grill could spark up nostalgiaall the kids playing out frontlittle boys messin round with the girls playing double-dutchwhile the dj's spinning a tune as the old folks dance at your familyreunionthen six o'clock rolls aroundyou just finished wiping your car downit's time to cruise so you head to the summertime hangoutit looks like a car showeverybody come lookin real finefresh from the barber shop or fly from the beauty salonevery moment frontin and maxinchillin in the car they spent all day waxinleanin to the side but you can't spead throughtwo miles an hour so everybody sees youthere's an air of love and of happinessand this is the fresh prince's new defintion of summer madnesschorusfrom: "if you lived here, you'd be home now." <killyou@borg.com>