Turn the Tables

To show our appreciation for your support…

Thank you DJs…

"You out there?"

[Intro: O.C.]

Unh

New LP (Yeah…)

JS-1

It is what it isn't

Turn the tables

Turn the tables on ‘em, J

Unh

[Verse 1: O.C.]

It’s left up to the DJ

If anything he play

On the wheels of steel, no replay these days

How it regards to them Technics spinnin'

Pioneers over the years rarely mentioned

Let a flare go

Let ‘em know who’s in the building

DJs are the original builders

Before Soundscan or BDS exist

Where the park jam’s dudes were their own soundman

Importance of the vinyl

Cuttin’ and scratchin’ right and exact

Maybe it skip - spin it back

The purpose of the slip mats under the wax

Provides the glide for LPs when doing a scratch

Pitch control, sped up or slowed down

A nice DJ wit’ it, manipulate the sound

Chirpin’ with his fingers like birds very early in the mornin’

[JS-1 scratches]

[pre-Chorus: OC]

Turn the tables

Don’t be merciful like Joe Fatal when flippin’ the crossfader

Shoutouts to JMJ and Roc Raida

And all the Grandmasters

[Chorus: Scratched samples by JS-1]

How it all got started, way back when

I’m like tellin’ you, straight on up

How it all got started, way back when

I’m like tellin’ you, straight on up

[Bridge: DJ Red Alert

What’s the deal everybody?

It’s the coolest, legendariest, that’s right

The Kool - the DJ, the Red Alert

We going wayyyyy back, the way it used to be

Or may I say, the way it should be?

[Verse 2: O.C.]

Anybody with a brain can use Serato

Test the skill of a true DJ is in a battle

For example, DJ Aladdin or Rob Swift

Mixmaster Ice or DJ Jazzy Jeff

Q-Bert or Cash Money

Or DJ Scratch

DJ Cheese or Cutmaster Swift

Can’t forget Tat Money

Roc Raida, doing his thing in the flesh in Beat Street Records

Rock and Soul was the best of the best when

Gemini products on display and Vestax

Jeff showed DJs how to transform

Over 33 and a third, the history’s long

Grandwizard Theodore invented the scratch up top in the Ex while doing sets

45s in this day?

If you on a Gemini 2200 that’s rare

Rane mixer be the new elixir

Make sure tone arms balance right when… [needle jumping sound]

Much love for Kool Herc

‘Cause if he wasn’t born, hip-hop wouldn’t exist at all

[pre-Chorus: OC]

Turn the tables

Don’t be merciful like Joe Fatal when flippin’ the crossfader

Shoutouts to JMJ and Roc Raida

And all the Grandmasters

[Chorus: Scratched samples by JS-1]

How it all got started, way back when

I’m like tellin’ you, straight on up

How it all got started, way back when

I’m like tellin’ you, straight on up

[Kool DJ Red Alert]

We gonna take it back to the, the architects

We gonna take it back to the turntables

That’s right, we takin’ it back to the vinyl, the wax

That’s the way it’s going down

You know why? Because this is how it should be

[Outro: O.C.]

Ay yo I want to give a shout out to all the DJs around the world

Bambaata, Grandmixer DXT

Of course my man Lord Finesse

DJ Premier

Jazzy Jeff, Mixmaster Mike, Rob Swift

Total Eclipse

Boogie Blind, Muggs

DJ Shortkut

Noize, Babu, Craze

Swamp, Krazy B of course

DJ Revolution, Aladdin, Cash Money

DJ Miz, Red Alert, Chuck Chillout

Clark Kent, Cut Creator

Bobcat, Alamo, Eric B

Richie Rich

Mr. Magic, rest in peace

And whoever I forgot

This goes out to all the DJs, this means all of y'all

JS-1 (one… one… one…)