Sisterland - Yo-Yo

Thank you very much

The next number we’d like to do is dedicated to all the ladies

It’s me, the brand new intelligent Black woman, Y-O-Y-O, which is Yo-Yo

But I’m not to be played like I was made by Mattel

For this Yo-Yo was made by woman and male

I’m all about upright and uplifting the woman

For they are superior to handle any male

Any time, any rhyme, any flow, any show

And if you ask my girls, they’ll say

Now, everybody’s talkin' that yo-yo

But when they say «Yo» I think you’re talking to me, so

Here’s what I do:

I do waht I do best, grab the mic and say, «Mic check»

Keep the crowd pumped just to earn my respect

I keep 'em movin' and groovin' as if I was a digger

I think the more that I’m into it is the more that they’re feelin'

I get loose, never perpetratin', not an imitator

You have time to fake, I got money to make

I have a job, to rock the mic the way I like to rap

And as I rock the mic, this is what was

Chill does the scratch, Jinx does the beat

Ice Cube is a producer also down with SKP

Everybody wants to know, am I against guys

Just against the ones who think they’re too high and too fly

You know the ones who huff and puff, blow to get on

But out to tell the ladies, «Hey, leave 'em alone»

Well, this is not a competition, and I am not competing

I guess you know right off the top that Yo will take no beating

So ladies, take a stand, now what’s the plan?

This one’s for us, we’re taking it to Sisterland

Here’s the situation,

When you think you high-post, somebody’s hangin' from the end rope

I thought you knew about it, I thought you peeped game

, and I’m the Yo, so of course I know

About the drama, the drag, and the way they like to flow, show

They approach you, schemin' like a demon

You’re a key to a piece of his mind and he’s fiendin'

It’s all the same, the approach hasn’t changed

You got the body, the face, and all he asks is your name

Treat you a little, show he’s got a bit of class

But if you let him touch that body…

Dabble, little in and out, that’s all he want, my friend

Three in the morning, there’s nothing open but ends

I’ll be the one to tell you, gotta act like they’re out to get you

He’s got a rep, don’t let him catch ya

Okay, he told you stories on eye that was blind

And that when he get a girl, he wanna wine and dine

Go 'head, fall for it, sista, you’ll have yourself to blame

I tell a guy, «You're poppin' that same old thing

You gotta come on, or don’t come at all

Stand weak, and you’ll fall hard»

I consider better than that, steppin' back

Keepin' you filled with the shit that keeps your mind fat

That’s right, a woman with some way out flow

And the Yo won’t quit until you’ve had enough

So ladies, take a stand, now what’s the plan?

This one’s for us, we’re taking it to Sisterland

Now, he’s asking for a baby and you’re only fifteen

Don’t know nothin' about parenthood, not even your genes

You say you’re ready, girl, you don’t believe in what?

You better store a little courage and play Miss Tough

I tried to tell you the game so you would know the play

'88 was for players but ain’t nothin' changed

This is a new year now, you gotta take a stand

And I’m aware that everybody wants to find a true man

But a man wants nothing lower than himself

So while you’re out there climbing, don’t forget that extra step

Ladies, take a stand, now what’s the plan?

This one’s for us, we’re taking it to Sisterland

I feel real good this evening

And I’d like to say I feel good for one reason:

That we’re all here together