Warm It Up Lyrics
[Intro: Jermaine Dupri]
Uh!
Huh, will you listen to how smooth it is?
Hey, uh, listen to them
[Chorus: Kris Kross]
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
[Verse 1: Mac Daddy]
So many times I heard you rhyme but you can't touch this
I'm kicking the type of flow that makes you say, "You're too much, Kris"
So feel the fire of the one they call the Mac Dad
The fire's what I pack and what I pack is real bad
I'd like to grab ahold of your soul and never let go
Do the jump, do the Hump, and say ("Ho!")
Now that's the state of mind I'm in, huh
With rhyme after rhyme I win
The Mac (The Mac)
Known for breakin' 'em off somethin'
They're laying in a better funk keeping your speakers pumpin'
The miggida-miggida Mac came to get 'em warm
And my pants to the back, that's my everyday uniform
You little cream puff Mac Daddy wannabe
Keep dreaming 'cause a Mac you will never be
So all y'all with the Dr. Seuss riddles
You can get the finger - the middle
Uh!
Huh, will you listen to how smooth it is?
Hey, uh, listen to them
[Chorus: Kris Kross]
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
[Verse 1: Mac Daddy]
So many times I heard you rhyme but you can't touch this
I'm kicking the type of flow that makes you say, "You're too much, Kris"
So feel the fire of the one they call the Mac Dad
The fire's what I pack and what I pack is real bad
I'd like to grab ahold of your soul and never let go
Do the jump, do the Hump, and say ("Ho!")
Now that's the state of mind I'm in, huh
With rhyme after rhyme I win
The Mac (The Mac)
Known for breakin' 'em off somethin'
They're laying in a better funk keeping your speakers pumpin'
The miggida-miggida Mac came to get 'em warm
And my pants to the back, that's my everyday uniform
You little cream puff Mac Daddy wannabe
Keep dreaming 'cause a Mac you will never be
So all y'all with the Dr. Seuss riddles
You can get the finger - the middle
[Chorus: Kris Kross]
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) Ayo Kris, kick it
[Verse 2: Daddy Mac]
I caught you on the scope (The scope)
Peepin' out my rhymes that's this dope (It's dope)
And for you there's no hope
My name (is what?) Daddy Mac, baby
Totally Krossed Out catching all the ladies
At the age I be, I should be playing with toys
Instead I put my head into making you make noise
That's how I kick it, that's my everyday life and
I rehearse to keep it sharp as a knife, man
I'm the wrong brother for suckers to be messing with
'Cause when I put the mic in my hand I start wrecking it
They call me the D-A-double-D-Y M-A-C
There ain't another brother bad as me
When I (Let go) something from the (Ghetto), word
A little brother kicking rhymes like you never ever heard
Daddy of them all, shooting the gift like a gun
Showing suckers how it's done
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) Ayo Kris, kick it
[Verse 2: Daddy Mac]
I caught you on the scope (The scope)
Peepin' out my rhymes that's this dope (It's dope)
And for you there's no hope
My name (is what?) Daddy Mac, baby
Totally Krossed Out catching all the ladies
At the age I be, I should be playing with toys
Instead I put my head into making you make noise
That's how I kick it, that's my everyday life and
I rehearse to keep it sharp as a knife, man
I'm the wrong brother for suckers to be messing with
'Cause when I put the mic in my hand I start wrecking it
They call me the D-A-double-D-Y M-A-C
There ain't another brother bad as me
When I (Let go) something from the (Ghetto), word
A little brother kicking rhymes like you never ever heard
Daddy of them all, shooting the gift like a gun
Showing suckers how it's done
[Chorus: Kris Kross]
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
[Post-Chorus: Mac Daddy | Daddy Mac]
Yeah, now you all know (What's up?)
And the Macs are all that (Yeah)
And we gonna kick one more verse for y'all
[Verse 3: Mac Daddy]
So many times I heard you rhyme but you can't touch this
I'm kicking the type of flow that makes you say, "You're too much, Kris"
So feel the fire of the one they call the Mac Dad
The fire's what I pack and what I pack is real bad
I'd like to grab ahold of your soul and never let go
Do the jump, do the Hump, and say ("Ho!")
Now that's the state of mind I'm in, huh
With rhyme after rhyme I win
[Verse 4: Daddy Mac]
I'm the wrong brother for suckers to be messing with
'Cause when I put the mic in my hand I start wrecking it
They call me the D-A-double-D-Y M-A-C
There ain't another brother bad as me
When I (Let go) something from the (Ghetto), word
A little brother kicking rhymes like you never ever heard
Daddy of them all, shooting the gift like a gun
Kris Kross show 'em how it's done
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
[Post-Chorus: Mac Daddy | Daddy Mac]
Yeah, now you all know (What's up?)
And the Macs are all that (Yeah)
And we gonna kick one more verse for y'all
[Verse 3: Mac Daddy]
So many times I heard you rhyme but you can't touch this
I'm kicking the type of flow that makes you say, "You're too much, Kris"
So feel the fire of the one they call the Mac Dad
The fire's what I pack and what I pack is real bad
I'd like to grab ahold of your soul and never let go
Do the jump, do the Hump, and say ("Ho!")
Now that's the state of mind I'm in, huh
With rhyme after rhyme I win
[Verse 4: Daddy Mac]
I'm the wrong brother for suckers to be messing with
'Cause when I put the mic in my hand I start wrecking it
They call me the D-A-double-D-Y M-A-C
There ain't another brother bad as me
When I (Let go) something from the (Ghetto), word
A little brother kicking rhymes like you never ever heard
Daddy of them all, shooting the gift like a gun
Kris Kross show 'em how it's done
[Chorus: Kris Kross]
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) That's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) That's what I was born to do
[Outro]
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(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) 'Cause that's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) That's what I was born to do
(Warm it up, Kris) I'm about to
(Warm it up, Kris) That's what I was born to do
[Outro]
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Genius Annotation
“Warm It Up” was Kris Kross' second single behind their chart-topping debut “Jump”. Released June 4, 1992, it reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 that August, and topped the Rap chart.
It also peaked at #4 in Canada, #14 in Ireland, #16 in the UK, and reached the top 40 in seven other countries.
It’s title may be an homage (or copy) of Big Daddy Kane’s 1989 song “Warm It Up, Kane”, which was the flipside of his #1 rap song “Smooth Operator”.
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- 2.Jump
- 4.Warm It Up
- 6.Party
- 9.It’s A Shame
- 12.I Missed the Bus
- 13.Outro
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Released on
June 4, 1992
Warm It Up Samples
Fast Peg by LL COOL J, Rap Promoter by A Tribe Called Quest, More Bounce to the Ounce by Zapp, Theme From the Black Hole - The Big Bang Theory by Parliament, Theme From The Black Hole by Parliament, Warm It Up, Kane by Big Daddy Kane, Contract on the World Love Jam by Public Enemy, Bon Bon Vie (Gimme the Good Life) by T.S. Monk & Welcome to the Terrordome by Public Enemy
Songs That Sample Warm It Up
Call Me a Mack by USHER, Point the Finga by 2Pac, Humpty Dance Awards by Digital Underground (Ft. 2Pac), Call Me A Mack (No Rap Version) by USHER, Call Me A Mack (Xtra Bits) by USHER, Call Me A Mack (Extramental) by USHER, Call Me A Mack (Mack Mix) by USHER, Call Me a Mack (Vincent's 48HR Mix) by USHER & Call Me A Mack (Crazycool Mix) by USHER
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