The Art of the Handshake

(Golden Era Records In conjunction with Hilltop Hoods Proudly presents The Art Of The Handshake) I used to wake up, bathroom, face wash, cartoons My toots far too smart to start to Talk to this awful swine where the score to Settle with the world the only crime is that I bought you Walk to the train it was covered from the floor to Ceiling in graff and stickers and bad notes So sick I can't afford to, life of the payroll Lie rolled up made my eyes and my (brain roll) Headphones wrapped like a vine around my Kangol Walk like a Bengal Tiger when the train rolled And the train rolled, and the train rolled, and the train rolled on Then I was stopped by these two cops who got mad rude I'm like 'what" there's not a whole lot you can do then (A wop bop a wo bop a lop bam boom) Next up, what ya got the whole damn crew So I grabbed them by the wrist and Switched to a grip, thumbs flipped And we clicked and we finished with a fist bump This chump tried to get cute with me and diss us About my handshake I said ("man what?") There used to be a time like way before this song when All the handshakes were like twenty seconds long And they just went, and they just went And they just went, and they just went On, used to be a time like way before this song when All the handshakes were like twenty seconds long And they just went, and they just went And they just went, and they just went on (The handshake is thought to have developed as a gesture to demonstrate that neither party at an encounter is carrying a weapon or poses a threat Over hundreds of years this simple act has developed into a sometimes complex ritual And a way to convey status Mutual affiliations or just plain respect) I used to wake on a Saturday play in the matinee Game get faded on the train down to Adelaide Headphones playing looking at the fresh painted walls Rakim saying "we're about to get paid in full" A man entered, cap and black sweater Jacks get all up on a fella that act clever Train tracks looking graffed with back to back letters But we came to rap and that was back when A DJ would supply the wax, stage had a liner mat Place full of write in a Raiders or a Giants cap Casing with minors at the crates, hard, of bar by the beak Any time and hit the stage and freestyle attack Walk in like I'm possessed by the beatniks Clean kicks full of more heart than a Phoenix Move right away 'til my crew's at the stage Nothing new just this groove how we do night and day Bring it back, no high five shit is wak We bringing that old sucka side finger snap Fist poke stop 'em lock just don't stop the rock With the way handshake body rock There used to be a time like way before this song when All the handshakes were like twenty seconds long And they just went, and they just went And they just went, and they just went on Used to be a time like way before this song when All the handshakes were like twenty seconds long And they just went, and they just went And they just went, and they just, went on (Not all cultures consider a firm handshake as a sign of respect In fact a grip that's too tight can often be considered as offensive Scientists at the university of Manchester, taking into account twelve different variables Developed a mathematical formula for the handshake to which people would be the most receptive) There used to be a time like way before this song When the DJ could put put the record right (on),put the record right (on) Put the record right (on), put the record right, put the record right There used to be a time like way before this song When the DJ could put put the record right (on,) put the record right (on) Put the record right (on), put the record right (on), put the record right (just keep on bringing it)