Queen Latifah
"Ladies First"

[Queen Latifah]
The ladies will kick it, the rhyme that
is wicked
Those that don't know how to be
pros get evicted
A woman can bear you, break you,
take you
Now it's time to rhyme, can you relate
to
A sister dope enough to make you
holler and scream

[Monie Love]
Ayo, let me take it from here, Queen...
Excuse me but I think I'm about do
To get into precisely what I am about
to do
I'm conversating to the folks that
have no whatsoever clue
So listen very carefully as I break it
down for you
Merrily merrily merrily merrily hyper
happy overjoyed
Pleased with all the beats and rhymes
my sisters have employed
Slick and smooth throwing down the
sound totally a yes
Let me state the position: Ladies first,
yes? (Yes)

(Yeah, there's going to be some
changes in here)

[Monie Love]
Believe me when I say being a
woman is great, you see
I know all the fellas out there will
agree with me
Not for being one but for being with
one
Because when it's time for loving it's
the woman that gets some
Strong, stepping, strutting, moving on
Rhyming, cutting, and not forgetting
We are the ones that give birth
To the new generation of prophets
because it's Ladies First

[Queen Latifah]
I break into a lyrical freestyle
Grab the mic, look into the crowd and
see smiles
Cause they see a woman standing up
on her own two
Sloppy slouching is something I won't
do
Some think that we can't flow (can't
flow)
Stereotypes, they got to go (got to go)
I'm a mess around and flip the scene
into reverse
(With what?) With a little touch of
"Ladies First"

Who said the ladies couldn't make it,
you must be blind
If you don't believe, well here, listen
to this rhyme
Ladies first, there's no time to
rehearse
I'm divine and my mind expands
throughout the universe
A female rapper with the message to
send the
Queen Latifah is a perfect specimen

[Monie Love]
My sister, can I get some?

[Queen Latifah]
Sure, Monie Love, grab the mic and
get dumb

[Monie Lovie]
Yo, praise me not for simply being
what I am
Born in L-O-N-D-O-N and sound
American
You dig exactly where I'm coming
from
You want righteous rhyming, Imma
give you some
To enable you to aid yourself and get
paid
And the material that has no meaning
I wish to slay
Pay me every bit of your attention
Like mother, like daughter, I would
also like to mention
I wish for you to bring me to, bring me
to the rhythm
Of which is now systematically given
Desperately stressing I'm the
daughter of a sister
Who's the mother of a brother who's
the brother of another
Plus one more; all four
Have a job to do, we doing it
Respect due, to the mother who's the
root of it
And next up is me, the M-O-N-I-E L-O-
V-E
And I'm first cause I'm a L-A-D-I-E

[Queen Latifah]
Contact and in fact, the style, it gets
harder
Cooling on the scene with my
European partner
Laying down track after track, waiting
for the climax
When I get there, that's when I tax
The next man, or the next woman
It doesn't make a difference, keep
the competition coming
And I'll recite the chapter in verse
The title of this recital is "Ladies First"