RS: Excuse me, but who would you be? SD: Yeah that's right, I'm Sparky D So listen my girl, what you have to say? RS: Get it right, baby, Roxanne Shanté [Verse 1: Sparky D] Hi Roxanne, and how do you do? My name is Sparky D, and I'm pleased to meet you Let me tell you something, girl, that you should know I'm Sparky D, and I'm running this show You got braces in your mouth, you're full of disgust Don't bother drinking water, 'cause your mouth will rust You went to the doctor, and what did you hear? The doctor said "Rox, you got gonorrhea" So you went back home and said "Help me please" Your man looked at you and said "You gave me fleas" You went back home, and started to nag You started looking at your [?] He said "Damn, where you get this from? Sparky D was right, I am a crab [?]" So listen Roxanne, [?] burn You had a right guard but it made a left turn [Verse 2: Roxanne Shanté] A right guard? A wrong turn? This is something that you must learn 'Cause you took it too far, and that is right Now it's my turn, yes, to get on the mic To prove to you that I'm the best When I say my rhymes, I prove they are fresh To let you know how far you'd go Before I let everyone know you're a ho I got you off the stroll in case you didn't know And if you do not like it, I ask "You wanna throw?" Cause see, I don't play games And don't call me no names The words that you say do not make me shamed Now I don't play with girls like you Frankly when you say that I am through But listen here, you know you're whack Took a half-a**ed bite and you're much too fat [Verse 3: Sparky D] Oh such a pity, you're really too skinny You're only fifteen, and you're just growing titties You think you're a star with a size A bra? And if you don't believe me I'll show DJ Marley Marl You call me fat but I'm also fly Say it once again and I'll punch you in the eye I drag you, ho, up and down the streets Then you know Sparky D can never be beat I was walking one night, all alone And I happened to glance by the funeral home I rubbed my eyes, what did I see? The R-O-X-A-N-N-E [Verse 4: Roxanne Shanté] I told everybody you was all on mines See, there you go, sayin' my lines The R-O-X-A-N-N-E Stay off my sh**, Miss Sparky D I tried to tell you, don't mean to yell it Do I have to break down and spell it? Will you learn? It's my concern Cause it is you I play to burn You think I'm playin'? Listen to what I'm sayin' You think that I'm jokin'? I don't need a token Just listen to the words that I have spoken Yes you live in Brownsville, and you are ill Me and you could never be chill 'Cause you can't hang, that's right, I'm Miss Thang I'll knock you out, with a boom and a bang Now yes, you're a heavyweight, and that might be great But you're the only one who'll be leaning over the gate Getting f**ed in the a** listen to [?] And you're the only girl who ain't got cla** 'Cause they told me, you didn't think I'd hear But they told it straight to me real clear They tell me all about you And all the n***as in Brooklyn that you screw [Verse 5: Sparky D] I'm Sparky D, and you should know I've got pretty long hair and yours can't grow I met this girl, and you know that's true I'll explain this doll all to you Her name was Shanté and she is wack You couldn't hardly see her, she was too damn black 'Cause she got real mad 'cause I am too fly If I was that crab I'd rather just die Her name is Shanté and she is a dog She's always on the border and she leaps like a frog Every time that I see her, she's too young She's too young to even make a man come Every time that I see her, I'm the best I'm Sparky D, and the case is dismissed So listen my girl, this is something to dig You cut your hair so you wouldn't wear a wig Listen my girl, you're too skinny If I was you, you're worth a penny A penny [Verse 6: Roxanne Shanté] A penny? A nickel? [?] yourself then, [?] Everyone told me how you did it And if you did something like that, God forbid it 'Cause we all know that you're not with it And when you [?] they spy your [?] But he couldn't hit it, and you couldn't get it So it's time for you, to get down with it Now you must be blind, deaf and dumb When I walk down the block I make Spyder come Everyone knows just how I am When I get on the mic, I don't give a damn If you see that I rock, don't you see it is me The R-O-X-A-N-N-E Now you made me mad, you got me started Now I bug out, cold get retarded The rhymes I say: devastating And yes you know you'll be imitating And everyone knows that you're perpetrating Now if you've never encountered an MC like me I'll bust this sh** here Sparky D When it comes to rhymes I say You can't hang with me, Miss Shanté When I say Miss, I don't mean b**h And this is something for a switch I'm a girl, and I'm a [?] You's nothing but a low-life scamp I call you a scamp instead of a tramp You walk down the block with your panties all damp Everyone knows that that is right And the doctor met you the other night I went to his office, and there you had [?] But you told him that he's reading my chart When he read to you, don't you know what it said? "Damn, I want to get that girl to bed" When he read your chart straight to you He said "I'm sorry, Sparky D, but your p**y is through" He didn't know what to give you yet To fix your sh** to make it fresh Because yes your cookie is all crumbs You's the only crab lowlife b**h who's a bum You live in Brooklyn, you ain't good lookin' Yeah I heard about your cookin' I don't play games, don't call me no names I'll say some sh** to make you feel shame I already talked about you with [?] I talk about you, and that you s** dick I told everybody how I rock a party And when they see you that you're totally nobody