Celebrate

[Wyclef]<br>Ladies and gentleman, the preacher`s son<br>Patti LaBelle is in the building<br><br> [Wyclef]<br>Let`s celebrate, have a basement party<br>A barbeque how we used to do<br>On the avenue, have a family reunion<br>Man, how I miss those days<br>When the kids was kids, no knives on the street<br>When the ice cream man came around the way<br>Lord, Miss Patti, won`t you help me sing<br>Lord knows how I miss those days<br><br> [Patti] (Wyclef)<br>Dressing up for church on Easter Sunday (how I miss those days)<br>Doing the electric slide at every party (how I miss those days)<br>Oh, if only you knew, what I`ve been through (you would celebrate)<br>You would celebrate (everybody just celebrate, how I miss those days)<br>Get up, you would celebrate (celebrate, everything`s gonna be ok, how I miss those days)<br><br> [Wyclef] (Patti)<br>I came in this game through the back door (get up)<br>I know LaBelle, we were so much more (get up)<br>We worked it, and earned it, God knows we deserved it (get up)<br>Keep on striving, I know you`ll make it<br><br> [Wyclef] (Patti)<br>Let`s celebrate, have a basement party<br>A barbeque how we used to do (yeah, get up)<br>On the avenue, have a family reunion<br>Man, how I miss those days<br>When the kids was kids, no knives on the street<br>When the ice cream man came around the way<br>Lord, Miss Patti, won`t you help me sing<br>Lord knows how I miss those days<br><br> [Patti] (Wyclef)<br>Dressing up for church on Easter Sunday (how I miss those days), get up<br>Doing the electric slide at every party (how I miss those days)<br>Oh, if only you knew, what I`ve been through (you would celebrate)<br>You would celebrate (everybody just celebrate, how I miss those days)<br>Get up, you would celebrate (celebrate, everything`s gonna be ok, how I miss those days), get up<br><br> [Wyclef] (Patti)<br>I`m gon` box these niggaz<br>Take home on a number one belt (get up)<br>We gonna pop that thug, oh no, to celebrate the wealth (get up)<br>See, I`m a take that hay and turn it into loot<br>Cause who ever God blessed no man can test (get up)<br>Who ever God blessed, no man can test<br>What goes up must surely come down, yes<br>So watch who you hurt on your way up<br>Cause they`ll be laughing at you on your way down<br>Tell the judge we don`t want incarceration<br>Cause we came for the celebration, hey<br>So let the women and the children eat first<br>Cause it`s been so long since a celebration, Cassidy<br><br> [Cassidy] (Patti)<br>This Cassidy, let`s celebrate (oh)<br>I`m selling weed and got hella cake<br>And I still got the dog in my backyard<br>It`s hamburgers, hot dogs in the back row (get up)<br>On the grill we cooking it all up<br>My mom got skills, she hooking it all up<br>Man, it feels like back in the days<br>When cats wasn`t clapping to K`s<br>And hood rats was acting they age (get up)<br>Clef and the rest of the game with me<br>And me and Miss LaBelle, we rep the same city (get up)<br>Philly, home of the blunts and the cheese steaks<br>And I cannot be stopped, like I need breaks (get up)<br><br> [Wyclef] (Patti)<br>Let`s celebrate, have a basement party<br>A barbeque how we used to do (yeah)<br>On the avenue, have a family reunion<br>Man, how I miss those days<br>When the kids was kids, no knives on the street<br>When the ice cream man came around the way<br>Lord, Miss Patti, won`t you help me sing<br>Lord knows how I miss those days<br><br> [Patti] (Wyclef)<br>Dressing up for church on Easter Sunday (how I miss those days)<br>Doing the electric slide at every party (how I miss those days)<br>Oh, if only you knew, what I`ve been through (you would celebrate)<br>You would celebrate (everybody just celebrate, how I miss those days)<br>Get up, you would celebrate (celebrate, everything`s gonna be ok, how I miss those days), get up<br><br> [Wyclef] (Patti)<br>Celebrate (you would celebrate), everything`s gonna be ok, how I miss those days (get up)<br>You would celebrate, everybody just celebrate, how I miss those days