Deep In Vogue

<br>written by: Malcolm McLaren/David Lebolt<br>INTRODUCING LOURDES & WILLIE NINJA<br>This has got to be a special tribute to the houses of New York<br>Le Beija, Extravaganza, Magnifique, St. Laurent, Omni, Ebony, Dupree.<br>In my black tights just throwing shade<br>Doing this dance that some queen made<br>I remember the first time I saw it,<br>Told my brother to put me up on it,<br>It wasn`t easy no 1, 2, 3<br>Took a long time to learn to feel free<br>But here I am Vogueing pretty<br>In some club deep in this city<br>Deep in Vogue, Deep in Vogue<br>Imagine runway modelling, in freeze frame<br>At the ball that`s what they call Vogueing<br>Vogueing is a challenge dance<br>Instead of fighting you take it out on the dance floor<br>10!, 10!, 10!, 10!, 10!, 10!, are there anymore!<br>Sometimes on a legendary night<br>Like the closing of the garage<br>When the crowd is calling down the spirits<br>Listen, and you will hear all the houses that walked there before`*<br>Deep in Vogue, Deep in Vogue<br>The House of Extravaganza the House of Dupree<br>Who the hell are they?<br>They`re nobody, except when they`re in that little ballroom<br>*Excerpted from Chi Chi Valenti "Nations" 1988 Details Magazine