A History of Modern Dance

[Verse 1] First step is intention, second step is a glance Then divine intervention Mixing science religion Pretending like we giants Promise I was the biggest For the lovers of dancing, this is color enhancing Two strangers passing on the metro, what were the chances People walk into circles Every audience listens They taking turns judging, everybody got issues I be moving my feet and on varied tables I'm eating on Up, we're cutting a rug, was it something I said Put on Erykah's album, I can tear up a mountain Get your eagle on, naw, more peregrine falcon They sit in the darkness They connect they courting naked in different apartments Don't say nothing that's awkward Take them up on that offer And you'll be partnered up for life flying up in a saucer And they trying to cat daddy, I'm hella allergic [Hook] I've been doing my research, so I know that move I studied them all I seen that swing I've been watching it for hours, so don't get too close She kick real high They swing real low I done been in that position so I know that spell I read that book I know those lines, I see 'em coming back around [Verse 2] First step is intention, second step is a glance Then divine intervention Mix of science religion Environmentalist dance, make 'em sign a petition For the lovers of dancing, this is color enhancing Two strangers passing on the freeway, what were the chances Don't be acting embarrassed, that's the whackest awareness They get it in before their skin starts cracking and tearing Heaven's not for the living Ordained reverend and comparative monster religion Sit in my pews Cruise ship in the Pacific, we can bend the rules And do the Transylvania boogie to forbidden blues She did the peanut butter jelly, ain't nobody looking The soul train line's long and it's sloppy and crooked The chicken noodle soup and poodle skirt and hula hooping The bullshit's twerking, you wanna see the Juicy Fruit Ain't no keeping a distance, murdered the shadow [Hook] [Verse 3] We can do it for safety like a factory worker Trying to balance a beam Skirt's floating cause she's twirling around in a dream It's the easiest hustle You catch a swing and then you squeeze your trapezius muscles It takes a year or two Your old friends you done found yourself getting nearer to Who wants to hear the truth Well you can do the wop And plug us in, we got it poppin' in computer shops First step is intention, second step is a glance Then divine intervention Mixing science religion Pretending like we giants Promise I was the biggest For the lovers of dancing, this is color enhancing Two strangers passing in the hallway, what were the chances