[Verse 1: Ballroom commentator male MC, sharp and fast over a heavy kick] Callin' Legendary, Legendary, come and take the floor Every house is on the sidelines, every kid is at the door And the babies have been spinnin', and the babies have been dippin' Hittin' death drops on the hardwood till the judges' pens are slippin' Then the record skips a second, and the back door makes a sound And a woman in a black coat that I used to know walks down Ten years since she walked it, ten years without a word And the room gets so quiet you can hear a feather stir Chop the spinners, chop the dippers, I don't care what you rehearsed 'Cause the one who wrote the book you dance from walked in, and she came first [Hook: Ballroom commentator male MC, full ballroom beat] Tens, tens, give her tens, tens across the board She didn't spin, she didn't dip, she didn't need it, Lord She walked across the boards, and every judge put down the pen Tens across the board, and the floor won't be the same again [Call and Response: Ballroom commentator male MC calls, the female walker answers every line] "Is she servin'?" "Honey, I been servin' since before you had a name" "Is she real?" "I'm the realest thing that ever walked into this game" "Can she still?" "I never stopped, I only stopped comin' around" "Is it over?" "Baby, it was over when my heel first hit the ground" [Verse 2: Ballroom commentator male MC, faster, snapping snare, sub bass heavy] She goes to the center, and she stops, and that's the move Not a spin, not a duckwalk, not a dip, she got nothin' to prove And the beat keeps poundin' under her, but she don't give it a thing Not a shoulder, not a finger, not a hip, not a ring I been callin' balls for twenty years, I never seen it done Somebody take a category movin' nothin', not a one Chop! Go chop the spinners, chop the dippers, take 'em out Serve! She didn't move a muscle, and she moved the room, no doubt [Hook: Ballroom commentator male MC, full ballroom beat] Tens, tens, give her tens, tens across the board She didn't spin, she didn't dip, she didn't need it, Lord She walked across the boards, and every judge put down the pen Tens across the board, and the floor won't be the same again [Call and Response: Ballroom commentator male MC calls, the female walker answers, quodlibet, both lines at once] "Who's the legend?" "Every legend in this room, I taught 'em how to walk" "Who's the house?" "The house is me, the house is every baby on the block" "Where you goin'?" "Nowhere, baby, I just came to show you how" "Is it tens?" "It's always tens, it's tens back then, it's tens right now" [Final Hook: Ballroom commentator male MC, full ballroom beat] Tens, tens, give her tens, tens across the board She didn't spin, she didn't dip, she didn't need it, Lord She walked across the boards, and every judge put down the pen Tens across the board, and the floor won't be the same again [End]
