Acid House History Lesson

As a special treat, I give you quick transcription of the lyrics to Maurice’s ’88 smash “This is Acid”. It’s pretty cool to hear stuff from this little branch of the Chicago acid house tree that never quite made it into the 90′s (well, at least not too far). It’s as much related to hip-house as it is to acid house. Incidentally, it looks like Maurice is now a Grammy winning remixer.

so many questions have been made
about this new dance craze (grade?)
called acid

what people really want to know
is how the story all goes
about acid

this is acid
i’m gonna give you acid
this is acid
i’m givin’ you acid

(synth tweaking hook)

acid is the latest sound
can you feel it all around
as you dance
acid has a certain groove
that makes your body want to move
when you hear it

when the acid hits your soul
it makes you want to lose control
of your body

acid sounds so unique
you just have to move your feet
when you hear it

this is acid
i’m givin’ you acid
this is acid
i’m givin’ you acid

(synth tweaking hook)

can you feel it
beatin’ on the floor
can you feel it
don’t you want some more
(woman’s sexual moans in background)

can you feel it
acid in the air
can you feel it
acid everywhere
(woman’s scream)

this is ?
and i want to make you rock your body
this is the ultimate acid track
and once you hear it
there’ll be no going back

everybody out there…
jack the house

(bridge with 909 toms and hip-hop loops)

this is acid
i’m gonna give you acid
this is acid
i’m givin’ you acid

(synth tweaking hook)