If I ran a game store I would play the song Yo Ho Ho by Captain Dan and The Scurvy Crew.
Everybody likes an occasional pirate ditty, but this isn't that. Captain Dan and The Scurvy Crew are hardcore rapping pirates. They mix modern slang with pirate slang and modern gangsta rap themes with pirate lifestyle themes to create a very unique take on both genres. Yo Ho Ho is a play on the old "yo ho ho and a bottle of rum" song we all heard back in the day, with the "yo ho ho" turned into an audience call and response. It features Captain Dan, Quarter Master Sea Dawg, and Gunner Scott Free rapping about their criminal exploits while DJ SyKo spins the beats. The song's lyrics take no prisoners, covering all of the vile behavior for which pirates are known and sung in boastful manner. The lyrics cover enough deplorable acts that the song is more of a PG-13 song, even though most listeners would be hard pressed to hear the worst of the language.
Yo Ho Ho is from Captain Dan and The Scurvy Crew's 2007 album, Rimes of the Hip-Hop Mariners. They also performed the song on the TV show America's Got Talent. It was season 7 and they didn't get past the audition phase. It's clear that Howie Mandel, Sharon Osbourne, and Howard Stern had it in for the group pretty quickly by buzzing them out and then insulting them. The band has a considerable amount of talent if you're willing to buy into their premise of being rapping pirates, though. There will be a few other songs from Captain Dan and The Scurvy Crew on X Marks the Beat in the future.
Yo Ho Ho lyrics
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
Yo ho ho turn up the stereo
No one foresaw this scenario
Pirates spittin' the illest flow
Kill every foe, split 'em from head to toe
With nothing but rhyme
Thugs of the maritime
Doin' crime full time shiftin' the paradigm
I'm s-e-a-d-a-w-g
Love to plunder so much that I would do it for free
My blood is three parts rum to one part sea
The crew of Captain D
Even if you plea down on one knee
No mercy
With greed we feed on both strong and weak kneed
So allow me to proceed
Please concede with great speed all of your assets
And hurry it up or you and your crew will wind up in caskets
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
I sing yo ho ho when I'm smoking that drough
While I'm mackin' them hos or while I'm makin' you row
Cause I'm stackin' them riches, you know I got that dough
Them doubloons, them dollars, them castellanos
I be stealin' your treasure so me plunder will grow
Keeping pieces of eight in the hold for escrow
Pound by pound I steal them crowns from crowds
Leave them gagged and bound once I've bagged their town
Mow down clowns bein' 'round the ground
Profound all around, no replacements we found
Findin' panties in mounds, Sallies liftin' their gowns
'Cause this nautical sound you know it's sure to astound
It's truly bone chilling with all them blown buildings
But oh so fulfilling to rape the unwilling
You know I'm killing for them shillings
Your blood will be spilling
I'll knock out your teeth just to take your gold fillings
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
Yo ho fo' sho' 'bout the dough and the drough
Pro with the flow, I get 'em below without knowin' the ho
Get up and go, stow what I stole
Sallies ride a peg leg like they grind on a pole
I'm shinin' with gold, I'm blindin' my foes
I'm finding they hold, takin' what they got and then it's to the sea
Hatin' get you shot when it's scott free
You can't stop me
Yo I'm pullin' capers for that paper
With my saber I'm a sailor slayer, player, it's robbery
If there's no prey, there's no pay
That's no way I portray
The scourge of the seven seas when I throw weight
Okay
You know the motto
Drinkin' rum out the bottle
Attack at full throttle
Got my gold stacked like I won the Lotto
What's all this hoopla, cough up that moola
Don't make me shoot ya, hoo-ha
Get ground into bits, pound on your bitch
Run from the sound of our ships, Sea Dawg break it down like this
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
When I say "yo" you say "ho"
Yo (Ho) Yo (Ho)
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