Kris Kross

Kris Kross was teenage rap duo Chris "Mack Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mack" Smith (both born 1979) of the early 1990s most famous for wearing their clothes backward.

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They were discovered in 1991 performing at a mall in Atlanta, Georgia by Jermaine Dupri. Their first album, Totally Krossed Out, was released in 1992 and managed to sell more than four million copies. It included the hit single "Jump", which stayed at number one on the Billboard charts for eight weeks. This landed them a spot on Michael Jackson's European tour that year.

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Released in 1993, a second album, entitled Da Bomb failed to match their early success. 1996 saw the release of their final album Young, Rich and Dangerous which was also a commercial disappointment. By the end they stopped wearing their clothes backwards.

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A curiosity of Kris Kross' career was a television commercial they starred in to advertise the soft drink Sprite in 1992-93. It was an incredibly catchy interplay between the two, but it appears that the exact lyrics are not recorded. What follows is an attempt to duplicate them:

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And ah, tick tock ya don't stop

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Just put a can in your hand and just pop the top

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A yo Kriss

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What up love

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What's that in ya hand?

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It's the S to the P-R-I-T-E can

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You understand the Kross, Kriss

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Get that crazy crazy twist of unexpectedness

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That you should never miss

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So what's ya name?

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Daddy M-A-C

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And what's ya drink?

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S-P-R-I-T-E

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'Cause it's a lifesaver

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When ya need thirst quenchin'

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Like a kiss with a Lymon twist

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And ya know that's kickin'

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Word

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So drink up, drink up, that's what ya gotta do

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Why?

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'Cause I like the Sprite in you

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