How did Cha Cha Cha come about?
MC Lyte: Cha Cha Cha was one of three or four songs that I either had written for me or that I co-wrote with someone. Cha Cha Cha was completely written by The King of Chill, who also produced it. Of course, he also did the music for Lyte as a Rock and Paper Thin. But, on Cha Cha Cha, specifically, he had that one already written out. DX: What about Wonder Years, the track you did with DJ Premier? MC Lyte: Oh, yeah. I was lucky to get that beat. Let me tell you, Id been after [DJ] Premier for years to do something for me. It was always with the record label. They didnt want to pay the money for Premier. They felt like his songs werent going to go radio or mainstream so they didnt really want to pay what it would take. So, in any case, I was like Look man, I want to do this. He was like, Well, hey, I have this beat that I made for Jay-Z [click to read] and he hasnt made a move on it, so you can have it. So, he gave it to me. I wrote the rhymes systematically. As soon as I heard the musi
