No matter how hard you tryYou can't stop this nowNo matter how hard you tryYou can't stop this nowRenegades of this atomic ageThis atomic age for renegadesRenegades of this atomic ageThis atomic age for renegadesPrehistoric agesAnd the days of ancient GreeceOn down through the middle agesWhen the earth kept going through changesThere's a business going onCars continue to changeNothing stays the sameThere were always renegadesLike Chief Sitting Bull, Tom PayneLike Martin Luther King, Malcolm XThey were renegadesYes, the renegadesOf the atomic ageSo many renegadesHand clap, now hand clapThe renegadesFrom a different solar systemMany many galaxies awayWe are the force of another creationA new musical revelationAnd we're on this musical messageTo help the others listenImprove momentum andSeek the electronic chanceLike astrologyLike technologyLike God's creationLike Zulu's nationLike to the nationLike destroy all nationsLike militantsLike down in sandLike through changesNothing stays the sameOh, renegadesAh, yes I knowNow renegades are the peopleWith their own philosophiesThey change the course of historyEveryday peopleLike you and meYou know they haveTheir secret notionsAnd time is a endless motionAll people of the moderate agesHere in this twentieth centuryYou have to keep up in timeWith the moderate timeHave a state of mind and a sense of prideOh renegade, yes a renegadeOf this time and ageSo many renegadesWho's that, now hand clapThe renegadesWe're the renegades of funkWe're the renegades of funkWe're the renegades of funkWe're the renegades of funkWe're the renegades of funk (Yeah, poppin', sockin', rockin') (With a side of hip-hop)We're the renegades of funk (Because where we're goin' (There ain't no stoppin')Yeah, poppin', sockin', rockin'With a side of hip-hopBecause where we're goin'There ain't no stoppin'Oh yes, we're poppin', sockin' rockin'With a side of hip-hopBecause where we're goin'There is really no wayPoppin', sockin', rockin'With a side of hip-hopBecause where we're goin'There ain't no stoppin'You know we're poppin', sockin', rockin'With a side of hip-hopBecause where we're goin'There is no stoppin'Yes we're poppin', sockin', rockin'With a side of hip-hopBecause where we're goin'There ain't no stoppin'Poppin', sockin', rockin'With a side of hip-hopPoppin', sockin', rockin'With a side of hip-hopOh yeah, yes we're poppin', sockin', rockin'With a side of hip-hopPoppin', sockin', rockin'With a side of hip-hopWe're teachers of the funkAnd not of empty poppingWe're blessed with the forceAnd the sight of electronicsWith the bass and the trebleThe horns and our vocalsYou know everytime we pop into the beatWe get freshThere was a time when our musicWas something called the 'Bay Street beatPeople would gather from all aroundTo get down on the 'Bay sound'You had to be a renegade those daysTo take a man on the dance floorLike Afrika BambattaaAnd the Soulsonic ForceWe're talking about Mr. B, Pow Wow, G L O B EWas a renegade, yes, a renegade of the atomic ageSo many renegades, what's thatIt's a hand clap, the renegadeJust jam sucker(Jam sucker)Say jam sucker(Jam sucker)Say groove, sucker(Groove sucker)Say groove, sucker(Groove sucker)Say dance, sucker(Dance sucker)Say dance, sucker(Dance sucker)Now move, sucker(Move sucker)Now move, sucker(Move sucker)Everybody say, we're the renegades of funkWe're the renegades of funkWe're the renegades of funkWe're the renegades of funkWe're the renegades of funkWe're the renegades of funkWe're the renegades of funkWe're the renegades of funkShake that thingThat makes me swingI got some greatHe's a renegade of funkMr. Biggs, he's a renegade of funkBambaataa, he's a renegade of funkPow Wow, he's a renegade of funkAnd MC Globe, he's a renegade of funk
Lyrics by Afrika Bambaataa
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