Make me wanna holla, alert the squad
Rock and roll, alert the squad
Rock and roll, alert the squad
Rock and roll, alert the squad
Rock and roll
My grand momma was raised on a reservation
My great grandmomma was from a plantation
They sang songs for inspiration
They sang songs for relaxation
They sang songs to take their minds up off that
Fucked up situation
I am, yes I am the descendant, yes
Of those folks whose backs got broke
Who fell down inside the gun smoke
Black people, chains on they ankles and feet
I am descendants of the builders of your street
Black people, tenders to your cotton money
I am Hip-Hop
It's heavy metal for the black people
I am, rock and roll, rock and roll
Rock n' roll, been here forever
They just ain't let you know
I said, Elvis Presley ain't got no soul
Chuck Berry is rock and roll, damn right
You may dig on The Rolling Stones
But they ain't come up with that style on they own
Elvis Presley ain't got no soul, hell no
Little Richard is rock and roll, damn right
You may dig on The Rolling Stones
But they ain't come up with that shit on they own
Guess that's just the way shit goes
You steal my clothes and try to say they yo's, yes they do
'Cause it's a show filled with pimps and hoes
Tryin' to take everything that you made or control, there they go
Elvis Presley ain't got no soul
Bo Diddley is rock and roll, damn right
You may dig on The Rolling Stones
But they ain't the first place the credit belongs
Say whoa, oh don't take it, oh wee oh
Black music, whoa, oh don't take it, oh wee oh
Black music, whoa, oh Jimi Hendrix say oh wee oh
Black music, whoa, oh Albert King and oh wee oh
And Motown
I ain't tryin' to diss, but I don't be tryin' to fuck with Limp Bizkit
The fuck is on your mind, when I get down in my zone
I be rockin' Bad Brains and Fishbone
I ain't tryin' to slow your groove
But that ain't the way I'm tryin' to move
I don't turn on Korn to get it on
I be playin' Jimi Hendrix 'til the dawn
That's my word is bond, sittin' up on my front lawn
Got the volume turned to ten
Playin' Albert King the best again, black
When the mornin' in the cooker
Got to turn on some John Lee Hooker
When I want some rock and roll
Go to Otis Redding to get some soul
I say, James Brown got plenty of soul
James Brown like to rock and roll
He can do all the shit fo' sho'
That Elvis Presley could never know, black people
Said, Kenny G ain't got no soul
John Coltrane is rock and roll
You may dig on The Rolling Stones
But they could never ever rock like Nina Simone
Say whoa, oh, don't take it, oh wee oh
Black music, whoa, oh, don't take it, oh wee oh
Black music, whoa, oh, don't take it, oh wee oh
Black music, whoa, oh, oh, oh, alert the squad
Who am I? Get your punk ass up
Elvis Presley ain't got no soul
Jimi Hendrix is rock and roll
You may dig on The Rolling Stones
But everything they did they stole
Elvis Presley ain't got no soul
Bo Diddley is rock and roll
You may dig on The Rolling Stones
But we send they punk ass home
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I?
Say, rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Who am I? Rock and roll
Get your punk ass up, company, move
For Harlem, Fort Greene, Compton
East St. Louis, Detroit, Chicago
Bed-Stuy, Flatbush, Brownsville
East New York, Newark, New Jersey
Illadelphia, Cincinatti, Atlanta, the Dirty South
All towns, get your punk ass up
Rock and roll for the black people, hi ma
{Well, that was just wonderful}
Rock N Roll
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A Ha A Soldier's Dream All Praise Due All Praises Due America Astronomy Astronomy (8th Light) Auditorium B Boys Will B Boys Beautiful Beauty In The Dark (Groove With You) Bedstuy Parade Bedstuy Parade & Funeral March Beef Beef [#] Black & Blue Black Jack Blak Iz Blak Blue Black Jack Body Rock Body Rock (Featuring Q-Tip & Tash) Boogie Man Song Breakdown Brooklyn Brown Skin Lady Brown Sugar (Extra Sweet) Brown Sugar (Fine) Brown Sugar (Raw) Caldonia Casa Bey Champion Requiem Children's Story Climb Climb - Featuring Vinia Mojica Close Edge Come On Crime & Medicine Crime and Medicine Definition Definition [Instrumental] Destination Love Do It Now Dollar Day Dollar Day (Surprise Surprise) Drunk and Hot Girls Embassy Excellence Fake Bonanza Fear Not of Man Fear Not Of Men Freak Daddy Freaky Black Greetings Freestyle Freestyle Over Instrumental Ghetto Rock Ghetto Rock [Instrumental] Good Night Got Grown Man Business Grown Man Business (Fresh Vintage Bottles) Habitat Hater Players Hip Hop History Hurricane I Against I If Looks Could Kill (You Would Be Dead) If You Can Huh! You Can Hear If You Can Huh... Invisible Game Jam on It Jam on It [Instrumental] Joy K.O.S. (Determination) Kalifornia Know That Life in Marvelous Times Life Is Real Lifetime Love Love Rain [Coffee Shop Mix] Love Rain [Coffee Shop Mix] Love Rain [Head Nod Remix] Mathematics May-December Miss Fat Booty Modern Marvel Mos Def Freestyle Mos Def-Grown Man Business (Fresh Vintage Bottles) Mr. Nigga Mrnigga Ms Fat Booty Ms. Fat Booty Ms. Fat Booty 2 Msfat Booty Much Respect To Michael Jordan (Nike Commercial) Murder of a Teenage Life Nadine Napoleon Dynamite New World Water Next Universe Niggas In Poorest No Hay Nada Mas No Particular Place To Go Oh No On My Own Pistola Pretty Dancer Priority Promised Land Quiet Dog Quiet Dog (Bite Hard) Quiet Dog Bite Hard RE: DEFinition RE:DEFinition Reminisce Respiration Revelations Roses Sex, Love & Money Sex, Love & Money [Album Version Explicit] Sex, Love & Money [Instrumental] Sex, Love & Money Six Days Speed Law Sun, Moon, Stars Sunshine Supermagic Supreme Supreme Sweepstakes The Beggar The Boogie Man Song The Day The Easy Spell The Embassy The Glow The Jump Off The Jump Off [*] The Light Is Not Afraid Of The Dark The Panties The Rape Over The Undeniable Theives In The Night There Is A Way Thieves in the Night This Means You Thug Is a Drug Travellin Man (Remix) Travellin' Man True Magic Twice Inna Lifetime Twilite Speedball U R the One Umi Says Umi Says [Live] Umi Says [Ritual Session] Undeniable Universal Magnetic Very Well Wahid War Water Workers Comp Workers Comp. Wylin Out Wylin Out [Instrumental] Wylin Out [Original Version] Yo Yeah You Are Undeniable Zimzallabim
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