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Make me wanna holla, alert the squad
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Rock and roll, alert the squad
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Rock and roll, alert the squad
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Rock and roll, alert the squad
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Rock and roll
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My grand momma was raised on a reservation
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My great grandmomma was from a plantation
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They sang songs for inspiration
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They sang songs for relaxation
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They sang songs to take their minds up off that
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Fucked up situation
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I am, yes I am the descendant, yes
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Of those folks whose backs got broke
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Who fell down inside the gun smoke
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Black people, chains on they ankles and feet
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I am descendants of the builders of your street
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Black people, tenders to your cotton money
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I am Hip-Hop
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It's heavy metal for the black people
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I am, rock and roll, rock and roll
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Rock ' roll, been here forever
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They just ain't let you know
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I said, Elvis Presley ain't got no soul
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Chuck Berry is rock and roll, damn right
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You may dig on The Rolling Stones
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But they ain't come up with that style on they own
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Elvis Presley ain't got no soul, hell no
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Little Richard is rock and roll, damn right
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You may dig on The Rolling Stones
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But they ain't come up with that shit on they own
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Guess that's just the way shit goes
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You steal my clothes and try to say they yo's, yes they do
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'Cause it's a show filled with pimps and hoes
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Tryin' to take everything that you made or control, there they go
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Elvis Presley ain't got no soul
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Bo Diddley is rock and roll, damn right
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You may dig on The Rolling Stones
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But they ain't the first place the credit belongs
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Say whoa, oh don't take it, oh wee oh
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Black music, whoa, oh don't take it, oh wee oh
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Black music, whoa, oh Jimi Hendrix say oh wee oh
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Black music, whoa, oh Albert King and oh wee oh
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And Motown
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I ain't tryin' to diss, but I don't be tryin' to fuck with Limp Bizkit
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The fuck is on your mind, when I get down in my zone
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I be rockin' Bad Brains and Fishbone
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I ain't tryin' to slow your groove
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But that ain't the way I'm tryin' to move
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I don't turn on Korn to get it on
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I be playin' Jimi Hendrix 'til the dawn
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That's my word is bond, sittin' up on my front lawn
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Got the volume turned to ten
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Playin' Albert King the best again, black
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When the mornin' in the cooker
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Got to turn on some John Lee Hooker
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When I want some rock and roll
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Go to Otis Redding to get some soul
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I say, James Brown got plenty of soul
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James Brown like to rock and roll
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He can do all the shit fo' sho'
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That Elvis Presley could never know, black people
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Said, Kenny G ain't got no soul
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John Coltrane is rock and roll
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You may dig on The Rolling Stones
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But they could never ever rock like Nina Simone
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Say whoa, oh, don't take it, oh wee oh
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Black music, whoa, oh, don't take it, oh wee oh
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Black music, whoa, oh, don't take it, oh wee oh
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Black music, whoa, oh, oh, oh, alert the squad
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Who am I? Get your punk ass up
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Elvis Presley ain't got no soul
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Jimi Hendrix is rock and roll
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You may dig on The Rolling Stones
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But everything they did they stole
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Elvis Presley ain't got no soul
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Bo Diddley is rock and roll
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You may dig on The Rolling Stones
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But we send they punk ass home
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I?
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Say, rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Who am I? Rock and roll
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Get your punk ass up, company, move
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For Harlem, Fort Greene, Compton
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East St. Louis, Detroit, Chicago
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Bed-Stuy, Flatbush, Brownsville
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East New York, Newark, New Jersey
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Illadelphia, Cincinatti, Atlanta, the Dirty South
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All towns, get your punk ass up
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Rock and roll for the black people, hi ma
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{Well, that was just wonderful}
Mos Def - Ghetto Rock
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