Mos Def - Rock N Roll(1999)

[00:00.55] (Mos Def)
[00:01.02] Make me wanna HOLLA. aowwWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
[00:02.31] "Ah. ah-ah, ah-ah. ah-ah, ah-lert the squad."
[00:04.53] Rock and roll
[00:05.49] "Ah. ah-ah, ah-ah. ah-ah, ah-lert the squad."
[00:09.47] Hehehe, rock and roll
[00:10.55] "Ah. ah-ah, ah-ah. ah-ah, ah-lert the squad."
[00:12.64] Whoahhhhh-oh, oooh-weee-oooh
[00:14.21] "Ah. ah-ah, ah-ah. ah-ah, ah-lert the squad."
[00:15.45] Whoahhhhh-oh
[00:20.50] (Huh) My grandmomma was raised on a reservation
[00:25.58] (Huh) My great-grandmomma was, from a plantation
[00:29.16] They sang - songs for inspiration
[00:31.98] They sang - songs for relaxation
[00:33.94] They sang - songs, to take their minds up off that
[00:37.58] Fucked up situation
[00:39.82] I am... yes I am... the descendant (yes yes)
[00:45.35] Of those folks whose, backs got broke
[00:49.66] Who, fell down inside the gunsmoke
[00:52.11] (Black people!) Chains on they ankles and feet
[00:56.35] I am descendants, of the builders of your street
[01:03.15] (Black people!) Tenders to your cotton money
[01:08.23] I am. hip-hop
[01:11.88] "It's heavy metal for the black people"
[01:14.25] I am. rock and roll (rock and roll. rock'n'roll)
[01:20.49] BEEN HERE FOREVER!
[01:23.42] They just ain't let you know. (HA!)
[01:29.24] I said, Elvis Presley ain't got no soul (huh)
[01:32.08] Chuck Berry is rock and roll (damn right)
[01:34.35] You may dig on the Rolling Stones
[01:36.63] But they ain't come up with that style on they own (uh-uh)
[01:39.43] Elvis Presley ain't got no SOULLLL (hell naw)
[01:42.08] Little Richard is rock and roll (damn right)
[01:44.25] You may dig on the Rolling Stones
[01:46.45] But they ain't come up with that shit on they own (nah-ah)
[01:49.37] Guess that's just the way shit goes
[01:51.72] You steal my clothes and try to say they yo's (yes they do)
[01:54.71] Cause it's a show filled with pimps and hoes
[01:56.41] Tryin to take everything that you made or control (there they go)
[01:59.64] Elvis Presley ain't got no SOULLLL
[02:02.16] Bo Diddley is rock and roll (damn right)
[02:04.52] You may dig on the Rolling Stones
[02:06.22] But they ain't the first place the credit belongs
[02:08.83] Say whoahhhh-oh (don't take it) oooh-weee-ohhh
[02:13.31] (Black music) whoahhhh-oh (don't take it) oooh-weee-ohhh
[02:18.27] (Black music) whoahhhh-oh (Jimi Hendrix say) oooh-weee-ohhh
[02:23.02] (Black music) whoahhhh-oh (Albert King and) oooh-weee-ohhh
[02:27.94] (And Motown)
[02:29.03] (Huh) I ain't tryin to diss
[02:30.98] But I don't be tryin to fuck with Limp Bizkit
[02:33.65] "The fuck is on your mind?"
[02:34.59] When I get down in my zone
[02:36.24] I be rockin Bad Brains and Fishbone
[02:38.99] I ain't tryin to slow your groove
[02:41.57] But that ain't the way I'm tryin to move
[02:43.88] I don't turn on Korn to get it on;
[02:46.18] I be playin Jimi Hendrix 'til the dawn
[02:48.80] That's my word is bond
[02:51.23] Sittin up on my front lawn
[02:53.47] Got the volume turned to ten
[02:55.96] Playin Albert King the best again (black)
[02:58.66] When the mornin in the cooker
[03:00.91] Got to turn on some John Lee Hooker
[03:03.34] When I want some rock and roll
[03:05.82] Go to Otis Redding to get some soul
[03:08.27] Say, James Brown got plenty of soul
[03:10.71] James Brown like to rock and roll
[03:13.25] He can do all the shit fo' sho'
[03:15.68] That Elvis Presley could never know (black people)
[03:18.73] Said, Kenny G ain't got no SOULLLL
[03:20.79] John Coltrane is rock and roll (uh-huh)
[03:22.85] You may dig on the Rolling Stones
[03:25.26] But they could never ever rock like Nina Simone
[03:28.01] Say whoahhhh-oh (don't take it) oooh-wee-ohh
[03:32.08] (Black music) whoahhhh-oh (don't take it) oooh-weee-ohhh
[03:37.57] (Black music) whoahhhh-oh (don't take it) oooh-weee-ohhh
[03:42.39] (Black music) whoah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
[03:46.31] "Ah-lert the squad."
[03:48.20] {*MUSIC PICKS UP PACE AND GETS LOUDER*}
[03:50.52] Who am IIIIiiiiiiiiIiiiII, HUH!
[03:52.59] GET YOUR PUNK ASS UP!
[03:54.96] ELVIS PRESLEY AIN'T GOT NO SOUL
[03:56.32] JIMI HENDRIX IS ROCK AND ROLL
[03:57.93] YOU MAY DIG ON THE ROLLING STONES
[03:59.25] BUT EVERYTHING THEY DID THEY STOLE
[04:00.40] ELVIS PRESLEY AIN'T GOT NO SOUL
[04:01.91] BO DIDDLEY IS ROCK AND ROLL
[04:03.44] YOU MAY DIG ON THE ROLLING STONES
[04:04.80] BUT WE SEND THEY PUNK ASS HOME
[04:06.54] Who am IIIiiiiiiiiiii (ROCK AND ROLL)
[04:07.82] Who am IIIiiiiiiiiiii (ROCK AND ROLL)
[04:09.07] Who am IIIiiiiiiiiiii (ROCK AND ROLL)
[04:10.21] Who am IIIiiiiiiiiiii (ROCK AND ROLL)
[04:11.33] Who am IIIiiiiiiiiiii (ROCK AND ROLL)
[04:12.42] Who am IIIiiiiiiiiiii (ROCK AND ROLL)
[04:13.43] Who am IIIiiiiiiiiiii (ROCK AND ROLL)
[04:14.41] Who am IIIiiiiiiiiiii (ROCK AND ROLL)
[04:15.44] Who am IIIiiiiiiiiiii (ROCK AND ROLL)
[04:16.48] Who am IIIiiiiiiiiiii!
[04:17.50] Say, rock and ROLL!
[04:19.68] Who am I? Rock and ROLL!
[04:21.08] Who am I? Rock and ROLL!
[04:22.56] Who am I? Rock and ROLL!
[04:23.94] Who am I? Rock and ROLL!
[04:25.39] Who am I? Rock and ROLL!
[04:26.74] Who am I? Rock and ROLL!
[04:28.31] GET YOUR PUNK ASS UP!
[04:33.99] Company, MOVE!
[04:39.65] For Harlem, Fort Greene, Compton
[04:41.52] East St. Louis, Detroit (BO BO)
[04:43.62] Chicago (BO BO) Bed-Stuy (BO BO)
[04:45.84] Flatbush (BO BO) Brownsville (BO BO)
[04:47.98] East New York (BO BO) Newark New Jersey (BO BO)
[04:50.64] Illadelphia Cincinatti Atlanta the Dirty South
[04:53.88] All towns GET YOUR PUNK ASS UP!
[04:56.75] "Rock and roll for the black people"
[04:58.54] Hi ma.
[04:59.69] "Well that was just wonderful"
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