Mos Def - Rock N Roll

[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" [05:02.79]