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(feat. Afrika Bambaataa) |
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[Afrika Bambaataa:] |
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We got to understand rap been here for a long time~! |
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When God talked to the prophets, he was rappin |
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And when the prophets talked back to God, they was rappin |
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And then if people wanna bring it up and get all up to the modern days and ages |
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We can start to goin in the 60's when you had Shirley Ellis |
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When she did "The Name Game" and "The Clapping Song" |
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We can go to the poetry rappin of of sister Son... Sonia Sanchez |
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With uh The Watts Poets, or The Last Poets |
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We can get into the political or the message rap |
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Of The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Malcolm X |
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Or The Honorable Elijah Muhammad |
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We can get into the the the the party and fun raps |
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Of Pigby Markam[? ], Marks Baby[? ] |
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We can go back to the "Hi De Hi De Ho" with Cab Calloway |
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We can go back to the radio disc jockey or jocko |
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Eddie OJ, and all the others that did things |
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We can go back to the LOVE RAP of Isaac Hayes, Black Moses |
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To the LOVE RAP of Barry White out there |
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This is all part of rap |
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And if all you country people want to get into the country & western thing |
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We can take it to, Tony Joe White, when he did "Poke Salad Annie" |
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This is all dealin with the rap |
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Rap has always been there... [echoes] |
