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Well here's how it started |
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Heard you on the radio talkin' 'bout rap |
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Sayin' all that crap about how we sample |
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Given examples |
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Think we'll let you get away with that? |
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You critizie our method of how we make records |
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You said, it wasn't art, so now we're gonna rip you apart |
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Stop, check it out my man |
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This is the music of a hip-hop band |
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Jazz, well you can call it that |
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But this jazz retains a new format |
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Point, where you misjudged us, speculated, created a fuss |
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You've made the same mistake politicians have |
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Talkin' all that jazz |
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Talk, well I heard talk is cheap |
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But like beauty, talk is just skin deep |
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And when you lie and you talk a lot |
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People tell you to step off a lot |
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You see, you misunderstood, a sample is a tactic |
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A portion of my method, a tool |
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In fact it's only of importance when I make it a priority |
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And what we sample of, is the majority |
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But you are a minority, in terms of thought |
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Narrow minded and poorly taught |
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About hip-hop, playin' all the silly games |
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You erase my music, so no one can use it |
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Step on us and we'll step on you |
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Can't have your cake and eat it too |
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Talkin' all that jazz |
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Lies, that's when you hide the truth |
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It's when you talk more jazz than proof |
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And when you lie and address something you don't know |
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It's so whack that it's bound to show |
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When you lie about me and the band we get angry |
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We'll bite our pen, start writin' again |
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And the things we write are always true |
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Suckers, get a grip, now we talkin' 'bout you |
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Seems to me that you have a problem |
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So we can see what we can do to solve them |
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Think rap is a fad? You must be mad |
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'Cause we're so bad we get respect you never had |
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Tell the truth, James Brown was old |
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'Til Eric and Rakim came out with 'I Got Soul' |
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Rap brings back old R 'n' B |
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And if we would not, people could've forgot |
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We wanna make this perfectly clear |
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We're talented and strong and have no fear |
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Of those who choose to judge but lack pizazz |
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Talkin' all that jazz |
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Now we're not tryin' to be a boss to you |
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We just wanna get across to you |
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That if you're talkin' jazz, the situation is a no-win |
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You might even get hurt, my friend |
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Stetsasonic, the hip-hop band |
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Like Sly and the Family Stone, we will stand |
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Up for the music we live and play and for the song we sing today |
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For now, let us set the record straight |
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And later on we'll have an informal and a formal debate |
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But it's important you remember, though |
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What you reap is what you sew |
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Talkin' all that jazz |
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Talkin' all that jazz |
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Talkin' all that jazz |
