Rock N Roll

[Mos Def]

Make me wanna HOLLA.. aowwWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

"Ah.. ah ah ah ah.. ah ah ah lert the squad.."

Rock and roll

"Ah.. ah ah ah ah.. ah ah ah lert the squad.."

Hehehe rock and roll

"Ah.. ah ah ah ah.. ah ah ah lert the squad.."

Whoahhhhh oh oooh weee oooh

"Ah.. ah ah ah ah.. ah ah ah lert the squad.."

Whoahhhhh oh

(Huh) My grandmomma was raised on a reservation

(Huh) My great grandmomma was, from a plantation

They sang - songs for inspiration

They sang - songs for relaxation

They sang - songs, to take their minds up off that

fucked up situation

I am... yes I am... the descendant (yes yes)

of those folks whose, backs got broke

who, fell down inside the gunsmoke

(Black people!) Chains on they ankles and feet

I am descendants, of the builders of your street

(Black people!) Tenders to your cotton money

I am.. hip-hop

"It's heavy metal for the black people"

I am.. rock and roll (rock and roll.. rock'n'roll)

BEEN HERE FOREVER!

They just ain't let you know.. (HA!)

I said, Elvis Presley ain't got no soul (huh)

Chuck Berry is rock and roll (damn right)

You may dig on the Rolling Stones

But they ain't come up with that style on they own (uh-uh)

Elvis Presley ain't got no SOULLLL (hell naw)

Little Richard is rock and roll (damn right)

You may dig on the Rolling Stones

But they ain't come up with that shit on they own (nah-ah)

Guess that's just the way shit goes

You steal my clothes and try to say they yo's (yes they do)

Cause it's a show filled with pimps and hoes

Tryin to take everything that you made or control (there they go)