Rock & Roll (Shouts Out Back to the Rappers)

This is rock n' roll shouts out Back to the rappers A lot of people stake claims Saying hip hop doesn't matter But really what could be phatter than Jungle j.b's beats and streetside sounds Profound are the sounds That I was hearing When at the basketball league This kid said "yo come here and Put these head phones on your ears" I was converted then And practiced it for years Rap music, like jazz, funk and r&b Blues reggae rock n' roll, and rock steady g. Will be around forever And it's never going out That's why I took this time to spell these lyrics out I wanna give thanx to the lyricists mc's And dj's that brought me near to this Blastmaster, krs-one the teacher Run d-m-c and the movie beat street Erik b. and rakim was paid in full De la soul came along and broke all the rules I remember when my girl bought me tribe called quest We broke up later but I kept the cassette Kool moe dee, doug e. fresh, big daddy kane Main source, pharcyde and dana dane Steady b on the hilltop With lady b on power 99 west philly Cypress hill, the goats and das efx Tupac, epmd Lets see who's next Jungle brothers, gang starr and bizmarkie jazzy jeff, the fresh prince Puts summer in my ears Slick rick, funk doobie and the beastie boys And all the rest that make some noise There's plenty more people that's comin on And the list could run Til the break of dawn But right now yo Its back to the bluesman Trippin', rollin', flyin' or just cruisin' Yeah fire it up Eh yo do it right We gonna go go until the mornin light Its justa rock n' roll A little bit of rock n' roll I like a rock and roll And give me some rock n' roll Oh la oh la yeah